PLENTIFUL - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

ngea

1. intensive in respect of number.

2. (adjective) very numerous, abundant.

nui

1. (verb) to be large, big, many, plentiful, numerous, great, abundant, ample, superior, of high rank, important.

He nui hoki ngā taika kei te ngahere tata atu ki taua kāinga (TTT 1/6/1923:3). / There are also many tigers in the bush near that village.

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tōnuitanga

1. (noun) prosperity, abundance, plenty.

Me pukumahara i te tōnuitanga, kia whai tahua ai i te tau nihoroa (PK 2008:706). / Be cautious in times of plenty so that you have reserves in years of scarcity.

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Synonyms: taurikura, houkura, tōnui, rangea, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, hira, huhua, kaipukahu, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, harahara, huhuatanga, maruru, ngahue, maha

harahara

1. (noun) abundance, plenty.

E kore te iwi e matekai i te harahara o te kai (PK 2008:79). / Because of the abundance of food the people will never be hungry.

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Synonyms: rangea, maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, kaipukahu, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, hira

hira

1. (stative) be great, important, widespread, of consequence.

I hira ake tō rātou mana i tō ngā rangitira o ngā hapū, ā, i te mātūtūtanga o te mate, i hewa ngā tūroro nā ngā karakia kikokiko i ora ai (KO 15/6/1882:6). / Their mana is greater than that of the chiefs of the kinship groups and when convalescing the patients are deluded into thinking that the malevolent ritual chants will heal them.

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Synonyms: hirahira

2. (stative) be numerous, abundant, plentiful, large, big.

Tērā anō ngā tāone e hira ake ana i Ākarana, i Ngāruawāhia (TPM 2/2/1863:2). / There are othertowns that are bigger than Auckland and Ngāruawāhia.

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Synonyms: pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rarawe, ngāhorohoro, ngerongero, ngahoro, makuru, rari, pukahu, nui, huhua, ranea, hāwere, humi, hua, maha, mahamaha, tuarea, maruru, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, tuauriuri, papata, wene, makiu, ruarangi, kūpara, matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea

3. (modifier) great, important, widespread, of consequence, significant, notable, momentous.

Kei runga e rārangi ana ētahi o ngā mahi hira a ō rātou tūpuna, tae atu ki ngā whakapapa e hāngai pū ana (TTR 1996:252). / On it are some of the significant deeds of their ancestors, together with the relevant genealogies.

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Synonyms: taiea, taumata rau, tāpua, whakaihiihi, tāpua, hirahira, whakamiramira

4. (noun) importance.

Ahakoa te hira o tana mahi ki te puri i a Ngāti Kahungunu ki te taha o te kāwanatanga, tana tautohe i te Kīngitanga me tana whawhai i a Te Kooti, ehara tēnei mahi āna mā te kāwanatanga i te mahi noa (TTR 1994:41). / Despite his important role in keeping Ngāti Kahungunu on the side of the government, his opposition to the King movement, and his fight against Te Kooti, he had not served the government blindly.

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5. (noun) multitude, great number, hordes.

Kātahi au ka kite i te hira o te tāngata (W 1971:52). / I've just seen the hordes of people.

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6. (stative) abundance, profusion, plentifulness.

Ko te whatu he kōhatu, ko te kōhatu, arā ko te hira o te hua rākau, o te karaka, etc. (M 2006:198). / The 'whatu' is a stone and 'kōhatu' is the used for the abundance of fruit, of the karaka tree, etc.

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Synonyms: rangea, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, kaipukahu, maruru, maha, ngahue, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, huhua

pukahu

1. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

Ka whakapaungia te kaha kia pukahu te tupu o te rīwai hei hokohoko ki ngā kaipuke kia riro mai anō ai he pū, he paura (TTR 1990:19). / The expended energy in growing abundant crops of potatoes to trade for muskets and powder with the ships.

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2. (modifier) abundant, plentiful.

Ehara tēnei i te tau pukahu kia rere te kākāriki (JPS 1893:159). / This is not a year of plenty when the kākāriki will come.

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Synonyms: rahi, pōike, ngeangea, ngahiri, maruru, oha, makuru, ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, maha, ngahoro, ngerongero, hua, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, nui, hira, ranea, huhua

3. (noun) abundance, profusion, plenty.

Ka haere a Te Purewa me tana kotahi, ahakoa te pukahu o te hoariri (TTR 1990:259). / Te Purewa went alone, even when the enemy was abundant.

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Synonyms: rangea, ngahue, maruru, hira, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, mahi, makurutanga, nui, kaipukahu, makuru, maha

maruru

1. (verb) to be numerous, plentiful, abounding.

Maruru ai te kano kai (W 1971:185). / Crop seeds are numerous.

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Waiariki

1. (location) Bay of Plenty region.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

I te marama o Maehe i te tau 1900, ka tāngia te kawa e ngā tohunga rongonui o Waiariki (TTR 1994:90). / In March 1900 well-known tohunga of the Waiariki district opened the house.

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Whakaari

1. (location) White Island (Bay of Plenty).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

2. (location) Flagstaff - the name of a ridge to the north-west of Dunedin, misspelt as Wakari.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 18;)

ngahiri

1. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

I te wā o te ngahuru kua hua ngā kai, kua ngahiri. / In the autumn time the crops bear fruit in abundance.

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Synonyms: pōike, maruru, ngeangea, oha, rahi, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, nui, hira

2. (noun) pounder, pestle (for fern root, flax, etc.).

ngahoro

1. (verb) to drop off, fall, fall off.

Ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / Only exotic trees are deciduous, however the only native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.

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2. (verb) to drop out.

