2. (verb) (-tia) to form, fashion.
Ka haere a Tāne, whakaahua i te oneone, he wahine māhana. Ko Hinehaone te ingoa o taua wahine (Tr 1874:34). / Tāne went off and from the earth he formed a woman for himself. That woman was Hinehaone.
3. (verb) (-tia) to photograph, portray, film.
Kātahi ka mea mai me mau e au ki te nūpepa o Taupō kia whakaahuatia (HP 1991:308). / Then it was decided that I should take it to Taupō's newspaper to be photographed.
Synonyms: whakaahuatanga
4. (noun) photograph, illustration, portrait, picture, image, shot (photograph), photocopy.
Ko te whakaahua kei runga tonu ake o taua ingoa he tangata mangumangu kei roto i te tāpu wai. E rua ngā Pākehā kei te horoi i a ia ki te paraihe, ki te hopi (TTT 1/10/1921:5). / The illustration just above that name is of a black person in a bathtub. There are two Pākehā washing him with brushes and soap.
5. (noun) design.
Kei te poraka e mau ana te moko o te Taura Whiri (arā, ki te uma (taha mauī), he whakaahua paku noa iho), ā, kei te angaangamate ko te moko whakanui i te Tau o te Reo Māori (HM 4/1994:12). / On the sweatshirt is the logo of the Māori Language Commission (that is on the chest (left side), just a small design), and on the reverse side is the logo celebrating the Year of the Māori Language.
kaihoahoa
1. (noun) architect, designer.
E rua nga hōnore i riro i te whare karakia iti nei, arā, ko te mētera kōura o te rōpū mō ngā kaihoahoa o te motu i te tau 1968, me te tohu tuatahi mō ngā tau e rua tekau mā rima i te tau 1986 (TTR 2000:193). / Two awards were won for this chapel, the New Zealand Institute of Architects gold medal in 1968 and the first 25-year award in 1986.
kī
1. (verb) (-a,-ia,-tia) to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
2. (noun) saying, word.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
Ko te kī, i whānau a Hōne (Hōni) Tāmati Pereki i Ōrākei, i Ākarana i te 4 o Āperira 1853 (TTR 1996:7). / The word is that John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853.
Synonyms: rerenga kōrero, pepeha, kupu, whakapepeha, kīnga, tūātau, kīanga
tautapa
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to give the word (for action).
Kātahi ka tautapa te whakahauhau, ā ka riro mai te kōkiri a te kotahi rau e rima tekau tāngata, ka kōkiri mai ki a te Kāwana, me te pupuhi haere mai (TWMNT 27/6/1876:149). / Then the order for action was given and 150 men rush out charging towards the Governor, firing volleys as they came.
2. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to nominate, designate.
E hia kē hoki ngā mea i tautapatia i taua wā engari ko Ōraukawa o Ngā Ruahine te mea i āta whāia rawatia (TTR 1990:353). / Many such nominations were made at that time, but Ōraukawa of Ngā Ruahine was a more serious candidate.
Synonyms: whakaingoa
3. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to chant a song (for keeping time).
E tautapa ana te kaitātaki kia ngātahi ai te hiki o te waewae (RTP 2015:104). / The leader is chanting a song so that the feet lift at the same time.
4. (modifier) nominated, designated.
I te tau 1928, i hiahia kē a Rātana ko tāna tama ake, ko Tokouru hei kaiwhakauru, engari i whakaae ia me unu a Tokouru i te tūru, kia āhei ai te tuku ki te tangata tautapa i a Te Rata (TTR 1996:254). / In 1928 Rātana wanted his own son, Tokouru, to be entered, but he agreed that Tokouru should resign the seat so that Te Rata's nominee would be able to proceed.
5. (noun) challenge, declaration.
Ki te kore e mana mai tēnei tono, tae noa ki te 11 o ngā rā o tēnei marama, ka kīia e te Poa he tautapa whawhai nā Ingarangi, ā ka ara tonu te pakanga (HKW 1/10/1899:8). / If this request is not complied with by the 11th of this month, the Boers will say that it is a declaration of war by the English and the war will resume.
6. (noun) nominee.
I ngā tau i muri mai, he auau tonu tana tū mō taua tūru, engari i te ngaronga i a Ngāti Raukawa riro kē ana i tētehi o ngā tautapa a te Kīngi Māori (TTR 1996:29). / In later years he often stood for the electorate but it passed from Ngāti Raukawa to one of the Maori King's nominees.
hoahoa
1. (verb) (-ina) to lay out, plan, arrange, design.
I te taenga atu ki te marama o Mei, whakatauria ana mā te Māngai e hoahoa te whare, i runga i ngā tohutohu a te Atua (TTR 1998:114). / By May it was decided that the Māngai would design the building, with God's guidance.
Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
2. (noun) plan of a house, architectural design, diagram, figure, plan.
Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.
3. (noun) pitch of a roof.
Nā te aupiki o te hoahoa me te mārohi o ngā pakitara i tāpiritia atu he papa anō hei whakakaha, i tū tonu ai tōna whare ahakoa te whānui o te whakangaromanga, kāore i pērā i ētahi atu o ngā whare i reira (TTR 1994:25). / Due to high-pitched roof and the strength of the walls with extra timber to strengthen it, her house remained standing, despite the widespread destruction and unlike some other buildings there.
tauira
1. (verb) (-tia) to pre-ordain, set aside, model.
2. (noun) student, pupil, apprentice, pattern, example, model, design, draft, sample, specimen, template, skilled person, cadet.
