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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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5. (noun) disability.

kopakopa

1. (modifier) crippled, lame, disabled.

Ahakoa te kopakopa o Kararaina, ka kaha tonu a ia ki te whakauru i a ia anō ki roto i ngā whakataetae a te rōpū kopakopa (TWK 44:22). / Despite Kararaina's disability, she was enthusiastic about entering herself into the competitions of disabled teams.

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Synonyms: toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka


2. (noun) cripple, disabled person, disability, disablement.

hauā

1. (modifier) crippled, lame, disabled.

Ā mate noa ia, noho hauā ake ana tana waewae i tana wharatanga, hīkoi haere ai ia me te mau tokotoko, pūtu hāparapara anō hoki (TTR 2000:19). / And until he died, his leg remained lame from his injuries, walking with a stick and surgical boots.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka


2. (noun) cripple, disabled person, invalid, disability.

Ka hinga te hauā rā i tōna hoa (TP 9/1910:4). / That invalid was defeated by his friend.

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hauāuki

1. (noun) permanent disability.

kopa

1. (verb) to be bent, folded.


2. (verb) to be crippled, lame.

I te tino kaha rawa o te tūpekepeketanga o te tohunga, arā i te hapainga a ōna atua, ka takoki tōna waewae, ka noho kopa ia mō ngā wiki maha (TP 3/1903:2). / Because the tohunga jumped about so energetically, that is his atua raised him up, he sprained his leg and was left lame for many weeks.

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Synonyms: turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, kopakopa, kōpiri, tūparaka, hape, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, totitoti


3. (modifier) crippled, lame.

Me e pērā ana, ka rangona te reo e totitoti ana me te aha ki te uru mai ērā hei kaiako kātahi rā hoki te reo ka arero kopa te āhua o te reo (Kāretu 2016). / Should such be the case the language will be halting and should people with such a command become teachers the language will be further crippled (Kāretu 2016).

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4. (noun) cripple, disabled person.

Ka tae ake te kopa karanga tonu atu ki te kāpō, "E hoa, ko tō mate kei ōu kanohi, ko taku mate kei aku waewae. E mea ana ahau, ko ā tāua tokotoko me whakarere, ko ahau hei kanohi mōu, ko koe hei waewae mōku." (KO 16/2/1885:4) / The cripple arrived and called to the blind person, "Friend, Your problem is with your eyes and mine is with my legs. I am suggesting that we abandon our walking sticks and I will be your eyes and you my legs."

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5. (noun) wallet, satchel (with a flap lid), sandal.

hunga hauā

1. (noun) disabled people, lame people.

Ko rātou o te hunga hauā, o te hunga matapō, o te hunga pararaiha rānei, te nuinga o ngā tūroro e whakaorangia ana e ia (TTR 1996:152). / The majority of the patients he healed were the disabled, the blind or the paralysed.

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Toihau Hauora, Hauātanga, Te

1. Health and Disability Commissioner.

tūnga waka whaikaha

1. (noun) disability parking.

wharepaku whaikaha

1. (noun) disabled toilet.

E tika ana kia hangaia he wharepaku whaikaha mā ngā tāngata whaikaha. / It's appropriate that disabled toilets are built for people with disabilities.

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hauātanga

1. (noun) disability, impediment.

whakakaurapa

1. (transitive verb) disable.

tāngata whaikaha

1. (noun) people with disabilities.

roro ikura

1. (noun) stroke - a sudden disabling attack caused by an interruption in the blood flow to the brain.

Nō te tau o muri mai, i pā te mate roro ikura ki a Huata, ka kore kaha haere nei te kite o ōna whatu (TTR 2000:85). / The following year Huata suffered a stroke and he wasn't able to see very well.

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mono

1. (noun) an incantation to disable an enemy.


2. disable by means of incatations.

mate ikura roro

1. (noun) stroke - a sudden disabling attack caused by an interruption in the blood flow to the brain.

I te tau 1946, ka pāngia ia e te mate ikura roro (TTR 1996:258). / In 1946 he suffered a stroke.

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