arotahi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to look in one direction, look steadily, focus on, zero in on, concentrate on, take aim.
Nō waenganui o te tekau tau atu i 1920, ka mutu te mahi a Meri Geddes i roto i ngā rōpū wāhine; huri kē ana ia ki te Hāhi hei arotahi māna i waho atu o tōna kāinga (TTR 1996:33). / In the mid 1920s Mary Geddes ended work in women's societies, turning her focus outside her home to the Church.
2. (noun) focus, concentration on.
Mai i te tau 1940, ko te arotahi o taua rōpū, ko te mana motuhake me te tino rangatiratanga o ngā Kuki Airani (TTR 1996:62). / From the 1940s onwards, the focus of the group was the independence and self-determination of the Cook Islands.
3. (noun) lens.
Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te arotahi, ko tōna puare, te wāhi e uru atu ai te aho (RTA 2014:80). / An important part of the lens is its aperture, the place where the light enters.
Synonyms: mōhiti
whakahihiwa
1. (verb) (-ia) to be watchful, alert, concentrate, focus.
Nā te pakanga i whakapakari a Hēnare; pono ana ia kua kaha kē atu ia ki te whakahihiwa ake i ōna whakaaro, ki te kite ake i te kiko o te take, me te nuku kē atu o tōna pai ki te whakatepe i te mahi (TTR 2000:70). / War experience matured Hēnare: he believed he had acquired greater ability to concentrate and to discern the essentials in any situation, and that he had improved his ability to complete a task.
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
koau 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 kawau mārō, kawau rukuroa and kura takai puni.
Kātahi ka rere ngā matua, ka haere rā i runga i te koau mārō (W 1971:110). / Then the army divisions advanced in the 'koau mārō' formation.
See also kawau mārō
2. (verb) to be concentrated.
He tukanga te rerewai e neke ai te wai mā roto i tētahi kiriuhi tukutaritari, mai i te wāhi kāore e kukū ana te matūmeha ki te wāhi e kukū tonu ana (RP 2009:370). / Osmosis is a process where water moves through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low concentration of solute to a region of higher concentration (RP 2009:370).
3. (noun) thick liquid.
pīhangaiti
1. (verb) to lie in a heap, be gathered together, be in one place.
Ko te mea tuatahi mā te tangata mārena, mā te tangata rānei e tata ana te mārena, ko te hanga whare kia wehe kē, kia mākohakoha ai tā rāua nā noho ko tōna hoa, kia pihangaiti ai ā rāua taonga (TP 12/1909:2). / The first thing for the married man, or the man about to be married, is to build a separate house so that he and his partner can like in tranquility, and so that their possessions can be gathered together.
Synonyms: kāuki, kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, pū, pūkai, haipū, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta
2. (modifier) compact, concentrated.
Tuatoru i nui ai tēnei parekura kua mutu te whawhai ki te wāhi pīhangaiti nō te mea he wāhi tērā e kaha ai a Tāke (TKO 15/3/1917:8). / Thirdly this battle, where the fighting has ended in a restricted area, was a big one because that was the place where Turkey was strong.
whaikaha
1. (verb) to have strength, be strong enough.
Hāunga tērā, tae mai anō ai ētahi atu iwi, i whaikaha kia pupuri ā rātou tikanga ki tēnei whenua (Te Ara 2017). / Apart from that, other peoples had also arrived who had the strength to kept their cultural practices alive in this country.
Ko Te Arawa anake te waka i whaikaha ki te hoki atu ki Hawaiki whawhai ai ... Tēnā ko te mano waka nei. Nōhea i whaikaha ki te hoki atu ki te rapu utu mō te pananga mai (JPS 1985:138). / Only the Te Arawa canoe people were strong enough to return to Hawaiki to fight... Of the many other canoes, none were strong enough to return to seek revenge for the eviction.
2. (modifier) having strength.
E whakaatu ana ngā tuhituhinga he tokomaha tonu ngā tāngata whaikaha i whiwhi nei i tō rātou mana mai i ngā atua. / The writings show that there were many people who had the strength and who obtained their power from the atua.
3. (modifier) concentrated.
Kotahi anō pounamu wai huarākau whaikaha, ka oti e whā ngā ipu waireka (Ng 1993:64). / One bottle of concentrated fruit drink will make four flagons of cordial (Ng 1993:64).
4. (modifier) disabled - a usage created within the Māori disabled community.
E tika ana kia hangaia he wharepaku whaikaha mā ngā tāngata whaikaha. / It's appropriate that disabled toilets are built for people with disabilities.
5. (noun) disability.
hihiwa
1. (verb) to be alert, watchful, concentrating.
I whānau mate mai te kanohi matau o Matiu, ā, nō reira tōna āhua tino mōhio, e karepa e hihiwa ana te whakaaro (TTR 2000:207). / Matt was born with a defect in his right eye, with the result that his appearance was of a highly intelligent person, squinting in alert concentration.
tou repa
1. (noun) one who concentrates on socialising and enjoying themselves, restless person.
He tou repa - kia mimiti ngā manaakitanga o tētahi kāinga taupua, kua haere kē he kāinga kē (HJ 2017:88). / A restless person - when the hospitality of one temporary home dries up, she moves to another home.
Synonyms: tou tīrairaka
2. (noun) (substance) concentrate.
3. (noun) (substance) concentration.
