2. (verb) to hasten, hurry.
E tō, e te rā, āhua te whakangaro (W 1071:4). / Set, o sun, hurry and disappear.
āhua
1. (modifier) somewhat, a little, quite, fairly, a bit, sort of - stands before the word it qualifies and has the effect of lessening the force of the meaning of the base it modifies.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 42-43;)
Synonyms: (ko) tōna ... (nei), tata, kāhua, anō, tino, noa, tonu, kere, āta, hangehange, hengahenga, tou, noa iho, koia, rawa
2. (modifier) about, approximately - when used before numerals.
Ko te nui o ngā akonga kei te āhua tekau mano nei (HM 3/1990:3). / The number of students is about ten thousand.
āhua
1. (verb) (-tia) to form, make.
Ka āhua te pā, ko Rangitawhi (W 1971:4). / The pā was made, which was Rangitawhi.
Synonyms: mahi, mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, hanga
2. (noun) shape, appearance, condition, character, likeness, nature, figure, form.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-7, 13-20, 94-96, 150-154;)
3. (noun) it looks as though, looks like it, it would seem - in the idiom te āhua nei.
See also te āhua nei
Synonyms: te āhua nei
tūmahi āhua
1. (noun) adverb - a word that gives information about an action or state.
Ki ētahi me he pūmahi te hoa haere (pēnei i te 'kua', i te 'e ... ana'), he tūmahi āhua te kupu tika ā, me he tūingoa te hoa haere, he tūāhua te kupu tika (HJ 2015:12). / To some people, if the accompanying word is a verbal particle (such as 'kua' and 'e ... ana') it is correctly called a 'tūmahi āhua' (adverb) and if the accompanying word is a noun the right word is 'tūāhua' (adjective).
āhua ahurua
1. (noun) two-dimensional figure, two-dimensional shape (maths).
Ko te taparau tētahi āhua ahurua, e toru, nui ake rānei ngā rārangi torotika e hono ana hei tapa (TRP 2010:254). / The polygon is a two-dimensional shape with three or more straight lines which join to form the sides (TRP 2010:254).
ōrite te āhua
1. (adjective) similar in shape.
He ōrite te āhua o ēnei tapatoru. He ōrite ngā koki roto o tētahi me ngā koki roto o tētahi, engari he rerekē te rahi o tēnā tapatoru, o tēnā (TRP 2010:183). / These triangles are similar in shape. The angles within each are the same, but the size of each triangle is different.
