taurite
1. (verb) to be alike, matching, equivalent, synonymous.
E ai ki tāna ko ngā taha wairua, ngā tikanga me ngā āhuatanga ā-iwi o Tūhoe e taurite tonu ana ki ērā o te Hāhi Ringatū (TTR 1998:194). / In his view, the spiritual, cultural and social dictates of Tūhoe were synonymous with those of the Ringatū church.
Synonyms: whakataurite, tauriterite
2. (verb) to be opposite.
Ka taurite rātou ki tētehi kāinga ka karangatia atu mā rātou e kōrero ki ngā mea e whai atu i a rātou kua roa noa atu tō rātou pahemotanga (NIT 1995:225). / When they were opposite a particular village they were called out to and were told that the ones they were following had passed long ago.
3. (verb) to be balanced.
E taurite ana te taha mauī o te whakairo me te taha matau, arā, he hangarite (RTA 2014:172). /
4. (modifier) opposite.
Kua noho taurite te tokorua kia pai te titiro hāngai, tētahi ki tētahi (PK 2008:896). / The couple sat opposite each other so that they look at each other more easily.
5. (noun) similarity, uniformity, likeness, resemblance.
Ko te wāhi ki mua he mea rui ki te karaihe, ka tapahia ki te mīhini. Pai ana te taurite o te takoto (TTT 1/5/1928:781). / The area in front was sown with grass and cut with a machine. The uniformity of how it lay was nice.
Synonyms: ōrite, ritenga, oho, āhua, āhuatanga, rite, whakaritenga, ariā, tairitenga
6. (noun) average, commonality.
I ngā tau tōmua o te mano tau 2000, ko te taurite o ngā whenua pupuri o ia rōpū pupuri ko te 59 heketea, me ngā kaipupuri e 73 te tokomaha (Te Ara 2013). / In the early 2000s an average land holding was 59 hectares, with 73 owners per title.
7. (noun) balance.
Ko te taurite te āhua o tā te ringatoi whakanoho i ngā āhuatanga hoahoa ki roto i tana mahinga toi, pērā i ngā wāhanga mātātea me ngā wāhanga mātāuri o tētahi mahinga toi ataata, o ngā oro mārū me ngā oro tīkā rānei i tētahi toi puoro (RTA 2014:172). / The balance is the way an artist arranges the basic design elements within an artwork, such as the light and dark areas of a piece of visual art, and the low and high pitched sounds of a piece of music (RTA 2014:172).
Synonyms: whakataurite, whārite, whakatautika, hangarite
2. (noun) electric balance.
rite
1. (verb) (-a) to resemble, compare with.
O ngā iwi katoa onamata kāore he iwi hei rite mō ngā Kariki (TTT 1/10/1926:480). / Of all the nations of ancient times there was none to compare with the Greeks.
Synonyms: kāhukahuka, āhukahuka, āhukahuka, kauāwhīwhiwhi, āwhiwhiwhi, āhuahua, ariariā
2. (verb) to be like, alike, equal, in proportion.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 26; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 29;)
Ko te pata me te huka me konatu ki te ringa, kia rite rā anō ki te āhua o te kirīmi (TJ 20/10/1898:13). / The butter and sugar should be stirred with the hand until it is the texture of cream.
See also tū-ā-rite
Synonyms: kei, matareka, tairite, ānō nei, enanga, rata, pīrangi, ānō, pai, ōrite, me, manako, riterite
3. (verb) to be balanced by an equivalent, paid for.
Kua rite katoa i a Ihu, kua utua katoatia ana hara (TH 2/5/1859:4). / It has all been balanced up by Jesus, his sins have all been paid for.
4. (verb) to be ready, in readiness, prepared.
Kua rite noa atu ngā mahi a te Poa mō te whawhai. Kua whakanohoia ngā pūrepo me ngā pūteretere, ki te takiwā pai o runga i aua hiwi me te whanga mai ki ngā hōia a te Ingarihi (TPH 30/11/1899:10). / The preparations of the Boars for the battle had been completed long ago. The cannons and autocannons had been set in place in the best positions on those hills and were waiting for the English soldiers.
5. (adjective) be equal, similar (to something else).
