iho
1. (noun) heart, essence, inside, inner core, kernel, pith of a tree, essential quality, nature.
Mō te whēwhē, whakamahia ana e ia te iho o te mamaku me tana hūare ka ūkuikuia atu hoki ki tana rīngi mārena (TTR 1998:60). / For boils, she used the pith of the mamaku fern and her spittle rubbed with her wedding ring.
Synonyms: uho
2. (noun) umbilical cord (middle portion).
Ko te tūhonotanga ki te whaea, ko te rauru tēnā; ko te pito e mau nei ki te tamaiti, ka kīia tēnā ko te pito; ko waenganui ko te iho tēnā (W 1971:75). / The attachment to the mother is the 'rauru'; the end fixed to the child is called the 'pito'; and in the middle is the 'iho'.
poka pū
1. (noun) centre spot, direct route, short cut, middle, centre, hub, bull's-eye, core, nucleus, axis, agency.
I mea ia me taiāwhio pea tana haere rā tahaki, e kore e poka pū tana haere i waenganui taua koraha (TWMNT 24/3/1874:71). / He decided that he should probably go around the side and not straight through the middle of the open country.
See also pokapū
Synonyms: waengapū, waengarahi, pokapū, pokapūtanga, wē, pokatata, tukutata
pū
1. (particle) exactly, precisely - an intensifier which follows the word it modifies.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 181;)
Ahakoa kāore i matatau rawa ia ki te kōrero Māori ā-kīwaha, i tua atu i te reo ā-tuhi, i kaha pū tonu a Pat ki te whakaū i te reo ā-waha, me ngā tikanga Māori anō hoki (TTR 2000:81). / Although she was not very fluent in colloquial Māori, Pat placed strong emphasis on the spoken as well as the written language and on cultural practices.
Synonyms: koia pū
2. (particle) precise, very, exact - when following a noun.
3. (particle) completely, absolutely, very.
He hoa taupiri, he hoa pono pū a Toka nōku (HJ 2015:96). / Toka is an intimate and very close friend of mine.
Synonyms: tahi, mōrukaruka, mārire, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, rukaruka, mārie, ehara ehara, anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., mārika
5. (noun) origin, source, cause, root, base, foundation, letter (alphabet), centre, core, hub.
uho
1. (noun) heart (of a tree), pith of a tree, umbilical cord, core.
He rahi ngā kai ka kohia i te ngahere, ngā hua o te hīnau, te tawa me te miro; te pūhā, te uho o te nīkau; te aka perei me te tāwhara (Te Ara 2011). / Numerous foods were gathered from the forest, including fruits and berries from hīnau, tawa and miro; sowthistle; the hearts of nīkau palms; the roots of perei (potato orchids), and the bracts of kiekie.
Synonyms: iho
pokapū
1. (noun) centre spot, direct route, short cut, middle, centre, hub, bull's-eye, core, nucleus, axis, agency - sometimes as two words, i.e. poka pū.
I ngā tekau tau o 1920, o 1930, ka aratakina e te mokopuna a Tāwhiao, e Te Puea Hērangi, tōna iwi ki te whakatū i te marae o Tūrangawaewae i Ngāruawāhia. Koinei te pokapū o te Kīngitanga (Te Ara 2014). / In the 1920s and 1930s Te Puea Hērangi, Tāwhiao's granddaughter, led the Waikato people in establishing Tūrangawaewae marae at Ngāruawāhia. This is the centre of the King movement.
Synonyms: pokatata, tukutata, poka pū, waengapū, wē, pokapūtanga, waengarahi
2. (noun) stone (of fruit).
He rahi ake te nape o te rokuata i tō te tiere. / The stone of the loquat is larger than that of the cherry.
2. (noun) stone (of fruit), seed.
Ka tukia te hīnau, ka opehia ki roto ki te hītari, ka ruia; nā ka horo ngā kiko ki te kete pai, ko ngā nganga ki roto i te hītari (W 1971:53). / The hīnau berries are pounded, scooped into the sieve and shaken; so the flesh falls into the nice basket, while the stones remain in the sieve.
