2. (verb) to be evening.
Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.
3. (noun) evening, afternoon.
I te ahiahi i a rāua e whakawhiti ana i te roto i runga pōti, ka rere tata mai ētahi wāna ki a rāua (HKW 7/1899 suppl:1). / In the evening as they were crossing the lake by boat, some swans glided close to them.
kei noho ... ka ...
1. do not, don't you dare, don't even think about it - an idiom.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 151;)
Kei noho koe ka haere ki te ngahere. / Don't you dare go to the bush.
Kāore ia i whakaae mā ngā komiti Māori ngā whenua Māori e whakahaere. Ko tāna, kei noho kei whakararurarutia ngā tuakoi whenua o te rohe o Te Wairarapa (TTR 1994:47). / He did not agree that the Māori committees be given the power to deal with Māori lands. In his opinion, the land divisions should be left alone lest it caused problems.
mākutu
1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to inflict physical and psychological harm and even death through spiritual powers, bewitch, cast spells.
E 200 pea ngā tāngata Māori e noho ana i reira i kī, he mea mākutu e tētahi tangata e karangatia ana ko Tango (KO 22/2/1887:6). / Approximately 200 Māori living there claimed that he was bewitched by somebody called Tango.
2. (modifier) bewitching, magical, supernatural.
I herea e rātou a Tango mō ngā rā e rua kāhore he kai, kāhore he wai-inu i hoatu e rātou ki a ia, i whakapaea anō e rātou nā Tango i paihana a Toko ki tōna mahi mākutu (KO 22/2/1887:6). / They tied up Tango for two days without food and drinking water, and they accused Tango of poisoning Toko with his sorcery.
Synonyms: whaiwhaiā
3. (noun) witchcraft, magic, sorcery, spell.
Ka mahi anō te kātipa kia wetekina a Tango nō te mea ko tēnā mea ko te mākutu kāhore he hara e mōhiotia ai e te ture, otirā nōhea e rongo ngā Māori (KO 22/2/1887:6). / The officer attempted to free Tango because mākutu is not an offence recognised by the law, but there is no way that the Māori would listen.
Synonyms: tūmatarau
ngākau tapatahi
1. (modifier) impartial, neutral, fair, unbiased, even-handed, non-partisan, unprejudiced.
E kī pēnei ana ngā kōrero mōna, arā, he tangata ngākau tapatahi, he tangata tino kokoi te hinengaro, ā, he tangata hūmarie, aroha ki te tangata (TTR 1990:387). / The accounts about him speak of him as a fair man of exceptional intelligence, a pleasant and kind person.
Synonyms: arero taiaha
2. (noun) impartiality, integrity, neutrality, fairness, even-handedness, non-partisanship.
Ko ngā kupu poroporoaki mōna, e whakahua ana i te tōkeke o tōna ngākau tapatahi me tōna whakaaro pai ki te Pākehā (TTR 1994:119). / The obituary for him recalled his strict integrity and his goodwill towards Pākehā.
he ahakoa
1. although, notwithstanding, despite, even though, whatever, no matter, in spite of, nevertheless.
Nā tōna mauriroa, tokotoru ana tamariki me ētehi o ngā mea tamariki o ōna uri i mate atu i mua i a ia. He ahakoa tonu, i te wā i hinga nei a Rangimārie Hetet ki Te Kūiti i te 14 o Hune o te tau 1995, nuku kē atu i te 100 ōna uri e ora tonu mai ana (TTR 2000:76). / Because of her longevity, she outlived three of her children and some of her younger descendants. Nevertheless, at the time of her death at Te Kūiti on 14 June 1995, she was survived by over 100 direct descendants.
See also ahakoa, ahakoa tonu
Synonyms: ahatia, hāunga, ahakoa, hei aha koa, anō, aua atu (rā), hei aha (koa/noa iho), me aha koa
2. (verb) to destroy.
Kātahi nei ahau ka auē, ka pērā me te wahine e whānau ana; ka whakahotu ahau, ka kahekahe ngātahi (PT Ihaia 42:14). / Now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
papatairite
1. (verb) to be level, even surface.
Ko ngā raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko ngā maunga katoa me ngā pukepuke, ka whakapāpakutia iho: ko ngā wāhi kōpikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko ngā wāhi taratara kia papatairite (PT Ihaia 40:4). / Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
Synonyms: apa, kōeke, pātiki, paparanga, kōeketanga, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, whakapaparanga, apaapa
2. (modifier) level, even, flat.
I whakamihi te Pākehā ki te wāhi i tū ai te hui, i tū te hunga haka me ngā kōtiro poi ki te wāhi papatairite, ko te mano o te Pākehā i matakitaki iho i te pīnakitanga o te pukepuke, i raro i ngā rākau ātaahua a te Māori (TP 3/1903:2). / The Pākehā praised the place where the gathering was held, where the performing arts group and the poi girls stood. The masses of Pākehā watched from the gentle slope of the hillock, under the beautiful trees of the Māori.
3. (noun) flat land, plain.
