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mānawa

1. (verb) (-tia) it was lucky, it's heart-warming - used with or without a passive ending at the beginning of a sentence as an expression of appreciation or surprise.

Mānawa i tae mai koe (W 1971:174). / It was lucky you came.
Nā Māhina i kite te kura o Hā-popo, nā Mā-ihiihi i kite tō Tai-ninihi i muri mai, i te takutai; tono noa ngā tāngata rā i ō rāua kura, kāore i whakahokia mai. Ko te whakautu, "Mānawatia e koe te kurapae a Māhina!" (NIT 1995:37). / Later Māhina found the red feather plumes of Hā-popo and Mā-ihiihi found Tai-ninihi's, on the beach. When those men asked for their red feather plumes they weren't returned to them. The response was, "Be resigned to it, it is Māhina's treasure found accidentally!" (A saying equivalent to 'finders keepers'.)

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2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to welcome.

E tika ana kia āta mānawatia ngā rangatira kua tae mai nei ki tā tātou hui (PK 2008:393). / It is appropriate that the leaders who have come to our gathering be welcomed.

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3. (noun) greeting, welcome.

manawa

1. (noun) heart (of a person).

Kāore i takitaro e tū ana ka neke whakamuri tētahi o ngā waewae, kātahi ka maranga te ringa, ko te ākinga iho, ngangengange noa te manawa o tōna tāne i te naihi e mau ana i tōna ringa (TWM 6/2/1864:2). / She didn't stand there long before she moved one leg backwards, then raised her hand and thrust it down piercing the heart of her husband with the knife she held in her hand.

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2. (noun) heart (seat of affections).

Ka pā te aroha ki te ngākau; ka hotu te manawa (TKO 12/3/1918:11). / I'm affected by concern and my heart sobs.

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3. (noun) patience, tolerance.

Ka karanga a Matuku, “Kei te whakaporo koe i te manawa o Matuku (Tr 1874:47). / Matuku called out, "You are exhausting the patience of Matuku."

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Synonyms: hūmārika, mānawanawa, manawanuitanga


4. (noun) breath.

Kua rere ake te manawa nei ki runga ki te ihu (W 1971:174). / The breath travels up to the nose.

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mānawa

1. (noun) an extra sweet variety of kūmara.

Huri te tau, kai te hauhake tonu ia i ngā kai o tana māra, i ngā rīwai, i ngā kūmara, i ngā mānawa (he momo kūmara tino reka), i ngā kānga, i ngā paukena, i ngā kamokamo, i ngā merengi, ā, i ngā kākāriki me ngā rōpere (TTR 1998:206). / Throughout the year he continued to harvest the crops of his garden, potatoes, kūmara, mānawa (a very sweet variety of kūmara), corn, pumpkins, marrow, water melons, rock melons and strawberries.

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mānawa

1. (noun) ring finger, fourth toe, fourth finger.

Ka hoatu te rīngi ki te mānawa o te ringa mauī ka mārena rāua (PK 2008:393). / The ring was put on the ring finger of the left hand and they were married.

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2. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.

Synonyms: waikure, paetai

manawa kiore

1. (noun) last faint breath of a dying person, last gasp, give up, concede defeat, yield, give in, admit defeat, surrender, throw in the towel, forfeit, submit.

Kua kore e kaha ki te kōrero; ka oho ko te manawa anake, manawa paku; ka kīia tēnā he manawa kiore (W 1971:174). / No longer able to speak; only the heart is active and the breathing is shallow; that is said to be the breath of a dying person.

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manawa piharau

1. (intransitive verb) to have great stamina, have endurance.

Me manawa piharau te tangata e kauria ai e ia Te Moana o Raukawa (HJ 2017:70). / A person who swims Cook Strait must have endurance.

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2. (noun) one of great stamina.

He manawa piharau ngā tāngata i kauria ai Te Hongere Ingarihi. / People who have swum the English Channel are people with stamina.

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Synonyms: manawa tītī

tānga manawa

1. (noun) respite.

Pango ana te ao i te auahi o ngū pū nunui, ngarue ana te whenua, pēnei me tētahi whatitiri nui. Kāore he tānga manawa o te waiwaipū (TKO 15/6/1917:7). / The day was black from the smoke of the artillery, the land shook as if there was great clap of thunder. There was no respite from the gunfire.

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Manawa Tāwhi

1. (location) Three Kings Islands - a group of 13 islands 65 km northwest of Te Reinga/Cape Reinga in the north of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

toitoi manawa

1. (verb) to motivate, encourage, incite, inspire.

manawa tītī

1. (noun) one of great stamina.

Ka kīia te tangata māia he 'manawa tītī', nā te mea ko tērā manu te tītī he manu ka āhei te rērere i te moana nui mō te wā roa (A 2017). / A brave person is said to be a manawa tītī because that bird, the mutton bird, can fly over the ocean for a long time.

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Synonyms: manawa piharau

taki manawa

1. (verb) reciting long words in one breath.

manawa whenua

1. (modifier) deep underground, unfailing (of a spring).

Nā, ko te puna wai i Motumako he wai manawa whenua (W 1971:174). / Now, the spring of water at Motumako is a water from deep underground.

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2. (noun) deep spring of water.

