2. (noun) scapula, shoulder blade.
He tapatoru te āhua o te kōiwi nei, o te pākau, kei muri o te pokohiwi (RP 2009:348). / This bone, the scapula, at the back of the shoulder, is triangular shaped.
Synonyms: koko o te pokohiwi, hakikoko, pākoukou
3. (noun) gully fern, Pneumatopteris pennigera - tufted native ground fern, sometimes forming a short thin trunk. Its brown-stalked, pale, dark-veined fronds have 15-30 pairs of long, round-notched leaflets. Common in damp forest gullies.
See also pākauroharoha
Synonyms: pākauroharoha, piupiu
4. (noun) kite.
E tama, e pupuhi ana te hau, nō reira me haere tātou ki waho me tō pākau. / Son, the wind is blowing so we should all go outside with your kite.
Synonyms: manu tū, manu, manu aute, manu tukutuku, horewai
manu tū
1. (noun) kite.
Kei te whakatata e komingo ana te tau o taku ate; me he ia waipuke, me he manu tū au e rere ana (M 2004:194). / When drawing near my soul is in a whirl; it's as if I am like a flood current, or a flying kite.
Synonyms: manu, pākau, manu aute, manu tukutuku, horewai
horewai
1. (noun) kite - a rectangular form.
Synonyms: manu tū, manu, pākau, manu aute, manu tukutuku
manu
1. (noun) bird - any winged creature including bats, cicadas, butterflies, etc.
Ki te kore he kai, kua riro mā tētahi o ngā tohunga e karakia, kua rere mai he kai ki runga ki te waka. He ika, he manu me ētahi atu tūmomo kai mata (HP 1991:9). / If there was no food, one of the tohunga would say a ritual chant and food would fly onto the vessel - fish, birds and other types of raw food.
2. (noun) kite.
Ka eke ki runga, ka whakahakahaka iho ngā manu rā, ka piki anō whakarunga ngā manu rā, aua tonu ake, ka tiu anō ki runga ki te pā (JPS 1905:76). / Those kites ascended to a height, and then descended, then climbed upwards again until they were a long way up, and swooped again over the pā.
Synonyms: manu tū, pākau, manu aute, manu tukutuku, horewai
3. (noun) person held in high esteem - a figurative use usually qualified by an epithet, e.g. manukura (leader in council, leader).
Synonyms: manukura
4. (noun) family muttonbirding territory - each muttonbirding island is divided into a number of manu, with boundaries defined by geographic features, trees, etc.
manu aute
1. (noun) kite - especially one made in the shape of a bird using paper mulberry cloth.
Te manu aute nō te iwi Māori: Mehemea ka whatua taua mea, kia rite tonu ki te āhua o te manu e rere nei. Ka mahia e te Maori hei manu, ko ngā paihau me te tinana o te manu. Ka takaia te tinana o te manu, me ngā paihau, ki te aute. Koia tōna ingoa he manu aute (JPS 1901:191). / The kite made of paper mulberry cloth of the Māori people. That thing was woven into the exact resemblance of a flying bird. It was made by the Māori as a bird having wings and a body, and these wings and body were wound around with paper mulberry cloth. That is why it was called a manu aute.
Synonyms: manu tū, manu, pākau, manu tukutuku, horewai
kite
1. (experience verb) (-a) to see, perceive.
Ko te hiahia kē o Parore kia kite ā-tinana tonu tana irāmutu, a Wiremu, me tana mokopuna, a Hakena i te Kuīni (TTR 1994:83). / Parore's real desire was that his nephew, Wiremu, and his grandson, Hakena, should see the Queen.
Synonyms: rongo
2. (experience verb) (-a) to find, discover, detect.
E kīia ana, ka nui ngā iwi moa kua kitea ki Timaru i Te Waipounamu (TW 2/3/1878:100). / It is reported that many moa bones have been discovered at Timaru in the South Island.
3. (experience verb) (-a) to recognise.
I whakaaro te tangata nei, kāhore anō ia i kitea e ngā wāhine nei (NM 1928:116). / This man decided that he had not yet been recognised by these women.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, mōhiohio, mōhio
4. (noun) seeing, perceiving.
Te hokinga mai o te titiro ki ngā pua rākau o uta, tere tonu tō rātou kite iho i te mate mō rātou (NIT 1995:37). / When they looked back at the blossoms on the shore, they quickly saw the predicament they were in.
Synonyms: kitenga
5. (noun) finding.
E mahara tonu ana a Āpirana Ngata ki te uauatanga o te kite tangata hai whakairo i te whare karakia i Tikitiki (TTR 1998:186). / Āpirana Ngata was aware of the difficulty in finding carvers for the church at Tikitiki.
kite ā-kanohi
1. (verb) to see in person.
Synonyms: ā-kanohi
pūhihi
1. (verb) to be stiff, standing upright (especially of the hair).
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
2. (modifier) slender, slight.
