2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to climb upon, mount, board, embark, get on, go on board.
Ka tae ki Awarua, ka whakaeke atu rātou ko tōna whānau ki runga ki tētahi poti hī ika i waenganui pō (TTR 1996:71). / When they reached Bluff, she and her family would board a fishing boat at midnight.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) go onto (e.g. a marae).
I reira tonu tōna tinana e tangihia ana e ngā ope whakaeke (HP 1991:19). / Her body was right there being wept over by the groups who came onto the marae.
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to levy, impose.
Kua kaha haere te whakaaro kia whakaekea he reti ki runga ki ngā whenua Māori (RT 2013:106). / The idea is strengthening that rents be levied on Māori land.
5. (noun) arrival of guests, entrance.
Nō te ata o te rā o te whakaeke ka tae mai ētahi o te marae ki te wāhi e noho ana mātou ki te kī noa mai kua kore i taea e rātou te hui te whakatū nā te mea kua hinga mai he tūpāpaku ki tō rātou marae (HM 4/1998:7). / On the morning of the welcome on to the marae some of the people of the marae arrived at the place we were staying at to say that they were no longer able to host the meeting because they had a death on their marae.
6. (noun) entrance (e.g. onto a stage), entrance song, entrance item - a term used for the item of a traditional performing arts competition during which the performing group takes the stage.
Ko te whakaeke he waiata, he haka, he mau rākau, he nekeneke ā-kapa kia puta ai te kapa ki runga i te atamira (RMR 2017). / The entrance is a song, a haka, weaponry and group movements so that the group can emerge onto the stage.
paepae
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to be cast ashore, wrecked, stranded.
Puta ake ana te kapua pōuri i te paewai o te rangi, ā kīhai i roa ka pūhia haeretia te kaipuke rā e te tūpuhi rāua ko te marangai, kua paepae haere ki te taha ki ngā toka e tino pakaru ai, e tino mate ai (TWMNT 19/5/1874:118). / Dark clouds appeared on the horizon, and it was not long before that ship was blown by storms and gales, and was cast against the rocks and destroyed.
2. (noun) beam, bar, horizontal board, threshold of a house, door sill, horizontal beam of a latrine.
Nāna i whakahaere ngā mahi taka kai mō te whakatuwheratanga o te whare nui i Waitangi i Pēpuere o te tau 1940, ā, tomokia ana hoki e ia te paepae, i te tānga o te kawa o taua whare (TTR 2000:41). / She organised catering for the opening of the meeting house at Waitangi in February 1940 and crossed the threshold first in the tapu removal ceremony of that house.
3. (noun) orators' bench.
Kia mutu rawa tā rātou, kātahi anō te paepae o te manuhiri ka tū mai ki te whakautu, ki te waiata, ā, ka whakatakoto i tāna koha (TWK 46:12). / When theirs finished, the orators' bench of the visitors stand to respond, to sing and lay down their koha.
4. (noun) open container, open shallow vessel.
He mate hōrapa te kohi, kaua te tangata i te mate kohi hei tuha ki te whare, ki te marae, engari te mea pai me tuha ki runga i te ahi, ko ngā kākahu horoi i te waha me tahu ki te ahi, ko ngā paepae hūare me horoi rawa ki te wai koropupū (TPH 4:23). / Tuberculosis is an infectious disease, so a person with it should not spit in the house or on the marae, but should spit into the fire, cloths for wiping the mouth should be burnt, and spittoons should be washed in boiling water.
Synonyms: oko
5. (noun) shallow dish, plate, platter, tray - any shallow dish or tray.
Me motuhake ngā paepae kai mā te tūroro, arā, ngā pereti, ngā kapu, ngā naihi, paoka, pune, me ērā mea katoa (TTT 1/3/1929:949). / The food dishes for the patient should be separate, namely the plates, cups, knives, forks, spoons and all those utensils.
papa
1. (noun) board, timber, floor, slab, plank, chart, plane surface, bed (of a lake or the sea), Earth, shell of crayfish and molluscs - anything broad, flat and hard.
Ka tūtaki ētahi tāngata whakatū taiapa ki te papa kōhatu pāia pōnānā (HP 1991:27). / When some fencers encountered rocky land they became flustered.
Synonyms: paraki
2. (noun) victory.
Ko te ritenga tēnei o ngā hapū Māori ina tautohetohe ki te whenua - he whakaekeeke ki te whawhai, ā riro ana te papa i te hunga uekaha ki te pana atu i te hoariri (TKM.MM 12/2/1863:2). / This was the custom of the Māori tribes in disputes over land - they would engage in warfare, with the stronger party achieving the victory and driving out the enemy.
rauawa
1. (noun) top boards, attached sides of a canoe above the hull.
Honoa te haumi, aukaha rawa i ngā rauawa, whakaū rawa he herepuru anō mō ngā rauawa, he raupō hoki mō te wai kei uru ki roto (TWMNT 17/11/1874:285). / Add the canoe extension, lash the top boards, reinforce the caulking for the top boards and also with raupō least water leaks in.
2. (noun) loading.
Nō te ata o te Wenerei ka tū mai anō te tima, ka tīmata te whakauta i ngā tāngata (TWM 18/11/1865:2). / On the Wednesday morning the ship stopped again and began the loading of the passengers.
Synonyms: uta
whare rīhi
1. (loan) (noun) rented accommodation, flat, boarding house.
Nā te mea noho tonu ai rāua i tētahi whare rīhi rūma nei, ka tūtaki a Īhāia ki tana wahine tuarua e mahi ana ki reira (TTR. / It was because they habitually lodged in a boarding house that Īhāia met his second wife who worked there.
