kaha
1. (verb) to be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
Kia kaha te mahi! / Work energetically!
Kua tino kaha kē tana hokohoko i waenganui i ngā kaipuke o ngā Pākehā; i kaha anō tana hiahia kia noho mai ngā Pākehā ki tōna takiwā (TTR 1990:116). / He was already heavily involved in trading with the ships of the Pākehā, and had a strong desire for Pākehā to settle in his area.
2. (verb) to be loud.
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
Synonyms: tīwerawera, pākinakina, rarahi, tiori, hoihoi
3. (adjective) be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
He wahine ātaahua, he kaha ki te mahi (HP 1991:24). / She was a beautiful woman, who worked hard.
4. (modifier) sheer, utter, constant, overwhelming - used to intensify or add emphasis to the quality or action when it is placed before another base, usually a verb or adjective. Does not usually follow immediately after a verb.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-66;)
I te kaha mamae o tōna waewae, ka totitoti haere te kuia ki te rata. / Because her leg was so sore, the elderly lady limped off to the doctor.
Synonyms: pōngerengere, taparere, hūkere
5. (noun) ability, power, strength, energy, stamina, intensity, volume (sound), magnitude.
I tino whakamihi a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Porou mō tō rātou kaha ki te whakapai i ō rātou whenua, ki te whakatupu hipi, mō te papai o ā rātou teihana hipi, o ā rātou wūruheti (TP 12/1907:11). / Mr Stout gave great praise to Ngāti Porou for their energy in improving their land, raising sheep and for the good state of their sheep stations and woolsheds.
Synonyms: āheitanga, āhei, āheinga, mana whakahaere, kōmārohi, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, pū
2. (noun) book, paper, letter, document, pamphlet, sheet (paper), manuscript, stationery, volume, petition, roll, memorandum, treaty, newspaper, proclamation.
Kua tae mai te pukapuka a tētahi Pākehā i tuhituhi ai (TW 31/8/1878:2/430). / A pamphlet written by a Pākehā has been received.
Synonyms: reta, manatu, pānuitanga, mātārere, pānui, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, pākiki, pitihana, petihana, pukapuka inoi, takahuri, kōpiupiu, whakarārangi, hurihuri, pīrori, rōra, rōru, perehi, niupepa, nūpepa, pepa
2. (verb) well up (of emotions).
Ka pupuke noa ake te aroha i roto i a au, mō koutou e mate rā i te huka, i te ua, i runga o Rotorua (TP 1/8/1901:1). / Concern wells up within me for you who are being affected by the snow and rain on Rotorua.
whakapukapuka
1. (verb) (-tia) to make into a book, bind in a volume, write down.
E hiahia ana mātou ki te whakamahara ki ngā kaitautoko kia tohu i ā rātou pepa, hei te mutunga o te tau ka whakapukapuka ai, hei tirotiro, hei ketuketu ā ngā rā e tū mai nei (TP 11/1900:1). / We wish to remind the supporters to preserve their papers and at the end of the year they will be bound in a volume to look at and delve into in the days to come.
rahinga
1. (noun) abundance, party, company, majority.
Ko mātau he wāhanga mai nō roto i a Ngāi Te Ruatamore, kua heke atu ki te pito whakatetonga te rahinga o mātau (JPS 1928:184). / We are a division of Ngāi Te Ruatamore, the majority of our people having migrated southward.
Synonyms: pio, nuinga, tokomaha, hokowhitu, hunga, pāti, ope, uepū, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, kaipukahu, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, pukahu, maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, hira
2. (noun) size, amount, enormity, volume, dimension, quantity.
Ka kitea tekau mano eka te rahinga atu o te whenua i mauria (HP 1991:31). / It was seen that the amount of land taken was ten thousand acres.
Synonyms: nui
whakakawenata
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to publish, print, bind in a volume, make a covenant.
kārani
1. (loan) (noun) gallon - a unit of volume to measure liquid equal to 4.55 litres.
I te hinganga ai o te waipiro i te rohe o Arihona, kotahi mano kārani waipiro i whakakīia ki runga i te motokā ringiringi wai o ngā tiriti o Piniki, kātahi ka haere ki te riringi haere ki ngā tiriti kia kore ai e puehu (TKO 15/2/1917:10). / When prohibition began in the state of Arizona, one thousand gallons of liquor was pumped onto a vehicle for pouring water on the streets of Phoenix and then they poured it onto the streets to dampen down the dust.
Simpson, Mīria
1. (1922-2002) Ngāti Awa; teacher and expert speaker and writer of Māori. Editor of numerous publications, including Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau (Volume 1) and the Māori section of the Historical Atlas of New Zealand. One of the first commissioners of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Awarded a QSM in 1991.
