hapahapai
1. (verb) to lift often, raise repeatedly, advocate, champion, promote.
Nā tēnei ahau tō koutou tungāne, te tangata hoki nāna i hapahapai ō koutou ingoa whakahuahua ki ngā marae, tae noa ki roto ki te Pāremata o Te Kotahitanga (TJ 12/10/1899:12). / I, your brother and cousin, am the person who repeatedly raised your names on the marae, even in the Te Kotahitanga Movement's parliament.
Synonyms: tautīnei, whakapiki, whakatairanga, kōkiri, whakatuarā
2. (modifier) lifted, heave - used as whakahere hapahapai in the Māori Bible to refer to a 'heave offering', coming from a Hebrew root word meaning 'to lift' and refers to the offering being lifted before the altar to the Lord by the priest.
He whakahere hapahapai hoki: ka waiho e ngā tama a Iharaira hei whakahere hapahapai, he mea nō ā rātou patunga mō te pai, arā he whakahere hapahapai nā rātou ki a Ihowā (PT Ekoruhe 29:28). / For it is a heave offering: and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
kawau mārō
1. (noun) fighting formation, concentrated attack - a military tactic where the war party advances in a triangle formation in battle to come to close grips and to split the enemy ranks. Also known as koau mārō, kawau rukuroa and kura takai puni.
Ko tērā kupu ko te 'kawau mārō' nō te pakanga, arā mō te matua he mea whakakokoi te tū whakamua, ā, ka whakaeke ana kāore rawa e hoki mai, kāore hoki e marara (NIT 1995:187). / That saying, the 'kawau mārō' (straight-flying cormorant) is about warfare and concerns an army division that forms a point at the front and when attacking never retreats or scatters.
2. (noun) advocate, champion, promoter.
He kawau mārō a Hōne Te Atirau Asher nō Tūwharetoa, noho ai hei kaiārahi i waenganui i te Māori rāua ko te Pākehā (TTR 1998:4). / Hōne Te Atirau was an advocate of Tūwharetoa and played a leadership role between Māori and Pākehā.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
2. (adjective) be brave, bold, victorious, experienced, accomplished, adept, competent, skilful, capable.
He toa kē ake au i a rātau ki te hī ika (HP 1991:16). / I was more skilful than them at line fishing.
Synonyms: waewae kai pakiaka, tareka, kei a [koe] mō te ..., ringa rehe, Kei a ... mō te ..., riwha, taea
3. (noun) courage, bravery, champion, winner, expert.
See also tiamupiana
4. (noun) warrior, brave man.
Nā reira ka āta whakatahi te iwi me i kore te hoariri e whai atu ki te ururua o te ngahere i tua atu o te pā, kia haupapatia ai e Heke me ana toa (TTR 1990:7). / And so the people deliberately withdrew in the hope that the enemy might follow into the undergrowth of the bush on the other side of the pā, so that they could be ambushed by Heke and his warriors.
5. (noun) male (of animals, birds, insects and plants).
He manu te kōmako; ka tangi ana i te awatea, ka tangi tētahi i konei, ka tangi tētahi i korā; nā, i te pō ka tangi ko tētahi anake, ka kīia ko tērā te toa (JPS 1956:201). / The bellbird is a bird which, when it sings in the daytime one will sing here another from somewhere else; and, when one sings alone in the night, that is said to be the male bird.
toki
1. (noun) adze.
Nō te hāpaitanga ake o taua tumutumu nei, i a rātou anō e tapahi ana i ngā paiaka o raro, ka kitea te ngārahu me ētahi toki kōhatu nei e takoto ana i roto (TWMNT 9/2/1875:34). / When they were lifting the stump up, and while they were cutting the roots underneath, they discovered charcoal and some stone adzes lying inside.
2. (noun) axe, hatchet.
Ka mea ngā tāne me pao te māhunga ki muri o te pane o te toki (HP 1991:20). / The men said that the head should be struck with the back of the axe head.
3. (noun) champion, star, gun.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 195;)
Kāore he tīma i tua atu i a rātou mō te purei whutupōro, he toki katoa rātou (PK 2008:928). / There is no team better than them at playing rugby, they're all guns.
