whare
1. (noun) house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation.
Kua tūtakina te whare none i Tūranga nei, kua hokona te whare me te whenua, ko ngā none kua hoki anō ki te kākahu o te ao (TP 11/1904:11). / The nunnery here in Gisborne has closed and the land and building have been sold, the nuns have returned to worldly garments.
2. (noun) people in a house.
E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei (NM 1928:52). / People of this house, let us look at this man.
3. (noun) suit (cards).
whare mīhana
1. (loan) (noun) mission station, mission house.
Nō te 2 o ngā hāora i te ahiahi o te Mane, ka hui ngā Māori me ngā Pākeha ki te whare mīhana (TTT 1/7/1924:71). / At 2 pm on Monday Māori and Pākehā gathered at the mission station.
Synonyms: whare mīhana, teihana mīhana
whare raiti
1. (loan) (noun) lighthouse.
Tokotoru o taua hunga tokowhā i tae whakauaua ki te kāinga o te kaitiaki o te whare raiti (HKW 6/1899 suppl:2). / Three of that group of four struggled to the home of the lighthouse keeper.
Synonyms: whare rama, whare tūrama
whare kōwhanga
1. (noun) building erected for childbirth, birthing house.
Ko te ahi me tupopoto anake, he mea takai ki te aka, ā kia takoto te papakiri mata o te kahikatea hei taupoki mō te ahi tupopoto ina hiahiatia kia māhaki te mahana o roto o taua whare kōwhanga (JPS 1929:258). / Only the 'tupopoto' form of fire was used, being bound with vines, and a piece of green white pine bark lay handy to be used as a cover for the 'tupopoto' fire when it was desired that the warmth within that birthing house be lessened.
whare maire
1. (noun) house set apart for the instruction in sacred lore – especially the lore related to te kete tūātea, to karakia and mākutu. Sometimes as one word, i.e. wharemaire.
Ko te whare maire he whare mākutu e whakaakona ana ngā tāngata ki reira ki te patu i te tangata, i te kai, i te rākau, i te whenua, me te waewae o te tangata, me te mata rākau o te parekura (WW 1913:10). / The whare maire is a house of witchcraft where men are taught the rituals for destroying people, food, trees, land, spells for retarding a person's footsteps, and spells said over weapons of war.
