pātari
1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to entice, divert, decoy, provoke, incite.
E kore hoki e taea te pātari mai a Te Rauparaha i Kapiti (TTR 1990:368). / And they were not able to lure Te Rauparaha from Kapiti.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (noun) persuasiveness.
He pēnei nā ngā kōrero mō Te Kāhui: arā, he tangata purotu, he hinengaro kakama, he hihiri, he ngāwari me te pātari o te tangi o te reo, ā, he arero reka ki te whakawhere (TTR 1996:215). / The accounts about Te Kahui suggest that he was a handsome man, clever, energetic, and possessing a soft and winning voice and persuasive tongue.
Ngā Pātari
1. (personal noun) Magellanic Clouds - two diffuse luminous patches in the southern sky, now known to be small irregular galaxies that are closest to our own.
I tētahi pō ka titiro ia ki te pō tū i waho i Te Omanga e tāruru ana, ki Te Ika-o-te-rangi me Ngā Pātari, ki te tae pūkohu tataiore e taipua ana i ngā maunga (JPS 1911:17). / One night he looked at the clouds beyond Te Omanga, resting close and compact, at the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds, at the flakes of mist running together and settling in masses on the mountains.
See also Whakaruruhau, Te
Synonyms: Whakaruruhau, Te
Pātari-kaihau
1. (personal noun) Small Magellanic Cloud - diffuse, luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be a galaxy containing perhaps 2,000 million stars.
See also Ngā Pātari, Tītakataka
Pātari-rangi
1. (personal noun) Large Magellanic Cloud - a diffuse, luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be a galaxy containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.
See also Ngā Pātari, Tīoreore
Synonyms: Tīoreore