4. (noun) karakia used during the kawa ceremony - addresses the tree from which the carvings were made using the toki, or axe.
Nā ngā kaumātua o Te Arawa i wewete ngā tapu o ōna whakairo, i karakia te karakia o te waere, te kawa, te toki, te takapou (TTT 1/10/1922:8). / The elders of Te Arawa removed the tapu from its carvings, recited the incantations of the waere (clearing the tapu of the building), of the kawa (calling on the powers to ruruku, or bind together, the uprights and rafters of the building), the toki (incantation addressed to the tree from which the carvings were made using the toki, or axe) and the takapou (incantation lifting the tapu to enable the entry of women into the house and spreading the mat of occupation and use).
taumātakitahi
1. (verb) (-tia) to select a champion for each competitive side, engage in single combat.
Ka taumātakitahi a Te Wherowhero me tana kō ki ngā rangatira o te hoariri (TTR 1990:341). / Te Wherowhero then fought a number of enemy chiefs in single combat, armed only with his kō (digging implement).
2. (modifier) single combat, hand-to-hand (fighting).
Nā tana toki ka hinga a Tatakahuanui i Waituna i te tau 1806 pea, ka waiho tērā riri taumātakitahi hei kōrero mā te tini mā te mano (TTR 1990:107). / It was probably in 1806 that he killed Tatakahuanui with his adze at Waituna and that hand-to-hand fighting became famous.
See also riri taumātakitahi
3. (noun) single combat.
Synonyms: riri taumātakitahi
aumangea
1. (adjective) be strong, brave, persistent, determined, forceful, plucky, resilient, resolute, steadfast, tenacious.
I te ahiahi pō, nōna tonu te whakaaro, i haria e ia he ope iti huri atu ai mā te taha whakarua o te tohu whenua nei, ā, nā te taumauri me te manawanui, mau ana i a rātau ngā putaanga pū mīhini, putaanga motā hoki. He aumangea nō te kōkiri atu i pau ai te kaha o te hoariri ki te wawao tonu, ā, pāhoro ana te katoa o Takrouna (TTR 2000:114). / Late in the afternoon he decided that he would take a small party round the north-eastern side of the feature and with calm determination they captured the machine-gun and mortar posts. Because it was a courageous attack the enemy lost heart to continue the defence and the whole Takrouna feature fell.
Synonyms: mātātoa, manawa kai tūtae, manawaroa, whakamārohirohi, pikoni, pukutohe, pūkeke, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe, pūnoke, manawa rahi, urupū, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, niwha, kiriūka, titikaha, whakakiriūka, ū, pukunanaiore, tōkeke, marohi, mārohirohi
2. (noun) advocate, campaigner, champion, promoter, proponent, upholder, supporter - a person who is strong, brave, persistent, determined, forceful, plucky, resilient, resolute, steadfast or tenacious.
Ko te manu he kupu whakarite mō te mātātahi o te ao Māori e tono whakamāherehere ana i te aumangea, arā, i te hunga mātau, i te hunga mārama, kia mōhio ai me huri pēhea, me rere ki hea, me tau anō hoki ki hea (HM 1/1998:2). / The bird is a metaphor for the younger generation of the Māori world seeking advice from the advocates, that is the knowledgeable and perceptive people, so that they will know how to turn, where to fly and where to land.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka
whakaihuwaka
1. (noun) champion, advocate, promoter, supporter, backer, upholder, winner.
I a Malietoa i te kura ko ia te whakaihuwaka mō te whakataetae nei, mō te mekemeke (TTR 2000:90). / While Malietoa was at school he was the boxing champion.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, aumangea
tiamupiana
1. (loan) (noun) champion, championship, championship title.
I te tau 1849 ko Hoani Ropata pāhake, arā matua o tēnei Hoani Ropata, i riro i a ia te tiamupiana o te ao (TJ 11/5/1899:16). / In 1849 John Roberts Senior, that is the father of this John Roberts, gained the world championship title.
kaihāpai
1. (noun) advocate, champion, promoter, supporter, upholder, backer, campaigner, proponent.
