ahi tipua
1. (noun) demon fire, volcano, volcanic activity, geothermal activity.
Ko Te Hoata ko Te Pupu ngā tuāhine a Ngātoroirangi. I a ia i mate ai i te huka i runga o Tongariro, ka karangatia ki ōna tuāhine kia haria mai te ahi tipua i Hawaiki; koia ngā puia (M 2004:200). / Te Hoata and Te Pupu were the sisters of Ngātoroirangi. When he was dying from cold on Tongariro Mountain he called to his sisters to bring volcanic activity from Hawaiki, hence the geysers.
he ... te karawhiu
1. all the rage, the popular activity, the norm - an idiom to indicate a popular activity.
I ngā Rāhoroi, he horoi kaka te karawhiu, heoi anō pō iho ana, he pia kē te karawhiu (HKK 1999:138). / On Saturdays washing clothes was the popular activity, however, when it was dark drinking beer was the norm.
oi
1. (verb) (-a) to shudder, agitate, disturb.
I ngā rā o te Kāwanatanga o Timi Kara i oi te iwi Māori i ngā rongo o te Ture Muru (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / In the days of James Carroll's government the Māori people shuddered on hearing of the Confiscation Law.
Synonyms: wiri, māueue, hāwiniwini, whakaruerue, ngateri
2. (verb) to be active - sometimes used to indicate that someone is being active or should be energetic about what they are doing, especially in their long term goals.
E pai ana te noho mai a Tangiwai i tōna tūranga ikeike. Mehemea kāore ia i oi i a ia i ngā tau ka taha, kei raro kē pea e putu ana (HKK 1999:178). / Tangiwai suits her lofty position. If she hadn't been so energetic over the years she wouldn't have succeeded.
ahuwhenua
1. (verb) to be industrious, busy, conscientious, assiduous, active, diligent, energetic.
I kitea e tētahi tamaiti he kōhanga maina i runga i te rākau, kātahi ia ka ahuwhenua ki te tiki i taua kōhanga (TP 3/1901:7). / A boy saw a mynah’s nest in a tree, then he assiduously set about fetching that nest.
2. (modifier) cultivated, harvested.
Ka kaumātua haere au, ka huri ngā mahi ahuwhenua a ngā tāngata ki te moana, ki te hī ika hei hoko ki ngā Pākehā mai i Ākarana, ki te ngahere ki te mahi hōkeke hei hoko ki ngā tāngata Hainamana (TAH 58:9). / As I grew older the people turned to harvesting the sea, fishing and selling their catch to Pākehā from Auckland, to the forests to collecting ear fungus to sell to the Chinese.
3. (modifier) agricultural.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 101-113;)
Nō konei mātau i whakaaro ai, kīhei rawa i āwhiwhiwhi ngā mahi ahuwhenua o nāianei ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua o mua (PKH 18/5/1906:2). / Consequently, we think that agricultural tasks of today are nothing like those of the past.
4. (noun) agriculture, land development.
Ā muri ake nei au āta whakataki ai i ngā mahi whakatipu hipi a Ngāti Porou i rongo nui ai tēnei iwi, engari he kupu ruarua nei āku mō tēnei mea, mō te ahuwhenua (TTT 1/10/1930:2159). / Later I will speak in detail about sheep farming in Ngāti Porou, which this tribe is well-known for, but I have a few words now about agriculture.
5. (noun) land management trust - established under Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993.
takatākaro
1. (noun) activity mat (baby), play gym (baby).
See also takaoreore
kori
1. (verb) to move, wriggle, play.
Kīhai i takitaro kua rongo ia e kori ana te poti, ā kua tāweka te taura ki te hiku (TP 1/10/1902:11). / It wasn't long before he felt the boat moving and the rope had become wrapped around the tail.
Synonyms: tākarokaro, whakaari, hīanga, perei, tākaro, purei, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, kaneke, ki hori, hiki, nuku, ngatete, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke
2. (verb) to move into action.
Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.
3. (noun) movement.
Ko te kanikani te neke me te kori a te tinana, me te ū anō ki te manawataki o te puoro (i te nuinga o te wā) (RMR 2017). / Dance is the movement of the body usually in time with music (RMR 2017).
