mariu
1. (verb) to be favourably disposed towards, favour, prefer.
Me te whakapae anō ko tōna iwi o Ngāti Porou me tōna whānau tāna i mariu ai (engari, kīhai he whakaaturanga hai tautoko i tētahi o aua whakapae nei) (TTR 1996:110). / And the allegation that he favoured his tribe, Ngāti Porou, and his family (but there was no evidence to support any of those allegations).
2. (noun) optimism, favouritism, bias, preference, partiality.
Engari i tana whaikōrero whakamutunga kāore i mahue i a ia te tikanga o te kaupapa whakaurunga, tae atu ki te mariu o tana whakaaro mō te āhua anō o te whakawhanaunga ā-iwi (TTR 2000:177). / But in her last speech she did not omit the topic of integration and the optimism she had for race relations.
Synonyms: ngākau rorotu
2. (noun) pet, favourite.
Ahakoa tā rāua whakapuhi i tā rāua mokopuna i a ia e tamariki ana, ka pakeke ia, he wahine pukumahi ia. / Although they indulged their grandchild when she was young, when she grew up she was a hard-working woman.
rorotu
1. (verb) to be favourable.
Tēnei, e tama, ngā hau ka rorotu hei kawe i a koe te pikinga i Ōkare ki runga Rangitauwhi, kia ineine koe Te Poho-o-te-rangi (TWMNT 6/10/1874:251). / Here, o son, are the favourable winds to take you on the ascent from Ōkare on to Rangitauwhi so that you may be as high as Te Poho-o-te-rangi.
2. (modifier) favoured, favourite, popular, fashionable.
Nō muri hoki i hau ai te rongo o te waiata nei hei waiata rorotu tuatahi mō te katoa o te motu nei, mō Aotearoa (TTR 2000:96). / And later the fame of this song spread and it became the first hit song for the whole of the country, for Aotearoa/New Zealand.
tino
1. (modifier) importance, main, best, top, principal, pre-eminent, favourite, staple, real, true, absolute - when used before a noun to indicate something is unrivalled or is true or genuine.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 48-49;)
Koia nei te tino kai a taua iwi. / This is the staple food of that people.
Wairākau: Ko te tino tikanga o tēnei kupu mō ngā mea kei te whakamōmona i te whenua kia kaha ai te tipu o te kai (RK 1994:168). / Wairākau: The true use of this word is for things that are enriching the land so that crops grow strongly.
Synonyms: pekepoho, aporei, timuaki, tumuaki, tupu, tinana, tipu, ake, tūturu
2. (modifier) very, quite, exact, true, really - when used before an adjective or verb to show a high degree or absoluteness.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 48-49;)
3. (noun) main, important, value, significance, essence, essential, quintessence, soul, substance - when used as a noun.
Synonyms: matū, wairua, aporei, matua, whakaihiihi, waitohu, hiranga, whakahirahiratanga, hirahira, māramatanga
4. (interjection) I totally agree, yes indeed, agreed, positively - used to show strong agreement with a statement.
Te reka kē o te tītī nei! Tino! / This mutton bird is really tasty! Yes, indeed!
2. (verb) to be perfect, unbroken, complete.
Synonyms: whakapai ake
3. (modifier) beautiful, fine, calm (of weather).
Nei rā tātou kua tatū mai anō ki te kaupeka o Taku, ki te wā e kiriahi ai te tangata i te kaha mai o te anu, e whakaneinei atu anō ai hoki ki ngā rangi paruhi kei tua atu e haramai ana (HM 3/1994:1). / Here we are in the winter season, the time when a person hugs the fire because it is so cold, and anticipate the beautiful days that will eventually come.
4. (noun) favourite, darling, protégé.
Mehemea ehara ia i te paruhi a Kerei rāua ko Te Hīhana, me ngā kaiwhakahaere o te mahi whākorekore, pēnei kua tū pea ia (TWMNT 19/7/1879:449). / If he had not been the protégé of Grey, Sheehan, and the Repudiation party, perhaps he would have been elected.
makau
1. (noun) favourite, object of affection, lover, spouse, wife, husband.
Ko tā rāua makau ko Pirihira Kātipa, ā, iwa noa iho tōna pakeke i tōna matenga mai i te tau 1939 (TTR 1996:52). / Their favourite was Pirihira Kātipa, and she died in 1939 when she was only nine.