Ka mutu nei tana ākiri o mua rā ki tana taha Māori, ka puta a Pātariki Smyth hei tino kaihāpai Māori i te mātauranga (TTR 1998:175). / When he stopped his earlier rejection of his Māori side, Patrick Smyth became a strong Māori advocate for education.
Synonyms: kaitautoko, pou tangata, tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
pou tangata
1. (noun) supporter, backer, champion, guardian.
Nā, i muri o ēnei pou, ko ngā pou whenua me ngā pou tangata, i whakakotahi ai ngā iwi ki raro i te Kīngitanga (Wh4 2004:18). / Now, as well as these gatherings of support there are the landmarks symbolising support and the supporters that unite the tribes under the King Movement.
Synonyms: kaitautoko, kaihāpai
kōkiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to thrust forward, attack, call, charge, rush forward.
Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to champion (a cause), promote, advocate, lead.
Rua tekau ngā tau e kōkiri ana ia i ngā kerēme nunui a Te Tai Tokerau ki te Karauna, ko ia tonu tō rātou tino kaiwawao (TTR 1998:137). / For 20 years he championed the important North Auckland claims against the Crown and he was their leading advocate.
Synonyms: whakapiki, hapahapai, whakatairanga, whakatuarā, tautīnei, takitaki, whaitaki, whakataki, tā, tātaki, huataki, arataki, ārahi, whakahaere, kaea, whakahaere tikanga, matā, taki, konumatā
3. (verb) to rise in a column.
I te ata rawa ka kitea te wai e kōkiri ake ana i te moana, ā i kapi katoa taua wāhi i te mamaoa (TWMNT 11/8/1874:206). / In the morning the water was seen rising in a column from the sea and that place was covered with vapour.
4. (noun) attack, assault, charge, offensive, strike.
Nō te Oketopa ka ārahina e rātou ko Tāreha me ētahi atu o te kāwai rangatira te matua o Heretaunga ki te tuki i te pā o Puketapu. Engari i hanepī te kōkiri (TTR 1994:190). / In October he, Tāreha with some other chiefs led the Hastings contingent to attack Puketapu pā. But the attack was aborted.
Synonyms: tukituki, kino, anuanu, mōrihariha, harehare, piro, hākiki, whakaweriweri, weriweri, kerakera, mataharehare, whakaparahako, maninohea
5. (noun) body of men rushing forward, attack party, forward movement of a kapa haka.
Tokoiwa te kōkiri a Rāpata, kotahi tekau tā Piki kōkiri (W 1971:130). / Robert's attack party was nine men, that of Piki was ten.
6. (noun) advocacy, promotion, backing, championing.
I te tau 1924 i tētahi huihuinga a te whakaminenga o te Hāhi, ka mana te kōkiri a te rōpū taituarā o Tumutara kia whakatūria a ia hei ūpoko mō te Hāhi Ringatū, arā, ko tōna ingoa hāhi ko pīhopa (TTR 1998:231). / At an assembly of the congregation of the Church in 1924, the advocacy of Tumutara’s supporters succeeded in getting him elected head of the Ringatū Church with the church title of bishop.
Synonyms: tautoko, taunaki, whakapiki, kakenga, whakatairanga
7. (noun) meteor.
See also kōtiritiri
Synonyms: tūmatakōkiri, marau, matakōkiri, kōtiri, kōtiritiri, unahi o Takero
8. (noun) leatherjacket, Parika scaber - a fish, uniform or mottled greenish grey. Body ovate, diamond-shaped, compressed.
whakatuarā
1. (verb) to support, back, champion, promote, help.
Ki te mea ka tohe tonu Te Urewera ki te whakatuarā i ētahi iwi kē ki te riri ki a te Kāwanatanga ākuanei ka tīkina, ka nohoia (TWMNT 6/7/1875:153). / If Te Urewera still persisted in supporting other tribes to fight against the Government, they would be taken and occupied.
Synonyms: kōkiri, tautīnei, whakapiki, whakatairanga, hapahapai, tuarā, tua, angaangamate, angamate, takamuri, kōkai
2. (modifier) backwards.
Nā ka tango a Hema rāua ko Iapeta i tētahi kākahu, maka iho e rāua ki runga ki ō rāua pokohiwi, nā ka haere whakatuarā atu rāua (PT Kenehi 9:23). / And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward.