Kei te tirotiro haere ngā kairūri rerewē i ngā pāpāringa o ngā maunga, i ngā tihi hoki, i ngā taporetanga, i ngā paritū, i ngā tāheke, i ngā whārua, i ngā papatairite, i ngā tāwharuwharu, i ngā wāhi katoa, kia tika ai tērā karanga mō te rerewē ki Pōneke (KO 15/10/1883). / The railway surveyors are looking about at flanks of the mountains, and at the peaks, depressions, steep cliffs, waterfalls, valleys, plains, gullies, everywhere, so that that call for the railway to Wellington will be on course.
Synonyms: tōtōkau, more, mānia, māmore, kōkau, taramore, tōkau, mahuki, mōkau, momore
2. (verb) (-tia) to admire, esteem, respect, venerate, appreciate.
Synonyms: kauanuanu, maruwehi, whakamiha, whakarangatira, whakaute, ngākau whakaute, kōtua
4. (verb) to be in even file (of a group of travellers).
5. (modifier) welcoming, of welcome.
Ko te iwi nāna te reo rāhiri ko te iwi Hāmi ki te Whenua i Nōwei (HM 4/1996:4). / The people who welcomed us were the Sami people of Norway.
6. (noun) welcome.
Nō muri koe i tae mai ai, me te rāhiri a tō tāua kaumātua, a Porokoru (TWM 19/9/1863:2). / After that you arrived and there was the welcome by our elder, Porokoru.
7. (noun) rope.
Nō tōna ngaromanga ki roto ki ngā wai o te moana, ngaro atu i te tirohanga o te kanohi o te tuakana, ka rere mai te tuakana, tapahia ana te rāhiri, ka motu (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:25). / When he had disappeared into the waters of the sea, and was no longer visible to the eye of his elder brother, the rope was cut by the elder brother.
Synonyms: taura, tāwai, pūrengi, kaha, taukaea, whakaheke, kārure, rino
tautika
1. (verb) to be even, level, equal, straight, direct.
Haere, e Tā Tānara Mākarini, i te ara nui, tautika te haere ki tō Matua i te Rangi (TWMNT 13/3/1877:62). / Farewell, Sir Donald McLean, go on the wide path, straight to your Heavenly Father.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, taumata, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (modifier) even, level, equal, straight, direct.
Me kimi he papa tautika, kāore e pai te mea pāhiwihiwi (PK 2008:899). / Look for a straight plank, an uneven one won't be suitable.
3. (noun) straightness, directness.
He topatahi, toparua, topa pū, taitapa ngā tūranga tākaro o Mōnita, ā, kātahi kē nei te ātaahua, te parahutihuti me te tautika ōna ki te oma (TTR 2000:54). / The positions that Mōnita played were at first five-eighth, second five-eight, centre and wing, and he was a beautiful, fast and straight runner.
2. (verb) what happened to - passive of aha.
Kaua e waiho ō hū ki waho, kei uaina, kei kaikainga e te kurī, kei ahatia rānei (HJ 2012:175). / Don't leave your shoes outside in case they are rained on, gnawed by the dog, or whatever.
See also aha
2. (modifier) double, paired, doubled, coupled, in pairs.
E tere papae ana aku waka taurua ki waho o tāhuna (M 2006:216). / My double canoes are drifting sideways out beyond the sandbank.
3. (noun) double canoe.
Nā, ka rūnanga rātou kia pēwhea rānei e riro mai ai tētahi tohunga mō tō rātou taurua, ā, ka mutu, ka tīkina atu anō a Ngātoroirangi (TMT 2/9/1861:10). / So they discussed how they could obtain a tohunga for their double canoe, and in the end they went and got Ngātoroirangi.
4. (noun) biennial.
Arā anō ētahi tipu ka ora mō te rua tau. Ka kīia he taurua (RP 2009:403). / There are some other plants that live for two years. They're called biennials.
5. (noun) even number.
E taea ana tētahi taurua te whakawehe pū ki te 2, kāore he toenga. Ko te mati whakamutunga o tētahi taurua, ko te 2, te 4, te 6, te 8, te 0 rānei. He mutunga-kore te huinga taurua (TRP 2010:282). / An even number is able to be divided exactly by 2 with no remainder. The last digit of an even number is always 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0. The set of even numbers is infinite (TRP 2010:282).
naki
1. (verb) to glide, move with an even motion.
E naki haere ana te kāhu i runga i te hau (PK 2008:488). / The harrier hawk glides on the wind.
Synonyms: rōnaki
Rangitūahiahi
1. (personal noun) Venus as an evening star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
See also Meremere
ahakoa
1. (particle) although, notwithstanding, despite, even though, whatever, no matter, in spite of, nevertheless.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)
Ahakoa kāore he moni, he pai tonu te wawata. / Although there is no money, it's good to dream.
Synonyms: ahatia, hāunga, hei aha koa, he ahakoa, anō, aua atu (rā), hei aha (koa/noa iho), me aha koa
2. (particle) whether ... or - when repeated.
Ahakoa Māori, ahakoa Pākehā, me whakarongo koutou. / Whether Māori or Pākehā, you should listen.
