Sew - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

kānihinihi

1. (noun) patchwork.

tui

1. (verb) (-a) to sew, thread on a string, thread.

Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.

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Synonyms: tuitui

2. (verb) (-a) to lash, lace, bind.

Kei ngā rangi ngahuru mā whā e heke mai nei ka tuia ngā taumanu o te waka (JPS 1957:221). / On the next fourteenth days the thwarts of the canoe will be lashed on.

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Synonyms: kōtui, pawero, kaui, tuitui, kōtuitui, whakarorerore, mimire, ruruku, whiu, tātā, whiwhita, tauhere, mīmiro, karawhiu, rona

3. (verb) to put through (the arm or hand through a loop), arm in arm.

4. (noun) string (on which anything is threaded), lashing.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 152;)

Ko te pona o te tui a Kahukura he mea tītorea te pona (NM 1928:151). / The knot of the Kahukura's string was a slip-knot.

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Synonyms: whiunga, tuitui, mīmiro

tuinga

1. (noun) binding, sewing, suture.

Nā āna mahi tuinga i kaha ai tōna iwi ki te ārai i ngā whakawai a te pū, a te hāhi Pākehā, me ngā momo kaupapa whaioranga i puta mai i ngā kaihokohoko (TTR 1990:319). / Through his alliances, he strengthened his people against the disruptions of musket warfare, the Pākehā church, and the economic changes wrought by traders.

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Synonyms: tuitui, mātuhi

tuitui

1. (verb) (-a) to lace, sew, thread on a string (repeatedly), bind.

Kātahi ka tuituia hei pukapuka mau tonu, kātahi rānei ka kawea ki te kaitui pukapuka māna e tui, māna e kōpaki ki tō te Pākehā kōpaki pukapuka (TH 2/4/1860). / Then have it bound as a proper book, or have it taken to a book binder for him to bind and make a cover like that of Pākehā book covers.

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Synonyms: pawero, tui, kaui, kōtuitui, kōtui

2. (noun) lashing, sewing.

Riro ana nāna i tīmata atu te Rōpū mō ngā Wāhine Māori ki Manukau, he ako nei tā rātau i ngā mahi tara ā-whare, arā, te tuitui kaka, te mahi kāri, te kōhua tiamu, te mahi pīkara tae atu hoki ki te whakapounamu hua rākau (TTR 1998:227). / She began the Māori Women's Institute in Manukau, at which domestic skills such as sewing, gardening, and jam, pickle and preserve making were taught.

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Synonyms: tuinga, mātuhi, mīmiro, tui, whiunga

whakahoi

1. (verb) to insert divergent threads (aho) in the woof of a garment to make it fit over the shoulders.

2. (noun) dart, tuck (in sewing and weaving).

Ka kuhuna he aho atu anō e te kaiwhatu i te korowai, kua kumea kia kikī, kia pai ai te noho o te korowai ki ngā pakihiwi, ko te whakahoi te ingoa mō taua mahi. / When a weaver of a korowai cloak inserts extra threads and it becomes fuller so that it sits nicely on the shoulders, this is called 'whakahoi'.

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pāpaki

1. (verb) to sew one thing on another, patch, mend.

Me pāpaki tōu kākahu (W 1971:253). / Your garment should be patched.

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Synonyms: tapi, tapitapi, kōpure, korotiwha, tiwha, pūreireitanga, āpure, pūrei

toi tuitui

1. (noun) sewing art.

Ko ngā toi tuitui tētahi wāhanga o te marautanga i ngā kura Pākehā o mua, mā te hunga kōtiro (RTA 2014:185). / Sewing arts were once a part of the curriculum for girls in Pākehā schools.

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