koi
1. (stative) be sharp, pointed.
2. (modifier) sharp, pointed, jagged.
Ka whakamahia anō ngā kōhatu koi ki te wero kōhao mō ngā taonga pēnei i te matau (Te Ara 2014). / Sharp stones were also used to drill holes for items such as fish hooks.
Synonyms: whakakoikoi, mākini
3. (noun) spike, sharp splinter.
Ko ōna niho kei te koi matā (NM 1928:22). / Her teeth were spikes of obsidian.
4. (noun) headland, promontory.
Ko Te Raupa ko te haupapa pōhatu e takoto mai rā i te Hōtēra o Te Kaha, huri noa i te koi i Toka-a-kuku (TTT 1/4/1929:969). / Te Raupa is the stoney flat area located at the Te Kaha Hotel around to the headland at Toka-a-kuku.
Synonyms: kūrae, rae, more, koraenga, mātārae, kūraenga, kūmū, ponaihu, koutu, matamata, kūmore, raenga, tūmū
2. (noun) forked spear (for catching fish).
I mau e ngā tauhou nei te maha o ngā kaimoana mā te kupenga, te matarau, te matau (Te Ara 2011). / These strangers caught much sea food with nets, spears and hooks.
3. (noun) polyhedron.
He āhua ahu-3 te matarau, ko ōna mata katoa he taparau. E whā, nui ake rānei ngā mata. He maha ngā momo matarau, ka tapaina ki te maha o ngā mata, arā, he matawhā, he matarima, he mataono, mata hia kē atu rānei. Mēnā he matarau rite, he ōrite te āhua me te rahi o ngā mata katoa, he taparau rite hoki ngā mata (TRP 2010:165). / A polyhedron is a 3-dimensional shape whose faces are all polygons. It has four or more faces. There are many types of polyhedra which are named after the number of faces they have. In regular polyhedra all faces are the same shape and size, and the faces are regular polygons. (TRP 2010:165).
tohutohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to instruct, advise, save the life of, spare, preserve, conserve, show, point at, point out, guide, direct.
Nā Māhutonga i tohutohu mai ō koutou tūpuna, me te nui hoki o tō rātou māia, kia whakawhiti ora mai rātou i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ki tēnei whenua (TP 7/1911:10). / It was the Southern Cross that guided our ancestors and with their bravery they were able to cross the Pacific Ocean safely to this country.
Synonyms: tohu, tuhi, rarawe, whakaatu, tūtohu, rongoā, whakauka, whakatote, rokiroki, whakapounamu, tūtohi, whakahahaki, whakaatuatu, arataki, hura, mataraharaha, whakaariari, tiata, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakakite, tītohu
2. (verb) (-a) to indicate.
4. (noun) direction, advice, instruction, recommendation.
I ngā wā katoa e pā atu ana ōna ringa ki te tūroro, me horoi ōna ringa ki te wai nei i muri iho. Kauaka tēnei tohutohu e takahia (TRA 1/3/1929:950). / At all times when one's hands touch the patient one must wash one's hands with water afterwards. Do not flout this instruction.
Synonyms: kupu tohutohu, taunaki, marohi, tūtohunga, kupu whakatau
tuhi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to write, draw, record.
Ka tae ki reira, kua hikitia e te mīhini kua riringitia ngā waiū ki roto i tētahi taika kaitā, kua tirohia te taumaha, kua tuhia ki roto i taku pukapuka (HP 1991:25). / When I arrived there, they were lifted by the machine and the milk was poured into a large tank, the weight was checked and written into my book.
Synonyms: kōpae puoro, rekoata, kupu whakamahara, mauhanga
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to adorn, decorate (with painting, etc.).
Ka kite a Tūpai i te rangi e tuhi ana te pīpipi o te rangi (JPS 1926:240). / Tūpai saw the sky adorned with cirrostratus cloud.
3. (verb) (-a) to point out, point at.
Tuhia mai ko tēhea o ngā pā hei huakanga mā tātou (W 1971:448). / Point out which fort for us to attack.
Synonyms: tohutohu, tohu, tūtohi, whakahahaki, whakaatuatu, arataki, tūtohu, whakaatu
4. (noun) writing, script.
I te mea kua tāia, ka pōhēhē ngā tamariki kei te tika katoa te tuhi me te takoto o ngā kupu (HM 3/1991:2). / Because they have been published, the children think mistakenly that the writing and grammar is all correct.
Synonyms: tuhinga
tohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to instruct, advise, save the life of, spare, guide, direct, instruct, appoint.
E tino maumahara ana au ki taua pō e inoi ana tō mātau koroua ki Te Atua kia tohungia mātau (HP 1991:14). / I well remember that night when our grandfather was praying to God that we be spared.
Synonyms: tohutohu
2. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to point out, show, indicate, point at, gesticulate.
E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa (JPS 1911:22). / He was gesticulating before the army divisions as if the taiaha would break in his hands.
Synonyms: whakakite, tiata, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha, tuhi, tohutohu, whakaatu, tūtohi, whakahahaki, whakaatuatu, arataki, tūtohu
3. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to preserve, conserve.
I te tukunga o te patu i te tau 1865, ka kī taurangi a Kerei me Te Mākarini, ka tohua ngā whenua o Ngāti Porou ki a rātau anō (TTR 1990:40). / When weapons were laid down in 1865 Grey and McLean promised that Ngāti Porou land would be preserved for the tribe's own use.
Synonyms: rokiroki, whakapounamu, tohutohu, rarawe, rongoā, whakauka, whakatote
4. (verb) (-a) to perform a ritual.