Synonyms: whakaoreore, hikohiko, whakanekeneke, korikori, nekehanga, whakatakataka, nukunuku
4. (stative) active person, vibrant person, energetic person, live wire.
E 300, e 400 rānei te nui o te iwi o tēnei takiwā, ā, katoa rātau he kori, he pukumahi (TTR 1994:3). / The size of this community was 300 or 400 people and they were all energetic industrious people.
2. (verb) obedient, submissive, yielding, compliant, agreeable.
Ka ngohe kau a Te Kooti i te hopunga a te ture i a ia; ka kī atu ki tana iwi kia nohopuku (TTR 1990:387). / Te Kooti submitted to arrest and told his people to be silent.
Synonyms: ngāwari
3. (noun) softness, suppleness.
I a ia e takoto ana, ka titiro whakarunga ia ki ngā pītiti e tautau mai ana i runga, te ātaahua ki te titiro atu, te ngohe, te pūwhero o te huarākau (TWK 6:31). / While he was lying there, he looked up at the peaches hanging up there. How beautiful, soft and reddish the fruit was.
4. (noun) activity, exercise.
Ko te tono i kaha te puta, kia whakahokia mai ngā momo ngohe i whakaritea mō tēnei hui (HM 4/1993:8). / The most common request was that the types of activities arranged for this gathering should be returned.
ngangahau
1. (verb) to be active, spirited, zealous, vibrant, vivacious, lively, animated.
Nā te mea he tino hē rawa atu te nuinga o ngā wāhi noho o ngā kaikuti hipi Māori, i ngangahau ai a Tūtaki ki te whakapai ake i te āhuatanga noho o aua wāhi (TTR 1996:263). / Because the living quarters of the Māori shearers was so abysmal, Tūtaki was active in working to improve the living conditions of of those places.
Synonyms: ringa tōhau nui, ngākaunui, whitawhita, ngākau whiwhita, ngākau whakapuke, whiwhita, pākahukahu, ngākau hihiko, hihiri, hihiko, hauoraora
2. (modifier) active, spirited, zealous, vibrant, vivacious, lively, animated.
I noho tonu mai a Rina hai mema ngangahau mō te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora (TTR 2000:191). / Ruru remained an active member of the Māori Women’s Welfare League.
3. (noun) exuberance, liveliness, high spirits, enthusiasm, vitality, vigour, zest, eagerness, effervescence, vivacity.
Nā te kakama o tōna hinengaro me te ngangahau kē nei o tōna ngākau, i takina ake ai a Whina e tana matua hei tamaiti makau, piki tūranga mōna (TTR 2000:36). / Whina’s precociousness combined with her vivacity led her father to treat her as his favourite child and successor (DNZB 2000:112).
2. (modifier) unsuccessful (in an activity), unproductive, without result, futile, fruitless, barren.
Tēnā hoki tētahi wāhi mā tātou mā te Māori, kei riro anake ngā herengi i te iwi Pākehā, kei kīia kua ringa mūhore te Māori ki te ngaki witi (TW 22/6/1878:312). / That then is an option for us, the Māori people, lest only the Pākehā make money and it is said that the Māori are no good at growing wheat.
3. (noun) failure, lack of success, flop.
Kei te matarehu tonu rātou i te mūhore o tā rātou tono kia tū te whakataetae ki reira (PK 2008:427). / They were quite disappointed because their request to hold the competition there was unsuccessful.
4. (noun) poverty.
Ko te kore mahi e ahu ana ki te mūhore (Ng 1993:350). / Unemployment leads to poverty (Ng 1993:350).
Synonyms: pōwhara, pūhore, tuakoka, whakapōhara, pōhara, hāhoretanga, hahoretanga
mākā
1. (verb) (-ngia) to be active, vigorous.
He mākā, he hihiri tonu tana pakanga ki te whakatau i ngā whenua i runga i te rangimārie, kore rawa i whakaae kia tūkino noatia te tangata (TTR 1994:173). / He was active, and quite energetic in seeking to settle issues relating to land peacefully, and would not allow acts of physical violence.
whakahohe
1. (verb) (-tia) to invigorate, energise, revitalise, liven up, galvanise, stimulate, ginger up, activate.