3. (noun) core (of a boil).
Ki te puta te nganga o te whēwhē ki waho, ka ora (W 1971:228). / If the core of the boil comes out you'll be fine.
4. (noun) shell, husk (of shell fish, fruit, etc.).
Kia maroke ngā pata raihi kātahi ka wakuwakua ngā nganga (PK 2008:514). / When the rice grains are dry the husks are removed.
2. (noun) valley, basin, dale.
Ko Taui tētahi reo i roto i te matua, nō te mea ko ia tētahi tangata whānui te mōhio ki tērā takiwā tae atu ki te riu o Waikato (M 2006:124). / Taui was one of the commanders in the force because he was a person with broad knowledge of that district including the Waikato basin.
3. (noun) belly, chest, abdomen, stomach.
Kātahi ka haehaea taua ika nei he kai mā rātou, pāwharatia tonutia ai te riu, takoto kē atu, takoto kē mai (KO 15/10/1887:6). / Then that fish was cut up as food for them, the belly was ripped apart and lay open.
4. (noun) core (of the body).
Ko te riu te wāhanga waenga o te tinana, ko mua, ko muri, ko ngā taha hoki. Ko ngā uaua o te riu hei whakamārō i te katoa o te tinana, tae atu ki te tū me te neke a te tangata (RMR 2017). / The riu is the mid-section of the body, including front, back and sides. The core muscles stabilise the whole body, and allow it to both stand and move (RMR 2017).
2. (verb) (-a) to wipe out, forgive.
Kua murua ōna tini hara (PT Ruka 7:47). / Her sins, which are many, are forgiven.
3. (stative) be ended, brought to an end, cut short, finished.
Ka tangi me tōna iwi katoa me te iwi whenua hoki, ā, he nui te tangi o te Kīngi, ā, pau ana te hāora me te hāwhe e tangi ana, ka mutu, ka tū ia ki runga, ka poroporoaki ki a Te Hāpuku (KO 15/5/1883:7). / He and all his people and the local people cried and great was the lamenting of the King and it was for one and a half hours before he stopped and stood up and farewelled Te Hāpuku.
4. (stative) be cropped, amputated, truncated, having the end cut off.
I tōna whakaaro nui kia ora ia, pōutoa ana e ia tōna ringa - pai atu te ringa mutu i te rua o ngā ringa ki te urupā (TP 1/12/1901:5). / Because his sole focus was to survive, he cut off his hand - better an amputated hand than two hands in the cemetery.
5. (noun) amputee.
Ko te mea i whanokē ai taua mārenatanga he mutu taua wahine i mārenatia rā, kāore ōna ringaringa. Ko te rīngi i kuhua ki te toru o ngā matimati o te waewae mauī (TWMNT 3/11/1874:278). / The thing that was peculiar about that wedding was that the bride was an amputee, she had no arms. The ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot.
6. (noun) perch carrying a snare to catch birds.
See also ka mutu te ...
7. (noun) core element, essence.
Kei konei te mutu o te tuhingaroa nei (WT 2013:15). / The core element of this thesis is here (WT 2013:15).
iho roto
1. (noun) inner core.
He totoka, he mārō te iho roto, he ranunga o te rino (Fe) me te konukōreko (Ni). Kei te takiwā o te 1,200km te mātotoru o te iho roto (RP 2009:316). / The inner core is solid and hard, a mixture of iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni). The inner core is in the vicinity of 1,200km thick.
iho waho
1. (noun) outer core.
He waiwai te iho waho, he ranunga anō o te rino (Fe) me te konukōreko (Ni), he ratarata, he tino wera. Nā te rere o te ranunga rino konukōriko ratarata i te iho waho, ka puta te whaitua autō o Papatūānuku. Āhua 2,300km te mātotoru o te iho waho (RP 2009:316). / The outer core is a liquid, a mixture of iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni), clear and very hot. When the clear iron nickel mixture flows from the outer core it causes the Earth's magnetic field. The outer core is around 2,300km thick.
