2. (noun) invading army - used especially as a cry of alarm when an enemy is discovered.
Ka pā te karanga, "Ko te whakaariki! Ko te whakaariki e! Maranga te pā! Ka mate tātou!" (TWMNT 17/7/1872:92). / The call went out, "It's an invading army! It's an invading army! Rise up! We will be killed!"
tauā
1. (noun) war party, army.
See also taua
taua
1. (noun) war party, army - tauā in some dialects.
Ka ngarongaro atu te taua, ka heke ngā tāngata o Rākaipākā, ka whakaemitia ngā tinana o ngā tāngata mate, ka taongia (HP 1991:28). / When the war party disappeared, the people of Rākaipākā descended and gathered the bodies of the people killed and cooked them.
waitaua
1. (noun) army, body of fighting men.
Nā ngā waitaua a Pōmare i whatungarongaro ai te tangata, i tūhonohono ai tēnā iwi ki tēnā iwi hei whakakaha i a rātou, i tino whakarerekētia ai te noho a te iwi Māori mai i taua wā (TTR 1990:115). / Pomare's war parties devastated the population, resulting in tribes regrouping and having lasting effects on Māori society.
hiku
1. (noun) tail (of a fish or reptile), footer (word processing), fullback (sport), suffix.
Kātahi ka kowheta te hiku, ka rongo hoki i te mamae o ngā taura kua nonoti tonu rā i waenganui o te puku (TWM 15/7/1865:3). / Then its tail thrashed about as it felt the pain of the ropes tightening around its stomach.
2. (noun) rear (of an army on the march, or travelling party), rearguard.
Taihoa, kia tapeke mai te hiku (W 1971:50). / Wait until the rear of the party catch up.
Kāore hoki i rongo i te kupu atu a te tuakana, kia kaua e takahia te hiku o te taua e whati ana, me waiho kia waiho kia tau te tapuwae (M 2004:280). / He did not listen to his elder brother's order that he was not to pursue the rear of the retreating enemy, but was to wait until they had halted and come to rest.
Synonyms: whakatautopenga
4. (noun) point, tip (of a leaf, etc.).
Ka whakatoretorea te kākaho, ko te hiku o runga o te kākaho hei whakatoretorenga, hei māhanga (W 1971:438). / The stem of toetoe was made into a noose, the tip of the toetoe stem was a noose, a snare.
Synonyms: koinga, toi, toitoi, tara, tihi, mata, matū, koi, tongi, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore, matamata
5. (noun) headwaters.
2. (noun) large splitting wedge - for splitting trees and timber.
He pipi te tuatahi, he kaunuku te tuarua (W 1971:107). / The first one was a small entering wedge, the second a large splitting wedge.
3. (noun) centre of an army.
4. (noun) midfielder, half, centre.
5. (noun) maul.
Ko te mea rerekē o te whutupaoro ki ētahi atu momo o te whutupaoro, ko te āhei o te tangata kia oma me te pōro, te tukituki o ngā tinana, ngā kakari me ngā kaunuku (Te Ara 2015). / What distinguished rugby from other football games was that players were permitted to run with the ball, and the clash of bodies, the scrums and the mauls.
Synonyms: ketuketutanga, mōro, tā
2. (noun) scouts, advance guard, spearhead (of an army), driving force.
E tū tātou hei matakīrea kia kore ai ō tātou uri whakaheke e whiua e ngā mate i pā nei ki a tātou (HM 1/1990:1). / We must stand as a driving force so that our descendants will not be afflicted by the problems that affected us.
matataua
1. (noun) scout (of an army, etc.).
Ka uru atu ia hei matataua mā te ope hōia a te kāwanatanga ki te whaiwhai i a Te Kooti rāua ko Kereopa Te Rau i roto o Te Urewera (TTR 1994:84). / He joined as a scout for the government forces in the pursuit of Te Kooti and Kereopa Te Rau in the Urewera.
2. (noun) scout (youth movement).
I te tau 1912 ko ia te Māori tuatahi i puta hei kaihautū mō ngā matataua (TTR 1998:165). / In 1912 he became the first Māori scoutmaster.
ope
1. (verb) (-ngia,-a,-hia) to scoop, scrape together, bail out water.
Ka tae ki uta, werohia atu te kauati ki te whenua, haere tonu atu te whakarui i te kaunati, kua tū; aparia mai ngā wahie ki runga, kua kā, ope tonu i te kuku ki runga ki te ahi; kua maoa (TP 6/1906:4). / When they reached the shore the piece of wood to make fire was stuck in the ground and the pointed piece of wood was rubbed against it and once it started firewood was heaped on top and when it was burning mussels were scooped onto the fire and cooked.
2. (noun) army, troop, party, entourage, contingent - group of people moving together.
I whawhai anō ia me tana ope ki Te Pirirākau i raro i a Pene Taka i Te Whakamārama, i Kaimai, i Paengaroa (TP 8/1901:9). / He and his group also fought against Te Pirirākau under Captain Tucker at Te Whakamārama, Kaimai and Paengaroa.
2. (loan) (personal name) Staff Sergeant - a title for a senior sergeant of an army company.
I tētahi rangi mai, i te ata, e haere ana au ki te kai ata i te whitu, ka tūtaki au ki a Haihana Karauna Mātoe, e haere ana anō ki te kai (HP 1991:172). / The next day in the morning, as I was going to breakfast at 7 am, I met Staff Sergeant Mātoe, who was also going to eat.
2. (stative) main, chief, important, primary.
Whai muri i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, ka whakatūria e Kāwana Hopihana tana kāwanatanga ki Okiato, ka tapaina e ia te tāone matua hōu, ko Russell (Te Ara 2011). / After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Governor Hobson established his seat of government at Okiato. He named the new capital Russell.
3. (noun) father, parent, uncle.
Kei te tino hari tōku ngākau kua tū nei koe i te tūranga o tō matua, o Te Wiremu (TTT 1/10/1929:1078). / I am overjoyed that you have taken up the position of your father, the Rev. Williams.
See also pāpā
Synonyms: hākorokoro, hākoro, heinga
4. (noun) division (of an army), company, contingent, the body of the kapa haka.
E kīia ana i te wā e haka ana tētahi o aua matua, ngarue ana te whenua (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / It is said that at the time that one of those groups was performing the haka, the ground shook.
See also mātua
2. (loan) (personal name) Corporal - a title for a non-commissioned army or air force officer ranking next below a sergeant.
Tonoa ana e ahau a Kāpara Makahere kia tīkina hereheretia atu rātou (TP 1/2/1902:5). / I sent Corporal Makahere to bring them as prisoners.
Tereiwhiu
1. (loan) (personal name) Dreyfus - Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French army officer falsely accused of providing military secrets to the Germans.
…tētahi hoki o ngā tino kōrero o te ao, ko te whakawākanga i a Tereiwhu (TP 8/1899 suppl:2). / …one of the big news stories in the world is the trial of Dreyfus.
