2. (noun) fence.
I tōia te wahine rā whakatepahiko e te repara. / The leopard dragged the woman towards the fence.
2. (noun) fence, palisade.
Ka rongo ngā hōia i roto i te pā i te tangi o te piukara, ka pikipiki ki runga ki ngā tāepa o te pā (TPH 7/7/1905:5). / When the soldiers in the fort heard the bugle they climbed onto the palisades of the fort.
māihe
1. (noun) fence.
See also taiapa
2. (noun) wooden fence, roundpole fence, fence made of horizontal poles confined by vertical stakes.
Whakaihotia tonutia ai ngā hipi ki waho; ko ngā taiapa he mea kārapi (TTT 1/6/1930:2083). / The sheep were always shorn outside and the fences were of sticks and poles.
tūwatawata
1. (modifier) fortified.
He whare maihi tū ki roto ki te pā tūwatawata, he tohu nō te rangatira: Whare maihi tū ki te wā ki te paenga, he kai nā te ahi (JPS 1913:63). / A carved house standing in a fortified pā is the mark of a well-bred man; a carved house standing in the open, among the cultivations is food for the fire.
2. (noun) main fence of a pā, stockade, fortification.
Ko ia wāhanga o te pā he mea karapoti ki ōna tūwatawata me ōna parepare (NIT 1995:333). / Each part of the pā was surrounded by its palisade and earthworks.
takitaki
1. (noun) fence, palisading, screen, barricade, stockade, picket fence.
Ka hinga ngā whata, ka hinga ngā kaupapa, ka pakaru ngā whare kai, pakaru ngā takitaki (Tr 1874:30). / The storage platform and the floor fell down, the food storehouse and the fences were smashed.
Synonyms: tauārai, ārai, ārei, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, mata, pā, rīanga, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi
wana
1. (verb) to bud, shoot (of a plant), sprout, come to life.
Arā te whakataukī mō te tangata ka mate, kīia ana ka hoki ki Te Pō mō ake tonu atu, kāore e wana ake anō pērā i te tī rākau: 'Ehara i te tī e wana ake' (Te Ara 2015). / There is the proverb about a person who dies, that they return to the world of darkness forever, unlike the cabbage tree, which sprouts up again: 'Not like the cabbage tree, which renews itself.'
2. (verb) to be exciting, thrilling, inspiring, stimulating, moving, rousing.
Ko tēnei hui he wāhi e āhei ai ngā reo katoa ki te whakamōhio he aha tā rātou e whakaako nei, e hiahia nei; ngā pukapuka, ngā rīpine, ngā ataata e pā ana ki taua reo me ngā āhuatanga hou katoa e whakaarotia ake ana e tēnā reo, e tēnā reo, kia wana ake ai ngā whakaakoranga, kia tahuri atu hoki te tangata ki taua reo (HM 1/1993:1). / This conference was a venue where all languages would be able to inform others about their teaching and what they were aspiring to do; the books, tape recordings and videos relevant to a particular language and all the new methods being considered by each language to enliven the teaching so that a person would be turned on by that language.
Synonyms: whakakorikori, whakaohooho, panuku, whakaaroharoha, whakanekeneke, whakaaroha, whakaneke, nekehanga
3. (noun) excitement, thrill, exhilaration, fervour, verve, gusto, zeal, zest, passion, energy, sparkle, liveliness, pizazz.
Ko te wana ki ahau, ko ngā rongo, ngā kare ā-roto rānei e ara mai ana i roto i a koe, nā runga i tētahi mahi e mahia mai ana e tētahi tangata (KR 2013:33). / To me, 'wana' are the feelings, or the emotions that rise up from within you as a result of some action performed by someone.
E ai ki te mahara ake o tētehi o te minenga ki a Mere e wani mai ana i te whatārangi kia tū ai ki te aroaro-ā-kapa, ki reira haka tahi atu ai me rātau me te puta o te ihi, o te wana (TTR 1998:1). / One member of the audience remembered Mere gliding across the stage to stand in the front row of the haka group to join them in the haka with great excitement and gusto.
Synonyms: ngangahau, mātātoa, hemonga, ihiihi, awata, kakare, ngākau whakapuke, whitawhita, matangareka, ngākaunui, whiwhita, tāwheta, rika, kaikaha
4. (noun) seedling, young shoot.
Ka taka iho ngā kākano o te nīkau ki te whenua, nāwai ā kua pihi ake, kua tipu mai he wana (PK 2008:1056). / The seeds of the nīkau tree drop to ground and after a time they sprout and seedlings grow.
5. (noun) stake, paling (of a fence).
wītā
1. (noun) small branches (of trees or shrubs).
"Tīkina atu he rākau wītā, arā rākau nonohi, maua mai ki a au." Ka tae mai aua rākau ki taua kaumātua, ka mahia e ia aua rākau hei paiere, ā herea ana aua rākau (TW 27/7/1878:374). / "Go and get some small branches and bring them to me." When those sticks arrived at the elder, he made them into a bundle and tied them them up.
2. (noun) inner second fence (of a pā) - one of the palisades of a pā between the pekerangi (outer fence) and the kātua (main fence).
