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kore

1. (negative) nil, none, nothing, not, no longer, zero, zilch, nought - used in negatives after verbal particles, e.g. e, ka, kei, kua, me, i or ki te.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67, 89-90;)

Ki te kore a Pio e tae mai, ka raru tātou. / If Pio doesn't arrive we're in trouble.

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Synonyms: pākorehā, , korekore, kāore kau, aha, kore noa iho, kaua, kārekau, kāhore, hore, horekau, kāore, kāre, hore kau, karekau


2. (negative) Used following a reason or asking why something has not taken place or will not take place.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 23;)

He aha koutou i kore ai e whakarongo? / Why didn't you all listen?

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See also nā te aha ... i kore ai e ... ?


3. (negative) without, -less, lacking - used before or after nouns to indicate the absence or lack of that thing. Sometimes written as a separate word, sometimes joined or hyphenated.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 55, 89-90;)

He wāhi kore wai tērā moutere. / That island is a place lacking water.

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See also kāinga kore, parakore

Synonyms: mate, wharepā


4. (negative) no longer - used after kua as a verb to express the loss, absence, destruction or departure of something. It is usually used to mean that something is no longer the case.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-90; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 55;)

Kua kore au e haere ki Rānana. / I'm no longer going to London.

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See also kua kore

Synonyms: kua kore


5. (negative) Used with kia to say 'so that something would not happen'.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 31-32;)

I kumea te poti ki uta rawa, kia kore ai e riro i te tai. / The boat was pulled right ashore so that it wouldn't be carried off by the tide.

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See also kia kore ai ... e ...


6. (negative) might not, may not, mightn't - when used after kei it indicates that an action might not happen.

Kei kore e ea ā tāua nama. / Our debts mightn't be paid.

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Synonyms: kei kore


7. (noun) oblivion, annihilation, destruction, nothingness.

Ā, ngaro noa iho ki te kore a Hou rātou ko tōna iwi (NM 1928:57). / And Hou and his people were annihilated.

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ka kore, kua kore

1. when it’s gone, it’s gone.

He moni te moni, tukua, ka kore, kua kore. / Money is money, let it go, once it’s gone, it’s gone.

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kore here

1. (stative) be freehold, unconditional, free, carefree - also written with a hyphen (i.e. kore-here) or as one word (i.e. korehere).

He kore here te noho a te tamariki; kore rawa ngā mātua e patu i a rātou, ā, kāre e whakaaetia mā tētahi atu hoki rātou e patu (Te Ara 2015). / The children are completely free; the parents never beat them and do not allow anyone else to beat them.

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2. (modifier) freehold, unconditionally.

Ko tētahi wāhanga o te ture, ko te tikanga e tareka ai te whakawhiti i te whenua Māori mai i te taitara ‘māori’ ki te taitara he mea tuku nā te Karauna, he taitara kore here rānei (Te Ara 2015). / One section of the legislation set up a process whereby Māori land could be converted from customary or ‘native’ title to a title granted by the Crown, or a freehold title.

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3. (modifier) freely, carefree.

I mātai ake ngā Pākehā o mua ki te nānāhia o ngā tamariki Māori e ō rātou mātua, ā, he oranga kore here noa tō rātou (Te Ara 2015). / Early Pākehā observed Māori children being indulged by their parents and leading carefree lives.

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hōnore kore

1. (loan) (noun) dishonour, discredit.

Otiia i te whare nui ehara i te mea he kōura kau, he hiriwa kau rānei ngā oko, tērā anō ētahi he mea rākau, he mea oneone; ētahi hei mea hōnore, ētahi hei mea hōnorekore (PT 2Timoti 2:20). / But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honour and some for dishonour.

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ture kore

1. (loan) (noun) lawlessness, anarchy, chaos, disorder.

Me whakaaro nui, me tūpato hoki, kei pēhia te tika e te whakaaro o te hunga pōauau, kei raru te whenua katoa i te ture kore, i te hē, i runga i te mahi wairangi a ētahi tāngata whakaaro pōhēhē (MM.TKM 14/7/1860:12). / Take heed that the councils of the foolish do not prevail, and that the whole country is not thrown into anarchy and confusion by the folly of a few misguided men.

