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hetimana

1. (loan) (noun) boat-header, headsman - a person in command of a whaling boat.

Ko te hetimana o taua poti i hemo rawa i te ūnga o te poti ki uta (TWMNT 17/11/1874:289). / The headman of that boat died when the boat reached land.

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toati

1. (noun) cross beams (of a boat).

I te kaha o te tākiri a te ika, kāre e roa ka ngaro ngā toati o te waka ki raro i te tāmure, i te hāpuku, i te tarakihi, i te aha atu, i te aha atu rānei (WT 2013:37). / The fish are biting so well that it isn't long before the cross beams of the boat disappear below the snapper, groper, tarakihi and whatever else.

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waka kōpana

1. (noun) jet boat.

I te tekau tau atu i 1980 ka puea ake ngā hākinakina ‘mutunga mai’ – te eke kōhuka, kōreti, waka kōpana, pahikara kake maunga; te reti huka mā runga papa, te eke papawīra, te kake maunga, te rereangi, te tiripou (Te Ara 2016). / In the 1980s a variety of ‘extreme’ sports emerged - rafting, kayaking, jet boating, mountain biking, snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain climbing, gliding, paragliding and skydiving.

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waka kōporo

1. (noun) square-sterned canoe, square-sterned boat, punt.

Ka hoe rātou ki te kaipuke e tū ana ki waho mā te waka kōporo. / They rowed to the ship standing off shore on a punt.

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Synonyms: peti, petipeti, purei moni

kōrinorino

1. (noun) dreadlock.

He kōrinorino ō Hēmi. / James has dreadlocks.

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2. (noun) wake (of a boat, etc.).

Nā te tere o te haere i hukahuka ai te kōrinorino o te rōnohi. / Because it was travelling so fast, the launch's wake was frothy.

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mahuta

1. (verb) to rise (of stars, the moon, etc.).

He wā e emi ai te whānau, e kohia ai ngā mahara mō te tau ka hori, e anga ai te titiro ki te tau e mahuta ake ana i te pae (HM 1/1993). / A time when the extended family gathers together, when the memories of the past year are brought together, and when we look forward to the new year.

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Synonyms: tauhōkai, ea


2. (verb) to jump, land (from a boat, etc.).

Nā, mahuta kau i te kaipuke, ka tūtaki ki a ia tētahi tangata i puta mai i ngā urupā, he wairua poke tōna (PT Maka 5:2). / And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

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Synonyms: tarapeke, tiapu, mokohiti, mokopeke, mōwhiti, hūpeke, peke, tūpeke, mokowhiti, mōwhīwhiti

awapoti

1. (loan) (noun) boat ramp.

kaitia

1. (loan) (noun) steersman, boat steerer, helmsman.

Kua tahuri te waka nei a Mātaatua. Kua kore he kaitia. Kua kore he kāpene (TTT 1/6/1925:249). / This canoe, Mātaatua, has capsized. It no longer has a steersman and captain.

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kaiwhakaue

1. (noun) boat steerer, helmsman, steersman.

kei

1. (noun) stern (of a boat or canoe).

Nā, ka mahia te waka, koirā ngā toki i tāraia ai te waka, ā ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The canoe was then adzed out, hewn with those adzes. The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; finished were the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering oars of the prow and stern.

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rōnihi

1. (loan) (noun) launch, motor boat.

Hei te titiro ake ki te moana ki te haere o te waka nei, o te rōnihi… (TP 5/1911:7). / On looking out to the sea at the progress of this vessel, the launch…

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Synonyms: rōnohi

rōnohi

1. (loan) (noun) launch, motor boat.

Synonyms: rōnihi

āka

1. (loan) (noun) ark, chest, box, boat - chest or cupboard housing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.

Hangā e koe tētahi āka mōu ki te rākau kōpera (PT Kenehi 6:14). / Make thee an ark of gopher wood.

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paneke

1. (verb) (-a) to move forward.

Nāwai ā, kua pōhēhē noa iho ngā whakaaro kua pōrauraha noa iho, kātahi ka āhua ngāwari te hau, ka paneke hoki te haere o ā rātou poti, kāore hoki i roa ka kitea e rātou te whenua (TWMNT 17/11/1874:284). / After a time they became bewildered and confused and then the wind abated somewhat and their boats made progress and it wasn't long before they saw land.
Turuki, turuki! Paneke, paneke! (NP 2001:412). / Move, move! Move forward, move forward!

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Synonyms: kauneke, katete, koke, pānekeneke, whakaahu whakamua


2. (verb) to pass by, pass through.

Nāna te whakapae ko ētahi o ngā iwi Aryan kōrero Sanskrit (te reo taketake ake o Īnia) i kōrerohia e Müller, i paneke mā ngā moutere ririki o te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Āhia, ka puta atu ki ngā moutere o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, tae rawa ake ki Aotearoa nei (Te Ara 2016). / He argued that some of the Sanskrit-speaking Aryans (the original language of India) spoken about by Müller passed through the small islands of South-East Asian and out to the islands of the Pacific, including Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha


3. (noun) flat bottomed boat, dory.

Arā atu te maha o ngā tikanga hou i kōkuhua atu e Rāni ki te mahinga ika nei i ngā tekau tau atu i 1950, atu i 1960 hoki, pērā i ngā waka matua me ngā paneke hopu kōura toka, tae atu ki te waka wheketere e mahi mai nei i ngā ika i te moana (TTR 2000:57). / Rāni introduced many innovations into the fishing industry during the 1950s and 1960s, such as mother ships and dories for harvesting rock lobster and a factory vessel to process fish at sea.

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4. (noun) point (score).

Nuku atu i te 60 ngā paneke katoa i riro i a ia, ā, ka rua nei hoki ngā tarai (TTR 1998:64). / He scored over 60 points, and two tries.

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whakamānutanga

1. (noun) launch (a boat, etc.).

Mai i te whakaterenga, i te whakamānutanga o te waka o Te Kōhanga Reo ko koe tēnā e tū mai ana i te tauihu (HM 4/1997:1). / From the start of the floating and launch of the Te Kōhanga Reo canoe, you were there standing at the prow.

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poti kārewa

1. (loan) (noun) life boat.

Synonyms: poti whakaora

rewa tahi

1. (noun) cutter, boat with one mast.

Kua hokona te kaipuke rewa tahi, a te ' Tāna' •e ētahi Māori o te takiwā o Rakarana (TWMNT 14/7/1874:178). / Some Māori of the Raglan district have purchased the cutter 'Dawn'.

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poti whakaora

1. (loan) (noun) life boat.

I te ata pō ka mānu te poti whakaora otirā i te nui o te ngaru kāhore i tata atu, heoi ka mānu noa iho me te karanga mai anō ngā tāngata o te kaipuke kia tīkina atu rātou, ka tata rātou te mate (TP 11/1905:8). / Before dawn the lifeboat was launched but because the waves were so big they couldn't approach it so they held off while the people on the ship called to be rescued as they were about to die.

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Synonyms: poti kārewa

poti

1. (loan) (noun) boat, dinghy.

Tōia mai te poti ki uta. / Drag the boat ashore.

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poti-tōpīto

1. (loan) (noun) torpedo boat.

Hui atu ki ēnei he poti-tōpīto, 14, me ngā kaipuke hari pīkaunga 30 (TP 4/1905:5). / Added to these are 14 torpedo boats and 30 transport vessels.

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