Kāre i ngākau rua a Ngata ki te whakanoho i ngā rōpū o iwi kē ki runga whenua o iwi kē; hai whakahohe i te iwi kāinga te tikanga o aua rōpū (TTR 1996:108). / Ngata did not hesitate to settle groups of different tribes onto the land of others, using those groups to energise the local people.
Synonyms: whakahaumanu, tāmata
2. (modifier) invigorating, energising, revitalising, galvanising, stimulating.
Kei runga ake, ko ngā Tuku Pai (arā, ngā tiuka o te rangimārie) me ngā Tuku Akihana (ngā tiuka whakahohe); ko ā rātou mahi he hohou i te rongo me te whakautu i ngā wero a te Pākehā (TTR 1990:313). / At a supra-tribal level were the Tuku Pai (i.e. the Duke of Peace) and Tuku Akihana (the Duke of Action), whose tasks were to promote peace and respond to the challenges of Pākehā.
hiwa
1. (verb) (-ia) to be watchful, alert, focus on.
E rua anō ngā rā nui o te tau o te Ringatū i hiwaia e ia, arā, ko te huamata i te tahi o Hune me te pure i te tahi o Noema; he whakatō kai te tikanga o te huamata, ā, kia nui ai te hua o te kai i meinga ai te pure (TTR 1998:27). / There are two important days of the Ringatū faith that he focused on, namely the huamata on the first of June and the pure on the first of November; the huamata is when the planting rites are held, and the pure is so that the harvest is plentiful.
2. (verb) to be vigorous (of growth), active, robust, sound.
Nō te tau 1947 i hiwa ai ngā whakamahere, ā, nō te tau 1948 i pū ai te mahi (TTR 1998:213). / In 1947 the plans were finalised, and work began in 1948.
Synonyms: pakari, whakapūioio, tōtōpū, ruarangi
3. (verb) to be light-hearted, entertaining, engaging.
I ngahau tonu te kauhau a Kahu. Engari ko Puku kē te mea i hiwa ai te whare - he tino tohunga a Puku ki te whakangaoko i te taringa (HJ 2015:59). / Kahu's sermon was quite entertaining, but Puku was the one who engaged the people in the house - Puku is a real expert at delighting the ear.
puia oho
1. (noun) active volcano.
Ko te puia oho: E oho ana tēnei puia, e koropupū ana te tokarewa i roto i a ia, ā, e hū ake ana i ētahi wā. Hei tauira, ko Ruapehu me Whakaari (RP 2009:336). / Active volcano: this type of volcano is active, and the magma is bubbling within it, and sometimes it erupts, e.g. Ruapehu and White Island.
manahau
1. (verb) to be cheerful, elated, exultant, triumphant, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, happy, stoked.
I pai rawa te tāinga kawa o tētahi whare Māori i Whangaehu, i mua tata ake nei. He nui ngā wāhine me ā rātou tāne, ngahau ana, manahau ana te katoa (TWMNT 23/8/1879:515). / Before that, the ceremonial dedication of the Māori house at Whangaehu was excellent. The many women with their men were entertaining and everybody was ecstatic.
2. (verb) to be brisk, active.
Mō ngā 15 tau i muri mai i manahau tonu tōna kōkā, a Riperata, ki te puri i ō rātau toenga whenua, me te whakakaha anō i te waiora me ngā tikanga noho a te iwi (TTR 1996:18). / Over the next 15 years her mother, Riperata, was active in retaining her people's remaining lands and in reviving tribal life.
3. (modifier) cheerful, elated, exultant, triumphant, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, happy.
Kīhai i roa kua kite aua tāngata, i a rātou e whakaware ana ki te mahi, kua mahea ngā kapua pōuri i tukupū ki runga ki ō rātou whakaaro, kua hoki mai te ngākau manahau me te tūmanako ki te ora (TWMNT 9/3/1875:52). / It wasn't long those people saw them busy working and the dark clouds that had enveloped their thoughts cleared and the cheerful heart returned with the wish to live.