He rite te tikanga o tēnei ki tō runga ake nei (HKK 1999:18). / The meaning of this is similar to that of the above.
7. (noun) similarity, comparison, resemblance, proportion.
Ko te hiahia o Parore, kia riro māna e whakaatu te rite o ngā pōauautanga o te Karauna i mua, koirā i hē ai a Te Hēpara, arā, hē ake ana ia i te taha ture, i ngā waiwai tika hoki (TTR 1998:136). / Parore wanted to show where the Crown had made similar mistakes in the past and that was why Shepherd was in error, that is he was wrong in law and fact.
Synonyms: pānga riterite, hautanga, hautau, taurite, ritenga, tairitenga, ōrite, oho, ariā
2. (modifier) symmetrical.
Kei te kōwhaiwhai, kei te tukutuku, kei te tāniko ngā tauira hangarite maha (PK 2008:74). / Rafter paintings, lattice-work and tāniko have many symmetrical patterns.
3. (noun) symmetry, balance.
Whakaaturia mai te hangarite o te tapawhā rite (TRP 2010:106). / Show the symmetry of a square.
Synonyms: taurite, whakataurite, whārite, whakatautika
ripanga kaute
1. (loan) (noun) balance sheet, account statement.
Ko tā te ripanga kaute, he whakarārangi i ngā moni tango me ngā moni kuhu o tētahi pūtea pēke, me te whakaatu anō i te tapeke pūtea (TRP 2010:215). / The purpose of a balance sheet is to list the withdrawals and deposits of a bank account, and to show the account balance.
Synonyms: puka kaute
toenga
1. (noun) remnant, balance, remainder, leftovers of food, scraps, surplus.
Ko ō rātou hū he kiri kekeno, ko ngā kākahu he kiri kekeno anō, ko ngā toenga o ngā hēra o te kaipuke (TP 12/1907:2). / Their shoes were of seal skins, their clothes were also of seal skins and the remnants of the ship's sails.
Synonyms: whakamakere, mōmōhanga, rurenga, mōrehu, makorea, karaweta, parahanga, parapara, pakapaka, paka
puka kaute
1. (loan) (noun) account statement, balance sheet.
Synonyms: ripanga kaute
tapeke
1. (verb) to be included, covered, leaving none out.
Nā, ko ngā whare, arā ko ngā whare nohoanga tangata katoa, ko ngā pāhoka, ko ngā tēneti, ko ngā whare e moea ana e te tangata, ko ngā kaipuke rānei, e tapeke katoa ki roto ki te ritenga o tēnei Ture (TKM.MM 20/9/1862:19). / The houses shall include all buildings people live in, huts, tents, buildings people sleep in, and also ships, they are all included in the provisions of this Act.
2. (verb) to total, adding up to, in total.
Ka huihui ngā iwi katoa o Waikato, tapeke rawa ake kotahi mano tōpū (W 1971:383). / All the tribes of Waikato assembled, two thousand in total.
3. (noun) total, sum, score (result of a game).
Nā, hui katoa ngā utu o ngā kai katoa, koirā te tapeke (HJ 2012:255). / Now, the prices of all the produce together, that's the total.
4. (noun) balance (of a bank account).
whārite ine-taumaha
1. (noun) balance (for measuring weight).
He taputapu te whārite ine-taumaha hei ine i te taumaha, te papatipu rānei o tētahi mea. E rua ngā taha o te whārite ine-taumaha. Ka waiho te mea e inea ana ki tētahi taha, ā, ka hoatu he maihea ki tērā o ngā taha, kia noho ōrite ngā taha e rua (TRP 2010:332). / a balance is a piece of equipment for measuring the weight or mass of an object. There are two sides to a balance. The thing being measured is put on one side, and weights are put on the other until both sides are in balance (TRP 2010:332).
whakatautika
1. (verb) (-tia) to balance.
Synonyms: taurite, hangarite, whakataurite, whārite
2. (noun) (weighing apparatus) balance.
3. (transitive verb) (weighing apparatus) balance.
tapeke pūtea
1. (noun) account balance.