Ā tēnā, he aha tēnei mea te manawa whenua? Kai roto i ēnei kupu ruarua te rētōtanga o te whakaaro Māori. Ko tēnei mea te manawa whenua he puna wai kai te kōpū o te whenua, he waiū nō Papatūānuku, he kōnakitanga wai taramea (HMW n.d.:5). / Well then, What is this thing called 'manawa whenua'? In these couple of words is the depth of Māori thought. This thing called 'manawa whenua' is a spring of water in the belly of the land, a source of sustenance from Papatūānuku, a spring of fragrant water.

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3. (noun) mineral.

Noho ai te rohe o Te Tau Ihu i runga i ngā manawa whenua e totoro mai ai i te Tai Poutini (Te Ara 2011). / Te Tau Ihu sits on the mineral deposits which extend from Westland.

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Synonyms: ōpapa, kohuke

manawa rere

1. (adjective) be impulsive, hasty, impetuous, headstrong.

Ko te mate o Hīnawa, he manawa rere. Totoko ake ana te whakaaro i a ia, whāia tonutia ake, kāore he tirotiro, he tawhitawhi (HJ 2017:68). / The problem with Hīnawa is that she's impulsive. As soon as an idea occurs to her, she pursues it without consideration or hesitation.

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2. (modifier) impulsive, hasty, impetuous, headstrong.

Kātahi a Tūhaere ka whakahē i te Kīngitanga, arā, he kaupapa manawa rere, kore kiko hoki (TTR 1990:365). / Tūhaere criticised the King movement as being an impulsive plan without substance.

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manawa ora

1. (noun) hope.


2. (noun) breath of life.

Nā ka whakaahuatia te tangata e Ihowa, e te Atua, he puehu nō te oneone, ā whakahāngia ana e ia ki roto ki ōna pongaihu te manawa ora; ā ka wairua ora te tangata (PT Kenehi 7/2). / And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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manawa pā

1. (verb) to be apprehensive, anxious, have misgivings, loth, reluctant, unwilling.

Kāore e kore i manawa pā tonu ia mō tana tukunga i tana tohu (TTR 1990:34). / No doubt he had misgivings about having given his signature.

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2. (noun) concern, apprehension, unease, anxiety, misgiving, disquiet, trepidation, worry, distress, tension.

Ka nui tō mātou manawa pā kei whakakorea rawatia te tūranga o tō tātou tākuta (TTT 1/8/1928:824). / We have grave concerns that our doctor's position will be disestablished.

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Synonyms: mānukanuka, anipā, potau, raupeka, aweke, hopohopo

manawa popore

1. (stative) be anxious (for others or oneself), concerned, apprehensive.

I te noho manawa popore ngā hōia a Mete Kīngi kei whakaekea e ngā Hauhau te taiwhakawaho o te awa o Whanganui (TTR 1990:263). / Mete Kingi's troops remained anxious that the lower reaches of the Whanganui might be attacked by the Hauhau.

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2. (stative) be considerate.

He manawa popore, he wahine manaaki a Materoa, noho ake tāna he pōwhiri, he whakangahau, he poroporoaki atu hoki i ngā manuhiri nui e taetae ake ana ki Ngāti Porou (TTR 1998:160). / Materoa was a considerate and generous woman, who welcomed, entertained and farewelled important guests who visited Ngati Porou.

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manawa reka

1. (verb) to be gratified, satisfied, pleased.

Ka oti ngā rahu, ka haere rāua ka tae ki te wai a taua tamaiti; ka titiro taua wahine ka manawa reka (JPS 1912:90). / When the undressed flax baskets were done they both went to his stream, where the woman beheld a sight that pleased her.

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Synonyms: matakuikui, uruhau, āhuareka, harikoa, harakoakoa, waingōhia, pārekareka


2. (noun) interest, curiosity, attention, fascination, appeal, attraction.

I ngā tekau tau atu i 1870 i kaha ake te whakawhānui haere mai o te mahi tūruhi, ā, ngakia ake ana te manawa reka o te hunga whakaeke e mīharo nei ki te taiao (TTR 1996:230). / During the 1870s tourism expanded rapidly with local Maori enthusiastically taking advantage of the interest shown by visitors in their natural environment.

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kakapa manawa

1. (noun) pulse, heartbeat.

Piki ai te kakapa manawa ina hiahia te tinana kia nui ake te hāora me ngā taiora e taetae atu ana ki ōna wāhi e tika ana, pērā i ngā wā korikori (RP 2009:275). / The pulse climbs when the body needs more oxygen and nutrients to reach the appropriate place, such as at times of activity.

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Synonyms: panapana o te manawa

uaua manawa

1. (noun) cardiac muscle, heart muscle - self-contracting, autonomically regulated muscles that must continue to contract in rhythmic fashion for the whole life of the organism.

manawa rahi

1. (modifier) steadfast, stout-hearted, tolerant, patient, unwavering, resolute, persistent, committed, dedicated, unswerving, staunch, dogged, tolerant.

He ika manawa rahi te tuna. Ka rere tawhiti pāmamao ki te whakaputa uri māna. Ka mahue te noho mai ki te wai tata o Aotearoa nei (HJ 2017:69). / The eel is a stout-hearted fish. It travels to far off places to spawn. It does not remain in the coastal waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: manawanui, mānawanawa, tūroro, hāura, urupū, pūnoke, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, hihiri, pikoni, pukutohe, pūkeke, aumangea, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe

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