tūpou
1. (verb) to bow the head, stoop down.
Nā, i tōna taenga atu ki raro i tētahi pari, e tūpou haere atu ana hoki ia, e kuhu haere ana hoki mā raro i te ururua, ka rongo ake ia i te haruru nui, kāore i taro, ehara, kua mau ngā matihao o tētahi kurī ki tōna kakī me te ngunguru mai hoki o taua kurī nei (TWMNT 22/6/1875:175). / Now, when he reached the bottom of a cliff, and he was stooped over as he entered the undergrowth by foot, he heard a loud noise, and before long, low and behold, an animal caught his neck with its claws and it was growling.
2. (verb) to dive.
Ka taea e rātou te tūpou i tētahi taha o te tima ki tētahi taha (TP 1/9/1902:2). / They were able to dive from one side of the ship to the other.
3. (verb) to rush (of the current).
Kātahi ka tirohia, nō te mea anō ka kaha te tūpou o te ia; kātahi ka karanga atu te toi whenua, “Kua tūpou te ia, whakamatauria!” (JPS 1893:148). / Then he looked at it because the current was rushing. Then the local people called, "The current is rushing, try it!"
Synonyms: patiko, oioi, rei, rere tārewa, whakatūkawikawi, tuoma, teretere, hīrere, rere, takaniti, takawhiti, wakewake
4. (adjective) steep, headfirst, headlong.
Kātahi ka whāia e Uamairangi, ā ka rere tūpou iho a Ririwai i runga i te pari; tū tonu te rae i te kōwhatu, mate iho (M 2005:342). / Then he was pursued by Uamairangi and Ririwai plunged headfirst over a cliff, striking his forehead on a rock, and he died.
5. (noun) misfortune (related to weaving).
Mehemea ka moe ahau i te pō, ka kitea e au te kākahu o taua wahine e iri ana, ka kīia tēnā he aroākapa, he tūpou, arā he aituā (JPS 1898:129). / If I dream at night that I see that woman's garment hanging up, that is said to be an aroākapa, a bad omen, that signifies an impending disaster.
ruku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to dive, diving, dive for.
Ka tata mai te ngaru, ka ruku ia, ka pupuri ki te rimu ki te toka. Ka taha te ngaru, ka puea anō; i penei ia a tae noa ki te kaipuke (TP 1/12/1901:5). / When the wave approached she dived and held onto the seaweed and the rock. When the wave passed she rose to the surface again and she proceeded this way until she reached the ship.
2. (noun) diving.
Ki te hunga mōhio ki ngā tikanga, ka puta ana te kaitiaki, arā, te whai, ka āta āia atu mā te kete, ka wātea noa te toka mō te ruku (TWK 48:15). / To the people who know the practices, when the guardian appears, that is the stingray, it is gently driven away with the basket and then the rock is free for diving.
2. (noun) (water-skiing) water-jump.
3. (noun) diving board.
4. (intransitive verb) (gymnastics) vault.
5. (noun) (gymnastics) vault.
hōpua
1. (stative) be depressed (like a cup or trough), lying in pools, lying in puddles.
He pai atu te kāri mehemea he wai kei roto e rere ana, engari me tuku kia rere, kaua e waiho kia hōpua ana i roto i te kāri (TP 4/1908:11). / It's better if the garden has running water, but it must be flowing, don't let it lie in pools in the garden.
Synonyms: tāpuapua, pūroto, pūrotoroto
2. (noun) pool of water, swimming pool, diving pool, puddle.
I a ia e keri ana ka kitea taua hōpua wai nei, 14 putu i raro o te whenua (TWMNT 6/4/1875:80). / While he was digging he discovered that pool of water which was 14 feet below ground level.
Synonyms: hāpua
3. (noun) porch, verandah.
Ka whakarongo te matua ki te wahine e tangi rā kei te hōpua o te whare e tangi ana (JPS 1894:98). / The father listened to the woman crying in the porch of the house.
Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai
2. (noun) diving.
Māwharu: He rangi pai, he rawe tonu mō te rukuruku kōura (HP 1991:30). / Thirteenth night of the lunar month: A good day and quite good for diving for crayfish.
3. (noun) small basket.
Ko ngā kai i whakatupuria he mea hari mai anō nā rātou i Hawaiki, arā, he kūmara, he taro, me te hue. Ko ngā kūmara he mea hari mai nā Whakaotirangi i roto i tana kete, koirā i takea mai ai te kōrero nei nā, 'te kete rukuruku a Whakaotirangi' (NIT 1995:53). / The foods that were planted they brought from Hawaiki, namely kūmara, taro and gourds. The kūmara were brought by Whakaotirangi in her basket, hence this saying, 'the small food-basket of Whakaotirangi'.
tirikohu
1. (verb) to dive, plunge, plummet.
Tirikohu ana te tākupu ki te wai ki te kapo rere i te aua (HJ 2015:120). / The Australasian gannet dived into the water to immediately snatch the yelloweye mullet.
Synonyms: urupou
2. (noun) sinking, descent.
Hei ngā pō Tangaroa ka tīmata te whakarukuruku o Matariki (TTT 1/5/1922:14). / On the nights of Tangaroa the sinking of the Pleiades begins.
Synonyms: totohu
2. (stative) be fulfilled.
2. (noun) water acrobatics.
2. (noun) plummeting, plunging, diving down, swooping down.
Pararē ana ngā waha o ngā tamariki i te tiripou a te waka rōnaki, ānō nei e kōhurutia ana rātou (HJ 2015:206). / The children yelled as if they were being murdered when the roller coaster plummeted down.
2. (noun) skin-diving.
tītīpōrangi
1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.
See also pāpango
Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, pōkeke, pāpango, kaiharopia, matapōuri
kawau
1. (noun) cormorant, shag - a general term for several varieties of shags which are medium to large diving birds. They are all black or black on top and white below, with short legs and webbed feet, long necks, long hooked bills and mainly dark plumage. Commonly found near coastal waters, rivers, streams and lakes.
Synonyms: kōau
2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
Synonyms: kawau tuawhenua, kawau pū
