kahui - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

kāhui

1. (noun) swarm, flock, cluster, herd, company.

Ko ngā hipi tame raho-poka ēnei o te kāhui, kāore he maha ngā kōrero mō tēnei wehenga o te kāhui (TP 7/1911:5). / These are the castrated rams of the flock and there isn't much to say about this section of the flock.

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kāhui whetū

1. (noun) constellation.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 171-193;)

He kāhui whetū rongonui a Matariki. / The Pleiades is a famous star constellation.

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kāhui takitini

1. (noun) polyptych - an art work (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels.

E rua ngā papa i tēnei kāhui takitini, nō reira i kīia ai he kāhui takirua (RTA 2014:94). / There are two panels in this polyptych, so it is called a diptych.

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kāhui takirua

1. (noun) diptych - an art work (usually panel painting) which is divided into two sections, or panels.

E rua ngā papa i tēnei kāhui takitini, nō reira i kīia ai he kāhui takirua (RTA 2014:94). / There are two panels in this polyptych, so it is called a diptych.

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kāhui takitoru

1. (noun) triptych - an art work (usually panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or panels.

Nā te mea e toru ngā papa pikitia, ka kīia he kāhui takitoru (RTA 2014:94). / Because there are three picture panels, it is called a triptych.

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Kāhui Takurua

1. (personal name) Canis Major.

kāhui minita

1. (loan) (noun) cabinet - the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.

Hui ai te kāhui minita i te whare pāremata i ia wiki, i ia wiki. / Cabinet meets in parliament each week.

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kāhui ariki

1. (noun) aristocracy, royal family of the Kīngitanga (usually defined as the descendants of Tāwhiao).

Ko Raiha Ratete tōna whaea. He wahine nō te kāhui ariki o tērā manawapū o Te Arawa, nō Ngāti Whakaue (TTR 1996:2). / Eliza Rogers was his mother. She was a woman of the aristocracy of the Ngāti Whakaue section of Te Arawa.

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kāhui kiriwhakaari

1. (noun) cast (of a play).

Hei te Rāhoroi te kōwhiringa kāhui kiriwhakaari (RMR 2017). / On Saturday the cast will be selected.

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kāhui hanga ture

1. (noun) senate.

Kāhui o Hoani

1. (loan) (noun) Order of St. John, St. John Ambulance Association.

Ko ana mahi whānui kē atu, ko tana noho hei mema mō te Kāhui o Hoani (TTR 2000:213). / His general work was as a member of the St John Ambulance Association.

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kāhui ākonga onamata

1. (noun) alumni, former students.

Kāhui Tau, Te

1. refers to Rau-kata-uri and Rau-kata-mea who sing, play on instruments, or do posture dances.

Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: Ki ētahi kōrero ko te pūtake mai rāua o ngā mahi ngahau, o ngā mahi o te rēhia, o te harakoa. Ki ētahi kōrero he tuāhine nō Tinirau. Ko rāua ētahi o ngā wahine nāna i whakangahau i kitea ai te niho o Kae (Ngae, Kaunihoniho ki ētahi). Koia Te Kāhui Tau, mō te waiata, mō te whakatangi, mō te haka (M 2006:232). / Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: According to some accounts the latter two were the origin of the arts of amusement, entertainment, and pleasure. According to some they were sisters of Tini-rau. They were among the women who entertained and caused Kae to show his teeth (Ngae, Kau-nihoniho according to some). The term Kāhui (a tribal designation) Tau pertains to these two, and those who sing, play on instruments, or do posture dances (M 2006:233).

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