mekemeke
1. (verb) (-a) to punch, box, strike with the fist repeatedly, come to blows.
Nō te tau 1887 i mekemeke ai ngā taitama o Ngāti Maniapoto me ētehi kaikānataraka nā te mea he karo nō ērā ki te utu i te kōmihana a te komiti (TTR 1994:74). / In 1887 Ngāti Maniapoto youths came to blows with some contractors attempting to avoid royalty payments owed to the committee.
Synonyms: meke
2. (modifier) boxing.
I reira ka whakawhiwhia a ia ki te tohu mō te toa mekemeke, noho toa rā ia mō te toru tau (TTR 2000:167). / There he was awarded with the trophy for the boxing champion, which he retained for three years.
3. (noun) boxing.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 61;)
I a Malietoa i te kura ko ia te whakaihuwaka mō te whakataetae nei, mō te mekemeke (TTR 2000:90) / While Malietoa was at school he was the boxing champion.
2. (modifier) boxing.
I ngā tau e waru i riro i a Tame Pāna i runga i āna mahi motomoto e £40,000 (TP 1/1909:9). / In eight years Tommy Burns earned £40,000 from his boxing activities.
2. (modifier) boxing.
I kakari momoto a Pire Rangi rāua ko Pire Koea i te pō o Ākuhata nei ki Pirihipeina mō te Taitara Toa o Ahitereiria (TPH 31/8/1911:5). / Bill Rangi and Bill Squires fought at night this August in Brisbane for the Championship Title of Australia.
pāki
1. (loan) (noun) box.
Ko tētahi o ngā matā tika tonu ki runga i te manuao, whara ana tētahi o ngā pū nui, papā ana te pāki paura, tokowaru ngā hēramana i tū kaiākiri (TJ 14/6/1898:4). / One of the shells hit the warship directly, one of the large guns was disabled, the powder box exploded and eight sailors were wounded.
pouaka
1. (noun) box.
Kei tētehi wāhi o tēnei marae tētehi rārangi pouaka tekau mā tahi, ā he mea poka te kōhao ki te taupoki o ia pouaka, o ia pouaka hei tukunga moni iho ki roto (KO 15/1/1884:15). / In one part of this courtyard is a line of eleven boxes and each one has a hole pocked into the lid as a place to donate money.
waka huia
1. (noun) treasure box.
Ko te taonga mā Pirinihehe Ana he waka huia, pērā me te papahou, engari he paku iho (TWK 19:40). / The gift for Princess Ann was a waka huia (treasure box), which is like a papahou, but smaller.
See also waka
waka
1. (noun) canoe, vehicle, conveyance, spirit medium, medium (of an atua).
Ko ngā tiriti o tērā tāone kapi tonu i ngā tū āhua waka o te Pākehā, mai i te hōiho kawekawe mīti a te pūtia tae noa ki ngā tū āhua katoa o te taramukā (TP 10/1909:3). / The streets of that town are full of all sorts of vehicles of the Pākehā, from the horse carrying the butcher’s meat to all sorts of tramcars.
Synonyms: matataketake, wawaenga, kauwaka
2. long narrow receptacle, box (for feathers).
Ka tata ki te rau tau mai ki 1900, ka tahuri a Ānaha ki te whakairo taonga itiiti nei, hei hokohoko ki ngā Pākehā. He ipu, he kumete, he waka huia, he paipa hei kai tōrori, he pouaka māti, me ētehi taonga hei whakaahua i ngā mea o te ao tawhito (TTR 1990:262). / Around the turn of the century Anaha was involved in the production of smaller carvings for sale to Europeans. These were containers, bowls, carved jewellery boxes, tobacco pipes, tinder boxes and replicas of traditional artefacts.
See also waka huia
3. (noun) water trough.
Ka whakakīia te waka ki te wai, ka haramai ngā kererū ki te inu. Ka whakairia he tāhere ki ngā taha o te waka, kia tau mai he manu ki te inu kua mau (Te Ara 2013). / The trough was filled with water, and kererū would come to drink. Snares were set on either side of the trough, and when the birds landed to drink they were caught.
4. (noun) allied kinship groups descended from the crew of a canoe which migrated to New Zealand and occupying a set territory.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 48; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 27-31; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 210-219;)
Ko te waiata katoa nei, e whakaatu ana i te reo tohunga o ngā iwi o Tainui waka (M 2006:186). / The whole of this song reflects the priestly language of the tribes of the Tainui canoe area.
5. (noun) crew of a canoe.
I te ata e rotua ana e Rua te waka rā kia moe tonu (NM 1928:65). / In the morning Rua put a spell on the crew of that canoe so that they continued sleeping.
6. (noun) flock, flight (of birds).
moto
1. (verb) (-a,-kia) to strike with the fist, box.
Ki te moto mai tētahi Pākehā i a au, toto ana taku ihu, e kore au e tahuri atu ki te moto i a ia, erangi me pupuru e ahau, me tuku ki te whakawākanga (TKM.MM 1/9/1860:16). / If a Pākehā strikes me with his fist and my nose bleeds, I will not strike him in return, but will hold him, and give him up to be tried.
2. (noun) blow of the fist.
Ki te mea e āhua hiahia ana koe ki te moto i tō hoa, kia maha ō titiro ki tō hoa, nō te mea he kotahi anō āu moto e ū ki a ia, ka patua mai anō hoki koe e ia, ā kei kaihoro tōu riri, ko koe e raru (TW 20/7/1878:359). / If you have a slight desire to punch your friend, look at your companion many times because when just one of your punches lands, he will retaliate and your anger will take over and you'll be in trouble.
pāka
1. (loan) (noun) box.
Ā pau noa ngā rā tekau mā tahi me ngā pō hoki e tinei ana i te ahi, kore rawa e taea, i tēnei takiwā kua tata tonu te ahi ki te wāhi e takoto ana ngā pāka paura (HTK 8/7/1893:7). / And for eleven days and nights we were fighting to extinguish the fire without success and at this time the fire was quite close to the place where the boxes of gunpowder were lying.
2. (loan) (noun) dock (court).
...engari i tū anō a te Kahu ki roto i te pāka i te kōti, ka pangaia ana te kēhi ki waho... (TJ 12/10/1899:8). / ...but Te Kahu did stand in the dock in court and the case was thrown out...
3. (loan) (noun) pack, packet, container.
…e waru poro tupeka ki te mea kotahi me ētahi pāka hikareti me ētahi pukapuka hei kōrero (TP 9/1902:2-3). / …eight blocks of tobacco for each person, some packs of cigarettes, and some books to read.
Synonyms: kawenga, pīkau, pōrukuruku, pēke, whakawhāiti, tatai, mōkī, pākete, pūhera