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Synonyms: turekore


2. (loan) (modifier) lawless, anarchical, chaotic, disorderly, illegally.

Me tūpato tātou kei tangohia ture koretia ō tātou whenua. / We should be careful or our land will be taken illegally.

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whakahara kore

1. (verb) (-tia) to be exonerated, absolved.

I oati a Tāwhiao, ko ngā hunga ka mau tonu ki ngā tikanga o te Kīngitanga, mā ngā kōrero tuku iho rātou e whakapai, e whakahara kore ā tōna wā (TTR 1994:132). / Tāwhiao promised that those who had remained faithful to the tenets of the King movement would, in time, be redeemed and exonerated by history.

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tūpato kore

1. (modifier) careless, slapdash, not careful, negligent.

Nā tana mahi ki te whāngai i ō rātou whakataputaputanga, i ō rātou whakapono tūpato kore rānei, i taiope atu ai ngā Māori ki a ia (TTR 1996:224). / Through her practice of feeding their superstitions or their credulity, Māori flocked to her.

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Synonyms: hakurara, hakirara


2. (noun) carelessness, negligence.

Nā te tūpato kore, nā te māngere o tētahi o ngā heramana, i whakaritea hei tiaki, hei mataara i te pō, ka eke ai te kaipuke a Koromopahi ki runga ki te toka, ā pakaru tonu iho (TWMNT 23/2/1875:41). / Owing to the negligence and laziness of one of the sailors, who should have kept watch during the night, Columbus’s vessel ended up on a rock, and was wrecked.

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Synonyms: hakurara

whakaaro kore

1. (verb) to be thoughtless, careless, unthinking.

Ko mātou ko Ngāti Maru e noho atu nei kāhore e whakaaro kore atu ana ki tā tātou take (TTT 1/1/1927:516). / Ngāti Maru and I who live here are not thoughtless about the matter.

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2. (modifier) thoughtless, unthinking.

Kaua koe e whakaae kia whai mana i a koe ngā tāngata whakaaro kore, engari, kei ngā tāngata whakaaro, kei ngā tāngata e arotau ana ki tō mātou reo (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:9). / Do not let thoughtless people be in power, but people of thought, people who look kindly on our language.

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3. (noun) thoughtlessness.

He hē nui hoki te whakaaro kore, te tikanga tūtūā (TTT 1/8/1925:284). / Thoughtlessness is a great fault, the habit of a person of low degree.

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Kore, Te

1. (noun) realm of potential being, The Void.

tāngata kore

1. (verb) to be uninhabited.

Ka tāngata kore katoa rāpea tēnei whenua ka haerea nei, ā, tae noa mātou ki te wahapū o te moana o Wikitōria (TWMNT 11/8/1874:201). / This land that we travelled was completely uninhabited, right until we reached the harbour of Victoria.

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auahi kore

1. (modifier) smokefree, non-smoking.

He wāhi auahi kore ō mātou whare wānanga. / Our universities are smoke-free.

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kua kore

1. no longer - a negative used to express the loss, absence, destruction or departure of something. It is usually used to mean that something is no longer the case. Often followed by he or a possessive.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-90; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 55;)

Kua kore he ika i konei ināianei. / There are no fish here now.

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Synonyms: kore


2. (particle) will not now be, will no longer, not anymore, won't be - also used for the future to say that something is not going to happen as expected with the implication that there has been a change of mind.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-90;)

Kua kore au e pōti mō Te Rōpū Reipa i tēnei tau. / I will not now be voting for the Labour Party this year.

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papa kore

1. (modifier) pointless, for no reason, futile, senseless, needless.

Hei reira hoki ngā mōrehu te pōuri ai ki te maumau o ana huanga i mate papa kore noa iho i roto i tēnei pakanga— (TWM 2/4/1864:2). / And the survivors are there despondent about the waste of their relatives who died quite pointlessly in this war.

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Synonyms: koretake, huakore, makihoi, kūrapa, kikokore, hakihakiā, huhuakore

ngākau kore

1. (verb) to be disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited, indifferent.