Ko tā te ripanga kaute, he whakarārangi i ngā moni tango me ngā moni kuhu o tētahi pūtea pēke, me te whakaatu anō i te tapeke pūtea (TRP 2010:215). / The purpose of a balance sheet is to list the withdrawals and deposits of a bank account, and to show the account balance.
whakataurite
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to cause to be alike, imitate, put into perspective, compare.
Nō tēneki o ngā hui au i mōhio ai arā noa atu te nui o ā tātou rauemi inā whakatauritea ki te tino korekore o ngā rauemi a ngā iwi huri i te Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (HM 2/1998:2). / It was at this particular meeting that I realised that the number of resources we have is substantial when compared with the lack of resources of the peoples of the islands around the Pacific Ocean.
2. (modifier) comparative.
I ētahi wā he maha ngā hapa kei roto i te mātauranga whakataurite – i te mea he ōrite ngā mea e rua, kāore i te mea i ahu mai i te wāhi kotahi (Te Ara 2014). / Sometimes there were many flaws in comparative studies – because two things were similar, it did not necessarily mean they originated from the one place.
3. (noun) matching, balance, comparison.
Ko te kōrero, ‘he kākā honihoni, he kūkū tangai nui’ he whakataurite i te āta kai a te kākā ki te kai horo a te kūkū (Te Ara 2014). / The saying ‘A nibbling kākā, a New Zealand pigeon with a stuffed crop' is a comparison of the small appetite of the kākā with the greed of the New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: tauriterite, taurite, hangarite, whārite, whakatautika
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to make preparations, make like, compare, liken, arrange, put in order, balance.
Whāritea te roa o te rākau nei (W 1971:343). / Compare the length of this tree.
See also whakarite
Synonyms: whakarite, whakariterite, taurite, hangarite, whakataurite, whakatautika
whakarite
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to arrange, adjust, organise, put in order, appoint, assign.
Ko ngā pereti kai he rourou; kāore he paoka, kāore he naihi, arā i tino whakaritea katoatia ki tā te Māori tikanga (TP 1/12/1900:14). / The eating plates were flax food baskets; there were no knives and forks, that is everything was organised according to Māori custom.
Synonyms: whakahaere, whakatakoto, tītakataka
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to balance by equivalent, in like manner.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to make like.
Ka haere hoki ia ki te whakarite i a ia ki te āhua o te kūkupa (NM 1928:10). / And he went off to make himself into the form of a New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: whārite
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to compare, correspond to, liken to.
Kāore he tangata hei whakarite (NM 1928:52). / There's not a person like him.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
5. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to fulfil, perform.
Kātahi ka whakaritea e rātou te kupu a tō rātou rangatira i kōrero mai rā ki a rātou (NM 1928:143). / Then they carried out what their chief had told them.
Synonyms: tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, mahi, hahaka, haka
6. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to say prayers, recite rituals.
I haere mai te minita ki te whakarite i a mātou i te rā tuatahi o te hui (PK 2008:1127). / The minister came to say prayers for us on the first day of the gathering.
7. (modifier) arranged, prearranged.
I te tau 1809, e hoki ana a Te Mātenga mai i Ingarangi ki Ahitereiria mā runga i te kaipuke te 'Ann', he waka whakarite mō te hunga kua mau heretia, ka tūpono ki a Ruatara (TTR 1990:131). / In 1809 Marsden was returning from England to Australia by the ship, the 'Ann', a vessel organised for the convicts, when he discovered Ruatara.
8. (modifier) metaphorical, figurative, likening, comparing, equating.
Ā ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou? (PT Matiu 13:10). / And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
9. (noun) retaliation, retribution.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
10. (noun) arrangement.
Ka oti te whakarite kia hoki te kaumātua rā ki tana kāinga me haukoti e rātou ki te huarahi, patu ai (NIT 1995:209). / The arrangement was made that when that elder returned to his home they would intercept him on the path and kill him.
11. (noun) simile, metaphor, cryptic expression.
Otirā koirā tonu anō te ritenga o ngā whakarite mō ngā kōrero o ngā koroua (NIT 1995:293). / But here is the explanation of the cryptic expressions of the elderly men.
See also kupu whakarite
Synonyms: kupu whakarite, huahuatau, whakaritenga
