tua
1. (location) the further side (of a solid body), beyond, other side - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24;)
Ka huri mātau ki tua o tētahi tau, ka kitea atu e mātau ngā tēneti e mā mai ana me ngā wākena hoki, i te taha mauī o ngā tēneti e tū mai ana ngā pū repo a te hoariri (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / We rounded a ridge and saw the the white of the tents and the wagons, with the cannons of the enemy standing to the left of the tents.
See also taitua
Synonyms: taitua
2. (location) this side (of a solid body) - when used with mai or nei.
See also i tua atu
3. (location) in addition to, apart from, besides - when used in the phrase i tua atu.
I tua atu i ngā oneone parakiwai i haria mai e tēnei waipuke, i mauria mai te mahi a te wahie. / In addition to the silt that the flood brought, there was also lots of wood carried here.
4. (noun) back.
Ina pīkawikawi ngā tara i te tua o te tuatara, e tohu ana kua mauru tana mataku, kua rata (PK 2008:634). / When the spines on the back of the tuatara are flaccid it is a sign that its fear has eased and its tame.
Synonyms: tuarā, kōkai, angaangamate, angamate, takamuri, whakatuarā
tuarā
1. (verb) (-tia) to assist, help, support, maintain.
Ko tana tāne ko Īnia Te Rangi; ahakoa rā te pihi kore o te rito, riro ana nā ngā uri o ōna tungāne, nā Tāmati rāua ko Tīemi te kāwai i tuarā (TTR 1996:171). / Her husband was Inia Te Rangi and although they had no children, the lines are maintained by the descendants of her brothers Tamati and Tiemi.
Synonyms: pupuru, whakanonoi
2. (noun) back (body part).
Ko taua mahi hoki, ko te katikati, he mahi mate te ringaringa, me te tuarā, me ngā wāhi katoa o te tangata (TWM 17/10/1863:2). / That occupation, shearing, affects the arms, back and all parts of a person.
Synonyms: angaangamate, angamate, tua, whakatuarā, takamuri, kōkai
3. (noun) ally, support, defender.
Nō muri mai, ka patua e Te Pareihe rātau ko ana tuarā, a Te Momo, kātahi ka panaia ngā mahuetanga o Ngāti Te Koherā (TTR 1990:177). / Later Te Pareihe and his allies killed Te Momo and then drove out the remnants of Ngāti Te Koherā.
whakahoki
1. (verb) (-a) to take back, return, give back, receive (tennis, etc.), put back.
2. (verb) (-a) to answer, reply, respond.
Ka kite mai a Ngāheu i tōna hoa, i a Tāwhaki, ka tīwaha mai, "E hoa Tāwhaki, e haere ana koutou ki hea?" Ka whakahoki a Tāwhaki, ka mea, "E haere ana mātou ki te tāone, ki Rotorua." (TWK 1:4). / When Ngāheu saw his friend, Tāwhaki, he called out, "Hey Tāwhaki, where are you going?" Tāwhaki replied saying, "We're going to town, to Rotorua."
Synonyms: utu, urupare, whakahokihoki, whakautu, paremata, ō, kātoitoi
3. (noun) return.
Koia nei te mahi a taua rōpū, arā, ko te whakahoki i ngā Hūrai ki Parihitini (TKO 30/9/1920:12). / This is the task of that group, namely the return of the Jews to Palestine.
4. (noun) reply, answer, response.
I pātai ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu mehemea kei te haere ake tana pāpā ki te tuki i a rātou. Kotahi anake te whakahoki a Tāmihana, "E kore taku pāpā e haere mai, nā te mea ko au tēnei e hohou nei i te rongo kia mutu ai ngā pakanga." (TTR 1990:303). / Some of the Ngāi Tahu chiefs asked if his father was coming back to attack them. Tāmihana's reply was always, "My father will not come, for I am here to make peace so that the wars stop."
Synonyms: whakautu, whakahokihoki, urupare, kupu paremata, kātoitoi
mai, mai
1. for ages, from way back, long standing, it goes way back - an idiom to indicate a long length of time. Less commonly each mai is followed by a phrase.
Kua mōhio noa atu te Māori, mai, mai, mai rā anō, ko te hinengaro o te tamaiti kua tīmata kē te hikohiko, te ohooho i te wā tonu o te tōhuatanga (Rewi 2005:43). / Māori have known for a long time that the mind of a child has already begun to be active at the time of foetal development.
Koinā tō rātou āhua mai, mai, he noho noa iho i konā kore noa iho ai. / That’s what they’ve been like for ages, sitting there doing sweet nothing.
