Māori
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1. (personal noun) who? whom?.

Nā wai tēnei pene? / Whose pen is this?
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 2-3, 30-31, 82-83;)

See also tūpātai

1. (noun) traditional song (short for waiata).

1. (noun) water, juice, liquid.

Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

1. (noun) algae.

Kāore e mōhiotia ana he aha e ngaruru ai te pūkohu wai i ētahi wā (RP 2009:339). / It is not known why algae becomes prolific at certain times.

1. (loan) (noun) fermented corn eaten as a delicacy.

Tērā atu anō ētahi kai a te Māori, te kōuka, te pikopiko, te tuna, te kōtero, te taro - kāore aku kupu mō ēnei - engari me whakahua ake pea e au te kānga wai, te kānga kōpiro (TKO 30/6/1919:7). / There are other foods of the Māori, cabbage tree shoots, fern shoots, eel, fermented potatoes and taro - I have nothing to say about these - but perhaps I should mention corn steeped in water, fermented maize.

1. (noun) inner skin.

See also kiriwai

1. (verb) to be forgetful.

Kua māhunga wai, kua hē ngā rā (HJ 2015:13). / She's forgetful, she's losing it.

1. (verb) to be thirsty.

See also matewai

1. (noun) dam.

I te tekau tau atu i 1970, ka parea ngā wai e rere iho ana i Tongariro ki te awa o Whanganui, kia rere kē ki ngā pā wai o Tongariro (Te Ara 2011). / In the 1970s the water flowing from Mount Tongariro into the Whanganui River was diverted to flow instead to the dams of Tongariro.

1. (noun) plughole.

1. (noun) waterskiing.

1. (loan) (noun) orange juice.

Tae atu mātou e nui tonu ana te tai, nā ka hī mātou, nā, ka unu i ā mātou wai ārani (TWK 24:28). / When we arrived the tide was in, we fished and drank our orange juice.

1. (noun) freshwater, mineral water.

E kīia ana, kua tae mai ngā ika o Karapōnia, e kīa nei, he tarauta (e pēnei ana me te kōkopu wai māori a te Māori) ā kua tukua atu aua ika ki tētahi o ngā roto i Waikato (TW 2/11/1878:546). / It is reported that fish from California have arrived, which are called trout (and are like the Maori’s fresh water kōkopu) and those fish have been released in one of the lakes in Waikato.

1. (loan) (noun) lemon juice, lime juice.

Ko te mate hēramana nei, arā ko te kawei, ora katoa i te wai rēmana (Popi 1896:10). / As for scurvy, the sailors’ disease, that can easily be cured by lime juice.

1. (noun) sea water, salt water.

Ka kitea atu te mahi a te aua e ngote ana i te wai tai (HP 1991:16). / Lots of yellow-eyed mullet were seen sucking the sea water.

See also waitai

1. (loan) (noun) salty water, brine.

Ka mutu tēnā ka waiho i rō wai tote (TTT 1/10/1927:699). / When that's done leave it in salty water.

1. (noun) ritual waters - pool where rites are performed to ensure that knowledge is retained.

Ka kawea ki te wai kotikoti, arā ki te wai whakaika (W 1971:76). / He was taken to the special water, that is to the ritual pool.

1. (noun) scent, perfume, fragrance, aftershave.

Ka mutu tēnā mahi, ka tahuri ia ki te whakapīata i ōna hū, ki te hinu i ōna makawe, ki te pani hoki i a ia ki te wai kakara (TWK 1:12). / When that task was finished he began to shine his shoes, to oil his hair and to apply himself with aftershave.

1. (noun) spouting, gutter, tap, funnel, water pipe.

I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.

1. (noun) charcoal pigment (for moko).

'A kite iho au tō kiri i ahua ki te wai ngārahu, tō mata i haea ki te uhi matarau (M 2004:256). / I see your skin which was treated with charcoal pigment, and your face incised with the multi-pointed chisel.