Kua kaumātua kē te tangata, kua potopoto te moe, kua ngahoro ngā niho, kua kore e rangona te reka o te kai, kua māuiui noa te tinana (TTT 1/7/1928:814). / When a person is old sleep is short, the teeth have dropped out, the deliciousness of food can no longer be tasted, and the body has become quite sickly.

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3. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

Ko te nuinga o ngā whakamoemoe nei i ngahoro te mahi a te uri (TTR 1990:68). / Most of these marriages produced many descendants.

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Synonyms: ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, maha, makuru, ngerongero, hua, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, pōike, maruru, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rahi

4. (modifier) friable, crumbly.

He oneone ngahoro (W 1971:226). / A friable soil.

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5. (modifier) and upwards, or more, in excess of.

I tae pea ki te kotahi rau ngahoro a Ngāti Whakaue i haina ki taua pukapuka (KO 14/6/1884:5). / Approximately one hundred or more Ngāti Whakaue arrived and signed that document.

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Synonyms: neke atu, nuku atu, neke atu rānei, koni atu rānei, makere

ngeangea

1. (verb) to be very numerous, abundant, plentiful.

Te kai e ngeangea mai nei (W 1971:232). / The food that is abundant here.

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Synonyms: pōike, maruru, ngahiri, oha, rahi, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, nui, hira

2. (modifier) very many, huge number - an intensive used with words indicating numbers.

Ka whakatika mai te mano tini ngeangea o te kiore (W 1971:232). / A huge number of rats rose up.

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Kārewa

1. (location) Gannet Island (off Aotea Harbour). Also an island in the Bay of Plenty.

Tauranga

1. (location) Cape Foulwind (West Coast). Also a harbour in the Bay of Plenty and the name of the Waimana River.

rahi

1. (verb) to be large, big, numerous, great, plentiful.

Ka rahi haere te tāone o Ākarana ka uru atu ia ki ngā whakahaere (TTR 1990:210). / As the town of Auckland expanded he became involved in its affairs.

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Synonyms: pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, papata, wene, tuarea, huhua, makiu, maruru, mahamaha, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, maha, tuauriuri, kūpara, hira, matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui

2. (modifier) big, large.

Nā te kaha nui o te ngākau whakapuke, me te ihupiro ki ngā mahi kaute tētahi wāhi rahi tonu o aua mate (TTR 1996:104). / A big part of those problems was due to excessive enthusiasm and to inexperience in accounting.

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3. (noun) size, greatness.

Ka mea atu ētahi, “E Kupe! Pēnei pea te rahi me Hawaiki nei? Me Rarotonga, me Rangi-ātea me ērā atu motu?” (JPS 1914:191). / Others asked, “O Kupe! Is the size of the land the same as Hawaiki? Like Rarotonga and Rangi-ātea and the other islands?”

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4. (noun) importance, important person, important people.

He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.

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rarawe

1. (verb) to clasp tightly, clutch, hold onto, retain, preserve.

I akiaki anō ia kia rarawe ki te ahurea Māori me te tuakiri ake o te Māori (Te Ara 2016). / He also encouraged the preservation of Māori culture and Māori identity.

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Synonyms: puripuri, taiapo, whītiki, whakatote, rokiroki, tohutohu, whakapounamu, tohu, rongoā, whakauka

2. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

Kei te rarawe ngā kai o te rua (W 1971:333). / There is plenty of food in the storage pit.

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Synonyms: pōike, maruru, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rahi, makuru, maha, mahamaha, ngahoro, ngerongero, hua, humi, rari, hāwere, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro

Pei o Pereti

1. (loan) (location) Bay of Plenty.

Ki tō Te Tātana whakaaro, kia tū ki te Pei o Pereti, ki Ōpōtiki, ki Whakatāne, ki Te Kaha rānei (TP 7/1902:5). / In Mr Thornton’s opinion, it should be held in the Bay of Plenty, at Ōpōtiki, Whakatāne or Te Kaha.

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oha

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to leave as a bequest.

Kua parākiritia hoki tā rātou taonga ki a rātou, kua ohangia (TWMNT 7/11/1876:287). / To them their treasure is established, it has become a bequest.

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2. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

Ka rāhuitia ngā pipi, ka oha (W 1971:237). / When the cockles are protected from being harvested they become plentiful.

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Synonyms: rahi, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, nui, hira, pōike, maruru, ngahiri, ngeangea

3. (modifier) generous, munificent, magnanimous.

Kāre i ārikarika te whakaaro nui me te maimai aroha o ngā iwi o Te Araroa me Wharekahika mō te ngākau oha o ngā mahi a Wī Repa mā rātau (TTR 1996:279). / The people of Te Araroa and Hicks Bay had great respect and affection for Wī Repa's selfless service to them.

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Synonyms: ohaoha

4. (noun) generosity, largesse, munificence.

He mea whakamīharo tana oha ki te tangata (TTR 1996:94). / His generosity to others was remarkable.

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5. (noun) relic, keepsake, gift, treasured bequest.

He manu tawhito, he oha nā ngā mea kua ngaro atu ki te pō, he oha nā ngā tūpuna (TP 1/1/1899:2). / It is an ancient bird, a gift by the ones who have gone to the world of the dead, a gift by the ancestors.

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rangea

1. (modifier) abundant, profusion, plenty.

Kia ruarua ngā tau nihoroa, kia maha ngā tau rangea, mā reira rawa tātou e ora ai (PK 2008:499). / When there are few years of scarcity and many years of abundance, that's how we survive.

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Synonyms: kaipukahu, maruru, harahara, pukahu, nui, tōnuitanga, makuru, huhua, hira