Kāore rawa i wareware i a au tēnei aituā, mai i muri mai, mai i muri mai (HP 1991:38). / I have never forgotten this accident from so long ago.
Synonyms: tāukiuki
pīkau
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) to carry on the back, get on the back of someone else, piggyback, carry, take care of, convey.
E rongo ana te taringa i tōna toa ki te haere i roto i ngā kōkiri; ki te amo mai i ngā taotū i roto i te mura o te ahi ki te wāhi i te ora; ki te pīkau mai i ngā tāngata kua mate kē ki tētahi wāhi tika hei tāpukenga mō rātou (TKO 30/10/1920:10). / We've heard of his bravery in going into the attacks; in the heat of battle to carry out the wounded on his shoulder to a safe place; to carry out the men who had already died to an appropriate place for them to be buried.
2. (noun) backpack, pack.
Kei ō rātou tuarā ko ngā pīkau pupuri i ā rātou rākau whawhai. / On their backs were the packs holding their weapons.
Synonyms: peketua, kawenga, pāka, pōrukuruku, pēke, whakawhāiti
pou tuarongo
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house. Sometimes as one word, i.e. poutuarongo.
E toru ngā pou tūhono i te tāhuhu ki te papa, arā, ko te pou tāhū, ko te pou tokomanawa, ko te pou tuarongo (Te Ara 2012). / Three posts support the tāhuhu (ridgepole), namely the pou tāhū (front post), the pou tokomanawa (centre post) and the pou tuarongo (back wall post).
See also pou āniwaniwa
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou te āniwaniwa
karoro
1. (noun) seagull, southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - a common large gull with a heavy bill. Body plumage entirely white except for wings and back which are black above. Bill is yellow, eyelid orange-red and iris white. Legs and feet are olive. Young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown (see illustration).
Ānō he karoro e topa ana i runga i ngā kaimoana (TP 12/1903:4). / Like a black-backed gull soaring above seafood.
Synonyms: toie, kaiē, rāpunga, pohio, kōtingotingo
2. (noun) bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica - a brown-and-white migratory wading bird with a long, slightly upturned, black bill and a pink base which breeds in the northern hemisphere and summers in the southern. This term is applied to the godwit when it is feeding during the southern hemisphere summer and the breast is accumulating large amounts of fat and the plumage is the basic pale plumage.
Tuatahi mō te karoro: Ko tōna uma katoa he mā ngā huruhuru, ko ngā parirau me te tuarā i rite ki ō ērā atu (HKW 1/11/1901:1). / Firstly about the karoro: The feathers of its breast are totally white, and the wings and back are like those other varieties.
See also kuaka
Synonyms: tarakakao, rīrīwaka, kuhikuhiwaka, kura, kuaka, kakao, rakakao, hakakao
3. (noun) ribbed venus shell, Protothaca crassicosta - an oval-shaped bivalve mollusc found on open sandy beaches just below low tide.
pou te āniwaniwa
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou tuarongo
pou āniwaniwa
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
Synonyms: pou te āniwaniwa, pou tuarongo
2. (noun) backdrop.
Nāna i peita te tuarongo mō te whakaari (RMR 2017). / She painted the backdrop for the play.
rāpunga
1. (noun) seagull, southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - a common large gull with a heavy bill. Body plumage entirely white except for wings and back which are black above. Bill is yellow, eyelid orange-red and iris white. Legs and feet are olive. Young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown.
taieri
1. (verb) (-tia) to beat, drive back, repulse, smash, crush.
Nā te kāpene o te 'Sophia', nā James Kelly, i taieri te rōpū Māori kairiri i te poti ki te oka (TTR 1990:135). / The captain of the 'Sophia', James Kelly, had driven back the hostile party of Māori with their knives.
Synonyms: taiari
tākiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to pull out, pull up, untie, loosen, unfurl.
Ka mea atu a Tama ki ngā kaimahi o runga o tōna waka, "Hūtia te punga, tākiritia hoki ngā rā." (NM 1928:60). / Tama said to the crew on his canoe, "Raise the anchor and unfurl the sails."
Synonyms: whakamatara, tangatanga, maunu, whakakaewa, whakatangatanga, hangoro, whakakorokoro, whakangoru, tākōkō, unu, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, whakatū, koko
2. (verb) (-tia) to spread out (food), open receptacles containing food.
Tākiritia rā he kai mā te ope taua (W 1971:372). / Spread out some food for the war party to eat.
3. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to strike, deeply affect the emotions, move.
Ka tākiritia atu he māti, kua kā te raiti (HP 1991:17). / A match is struck and the light burns.
Synonyms: whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete, kori, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu
4. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to flick, crack.
Kaua tātau e tangiweto mō te katoa o te wā, ko tā tātau kē he tākiri i ā tātau wepu ki te hunga e hē nei te whakatakoto i te kupu (Kāretu 2015). / Let's not cry all the time, what we should do is crack our whips at the people who are making grammatical errors.
5. (verb) (-tia) to snare - with a noose.
Ka ora karikari aruhe, ka mate tākiri kākā (JPS 1902:70). / The digger of fern-root lives well, but the kākā snarer will have difficulties. (A whakataukī referring to the need for an occupation that brings in a reliable source of livelihood. Digging fern-root provided a regular source of ordinary food as opposed to the seasonal and less reliable supply of delicacies such as kākā.)
6. (verb) to dawn - usually tākiri te ata.
Ka whano ka tākiri te ata, ka puke mai tētahi ngaru nui, ka taupokina taua iwi, ngaro katoa - neke atu i te rua mano taua iwi (JPS 1901:71). / When morning had nearly dawned, a great wave rose up and completely overwhelmed that tribe, more than two thousand of them.
7. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to fly back (as a spring).
Ka tākiritia atu he māti, kua kā te raiti (HP 1991:17). / A match is struck and the light burns.
8. (noun) convulsive twitching.
Mehemea ka kino te tākiri, he tāmaki tēnā (W 1971:376). / If the convulsive twitching is bad, that's an omen.
taunaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to support, recommend, reinforce.
Koinei te wā i uru mai ai Te Tāhūhū o Te Mātauranga me tāna pūtea hei taunaki mai i te kaupapa engari he here anō i runga i taua pūtea rā (HM 2/1997:5). / This was the time when the Ministry of Education entered with its fund to support the project, but there were conditions on that funding.
Synonyms: marohi, tūtohi, whaikupu, tūtohu, whakaū, whakamarohi, whakakaha, aukaha, haukaha
2. (modifier) supporting.
Hāngai pū ana ēnei kupu ki te hunga taunaki mai (HM 3/1990:3). / These words are most appropriate for the supporters.
3. (noun) support, backing, encouragement, recommendation.
E whai nei tātou kia riro ko te reo Māori te reo whakaako i ā tātou tamariki, ā, me taku taunaki i tēnā whakaaro (HM 3/1995:5). / We are endeavouring to have the Māori language as the teaching medium with our children, with my support of that idea.
Synonyms: tautoko, kōkiri, marohi, kupu tohutohu, tohutohu, tūtohunga, kupu whakatau
4. (noun) evidence, testimony.
Ina oti katoa ngā taunaki te homai, ka pātai te Tiati i ngā rōia mehemea he kōrero ā rātou mō te ture e pā ana ki ngā mea e tautohetohetia ana (RT 2013:78). / When the evidence had all been presented the Judge asked the lawyers if they had anything to say about the law concerning the things being debated.
kōhamo
1. (noun) back of the head.
2. (verb) to revolt, rebel, mutiny, rise up, riot.
3. (verb) to rush, charge.
Kātahi ka kōkiri te matua a Ngāti Raukawa. Ka motu mai ki te ara, ka haere te kaiwhakatakoto i te mānuka, i muri e whana atu ana te kaiwero - ko Kemene Piharau o Wairarapa (TWMNT 12/12/1872:150). / Then Ngāti Raukawa's army thrust forward. When they had moved some distance the man laying down the challenge stick went forward and after that the challenger, Kemene Piharau of Wairarapa, sprang forward.
4. (noun) jerking, recoiling, springing back.
Nō te otinga o ēnei mea katoa, kātahi ka homai e tōku kaihanga ki roto ki ōku pongaponga te manawa ora. Nō konā tonu i tīmata ai taku tokomauri mō taku tūpekepeke me te whana o ōku ringaringa me te koa o tōku ngākau (TPH 30/3/1901:3). / When all these things were completed, then my creator put the breath of life in my nostrils. As a result I began to hiccough, kick and my arms jerked and my heart rejoiced.
Synonyms: tūpanapana
5. (noun) revolt, rebellion, mutiny, uprising, riot, insurrection.
Porowhiua atu ana e te hunga whakawā te whakapae mō te whana i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:182). / The jury threw out the charge of sedition (DNZB 1996:446).
6. (noun) bow (archery).
