tūāuri
1. (adjective) be indigo.
See also tuauri
2. (modifier) ancient.
Kete tuauri, kete tuatea, kete aronui: Ko ngā kete o te wānanga i tīkina e Tāne i a Io-matua (M 2006:12). / Kit of sacred knowledge, kit of ancestral knowledge, kit of life's knowledge. These are the kits of knowledge that Tāne fetched from Io the-parent (M 2006:15).
3. (location) ancient times.
kete tuauri
1. (noun) kit of sacred knowledge - one of the baskets of knowledge. This basket relates to the creation of the natural world and the patterns of energy that operate behind the world of sense perception and the realm of the tohunga. It includes the knowledge of karakia.
He tika te kī a ngā kaumātua he tino waka a 'Tākitumu', koinei te heke i tino kaha ki te pupuri i ngā kete e toru o te wānanga, arā i te kete aronui, te kete tuatea, me te kete tuauri (TTT 1/5/1923:5). / The elders are correct when they say that 'Tākitumu' was the important canoe and its migration was the one that held on strongly to the three baskets of knowledge, namely te kete aronui, te kete tuatea and te kete tuauri.
See also kete o te wānanga
2. (modifier) long ago - intensifies tūāuri, tūāuriuri, tuauri and tuauriuri where these are used to indicate a time in the distant past.
I ngā rā o tuauri whāioio, e whakapaetia ana i noho ngā tīpuna o te kiwi i Ahitereiria, ka mutu, he manu whai parirau kē i taua wā (HKK 1999:189). / In prehistoric times, it is claimed that the ancestors of the kiwi lived in Australia, and what's more, it was a bird that had wings at that time.
Ko tō tātou reo tūāuriuri whāioio kia kaua e ngaro i tā te moa ngaro engari kia ora mō ake tonu atu (HM 3/1995:6). / Our ancient language should not be lost like the extinction of the moa but should live forever.
Synonyms: kē, tāukiuki, noa atu, neha, noa mai, aua atu (rā), noa ake
3. (noun) New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae - native bird with head and upperparts brown and streaked darker brown similar to a skylark but more slender, with the habit of flicking its long tail up and down. It inhabits open areas but avoids intensively farmed land.
kete o te wānanga
1. (noun) baskets of knowledge - these are the three baskets of knowledge obtained for mankind by the god Tāne, known primarily as the god of the forests and all that dwells within them. To acquire the baskets of knowledge, Tāne had to ascend to the twelfth heaven, to Te Toi-o-ngā-rangi, and there be ushered into the presence of the Supreme God, of Io-matua-kore himself, to make his request. The request was granted and hence the knowledge we now have in our possession and at our disposal. Tāne had to reconnoitre and negotiate eleven other heavens before ascending to the twelfth and there receive the knowledge he sought. The three baskets of knowledge are usually called te kete tuauri, te kete tuatea and te kete aronui.
Kete tuauri, kete tuatea, kete aronui: Ko ngā kete o te wānanga i tīkina e Tāne i a Io-matua (M 2006:12). / Kit of sacred knowledge, kit of ancestral knowledge, kit of life's knowledge. These are the kits of knowledge that Tāne fetched from Io the-parent (M 2006:15).
See also kete tuatea, kete aronui, kete tuauri, kete uruuru rangi, kete uruuru matua, kete uruuru tau
kete uruuru rangi
1. (noun) basket of sacred knowledge, karakia and ritual - one of the three baskets of knowledge and an alternative name from the Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu traditions for te kete tuauri.
Ko te kete uruuru rangi he pakanga ngā taonga o tēnei kete (JPS 1926:333). / Matters related to warfare are the treasures of the basket called te kete uruuru rangi.
See also kete tuauri, kete o te wānanga
