kutukutu ahi
1. (verb) to make meaningless talk, rave, talk nonsense.
Anei e whai ake nei ētahi kōrero hei whakapati i te hunga whai mai i tā mātou e kutukutu ahi nei! Arā, ko ngā kōrero a Pou Tēmara mō te pūnaha ringapoto a Te Pēhi (HM 1/1993). / Here follows an account to titillate the people who follow our raving! That is, Pou Tēmara's account about Best's shorthand system.
Synonyms: ngutungutu ahi, tīhāhā, rūtā
2. (noun) delirium, raving, nonsense, meaningless talk, drivel, gibberish, waffle.
I ētahi wā i a au e pānui ana i ngā tuhituhinga reo Māori a tētahi o aku akonga, tē aro i a au āna kōrero, he kutukutu ahi. / Sometimes when I'm reading the writings in Māori of one of my students I have no idea what she's saying, it's nonsense.
Synonyms: ngutungutu ahi, kohe
3. (noun) incessant grumbling, harping on a subject.
Kāti te kutukutu ahi mo ōku hē (Ng 1993:196). / Stop harping on about my faults.
2. (modifier) foolish, nonsensical, illogical, ridiculous, ludicrous.
He āhua rite tēnei tono ki te kōrero nenekara rā, "Ko koutou mā kāore anō kia tae mai, tēnā whakatūhia mai ō koutou ringa." (HM 1/1995:5). / This request is a little like that ridiculous statement, "Those of you who haven't arrived yet, please raise your hands."
Synonyms: rare, haraki, whakarorirori
2. (modifier) trifling, trivial, having no object, pointless, unimportant, inconsequential.
Ka haere ngā tamariki me ngā mokopuna ki ngā hui, ki ngā haere kūrapa noa iho, ka waiho ngā kaumātua kia noho pani ana (TP 1/8/1899:6). / The children and grandchildren go off to gatherings or just trivial trips and leave the elders to remain alone.
Synonyms: huhuakore, papa kore, hakihakiā, kikokore, makihoi, huakore, koretake
3. (modifier) trespassing, vagrant, wandering, roving, roaming.
Kaihaumi: Mō te tangata kūrapa ki ngā whenua o rau o iwi, ka mahi i ngā kai o reira, manu aha (M 2004:106). / Trespasser: An expression applied to a person who trespasses over the lands of other people, where he takes birds, etc.
4. (noun) pointless nonsense.
Kua kīia ake e au he moemoeā nā Himiona Te Kani-ā-Takirau ana kōrero, mehemea ehara i te moemoeā he mea moenanu nāna inā te kūrapa noa iho (TP 8/1910:10). / I have said that Himiona Te Kani-ā-Takirau's account is a dream, if it's not a dream then he's talking in his sleep because it's just pointless nonsense.
5. (noun) good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, layabout, loser.
He pōrangi te tangata rā, ka tahi; he kōripi, ka rua; he kūrapa, ka toru (W 1971:142). / Firstly, that man is mad; secondly, he's a vagrant; and thirdly, he's a good-for-nothing.
ngutungutu ahi
1. (intransitive verb) to make meaningless talk, rave, talk nonsense, delirious.
Ki te ngutungutu ahi te tūroro, me mātua mahi kia heke te wera o tōna tinana (HJ 2017:136). / If the patient is delirious, you must concentrate on reducing the body temperature.
See also kutukutu ahi
Synonyms: kutukutu ahi
2. (noun) delirium, raving, nonsense, meaningless talk, incessant grumbling, harping on a subject, drivel, gibberish, waffle.
Ko te take i pērā ai ko te kōrerotanga i ngā kōrero wairangi, arā pōrangi, he ngutungutu ahi (JPS 1929:48). / The reason that they did that was because of the irrational talk, that is she was demented, it was delirium.
See also kutukutu ahi
Synonyms: kohe, kutukutu ahi
2. (noun) nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, tommyrot, gibberish.
Ka pānui ia i te pukapuka, engari he kohe ana kōrero. / He read out from the book, but what he said was gibberish.
Synonyms: ngutungutu ahi, kutukutu ahi, kapurangi, para, parahanga, rāpihi
3. (noun) chatterbox, prattler.
Synonyms: komarero, arero kapekapetau
te puku
1. lying, full of nonsense - an idiom when used as a modifier after a noun.
Pare: Ko tēnei tōku rā whakamutunga mō te kai paipa me te whakamutu mō ake tonu atu. Rangi: He tangata te puku koe. Koinā tō kōrero i tērā wiki (HKK 1991:63). / Pare: This is my last day of smoking and I'm stopping for good. Rangi: You're all bullshit. That's what you said last week.
Synonyms: teka, tipatipa, hāwatewate