He tangata pūhihi noa te hanga o Pōkiha, he tangata tū takotako, tau kē nei hoki ki te mau kaka; hau ai tōna rongo ki te whaikōrero ki te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā (TTR 2000:157). / Pōkiha was a slight figure of erect carriage and immaculate dress; he was famed as an orator in both Māori and English.
3. (noun) ray (of the sun, stars, etc.).
Tīhaehae ana ngā pūhihi i ngā kapua o te rangi (TWK 36:16). / The sun's rays pierced the clouds in the sky.
4. (noun) antenna, aerial.
Ki tā ngā mātanga pūtaiao, e toru ngā wāhanga tinana o te pepeke (ko te pane, te tārāuma me te puku), e ono ngā waewae. He pūhihi ō ētahi, he parirau hoki ō ētahi (RP 2009:324). / Scientists classify insects as having three body segments (head, thorax and abdomen) and six legs. Some have antennae and some have wings.
5. (noun) plume, streamer (of a kite, etc.).
6. (noun) brush (on the end of a tūī's tongue) - sometimes was cut to to enable the tūī to speak distinctly.
Ka tohia ngā pūhihi o te kōkō (W 1971:304). / The brushes at the end of the tongue of the tūī were cut.
whakahoro
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to accelerate, hasten, hurry (someone), let down, pay out, cause to slip off, demolish, dismantle, flee.
I whakahoro te Poa ki Piritōria, i te pōnānā mahue ake ētahi o ngā pūrepo, me ngā tereina (TP 1/6/1900:6). / The Boers fled to Pretoria and in their haste left behind some of the cannons and trains.
Synonyms: whakatere, whakahohoro, kautuku, whakahinga, tukutuku, whakaheke, tuku
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to let down, pay out (a line), fly (a kite).
Ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka... (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops...
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) cause to crumble down, cause to collapse, cause to slip off, demolish, dismantle.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
4. (verb) to pass on, hand on (traditions, etc.).
Ka tuhia e ia ngā tikanga a ngā tohunga, me ngā tikanga whakahoro tamāroa (TTR 1998:75). / He wrote of the rituals of tohunga, and the methods of passing on knowledge to first-born sons.
5. (noun) free from tapu, free from impediments.
I te whakawahinga o te Kīngi i Ngāruawāhia i te 2 o Mei 1859, he maha rātou i ngōki atu i waenganui i ngā kūwhā o Te Wherowhero. Ko tērā tikanga he whakahoro hauhauaitu e whānau hou ai te tangata (TTR 1990:163). / When the King was confirmed at Ngāruawāhia on 2 May 1859, many crawled through Te Wherowhero's thighs. That custom was a whakahoro hauhauaitu whereby a person was being born again symbolically.
taratahi
1. (modifier) intermittent, isolated, alone.
I haere tonu tana mahi tuhituhi atu i wāhi taratahi ki te nūpepa tae atu ki ngā whakakapi, ki 'Te Kōpara' me 'Te Toa Takitini' hoki (TTR 1996:67). / From this isolated spot he continued writing to the paper and its successors, 'Te Kopara' and 'Te Toa Takitini'.
2. (noun) triangular shaped kite.
Ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai; te potonga o ngā kai ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka, ko te pōtēteke, ko te taupiripiri, ko te mū tōrere, a te whai, a te pānokonoko, o te tararī, a te kīkīporo, a te pākuru, a te tārere, a te kūī, a te kūrapakara, a te rere moari, me ērā atu mea katoa (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops, doing somersaults, racing arm in arm, playing draughts, performing string games, playing the pānokonoko string game, playing the jewsharp, beating the time to songs with pieces of wood held against the cheek, playing the mouth resonator, swinging, calling kūī, playing kūrapakara, swinging on the moari, and all those other games.
tūmahi wheako
1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience. Although experience verbs function like transitive verbs (tūmahi whiti) in some ways, they differ in others. Common experience verbs include: kite, rongo, mārama, pīrangi, mōhio, hiahia, mahara, tūmanako. Generally with experience verbs (except kite) their objects are marked with ki, e.g. Kei te mōhio au ki tō pāpā. (I know your father.) Experience verbs function like adjectives when used in commands in that they are preceded by kia, not e or nothing, e.g. Kia maumahara! (Remember!).
Ko te tūmahi wheako he kupumahi whakaatu i te wheako, i te waiaro. / An experience verb is a verb indicating an experience or attitude.
kupumahi wheako
1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience. Although experience verbs function like transitive verbs (kupumahi whiti) in some ways, they differ in others. Common experience verbs include: kite, rongo, mārama, pīrangi, mōhio, hiahia, mahara, tūmanako. Generally with experience verbs (except kite) their objects are marked with ki, e.g. Kei te mōhio au ki tō pāpā. (I know your father.) Experience verbs function like adjectives when used in commands in that they are preceded by kia, not e or nothing, e.g. Kia maumahara! (Remember!).
kākaho
1. (noun) culm, stem of toetoe - used for lining the walls of buildings and for making kites.
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati. (Nā Kīngi Tāwhiao tēnei tongi). / If there is but one toetoe stem it will break, but if they are together in a bundle they will never break. (This saying is by King Tāwhiao).
