aukati
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to dam a stream, prevent one from passing, block, obstruct, discriminate against - sometimes involves placing a notional boundary across which unauthorised movement is prohibited.
Nei te pōwhiri atu ki a koutou, kei pōkaku noa mai koutou e aukatihia noahia mai ana ki ēnei kura e toru nā rātou nei i te para te huarahi (HM 2/1999). / Here is the invitation to you all in case you are mistaken into thinking that you are being excluded from these three schools which paved the way.
Synonyms: kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, taupare, pā, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, ārai, hōtaetae, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei
2. (modifier) discriminatory, biased, unfair, exclusive.
Ka haere ngā mahi whakatutuki, whakawhānui a te kāwanatanga i ngā ture mō tā rātou kaupapa toko i te ora, tohua ake ana e Rangi ngā tikanga aukati i te Māori (TTR 1998:109). / As the government implemented its broader welfare legislation, Rangi drew attention to practices discriminatory to Māori.
3. (modifier) restrictive.
He kī pono tēnei, mehemea e kore te iwi e pai ki tēnei mahi aukati, nā tō rātou kūare, nā tō rātou mōhio kore i pēnei ai rātou. Tēnā, kua tae rānei koe ki ēnā kāinga aukati? (KO 15/12/1886:8). / This is a fact that if the people are not amenable to this restrictive practice they are like this because of their ignorance and lack of knowledge. Well, have you been to those settlements where there is a restriction?
4. (noun) border, boundary marking a prohibited area, roadblock, discrimination (justice), line over which one may not pass.
I tono atu ahau ki a koe kia hoki mai koe, otirā i whakatakoto koe i tētahi aukati i runga i te rohe i kīia e koe ko te rohe o tō takiwā, ā kāore ahau i āhei te haere atu ki tērā taha (TWMNT 27/3/1877:87). / I asked you to come back, but you placed an aukati over the area that you say is the boundary of your territory, and I was not allowed to cross over to that side.
2. (modifier) not disposed towards, unfavourably disposed towards, biased, prejudiced, viciously disposed.
E tika rawa ana kia whakawākia i roto i te Kōti Whakawā aua tū tāngata ngākaukino (TWMNT 22/5/1977:128). / It would be quite proper to take proceedings in the Resident Magistrate's Court against any such viciously disposed individuals.
Synonyms: whakatoihara
3. (noun) bad heart, bias against, ill-treatment, guilty intent, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, malevolence.
He kupu ēnei nā Pāpaka mō te ngākaukino o āna mātua ki a ia (NIT 1995:291). / These were words by Pāpaka referring to his uncles' ill-treatment of himself.
Synonyms: kaikino, hīanga, whakatoihara, whakahāweatanga, whakatakētanga, kōaro
2. (verb) (-a) to be biased (maths).
He aha i haukume ai te tīpako i tēnā tūhuratanga tauanga? (TRP 2010:111). / Why is the sample of that statistical investigation biased?
3. (modifier) biased (maths).
Mēnā e tūhuratia ana ngā whakaaro o te hunga kaipōti mō te pirimia e manakohia ana, ā, ka tīpakohia tētahi hunga kaumātua hei uiui, ka kīia he tīpako haukume tērā nā te mea kāore i whai wāhi mai te matatini o ngā tāngata katoa e āhei ana ki te pōti (TRP 2010:111). / If the opinions of voters about their preferred prime minister are being investigated and a group of elders is selected for questioning, then that would be a biased sample because it does not include the wide variety of people who are able to vote (TRP 2010:111).
4. (noun) bias (maths).
E rua ngā whakamahinga o te haukume i ngā kaupapa pāngarau (TRP 2010:111). / The concept of bias can be applied to two things in mathematics (TRP 2010:111).
mariu
1. (verb) to be favourably disposed towards, favour, prefer.
Me te whakapae anō ko tōna iwi o Ngāti Porou me tōna whānau tāna i mariu ai (engari, kīhai he whakaaturanga hai tautoko i tētahi o aua whakapae nei) (TTR 1996:110). / And the allegation that he favoured his tribe, Ngāti Porou, and his family (but there was no evidence to support any of those allegations).
2. (noun) optimism, favouritism, bias, preference, partiality.
Engari i tana whaikōrero whakamutunga kāore i mahue i a ia te tikanga o te kaupapa whakaurunga, tae atu ki te mariu o tana whakaaro mō te āhua anō o te whakawhanaunga ā-iwi (TTR 2000:177). / But in her last speech she did not omit the topic of integration and the optimism she had for race relations.
Synonyms: ngākau rorotu
tīpako haukume
1. (noun) biased sample, non-representative sample, skewed sample.
Ka whakaritea tētahi tīpako. Ākene pea ka tirohia te pukapuka waea o Tāmaki-makau-rau, ā, ka waeahia atu ia tangata rima tekau, ka uiuia ko rātou anake. He tīpako tēnei, engari he tīpako haukume. Ehara i te tīpako matapōkere nā te mea kāore i whai wāhi mai te hunga i waho atu i Tāmaki-makau-rau e noho ana, kāore hoki i whai wāhi mai te hunga kore waea (TRP 2010:290). / A sample is arranged. Perhaps the Auckland telephone book is looked at and every fiftieth person is phoned, they are the only ones interviewed. This is a sample, but a biased sample. It's not a random sample because people living outside Auckland are not involved, and nor are people who don't have a phone.
