kaituitui
1. (noun) tailor, sewer, seamstress, binder, coordinator.
Synonyms: pininga parakaingaki, kaitui, kaitui kākahu
ruruku
1. (verb) (-tia) to draw together with a cord, bind together, lash, coordinate.
Ka rere mai a Mātaatua, a Tokomaru, a Tākitumu, i muri ka mahia taua waka, ka rurukutia, ka karakiatia e ngā tohunga, e Te Hoka-o-te-rangi. Ko Tu-kai-te-uru te atua nāna taua waka i ruruku (JPS 1894:63-64). / After the sailing of Mātaatua, Tokomaru, and Tākitumu, that canoe was repaired; the parts were drawn and sewn together, whilst the tohunga recited their ritual chants, including Te Hoka-o-te-rangi. It was by the aid of the god, Tū-kai-te-uru, that that canoe was lashed together.
Synonyms: rona, karawhiu, mīmiro, tui, tauhere, whakarorerore, mimire, whiu, tātā, whiwhita
2. (noun) band, bond, commitment.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
taunga ahuroa
1. (noun) polar coordinates.
Ko te taunga te wāhi noho o tētahi mea. E rua ngā momo whakaatu i te taunga ki tētahi papa taunga, pērā i te kauwhata, i te mahere rānei. Ko te takirua raupapa hei whakaatu i te taunga tukutuku. Ko te tawhiti me te ahunga hei whakaatu i te taunga ahuroa (TRP 2010:275). / A co-ordinate is the place where something is located. There are two ways of showing the co-ordinates of a point on a co-ordinate plane such as a graph or a map. Ordered pairs are used to show cartesian co-ordinates. Distance and direction are used for polar co-ordinates (TRP 2010:275).
taunga tukutuku
1. (noun) Cartesian coordinates.
Ko te taunga te wāhi noho o tētahi mea. E rua ngā momo whakaatu i te taunga ki tētahi papa taunga, pērā i te kauwhata, i te mahere rānei. Ko te takirua raupapa hei whakaatu i te taunga tukutuku. Ko te tawhiti me te ahunga hei whakaatu i te taunga ahuroa (TRP 2010:275). / A co-ordinate is the place where something is located. There are two ways of showing the co-ordinates of a point on a co-ordinate plane such as a graph or a map. Ordered pairs are used to show cartesian co-ordinates. Distance and direction are used for polar co-ordinates (TRP 2010:275).
2. (modifier) single birth.
'Kōtuku reretahi.' Tōna ritenga he tangata putanga kotahi (TP 7/1911:9). / 'White heron of single birth.' It is a comparison to a person of single birth.
3. (noun) harmony.
Ko te reretahi te noho kotahi mai o ētahi āhuatanga hoahoa ki te mahinga toi ataata, kia tino kitea ai ngā hononga rerehua o tētahi āhuatanga ki tētahi (RTA 2014:152). / Harmony is the combining of design elements within a piece of visual art so that the aesthetic similarities of the parts are emphasised (RTA 204:152).
4. (noun) coordination.
E tino kitea ana te reretahi o ōna ringaringa, o ōna waewae, otirā o āna nekeneke katoa (RMR 2017). / The coordination of her arms and legs, and all her movements can be seen clearly.
