ngākaurua
1. (verb) to be uncertain, ambivalent, in two minds, wavering, vacillating, undecided.
I Parihaka i te tau 1881, ka kite a Taukē i ngā hōia e rapu pū ana me te wāwāhi hoki i ngā taputapu o ngā kāinga o ngā Māori. Nā ērā mahi ka ngākaurua a Taukē ki te Whakapono (TTR 1990:163). / At Parihaka in 1881, Taukē saw the soldiers searching for guns and destroying the property of Māori homes. Because of those activities Tauke wavered in his Christian faith.
2. (noun) ambivalence, uncertainty, indecision, doubt, vacillation.
Ka tipu te ngākaurua ki ngā Pākehā (TTR 1990:176). / Uncertainty grew with the Pākehā.
mānenei
1. (verb) to waver, hesitate, vacillate, dither, fluctuate.
Ko tōu nā pai kāore nei he paku mānenei, he paku horokukū mai ōu, engari uru mai ana, mahia ana te mahi (HM 4/2009:3) / Your good quality was that you did not vacillate or show the slightest reluctance, but you participated and did the task.
tītakataka
1. (verb) to turn over and over, move about irregularly, wobble, flit about.
Nā, kia mōhio tātou, ko ngā tīwaiwaka e tītakataka nei ka hura rā hoki ngā hukumaro ki runga, ka riro ko te upoko ki raro (TTT 1/10/1929:1086). / Now, we should know that fantails flit about opening their tail feathers up and with their head going down.
Synonyms: hūkokikoki, tītaka
2. (verb) to be indecisive, wavering, vacillating, uncertain, dithering, in a quandary, in a dilemma.
E tuhi ana ahau ki ngā tāngata kei te tītakataka ngā whakaaro hei whakatau i ō rātou ngākau (TP 1/9/1899:2). / I am writing to the people who are in a quandary to set their minds at rest.
3. (verb) to prepare, organise, plan, put things in order.
Kāore i roa i muri mai, kua nekehia au ki tētahi wāhi kē, kua tītakataka mō te hoki ki te kāinga, ki Nūhaka (HP 1991:221). / Not long after that I was transfered to another place in preparation for the return home to Nūhaka.
Synonyms: whakarite, whakahaere, whakatakoto, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke
4. (noun) fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa - a small, friendly, insect-eating bird of the bush and domestic gardens which has a distinctive tail resembling a spread fan.
See also tīrairaka
Synonyms: tīrakaraka, tītīrairaka, tīraureka, pīrakaraka, pīrangirangi, pītakataka, wakawaka, tīrairaka pango, kōtiutiu, pīwaiwaka, tīwakawaka, tīrairaka, hīwaiwaka, hīrairaka, pīwakawaka, pīrairaka, tīwaiwaka
2. (modifier) doubtful, vacillating, suspicious, sceptical, unsure, hesitant, uncertain.
Ki tāna, me e tae atu ana ngā manuwhiri rongonui ki te whakahōnore i te Kīngitanga, mā tērā e āwhina te iwi ki te kore e noho ngākau hokirua tonu ki te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:50). / In her opinion, if distinguished visitors arrived to honour the Kīngitanga that would help the people overcome suspicion of government.
Synonyms: whakaparau, whakateka, rangirua
manei
1. (verb) to waver, hesitate, vacillate, dither.
Na, ko te tuarā kaha te mea e hiahiatia ana hei mahi harakeke i ngā repo mō ngā mira harakeke, erangi, ko te mate kē he manei rawa nō te hiahia o te mākete (TTR 1996:86). / Preparing flax for the flax mills required back-breaking labour in swamps, but the problems was the fluctuating demand of the markets.
2. (verb) to fluctuate.
Mēnā e manei ana tētahi huinga raraunga, ka piki, ka heke ngā uara o ngā raraunga (TRP 2010:160). / If a data set fluctuates, the data values go up and down (TRP 2010:160).
pōkaku
1. (verb) to be in doubt, mistaken, confused.
Nei te pōwhiri atu ki a koutou, kei pōkaku noa mai koutou e aukatihia noahia mai ana ki ēnei kura e toru nā rātou nei i te para te huarahi (HM 2/1999:5). / Here is the invitation to you all in case you are mistaken into thinking that you are being excluded from these three schools which paved the way.
2. (modifier) confusing, vacillating, indecisive, hesitant, uncertain, irresolute.
Muri iho ko tōna āhua pōkaku, ngākau wehi, hei take whakakaha i a rātou (TWMNT 20/9/1879:535). / After that his vacillating nature and timidity emboldens them.
3. (noun) mistake, misunderstanding, blunder, misconception, error, confusion.
takahuirangi
1. (verb) to vacillate, waver, dither, be unstable.
Ka tae mai ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti, ka kōrero, "Kāore anō ngā tamariki nei kia tae ake ki te rāwhiti, kei te ngaro katoa aua tamariki." I konei ka āhua takahuirangi tō ngāti māua marae (HKW 1/9/1900:8). / When the people of the eastern side arrived they said, "These children haven't arrived yet, they're all missing." With this the people of our marae dithered somewhat.
2. (noun) vacillating, wavering, dithering, indecision, uncertainty, indecisiveness.
I te taenga mai o te mahi a te tāngata, ka toko ake te takahuirangi, me pēhea te whāngai i a rātou. / When hordes of people arrived, indecision welled up about how should they be fed.