Synonyms: koakoa, matakuikui, whakakoakoa, tūrangahakoa, harikoa, hurō, harakoa, whakamanamana, takaahuareka, koa, rekareka
4. (noun) cheerfulness, elation, triumph, delight, ecstasy, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, gleefulness, joy, jubilation.
Tū tonu ia i runga i te tatari mō te putanga mai o te tahu, tū ana ia i runga i tōna marutunatanga, i runga i tōna manahau, i te rangatiratanga whakahira, he uri hoki nō nunui mā (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:3). / He stood, and awaited the appearance of the bride with his imposing bearing and elation became of his illustrious birth and exalted station.
Synonyms: koakoa, takaahuareka, whāwhāpū, koa, manamanahau, koanga, tūrangahakoa, hari, harikoa, hurō, harakoakoa, whakamanamana
Ruhanui
1. (personal name) personification of leisure activities - known particularly from Ngāti Porou.
Ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai; te potonga o ngā kai ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka, ko te pōtēteke, ko te taupiripiri, ko te mū tōrere, a te whai, a te pānokonoko, o te tararī, a te kīkīporo, a te pākuru, a te tārere, a te kūī, a te kūrapakara, a te rere moari, me ērā atu mea katoa (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops, doing somersaults, racing arm in arm, playing draughts, performing string games, playing the pānokonoko string game, playing the jewsharp, beating the time to songs with pieces of wood held against the cheek, playing the mouth resonator, swinging, calling kūī, playing kūrapakara, swinging on the moari, and all those other games.
rāwekeweke
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to prepare, repair, fiddle with, play with, manipulate.
Mehemea e 24 ngā mea kua whakaritea hei rāwekeweke mā te ākonga, me āta whawhe e ia aua taonga rā kia rua ngā rōpu tekau ngā mea o roto, ā, kia kotahi te rōpū kei reira ngā mea e whā e toe mai ana (Pa 1996:17). / If there are 24 items that have been organised for the student to play with, she must manipulate them into two groups of ten and there should be one group of the four things left over.
Synonyms: whawhe, whāwhā, raweke, rāpoi, raupine, tapi, tapitapi, aukaha, papani, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, tītakataka, rahurahu, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau
2. (noun) activity, action, deeds, exploits.
Nā ana rāwekeweke, ka puta ōna rongo ki te motu (TTR 1990:52). / His activities made him a national figure.
3. (noun) meddling, interference, disturbance.
He nui tonu ngā kōiwi he mea nehu tonu i tōna whenua i Pahinui, i Waipoua, ā, i te tau 1896 ka whakatūria he kōhatu whakamaharatanga, ko tāna anō hoki kia mutu kau ai te rāwekeweke i ngā kōiwi, ake tonu atu (TTR 1998:19). / Many bones were buried in her land at Pahinui, Waipoua, and in 1896 a commemorative obelisk was erected, with the purpose of ending forever disturbance of the bones.
Synonyms: raweke, whawhewhawhe
4. (noun) function, operating (a machine, etc.).
E kore e mau i a au ngā rāwekeweke o te mīhini nei. He uaua rawa (HJ 2015:50). / I'll never master this machine. It's too difficult.
5. (noun) appliance.
Kia nui haere te utu o ngā kai me ngā rāwekeweke o ia rā, ka nui haere anō te amuamu o te iwi (HJ 2015:118). / When the cost of daily food and appliances increases, the people's complaints also increase.
2. (adjective) be selective in reciting genealogy - by not following a single line of descent.
He āhua hikohiko te whakapapa nei (W 1971:50). / This genealogy is somewhat selective and does not follow a single line of descent.
See also kōhikohiko, whakapapa
3. (modifier) random, moving from one thing to another, picking and choosing.
Ko te tātai hikohiko, te āhua hikohiko rānei he whakapapa poto e whakatakoto ana i ētahi tīpuna rongonui (Te Ara 2015). / 'Tātai hikohiko' or 'āhua hikohiko' are short genealogies setting out some famous ancestors.
Synonyms: tupurangi
4. (noun) movement, reflex.
Synonyms: kahuki, whakanekeneke, korikori, whakaoreore, whakatakataka, nukunuku, nekehanga, kori