E tū ana hoki te pā, mau ana te wehi o te tukuwaru whakairo o te pā, puta noa, me te wītā, me te pekerangi, i roto ko te parākiri (TP 3/1910:2). / And the pā stood there and the carved posts of the pā were awesome, from the inner fence and the outer palisade, into the innermost fence.
taiepa
1. (verb) (-tia) to fence off.
I tōna mananui ka whakatapua taua wāhi; ka taiepatia ki te kōhatu kia kore ai e takatakahia, e whakatipungia rānei ki te kai (TTR 1990:7). / So great was Heke's mana that the site became tapu. It was fenced off with stones so that it would not be trampled on or used for growing crops.
2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, garden, enclosure - any fenced off area.
Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa (HP 1991:25). / When I finished milking my cows in the morning, I let them into their paddock.
3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.
See also taiapa
2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, field, enclosure - any fenced off area.
Kātahi ka kitea atu e tipu ana, e matomato ana i te taha o te taiapa tētahi āpure pūhā (TWK 57:8). / Then she found a lush patch of pūhā growing beside the fence.
See also taiepa
3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.
I konei kua whakamahia he momo taiapa atu anō, he taiapa pewa pēnei nā ( ) (HKK 1999:10). / Here a type of parentheses is used, they are round brackets like this ( ).
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to fence in.
Ka atohia te māra ki te kākaho kei taea e te pākura (W 1971:19). / The garden is enclosed with a fence made of toetoe stems so that the pūkeko can't get in.
kātua
1. (verb) (-tia) to be full-grown.
Tērā tētahi manu kei te awa nui o Amerika ki te tonga, kei te Amahona, e kīia ana e whā waewae o taua manu i te mea e kūao ana. He matimati anō kei ngā parirau, hai ngōki haere māna. Ā, ka kātuatia ka makere ngā matimati, toe iho ko ngā parirau anake (KO 10/9/1890:3). / There is a bird in the large river of South America, the Amazon, which is said to have four legs when it's young. It has claws on the wings so that it can crawl about, and when it matures the fingers drop off leaving just the wings.
2. (noun) adult (of birds and animals) - especially for the female parent, e.g. ewe, mare, cow, hen.
Ki te ora te kātua ka ora hoki tana kūao reme (TP 7/1910:3). / If the ewe is healthy its lamb will also be in good condition.
Synonyms: hōiho uwha
3. (noun) main part (of anything).
Ka whakamahia te kātua o te kaponga me te nīkau hei pou mō ngā whare (Te Ara 2015). / The trunks of tree ferns and nīkau palms were used as posts for houses.
4. (noun) main fence of a pā.
kōtare
1. (noun) sacred kingfisher, kingfisher, Halcyon sancta - a native species with mainly electric blue plumage, often seen perched on power lines, or on branches and rocks near water.
Ka mea atu a Mahuru ki a Teoteo, "He aha te manu pai hei tohu mā tāua." Ka kī mai a Teoteo, "He kōtare (HKW 1/4/1899:3)." / Mahuru (September) said to Teoteo (little shag), "What's a good bird as a symbol for us." Teoteo said, "A kingfisher."
Synonyms: kōtarepopo, kōtaretare
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of one's friends.
He kōtare koe (W 1971:148). / You are a kingfisher. (A whakataukī likening someone to a kingfisher that sits on a tree or power line looking for prey just as a bludger does watching others eat hoping to get a share.)
Synonyms: kōtaretare, kaimātai, kaipaoke, parakūkā
3. (noun) stage in the fence of a pā.
E whakahua ana ngā kaimataara i ngā whakaaraara i runga i ngā kōtare o te pā (W 1971:148). / The watchmen recite the watch songs on the stages of the pā.
pāhuki
1. (noun) brushwood fence.
I te wā e noho ana a Te Kāhui Rere ki roto ki ōna rohe o Ngā Rauru kua whakatūria e rātou ō rātou pāhuki, arā ō rātou poupou whakaroherohe i a rātou, e whakaaturia mai rā i ngā wāhi i tū ai ō rātou whare (B 1979:93). / During the time Te Kāhui Rere was living in his territory of Ngā Rauru they erected their brushwood fences, that is their posts that marked out their territory and showing the places where their houses stood.
2. (noun) innerpost fence of a pā.
E tū ana hoki te pā, mau ana te wehi o te tukuwaru whakairo o te pā, puta noa, me te wītā, me te pekerangi, i roto ko te parākiri (TP 3/1910:2). / And the pā stood there and the carved posts of the pā were awesome, from the inner fence and the outer palisade, into the innermost fence.
3. (noun) cloak without ornamentation - but sometimes with tāniko borders on both sides.
wāwā
1. (noun) picket, stake (of a fence or palisade), paling.
Ka patua te iwi o Te Āea, ka hinga tērā pā i te ope a Wairangi. Ko ētehi i patua ki roto i te wai. Ko ngā rauwhare me ngā wāwā i rukea ki roto i te awa (JPS 1910:200). / The people of Te Āea were killed and that pā was taken by Wairangi's force. Some were slain in the water. The thatch and stakes were thrown into the river.
Synonyms: tīwatawata
2. (noun) wooden fence.
Ka tū te rangatira o te pā ki runga i te wāwā o te pā (NM 1928:154). / The chief of the pā stood on the pā's wooden fence.
