2. (noun) pursuit, chase.
Ahakoa pēhea te horo o tō aru mai, e kore ahau e mau i a koe (TWK 23:4). / No matter how fast your chase is, you will never catch me.
aruaru
1. (verb) (-mia,-ngia) to follow, pursue, chase, woo, court, hunt.
Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata o Maunga-whau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua, ko Puhi-huia te ingoa. Ahakoa aruaru te tāne i a ia, kīhai ia i pai (TWK 2:22). / The daughter of the principal man of Maunga-whau was a lovely girl, a beautiful woman called Puhi-huia. Although men pursued her, she did not like them.
2. (verb) (-mia,-ngia,-tia) to interrupt, interject.
Kīhai i aruarutia e te tauatanga tana mahi ki te whakahouhou haere i te Kīngitanga (TTR 1996:239). / The succession did not interrupt his reconstruction of the King Movement.
3. (noun) pursuit, chase.
I mua tonu i te maroketanga o te waituhi i te whakaaetanga o Ngāi Tahu kia hokona ōna whenua ki te kāwanatanga, ka tū tētahi o ngā whatinga ture tuatahi o te Tiriti o Waitangi. Whai muri tata ko te aruaru o Ngāi Tahu i ngā kerēme i te whatinga o te kāwanatanga i ōna kupu taurangi (Te Ara 2015). / Even before the signatures had dried on the agreement of Ngāi Tahu to sell their land to the government, one of the first breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi occurred. Immediately afterwards, Ngāi Tahu began the pursuit of their claims arising from the government’s broken promises.
4. (noun) interruption, interjection.
2. (verb) to perform karakia.
E Ngātoro, haere mai ki runga ki tōku waka ki te whai ake i te kawa o te waka nei (NM 1928:60). / Ngātoro, come onto my canoe to perform the kawa ceremony on this vessel.
3. (noun) pursuit.
Kāti, e tātou mā, kia ora anō tātou katoa i roto i tā tātou whai, i tā tātou whakamomori kia mau, kia ora tonu tō tātou reo haere ake nei, haere ake nei (HM 1997:8). / Well, everybody, greetings to everybody involved in our pursuit and our desperate desire to retain and save our language for the future.
4. (noun) curative spell - spell to cure wounds, injuries and infections.
Ka titiro mākutu a Mohi ki a te Kāwana i konei, karakiatia ana e ia te whai mō te pokenga i te toto (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:4). / Mohi then stared at the Governor, reciting the curative spell for infected blood.
whaiwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) (whāia) to chase, hunt, follow, pursue, aim at.
Ko te kōrero a Eruera mō tēnei o ōna pāpā, he tohunga ki ngā karakia a te Ringatū, he tangata mōhio hoki ki te whaiwhai wāhine māna (EM 2002:160). / The account that Eruera had about this particular uncle was that he was an expert in the prayers of the Ringatū faith and a clever man at pursuing women.
See also whai
2. (noun) pursuit, pursuing, chase, hunt.
Kua kitea nei te wati, kua mutu tonu atu taku whaiwhai i tēnei take (HP 1991:120). / The watch had been found, so my pursuing of this matter had ended.
See also whai
rei
1. (verb) (-a) to cover, rush upon, inundate, leap, rush, run, fly.
Kīhai i whanga kia tae rawa ake ēnei ka puta te hiahia o ngā hōia kia reia ngā parepare, he kawenga nō te whakatakariri mō ētahi o rātou i mate i tērā parekura i Pukehinahina i te 29 o ngā rā o Āpereira (TWM 9/7/1864:2). / They didn't wait until these arrived before the soldiers' desire to rush onto the fortification walls emerged because of the anger they carried for some of their own who died in that battle at Pukehinahina on 29 April.
Synonyms: huaki, takanga, oma, omaoma, tuoma, teretere, horo, amo, mokopeke, mokohiti, tiapu, hīrere, tūpou, takaniti, takawhiti, wakewake, tarapeke, patiko, oioi, rere tārewa, whakatūkawikawi, peke, rēinga, rere, tūpeke, mahiti, mokowhiti, mawhiti
2. (verb) (-a) to run after, flock around, chase, pursue.
He pai tāne e kore e reia; he kino wahine ka reia (TTT 1/12/1930:2219). / A handsome man is not often chased, but an ugly woman is often pursued. (A whakatauki suggesting that women who have qualities more important than beauty will be sought after.)
whāia
1. (verb) to be followed, chased, pursued, looked for, searched for, courted, wooed, aimed at - the passive form of whai.
See also whai
