ārai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to obstruct, hinder, screen, block out, shield, prevent, forbid, prohibit, insulate.
He tēpara mō ngā whanaunga, mō ngā huānga e āraia nei e te Karaipiture, e te ture hoki a te Hāhi kei mārena ki a rāua (Ma 1885:15). / A table for the relations, and the progeny forbidden to marry each other by the Scripture and by the law of the Church.
Synonyms: whakamanakore, whakakati, puapua, kahupeka, whakaruruhau, whakangungu rākau, whakapuru tao, maru, pākai, whakangungu, hīra, pukupuku, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei, kati, kōpekapeka, kōpeka, taupā, taupare, pā, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, aukati, hōtaetae
2. (noun) veil, curtain, blind, apron, barricade, obstacle, screen, insulator.
'E Hēmi, hiwitia ake te ārai hiraka o taku konohi. Kei te hēmanawa au.' (HP 1991:256) / 'James, lift up the silk veil of my face. I am too hot.'
Synonyms: ārei, tauārai, takitaki, komutu, taunahua, whakakōroiroi, rīanga, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, mata, pā
3. (noun) barrier.
Me wai, me whenua mōmona, me rangi aupaki, ā, me heke anō tōna paku tōtā ki te ngaki i te whenua, ki te whakatū pātū hei ārai atu i te kīrearea, i te hauhunga, i te aha noa iho (HM 1/1994:5). / There must be water, productive land, fine weather and the shedding of a little perspiration to cultivate the land and to erect barriers to protect against pests, the frost and anything else.
Synonyms: tauārai
tauārai
1. (verb) (-tia) to separate, keep apart, buffer.
He mea kī, nā te hiahia o Ngāti Maniapoto ko Ngāti Tama hei tauārai i te Pākehā i rata ai rātou ki te noho a tērā iwi (TTR 1994:201). / It was suggested that because Ngāti Maniapoto wanted Ngāti Tama as a buffer from the Europeans they tolerated that tribe living there.
Synonyms: kōwai, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke
2. (modifier) separating.
Ā, e whakaae ana anō a Tāke, kia mahia, kia whakatūturutia te rohe tauārai o te whenua a Tāke rāua ko Pāhia (TW 22/6/1878:313). / And Turkey also agrees that a boundary between Turkey and Persia be determined and made permanent.
See also rohe tauārai
Synonyms: māhiti
3. (noun) screen, barrier, barricade, obstruction, curtain.
Tērā te pōhatu ka hāpainga ki runga, ko te tauārai ki te hoa i te mate (M 2005:334). / Behold that rock upthrust on high, it marks the barrier to my honoured dead (M 2005:335).
Synonyms: ārai, takitaki, ārei, taunahua, taupā, āraitanga, tairo, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, mata, pā, rīanga, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, pāhoka, tītopa
pīhi
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to divide into allotments, allocate pieces, allocate sections, allocate pieces.
Kua pīhitia e mātou kia rua rau eka, kia rima rau eka, ā tae noa ki te rua mano eka, mā te tangata kotahi (MM.TKM 30/6/1857:3). / We have now divided [our land] into portions, varying from two hundred, five hundred, and up to two thousand acres for each individual.
2. (loan) (noun) piece, bit, portion, section.
Tuatoru, kia rapua te oranga o ngā pīhi whenua o ia hapū, o ia hapū (TW 12/2/1875:7). / Thirdly, to seek the sustenance of the land lots of each kinship group.
Synonyms: tiri, taha, hea, tūtanga, ngota, moka, piriri, porohanga, wāhi, mara, maramara, tūāporo, kaupeka, tekihana, tekiona, wāhanga, wehenga, whiti, rārangi
3. (loan) (noun) curtain.
Me hanga anō e koe te tāpenakara, kia tekau pīhi rīnena miro pai; he purū hoki, he pāpura, he ngangana: me whatu ki roto ētahi kerupima; kia tohunga rawa te mahi (PT Ekoruhe 26:1). / Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
ārei
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to obstruct, hinder, screen, block out, shield, prevent, forbid, prohibit, insulate.
Ko te kitea tonutia aua whakairo i ēnei rangi, kua poua he taiepa e ngā Pākehā hei ārei i te hunga tutū, kei rāwekeweketia (B 1979:39). / Those carvings can still be viewed today, but the Pākehā have erected a fence to protect them from vandals, so that they aren't interfered with.
See also ārai
Synonyms: whakamanakore, whakakati, pukupuku, hīra, whakangungu, maru, whakapuru tao, whakangungu rākau, whakaruruhau, kahupeka, puapua, whakakōroiroi, kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, taupare, pā, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, ārai, aukati, hōtaetae, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, mata, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, tauārai, rī, whakaruru, pātūtū, tūrutu, pātakitaki, pāhokahoka, pāhoka, tītopa
2. (noun) veil, curtain, blind, apron, barricade, obstacle, screen.
Tēnei, kei te oha iho ki a kui mā, ki a koro mā kua rūpeke atu ki tua o te ārei, ki te moenga tē tāhurihuri, ki te urunga tē whakaarahia (B 1979:vii). / Here I greet the elderly women and men who have gathered beyond the veil, in the sleep where there is no turning and the pillow from which there is no awakening.
See also ārai
Synonyms: takitaki, tauārai, ārai, whakakōroiroi, komutu, taunahua
