porotakataka
1. (verb) to surround, go round and round, circle.
Kīhai i mahue tā rātou mōkihi e ngā mango o te moana. Noho tonu aua mango i te taha porotakataka haere ai, e whanga ana ki ā rātou tāngata (TWM 23/7/1864:3). / Their raft was never left by the sharks of the ocean. Those sharks remained beside it circling around, waiting for their people.
2. (modifier) round (in shape).
Synonyms: porotaka
porotaka
1. (modifier) round (in shape), circular.
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
Synonyms: porotakataka
2. (noun) circle.
Ko ngā mea hei whakaako i ngā kanohi, he mea porotaka kara, he mea porowhā, he pirepire me ērā atu mea (TP 1/1906:2). / The things to train the eyes are coloured circles, squares, tablets and other such things.
3. (noun) roundness.
Kotahi anō te rā me te pō o tērā wāhi ka huri te tau, e ono marama e pōuri ana, e ono marama e mārama ana. I pēnei ai nā te porotaka o te Ao (TP 4/1903:3). / There is just one day and night in that place over a year, for six months it's dark and for six months it's light. It's like that because of the roundness of the Earth.
porohita
1. (verb) (-tia) to be circular.
He mea hanga te whare nui kia porohita te āhua, kātahi ka tapaina tōna ingoa ko Hīona (TTR 1996:176). / The meeting house was built in a circular shape, then was named Hiona (Zion).
See also porowhita
3. (noun) reserve (land).
Ko taua porohita nei, e mōhio ana au kāore i porohitatia ngā whenua e te Kāwanatanga mō te tangata kotahi, engari mō te katoa (TWMNT 5/2/1873:19). / I know that that reserve was not land established by the Government for one person, but for everybody.
Synonyms: whenua tāpui, wāhi porohita
2. (noun) (basketball) keyhole.
moari
1. (verb) (-tia) to swing on the moari, circle around.
Nāwai i roto te tuahine, ā, ā, kua tū mai i waho, kua hiahia ki te moari, ā, ki a Miru hoki. Tangohanga ake e Miru, ka moari rāua; ka whakahau a Miru ki te iwi rā kia whakakahangia te rere o te moari (JPS 1896:118). / After a long time inside the sister eventually came forth, wanting to swing on the moari, and Miru. Miru then took hold of her, and they swung together, whilst Miru incited the people to increase the flight of the moari swing.
2. (noun) a type of swing - ropes were attached to the top of a pole and people swung on the ropes.
Ka whakahau a Miru ki te iwi rā kia whakakahangia te rere o te moari (JPS 1896:118). / Miru incited the people to increase the flight of the moari swing.
whawhe
1. (verb) (-a) to manipulate, disturb, interfere with, meddle, operate on.
Mehemea e 24 ngā mea kua whakaritea hei rāwekeweke mā te ākonga, me āta whawhe e ia aua taonga rā kia rua ngā rōpu tekau ngā mea o roto, ā, kia kotahi te rōpū kei reira ngā mea e whā e toe mai ana (Pa 1996:17). / If there are 24 items that have been organised for the student to play with, she must must manipulate them into two groups of ten and there should be one group of the four things left over.
Synonyms: whāwhā, raweke, rāwekeweke, rāpoi, haukeke, auwaha
2. (verb) to go round, come round.
Nā, ka rere atu i reira ā Muriwhenua. Tapaa iho ko North Cape. Ka whawhe ki te tai hauāuru. Ka ahu whakatetonga (MM.TKM 1/1856:10). / Then, they sailed from there as far as Muriwhenua, which was named North Cape, and then came round to the west coast, and headed south.
3. (verb) (-a) to encircle, circle.
Ko te āwhiotanga o te ao e 25,000 māero, nā te whai ki ngā moutere, ki ngā wāhi whāiti o ngā moana i eke ai ki te 27,500 māero te rerenga o ngā waka o ngā Marikena. He rere tino roa tēnei i whawhe nei i te ao (TTT 1/2/1928:730). / The circumference of the world is 25,000 miles, but by following the islands and the narrow parts of the oceans the flight of the Americans' aircraft increases to 27,500 miles. This is an extremely long flight that circles the world.
4. (verb) (-a) to put round, gird.
Homai taku tātua kia whawhea (NM 1928:84). / Give me my belt to be put around me.
porowhita
1. (verb) (-tia) to be circular, round, surround, reserve.
Ko ngā whenua e porowhitatia ana hui katoa e tae ana ōna eka ki te kotahi tekau mā iwa mano, e waru rau e whitu tekau rahi ake, iti iho rānei (MD 2016). / The lands that are reserved altogether consist of approximately eighteen thousand, eight hundred and seventy acres.
Synonyms: toe, whenua rāhui, wehe, whakakawhena, whakatapu, haumi, rāhui, tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga
2. (modifier) circular, round.
Nō te kitenga kua tīmata tana whakahemohemo, i haria ia ki te whare kaponga porowhita i Tūrangawaewae ki te taha o Te Puea me te whānau nui tonu, whakapau ai i ōna rā whakamutunga (TTR 1998:96). / When it was seen that he was near death, he was taken to the round ponga house at Tūrangawaewae to see out the last of his days with Te Puea and the rest of the family.
Synonyms: kōpio, porotītiti, porotaitaka, porotiti, porokawa, tōpuku, whakaawhiwhi, karapoi, whiringa, kunekune, kōtakataka, rauna
3. (noun) circle, wheel, ring.
Kīia ai te tomokanga ki te hīnaki, ko te akura. Kua oti te porowhita i tōna waha me ngā rārā (Te Ara 2012). / The entrance to the hīnaki is called the akura. The circle at its mouth was made of sticks.
Synonyms: koropewapewa, tioro, mōhiti, mōwhiti, tangi, koropewa, pere, porohita, rīngi, tarawhiti, waea
4. (noun) reserve.
Tētahi porowhita hoki e tae ana ki te kotahi mano eka rahi ake iti, iho rānei (MD 2016). / And one reserve is approximately one thousand acres.
kauwhata porowhita
1. (noun) pie graph, circle graph.
He momo hoahoa motuhake te kauwhata porowhita e whakamahi ana i te porowhita hei whakaatu i te rahi o ētahi rōpū raraunga. Ka wehea te porowhita ki ētahi pewanga hei whakaatu i te hautanga, te ōrau ranei o ia rōpū raraunga. Ko te rahi o te pewanga he rite ki te hautanga o te rōpū raraunga e hāngai ana. He pai tēnei kauwhata hei whakatairite i tētahi rōpū raraunga ki te katoa o ngā raraunga (TRP 2010:140). / A pie graph is a special type of diagram which uses a circle to show data. The circle is divided into sectors to show the proportion or percentage of each category of the data. This type of graph is useful for comparing the frequency of a particular category of the data with all of the data (TRP 2010:140).
2. (noun) centre circle (netball).
2. (modifier) roundabout, circuitous, indirect.
Kia hāngai tonu te kōrero, kaua e takahia te ara porowhawhe (PK 2008:674). / Speak directly, don't take a circuitous route.