Kei te kōwhaiwhai, kei te tukutuku, kei te tāniko ngā tauira hangarite maha (PK 2008:74). / Rafter paintings, lattice-work and tāniko have many symmetrical patterns.
Synonyms: tauira mahi, whakatakoto, ākonga, tīpako, whakatauira
3. (noun) precedent.
Kāti, ko ngā mahi e mahia nei he mea whakahaere i runga i ngā tauira kua takoto noa mai i mua, me te whakaarotanga iho he tauira ko te mahi a Te Whiti rāua ko Tohu (TPH 8/6/1903:4). / Well, the tasks that were done were proceeded with according to the precedents that have been set out in the past, and with consideration of the precedents in the work of Te Whiti and Tohu.
whaitua
1. (noun) side, region, space, designated area, territory, domain.
Ka puta mai ngā mokopuna, noho tonu ana ko Huiatahi rāua ko Huihana hei kokoro, hei kuikui rānei, arā hei kaumātua mō te whaitua o Waitomo (TTR 1998:8). / When the grandchildren were born, Huiatahi and Huihana were recognised as the patriarch and matriarch of the Waitomo area.
kopou
1. (verb) (-a) to appoint, place, assign, designate.
Ko Whakaahu te whetū i kopoua rā ki Hawaiki, ko Puanga i kopoua ki te kauru o Rarohenga (JPS 1927:375). / Castor was appointed to Hawaiki (the ancient homeland) and Rigel was assigned to the head of Rarohenga (the place where the spirits of the dead go).
Synonyms: wāhi, whiuwhiu, maka, makamaka, moka, panga, whakatū, wāhanga, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, whakatakoto, whiu, taiwhanga
moko
1. (noun) Māori tattooing designs on the face or body done under traditional protocols.
Tika tonu mātou ki te whare hei kākahutanga i ō mātou kahu Māori, e takatū ana mō te haka, tā rawa te kanohi ki te moko (TP 1/12/1902:3). / We went straight to the house to change into our Māori costumes, prepare for the performance and apply the moko to our faces.
2. (noun) logo, trademark.
Kei te poraka e mau ana te moko o te Taura Whiri (arā, ki te uma (taha mauī), he whakaahua paku noa iho), ā, kei te angaangamate ko te moko whakanui i te Tau o te Reo Māori (HM 4/1994:12). / On the sweatshirt is the logo of the Māori Language Commission (that is on the chest (left side), just a small design), and on the reverse side is the logo celebrating the Year of the Māori Language.
kaiwhakatauira papamahi
1. (noun) set designer.
Synonyms: kaihoahoa pae whakaari
kaihoahoa kākahu
1. (noun) clothes designer.
I tipu ake he rakahinonga hou – ngā kaihanga kiriata, ngā kaihanga pūmanawa rorohiko, ngā kaikōpiro waipiro, ngā kaitunu kai me ngā kaihoahoa kākahu (Te Ara 2012). / A new breed of Māori entrepreneur developed – film makers, computer software developers, brewers, chefs and clothes designers.
āhuatanga hoahoa
1. (noun) design element.
Ko ngā āhuatanga hoahoa ngā āhuatanga taketake ka whakaotia mai i roto i tētahi mahinga toi, kia tau ai ki tā te karu titiro, hei kawe rānei i ngā kōrero e hiahiatia ana (RTA 2014:75). / The design elements are the basic elements that are brought together in an art work, so that it is pleasing to the eye, or in order to carry out an intended message (RTA 2014:75).
unaunahi
1. (noun) fish scale carving design.
Ko te unaunahi, te ritorito rānei. He tāruarua te noho mai o ētahi ripa ānau e whā, e rima rānei, ki roto i tētahi awaawa āhua whānui nei (RTA 2014:210). / The unaunahi, or ritorito, pattern. Curved ridges repeated four or five times sitting in a quite wide groove.
ritorito
1. (noun) fish scale carving design.
Ko te unaunahi, te ritorito rānei. He tāruarua te noho mai o ētahi ripa ānau e whā, e rima rānei, ki roto i tētahi awaawa āhua whānui nei (RTA 2014:210). / The unaunahi, or ritorito, pattern. Curved ridges repeated four or five times sitting in a quite wide groove.
pūwerewere
1. (noun) spider.
Koia nei te tīmatanga o ngā mea katoa i te ao nei, ahakoa tarutaru, rākau, kōhatu, ngā ika, ngā manu, ngā ngārara, ngā pāpā, ngā pūwerewere, ngā mū, ngā pūrerehua (W 1971:213). / That is the beginning of all things in this world, whether it be vegetation, trees, rocks, fish, birds, reptiles, geckos, spiders, insects or moths.
2. (noun) foliate design in carving.
Ko te pūwerewere. He tāruarua te noho whakahāngai o ētahi hahae e toru, e whā rānei, ki roto i tētahi awaawa āhua whānui nei (RTA 2014:210). / The pūwerewere carving design. A repetition of three or four cuts lying at right angles in a quite wide groove.
3. (noun) hyperbola.
Ko te pūwerewere te āhua o te mata ina tapahia tētahi koeko, kāore e whakarara te tapahanga ki te rōnaki o te koeko. Koia anō te āhua o tētahi momo kauwhata motuhake (TRP 2010:218). / The hyperbola is the shape of the face produced when a cone is cut so as not to be parallel with the slope of the cone. It is also the shape of a special type of graph.