2. (noun) comprehension, perception, awareness.
He pēhea ō rātou pūkenga kōrero me te aroā i te reo Māori. / What are their speaking skills and comprehension of the Māori language like?
Synonyms: rongo, mōhiotanga, kitenga
hinengaro
1. (noun) mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, awareness.
Ko te take, ko tētahi rānei o ngā take, i rite ai te tangata ki te Atua nā te mea he hinengaro tō te tangata (TP 5/1906:1). / The reason, or one of the reasons, that humans are like God is because humans have an intellect.
Synonyms: ngākau, whatumanawa, pīnati, hirikapo, ihomatua
2. (stative) psychological.
mōhiotanga
1. (noun) knowledge, knowing, understanding, comprehension, intelligence, awareness, insight, perception.
rongo
1. (experience verb) (rangona,-hia,-na,-tia) to hear, feel, smell, taste, perceive - used for all the senses except sight.
Ka rongo ngā hōia i roto i te pā i te tangi o te piukara, ka pikipiki ki runga ki ngā tāepa o te pā (TPH 7/7/1905:5). / When the soldiers in the fort heard the bugle they climbed onto the palisades of the fort.
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.
Me horopū ngā pire, kia kore ai koe e rongo i te kawa (PK 2008:136). / The pills should be swallowed whole so that you don't taste the bitterness.
See also rangona
Synonyms: kite
2. (noun) news, report, fame, tidings, reputation.
Hau noa ana tōna rongo mō te whakaora tūroro (TTR 1994:5). / His reputation for healing the sick spread.
Synonyms: kawepūrongo, rongorongo, pitopito kōrero, kōrero, pakū, hau, pūrongo, pūrongorongo, rīpoata, kupu whakatau, whakahirahira
3. (noun) peace (after war).
I te tau 1833, ka haere a Te Wiremu ki Matamata, kia kite i a Te Waharoa, kia houhia te rongo ki a Ngāti Maru (TPH 27/3/1905:2). / In 1833 Williams went to Matamata to see Te Waharoa and to establish peace with Ngāti Maru.
Synonyms: rangimārie, maungārongo, rongomau, waikanaetanga, whakaaio, āio, houkura, houhanga a rongo, hūmārie, aumārire, mārie, māriri, hūmārire
4. (noun) perception, awareness.
Ko te rongo ko tā te tangata whakamahi i ōna tairongo katoa hei hanga māramatanga ki tētahi mahinga toi (RTA 2014:153). / Perception is a person's use of all their senses to understand an artwork (RTA 20144:153).
Synonyms: aroā, mōhiotanga, kitenga
aroā ngoi
1. (noun) energy awareness.
Ko te aroā ngoi te mōhio o te kaikanikani ki te momo ngoi, ki te momo taineke rānei e tika ana hei whakaatu māna i roto i āna nekeneke (RMR 2017). / Energy awareness is the awareness a dancer has of the type of energy or dynamics that should be displayed in their movements (RMR 2017).
aroā rerewā
1. (noun) time awareness.
Ko te aroā rerewā te mōhio o te kaikanikani ki te rere o āna nekeneke i te takanga o te wā. Ko te ūngeri, te manawataki rānei tētahi o ngā tino āhuatanga o te aroā rerewā (RMR 2017). / Time awareness is the awareness a dancer has of the flow of their movements in time. Rhythm is one of the main aspects of time awareness (RMR 2017).
aroā tinana
1. (noun) body awareness.
Ko te aroā tinana te mōhio o te kaikanikani ki te āhua, te tū, me te kare ā-roto o tōna tinana i a ia e kanikani ana (RMR 2017). / Body awareness is the awareness of a dancer regarding the appearance, the stance and the emotion of their body while dancing (RMR 2017).
