tāhū
1. (noun) ridge pole (of a house), ridge-beam (of a house), main theme, subject of a sentence.
Ko Tākitimu te whare pai ngā waihanga, engari nō taku kitenga i a Porourangi heoi anō kua ngaro ōku mahara ki a Takitimu, kua riro katoa kua whaiāipo ki a Porourangi; i te tamatāne o te āhua, o te tū o te whare; i te rite, i te ātanga, o ngā whakairo, o ngā pou, o ngā pakitara, o te tungaroa, me te whatitoka, me te roro, me te matapihi, me ngā arapaki, kāore he rite i i kitea e ahau i te motu katoa nei, hāunga hoki ngā tuhituhi o ngā heke me te tāhū. (TP 1/7/1902:6). / Tākitimu was built beautifully, but when I saw Porourangi my thoughts about Tākitimu were forgotten and I fell in love with Porourangi; the youthful masculinity of the house's appearance and structure; the architecture and beauty of the carvings, posts, walls, the back wall and the door, verandah, window and the ornamental lattice-work, and not to mention the paintings of the rafters and the ridgepole.
2. (noun) direct line of ancestry through the senior line.
Ko ēnei tāngata, ko Tuamatua rāua ko Uruika, ko rāua te tāhū nui o Te Hekengarangi, te tino kāwai ariki: ko rāua te tāhū iho, tae iho ki ngā uri (W 1971:360). / These two people, Tuamatua and Uruika, are the direct line of ancestry of Te Hekengarangi, the senior line: they are the direct line down to the descendants.
3. (noun) subject of a sentence (grammar).
I te rerenga 'Kei te kai rātou', ko te kupu 'rātou' te tāhū. I te rerenga 'E ngongoro ana te ihu', ko 'te ihu' te tāhū (PK 2008:810). / In the sentence 'Kei te kai rātou', the word 'rātou' is the subject. In the sentence 'E ngongoro ana te ihu', the subject is 'te ihu'.
4. (noun) plot (drama).
Kātahi te tāhū whīwhiwhi, me whakamāmā pea (RMR 2017). / What a complicated plot. Perhaps it should be simplified.
kaupapa
2. (noun) topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, purpose, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme, issue, initiative.
I tuhi a Rōpiha i ētahi pūrongo i 'Te Ao Hou', ā, i āwhina atu hoki ia ki te ārahi i ngā kaupapa a te maheni nei i ōna tau tuatahi (TTR 2000:188). / Rōpiha wrote articles for 'Te Ao Hou', and he also helped guide the magazine’s policies in its early years.
Synonyms: aronga, kaupapa here, hōtaka, marohi, hoaketanga, whāinga, koronga, kakai, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
3. (noun) raft.
Ka mahia te kaupapa raupō ... ka hoea taua kaupapa ki te au o te awa punga ai (White 5 1888:68). / The raupō raft was made and then it was paddled into the current of the river to anchor it.
See also kahupapa
4. (noun) main body of a cloak.
Ka whakamaua atu ngā huruhuru kiwi ki te kaupapa o te kahu (PK 2008:238). / The kiwi feathers were fixed to the body of the cloak.
ariā
1. (noun) likeness, resemblance, notion, idea, concept, theory, feeling, theme - sometimes pronounced āria.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 225;)
E rua ngā whakamāramatanga o tēnei kupu: Tuatahi, ko te ariā ko te āhua tērā, ko te ritenga rānei ki tētahi mea, ahakoa he aha taua mea, he ritenga te ariā nō taua mea rā. Tuarua, ko tētahi atu whakamāramatanga ko te whakatinanatanga tēnei o tētahi atua, he rākau pea, he kōhatu pea, he kararehe pea, he manu, he aha kē atu rānei o ngā mea e kitea ana e te kanohi o te tangata (Wh4 2004:225). / There are two explanations of this word: Firstly, the 'ariā' is a form or the likeness of something, regardless of what that is, the 'ariā' is a representation of that thing. Secondly, another explanations is that this is the physical representation of an atua, perhaps a stick, a stone, an animal, a bird or something else that can be seen by the human eye.
Ka tukuna mai e ia ana karere ki te tango i te ariā o Māui, arā i tētahi wāhi o ōna toto, hei mākutu māna M 2006:206). / She sent her messengers to take away the ariā of Māui, that is, some of his blood, for her to perform mākutu on.
Synonyms: tairitenga, ōrite, oho, āhua, taurite, rite, whakaritenga, āhuatanga, ritenga
2. (noun) genie.
3. (noun) physical representation of an atua, visible material emblem of an atua.
He atua a Moekahu, he kurī tōna ariā (W 1971:15). / Moekahu is an atua and his physical representation is a dog.
2. (noun) direct line of ancestry through the senior line.
Ko te tāuhu o tōu kāwai whakapapa i ahu iho nei i Te Heketanga-a-Rangi ki ōu tūpuna nā rātau nei a Te Arawa i whakawhiti mai i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (TTT 1/2/1924:7). / The direct senior line of your genealogy comes down from Te Hekenga-a-Rangi to your ancestors who crossed the Pacific Ocean on Te Arawa.
tāhuhu
1. (noun) ridge pole (of a house), subject of a sentence, main theme, direct line of ancestry.
Koirā a ia i kī ai: 'Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare. Ko te tāhuhu he hīnau ko ngā poupou he māhoe, patatē. Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga, me whakapakari ki te hua o te kawariki.' (TTR 1994:134) / That's why he said: 'I myself shall build my house. The ridge-pole will be of hīnau and the supporting posts of māhoe and patatē. Raise the people with the fruit of the rengarenga, strengthened them with the fruits of the kawariki.'