Kauā hai ngākau kore (HP 1991:140). / Do not be dispirited.

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2. (adjective) be disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited.

He ngākau kore pea ki te haere mai kia kite i a mātou i kore ai e haere mai i mua? (TWMNT 27/6/1876:150). / Was it perhaps because of reluctance that they did not come to see before?

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3. (modifier) disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited.

Nā ēnei mate me te noho ngākau kore a tōna iwi, nāna a Mahuta i āki ki te rapu i tētehi puretumutanga mō ngā whenua o Waikato i murua rā i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (TTR 1996:86). / These weaknesses and the dispirited state of his people forced Mahuta to seek redress for the Waikato lands which were confiscated in the 1860s.

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4. (noun) apathy, reluctance, indifference, lack of interest.

Kua tino kaha haere rawa atu tana ngākau kore nā runga i tana kore whiwhi mahi e utua ana (TTR 1996:96). / He had become increasingly dispirited because of his lack of paid employment.

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mutunga kore

1. (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.

Ahakoa nā ngā whakatupuranga o mua i heke haere ai te rahi o ōna whenua i te mahi hokohoko me ngā rīhi mutunga kore, ko Hapi tonu te tino rangatira whai whenua i Waiwhetū tae noa pea ki te tau 1942 (TTR 1996:74). / Although the family estate had been reduced by previous generations through sales and perpetual leases, Hapi was the largest landowner at Waiwhetū perhaps until 1942.

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kore utu

1. (modifier) without fee, free, non-payment.

Ia tau hoki tukua ake ai e te Tari Taiwhenua ētehi raihana kore utu hei tuku atu ki ngā tāngata nā te poari kaitiaki i whakaingoa (TTR 1998:198). / And a number of free licences would be granted each year by the Department of Internal Affairs to people nominated by the trust board.

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2. (noun) without fee, non-payment.

Tokorima ngā tāngata i mau ki te herehere i te tau 1905 mō tā rātou kore utu i te tāke (TTR 1994:95). / In 1905 five men were imprisoned for their non-payment of the tax.

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puta kore

1. no exit.

para kore

1. (verb) to be pure, spotless, unblemished, immaculate.

Me horoi ngā pueru kia mā, kia pai te taka i ngā kai katoa, kia pai rawa te mā, kia para kore ngā mea katoa o te whare (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / Clothes must be washed clean, all food should be prepared properly, cleanliness should be perfect and everything of the house should be spotless.

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Synonyms: urutapu, horomata, parakore


2. (modifier) pure, spotless, unblemished, immaculate.

Pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tērā i tō te hiriwa e hokohokona nei, ōna hua i te koura para kore (PT Whakatauki 3:14). / For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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3. (noun) purity, cleanliness, spotlessness, faultlessness, immaculateness.

Ko te para kore, ko te puehu kore o aua whare, he pai rawa atu (TW 14/9/1878:457). / The cleanliness and lack of dust of those buildings was excellent.

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ia kore

1. (stative) out of time, lacking rhythm (of a haka).

He aha te rerekētanga o te rangirua me te ia kore? Koirā kē hoki tō te haka, ko te ia o te haka (Wh4 2004:74). / What's the difference between 'rangirua' (out of tune) and 'ia kore' (lacking rhythm)? The latter, the 'ia' (rhythm/cadence) is for haka.

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Synonyms: rangirua

korou kore

1. (verb) to be listless, lethargic, apathetic, reluctant, lack spirit.


2. (noun) listlessness, lethargy, apathy, reluctance, lacking spirit.

Ka whakapuakina e Taingākawa i reira te korou kore o Waikato ki te tuku i ā rātou rangatahi kia haina hei tūao, nā te mea, mai i 1861 kāore anō kia anganuitia ngā whakamau a Waikato (TTR 1996:243). / There Taingakawa declared the reluctance of Waikato to send their youth to sign up as volunteers because their grievances dating from 1861 had not yet been addressed.

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Synonyms: tūrūruhi, ngoikore, anuhea, iwingohe, wairuhi, kahakore, tīrohea, whakangoikore, pōuruuru, wherū, māngeretanga, hakorea

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