Synonyms: māpihi maurea, kaitokomauri, tau, tahu, hoa tākunekune, whaiāipo, ipo, kairoro, tau o te ate
matatangata
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
Synonyms: whētikotiko, waharoa, toheroa, pūkauri, ngākihi tea, ngaingai, kūkukuroa, tūteure, pūpū waharoa, taiawa, miware, mimiti, papatai, tuatua, rerekākara, tihi, ngaere, kōmore, ataata, pūrimu, tūroro, angarite, harihari, hopetea, pūpū rore, poro, pūpū waharoa, ruheruhe, piritoka, angarite, hauwai, hoehoe, whāngai karoro, pāua, whētiko, karahiwa, karariwha, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, wahawaha, wētiwha, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, kararuri, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, pōrohe, koio, korona, marapeka, tōrire, rehoreho, tāwiri, uere, pure, kuharu, hākari, tikoaka, kākara, peke, tihipu, totorere, ngākihi, taiawa, ngaere, ngākihi tea, mimiti, papatua, pipi, ngākihi kopia, hūai, pūkauri
kōramu
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
Synonyms: takarape, torewai, wahawaha, karahū, tairaki, kūkuku, pūkanikani, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, toheroa, kaitua, mitimiti, ngārahu taua, kaitangata, tihi, tipa, tuatua, ngākihi, kākahi, tūpere, kukupara, ngākihi tea, matangārahu, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, ururoa, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hohehohe, pātitotito, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, pūrimu, takarepo, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, pīpipi, pāua, pūpū tarataratea, kararuri, koeti, koriakai, kororiwha, matatangata, hānea, rehoreho, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio repe, totorere, tuatua, toretore, ngākihi, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, pūpū, peke, pūpū kōrama, tio para, totoro, tupa, ngaingai, taiawa, ngaere, ngākihi awaawa, matangongore, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ngāeo, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hūai, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, pōrohe, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū taratara, tātara, kōmore, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takarepo, tūroro, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, kāeo, pūpū rore, poro, kawari, whētiko, kōrama, korona, matamatangongo, tōrire, tākupu, taiwhatiwhati, tāwiri, uere, wētiwha, pure, pipi tairaki, kūkukuroa, papahurihuri, karahiwa, karariwha, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, mātangata, matapura, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, hākari, poua, rerekākara, tio, tikoaka
pūpū kōrama
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
ataata
1. (noun) shadow, reflection.
I te taenga o te ope taua ki tētehi kāinga ka whiua e te tangata whenua he kai mā te ope, ā, e tata ana te ope te matika atu ki te kai, ka tau te ataata o Hae ki runga i ngā kai. Tapu tonu atu ngā kai rā, ā, kua kore e pai hei kai (NIT 1995:239). / When the war party arrived at a village the local people placed food out for the visitors, and just as they were about to eat, Hae's shadow fell on the food. The food immediately became tapu and was no longer fit to eat.
Synonyms: whakaatanga, whakaahuatanga, whakaata, ata, kōruru, taumaru, taumarumaru, atarau, whakamomoka, whakamokamoka, maru, ātārangi
2. (noun) video.
Ko te wairuatoa tērā engari ko te waimarie i mau i a rātou ō rātou tīpuna e kōrero ana, e waiata ana ki te rīpene me te ataata, ā, mā te āta tātari pea i ērā ka paku pahawa tētahi punua ora nei (HM 3/1998). / That's unlucky but the fortunate thing is that they captured their ancestors talking on tape and video and by carefully sifting through those perhaps some benefit will be gained.
3. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
pūpū atamarama
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
tawa
1. (stative) be purple.
Synonyms: māhoe, pāpura, waiporoporo
2. (noun) tawa, Beilschmiedia tawa - a tall tree with yellow-green foliage of long, narrow leaves. The bark is smooth and dark brown. The large dark fruit is a favourite of the kererū. Found throughout the North Island and in northern areas of the South Island.
Ka maoa ngā hua o te tawa me te taraire i te tōmuringa o te raumati me te tōmuatanga o te ngahuru (Te Ara 2011). / The fruit of tawa and taraire are ripe in late summer and early autumn.
2. (noun) bundle, bunch.
Kātahi te tangata rā ka hoatu i te pūpū aruhe (JPS 1893:45). / Then that man gave him the bundle of fern-root.
3. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
He kai ngāwari hoki tērā, te pūpū, ki te mahi (TTT 1/2/1929:933). / Cats eyes are an easy food to produce.
4. (noun) large trumpet shell, Charonia lampas rubicunda - shell from deep water which is almost white and was used as a trumpet.
Ka pūhia te pūpū e ngā kaipupuhi i te pūpū (Kāretu 2015). / The conch shell was blown by the conch shell blowers.
See also pūpū tara
kaitangata
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
kōrama
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, kararuri, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, poua, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi, kaitua, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, kōmore, pātitotito, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, whētiko, koio, korohiwa, kororiwha, marapeka, matatangata, matapura, hānea, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totorere, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, papatai, hūai, pātiotio, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea
mātangata
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, kararuri, kawari, koeo, koeti, koio, kōrama, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, pūpū, karekawa, koeti, koriakai, kororiwha, matatangata, tōrire, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, torewai, wahawaha, tohemanga, ngūpara, kūkukuroa, hākari, tio, tuangi haruru, mitimiti, kaitangata, tihi, totoro, toretore, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi tea, matangārahu, mimiti, ngaeti, waharoa, pipi, papatai, kōmore, pūkauri, pūpū tuatea, purewha, takai, kahitua, hinangi, pīpipi, poro, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko
