pūngao
1. (noun) energy.
Kāore e kitea te pūngao, engari ka kitea te hua o te whakamahinga o te pūngao. Mā te pūngao e tupu ai, e huri ai, e neke ai, e wera ai rānei tētahi mea (RP 2009:354). / Energy cannot be seen, but the results of using energy can. Energy is required for growth, change, movement and heat (RP 2009:354).
2. (noun) energy.
Kātahi kē hoki te riaka o ngā taiohi e hākinakina ai rā! (PK 2008:771). / What a lot of energy the youths playing over there have!
pākahukahu
1. (verb) to be strong, energetic, vigorous, invigorated, spirited, lively.
Kei tēnei iwi pea te tauira mō tātou katoa ki te kore tātou e ū, e pākahukahu kia mau tō tātou reo (HM 2/1989) / Perhaps this tribe is the example for all of us of what will happen if we aren't resolute and energetic in retaining our language.
Synonyms: ngākau hihiko, hihiri, hihiko, hauoraora, ngangahau
2. (noun) strength, energy, vigour.
Taro kau ka hoki ake te pākahukahu, ka kōrero iho ki te hunga (W 1971:250). / In a short time his strength returned and he spoke to the group.
ngao
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) dress with an adze (of timber).
Ka whakaatu mai ia me pēhea te auaha toki: ka tīmata i te rehu, ki te ngao, te whakaene, ka mutu i te orooro (Te Ara 2011). / He demonstrates how to make an adze: beginning with flaking, hammer dressing, smoothing and grinding.
See also ngao pae, ngao matariki, ngao tū
2. (noun) palate, roof of the mouth.
Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.
3. (noun) strength, energy, stamina, vigour, verve, get-up-and-go.
4. (noun) external corner, projection, obtuse angle.
Kei tuki tō rae ki te ngao o te kāpata nā (PK 2008:515). / Don't bump your forehead on the corner of that cupboard.
Synonyms: tāmore, koki hāpūpū, hau
kaha
1. (verb) to be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
Kia kaha te mahi! / Work energetically!
Kua tino kaha kē tana hokohoko i waenganui i ngā kaipuke o ngā Pākehā; i kaha anō tana hiahia kia noho mai ngā Pākehā ki tōna takiwā (TTR 1990:116). / He was already heavily involved in trading with the ships of the Pākehā, and had a strong desire for Pākehā to settle in his area.
2. (verb) to be loud.
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
Synonyms: tīwerawera, pākinakina, rarahi, tiori, hoihoi
3. (adjective) be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
He wahine ātaahua, he kaha ki te mahi (HP 1991:24). / She was a beautiful woman, who worked hard.
4. (modifier) sheer, utter, constant, overwhelming - used to intensify or add emphasis to the quality or action when it is placed before another base, usually a verb or adjective. Does not usually follow immediately after a verb.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-66;)
I te kaha mamae o tōna waewae, ka totitoti haere te kuia ki te rata. / Because her leg was so sore, the elderly lady limped off to the doctor.
Synonyms: pōngerengere, taparere, hūkere
5. (noun) ability, power, strength, energy, stamina, intensity, volume (sound), magnitude.
I tino whakamihi a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Porou mō tō rātou kaha ki te whakapai i ō rātou whenua, ki te whakatupu hipi, mō te papai o ā rātou teihana hipi, o ā rātou wūruheti (TP 12/1907:11). / Mr Stout gave great praise to Ngāti Porou for their energy in improving their land, raising sheep and for the good state of their sheep stations and woolsheds.
Synonyms: āheitanga, āhei, āheinga, mana whakahaere, kōmārohi, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, pū
2. (transitive verb) (energy) conduct.
whakangoikore
1. (verb) (-tia) to weaken, debilitate.
Mā tēnei e kitea te tika o te horoi tonu i te kiri kia tuwhera tonu ai ngā putaputa ririki kia puta ai mā reira ngā mea kino katoa e whakangoikore ana i te tinana (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / This will reveal how continual washing of the skin will open the pores so that all the detrimental things that weaken the body can emerge.
2. (modifier) debilitating, enervating, weakening, energy sapping.
Kia pai te kākahu i te tamaiti kia mahana te uma, te kakī me te puku. Ka pēnātia ka kore e pā te wharowharo me ngā mate whakangoikore (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / Clothe the child well to keep the chest, neck and stomach warm. When it's done that way colds and debilitating illnesses will not strike.
3. (noun) lethargy.
Ko te āhua o taua mate i te pānga mai ki te tinana, he whakangoikore, he whakataimaha i te tinana, he mare, he whango nō te reo, he hē nō te manawa, he matihe, he ngāokooko, he pupuhi, he heke nō te wai i ngā kanohi me te ihu, me te waha, he ruaki hoki (TWMNT 9/2/1875:35). / The symptoms of that illness when it afflicts the body are lassitude, heaviness, coughing, hoarseness, difficulty of breathing, sneezing, itching, swelling and secretion of fluid from of the eyes, nose and mouth, and vomiting.
Synonyms: tīrohea, tūrūruhi, korou kore, pōuruuru, wherū, māngeretanga, iwingohe, hakorea
2. (modifier) vigorous, strenuous, strong.
Ko te ritenga tēnei o ngā hapū Māori ina tautohetohe ki te whenua - he whakaekeeke ki te whawhai, ā riro ana te papa i te hunga uekaha ki te pana atu i te hoariri (TKM.MM 12/2/1863:2). / This was the custom of the Māori tribes in disputes over land - they would engage in warfare, with the stronger party achieving the victory and driving out the enemy.
3. (noun) vigour, energy, dynamism, enthusiasm.
Ungā ai e ngā rangatira o Waikato whakararo i runga i te uekaha, whakaaetia ana ngā parakimete e rua, ko tētahi, ka whakanohoia ki Whāingaroa, ko tetahi ki Taupari, Waikato, ki te Awa (AO 16/12/1862:1). / As a result of vigorous urging by the chiefs of lower Waikato, two blacksmiths have been secured, one to be located at Raglan, and the other at Taupari, Waikato River.
korou
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to desire, long for, fancy, wish for, want.
2. (noun) desire, wish, yearning, aspiration.
Ka pātai atu a Ngarue ki a Whare-matangi, “E tama! Kōrero rā ki a au i te korou a tō ngākau i tukua mai ai koe e tō whaea, e ō mātua, e ō tīpuna, i te ara i haerea mai nei e koe.” (JPS 1925:318). / Ngarue remarked to Whare-matangi, “Lad! Tell me the desire of your heart on whereby you were sent here by your mother and elders along the path that you have traversed."
3. (noun) energy, spirit, vitality.
He kōrou mutunga kore tō te tamariki (PK 2008:333). / Children have endless energy.
waikauere
1. (verb) (-tia) to be old, worn out.
Pare: Homai te tarau nā — māku e kānihi ngā pona. Rangi: Hei aha. Kua kaha rawa te waikauere (HKK 1999:165). / Pare: Give me those trousers, please - I'll mend the knees. Rangi: Never mind. They're too worn out.
Kua waikaueretia ngā kākahu o te tamaiti nei (W 1971:475). / This child's clothes are worn out.
Synonyms: tawhito, tuaukiuki, koroua, mātāpuputu, korokoroua, pūkeko, tahito, tūpakeke, kaumātua, tūārangi, aweko, ahungarua
2. (verb) (-tia) to be subdued, without energy.
Nā te karakia i waikauere ai ki te riri (W 1971:475). / Because of the ritual chant there was no energy for the battle.