Tohua ana a Hēnare ki te tikanga pure o te karaka whati, he tikanga whakatakataka i te toa mō te pakanga (TTR 2000:70). / Hēnare underwent the ritual of karaka whati, a practice preparing a warrior for battle.
5. (noun) sign, mark, symbol, emblem, token, qualification, cue, symptom, proof, directions, company, landmark, distinguishing feature, signature.
Kua tae mai ō tohu aroha ki a au, arā ngā aikiha me te neketai i tukuna mai nei e koe (TKO 15/1/1916:5). / Your tokens of affection have arrived, that is the handkerchiefs and tie which you sent.
Synonyms: tūtohi, tohutohu, haina, hāponotanga, whakatūturu, whakatūturutanga, tuhinga ingoa, hainatanga, mokotā, waituhi, mātānawe, matohu, nawe, kōiraira, māka, waitohu, whaitohu, tūtohu
6. (noun) advice, suggestion, guidance.
He tohu kūare tēnei, he hua nō te whakaaro horihori (TP 1/5/1901:1). / This is uninformed advice, a result of incorrect opinion.
kōmata o te rangi
1. (noun) zenith, highest point of the celestial sphere, acme, high point, pinnacle.
Tukua tērā kia mau i tāna ake rā hai tīokaoka mō te kōmata o te rangi e tū nei (JPS 1897:45). / Let him take his own weapon and pierce repeatedly the highest point of the celestial sphere.
Synonyms: poutūmārō, poutūmārōtanga, kaweka, keokeo, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, tāmore, karamatamata
hei aha (noa iho)
1. there's no point, don't bother, don't worry about it - an idiom indicating that there is no point in pursuing a particular activity.
Homai tō poraka. Māku e kānihi. Hei aha. He moumou tāima. / Give me your jersey, please. I'll mend it. There's no point. It's a waste of time.
Inā nōnā anō tōna hē hei aha noa iho i aroha atu ai. / When it’s her own fault then let’s not have any sympathy.
Toka-purewha
1. (location) eastern point of Ōkahu Bay (Auckland) - the original name of Bastion Point.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)
Tērā te pā, ka horo tērā pā, a Kohi-maramara, haere tonu mai ki tētahi pā, ki Toka-purewha, whawhai tonu atu, horo ake tērā pā (Wh4 2004:109). / Then there was the pā, Kohimaramara that fell, and continuing on to another pā at Bastion Point, they continued fighting and that pā was taken.
See also Taka-para-whau
pūwāhi whakarārangi
1. (noun) collinear points (maths) - a property of a set of points lying on a single line.
Ki te takoto ngā pūwāhi e toru, neke atu rānei, i te rārangi kotahi, e kīia ana tēnā he pūwāhi whakarārangi. / If three or more points lie in a single line they are said to be collinear points.
timotimo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to peck (as a bird), prick, strike with a pointed instrument, nip.
Ahakoa kei te timotimoria e te weka ngā huruhuru o te pīkake hei huruhuru mōna, kāore e rerekē atu, ka noho anō te pīkake hei pīkake, te weka hei weka (TPH 29/10/1912:3). / Even if the weka pecks out the feathers of the peacock for itself, it will not change anything, the peacock remains a peacock and the weka as a weka.
Synonyms: tongi, kātara, oka, kinikini, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuti, kuku, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni, kati, kikini, kini
2. (modifier) nibbled, pecked.
Kei te taha matau ngā rā i wānangatia mai i ngā radiocarbon me ngā kai timotimo a te kiore i ngā anga me ngā kākano (Te Ara 2013). / On the right are dates obtained from radiocarbon dates and rat-nibbled shells and seeds.
2. (verb) (-a) to move a canoe sideways - by plunging the paddle into the water and drawing it towards one.
Tīroua mai te ihu o te waka (W 1971:424). / Move the prow of the canoe this way.
3. (noun) pole, stick (used to reach something), pointed stick (used as a fork), fork.
Ko ngā wheua o te hunga maitai i patua nei he mea mahi hei tīrou kai, ā, ko ngā wheua o ngā hūhā he mea mahi hei tōrino, arā, hei rehu (TAH 51:17). / The bones of the foreigners who had been killed were made into forks for picking up food, and the thigh bones were made into flutes.
Synonyms: paoka, pūrou, pūrau, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu, koteo, tokotoko
toitoi
1. (noun) top, tip, point, summit.
Ko te Māori e riri ana ki ngā Pākehā haere ki Tongariro, he tohe hoki nā te Pākehā kia kite i te toitoi o Tongariro. Te take i riri ai te Māori he tapu nō taua wāhi (TW 30/3/1878:140). / Māori are angry with the Pākehā because the Pākehā persist in wanting to visit the summit of Tongariro Mountain. The reason that the Māori are angry is because that place is tapu.
Synonyms: koi, koinga, toi, tara, tihi, mata, matū, matamata, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to nibble (bait).
Kua rongo au i te ika e tongi ana i te mōunu. / I felt the fish nibbling the bait.
3. (noun) dot, point, speck, spot.
Me hanga he tongi whero i te taha ki raro o te pōro, arā ki te taha tonga, hei ritenga mō Niu Tīrani (TWMNT 5/6/1877:144). / A red dot should be mad on the bottom side of the ball, that is on the south side, to represent New Zealand.
Synonyms: koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, tara, tihi, mata, matū, matamata, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore
2. (verb) to be on the point of, about to.
Ka karanga a Taihā, "Kia āpititūtia, kia whana te hingahinga ngā tūpāpaku." (W 1971:486). / Taihā called out, "Charge, the intended victims are about to fall."
Synonyms: hono
