2. (modifier) fiercely, ferociously.
Ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wawana, ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wiwini (NIT 1995:35). / The sacred plumes cry out, fiercely they cry, the sacred plumes cry out, fearfully they cry (NIT 1995:34).
3. (noun) terror, ferocity.
Ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wiwini! Ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wawana! (M 2005:220). / The noble one cried, crying in fear! The noble one cried, crying in terror! (M 2005:221).
niwha
1. (verb) to be resolute, bold, fierce, truculent.
He wahine pukumahi a Te Paea, he niwha, he pūkeke (TTR 1996:22). / Te Paea was a hardworking woman, resolute and determined.
Synonyms: kiriūka, manawanui, marohi, mārohirohi, titikaha, whakakiriūka, pikoni, ū, pūkeke, aumangea, pukunanaiore, tōkeke, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, manawa rahi, pūtohe
2. (noun) determination, resolve, willpower, fortitude, tenacity, doggedness, grit, bravery, rage.
Ahu tonu atu ia ki Te Pūaha-ō-Kahu, ko tōna niwha e kawe ana i a ia (TTR 1990:259). / He headed for Te Pūaha-ō-Kahuand it was his determination that carried him on.
Synonyms: riri, whakatūpehupehu, rūtā, nguha, tau, pūtohe, whakapau kaha, pūkeke
nguha
1. (verb) to fight fiercely, battle.
Hei ētahi wā, ka noho ko ngā wāhine hei whakaohooho i ngā wairua o ngā tāne kia pukā, kia nguha, kia whawhai mō te whenua, mō tētahi atu take rānei (Te Ara 2012). / Sometimes women exhorted men to act, to fight fiercely and to fight for land, or for some other cause.
Synonyms: pakanga, tatauranga, matawhāura, kakaritanga, putakari, riringa, parekura, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga
2. (modifier) crushed, shredded.
Synonyms: ngakungaku
3. (noun) rage, fury.
I muri o te wehenga, ka tipu te riri, te nguha, te patu, te whakamate, me te mate i waenganui i te tokoono nei (H 1992:20). / After the separation anger, rage, beating, killing and death developed amongst these six.
Synonyms: niwha, riri, whakatūpehupehu, rūtā
4. (noun) war.
I haere te iwi Māori ki ngā nguha katoa o Aotearoa, huri taiāwhio i te ao (Te Ara 2016). / The Māori people went to all the wars of New Zealand, around the world.
2. (verb) to search, seek.
Hīnana ki uta, hīnana ki tai (Te Ara 2015). / Search the land and sea. (The name of an elaborately carved storehouse of Ngāti Tūwharetoa built by Iwikau Te Heuheu. Also the name of a hui held at Pūkawa when the Kīngitanga was being set up.)
Synonyms: kimi, paraketu, haha, hure, rapu, rapunga, puretumu, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, raparapa, kimikimi, hāhau, pōrangi
3. (modifier) angry-looking.
Ko wai ka pīrangi whakahoahoa atu ki te tangata mata hīnana (HJ 2012:268). / Who wants to make friends with a person with an angry-looking face.
horetītī
1. (verb) to be fierce, truculent, ferocious, belligerent, hostile.
Ko tēnei tangata he autaia, he horetītī, he kaingākau ki ngā mahi a Tūmatauenga, he whakawiriwiri, he rika ki te ngaki mate, he nanakia, he toa (TTR 1990:319). / This man was a remarkable character, fierce, a war monger, cruel, vindictive, cunning and brave.
He koroua horetītī hoki (TTTT 2006:39). / He was also a fierce man.
2. (adjective) be hot, burning fiercely, eager, hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
He pūkākā rawa te rā ki taua wāhi rā, he whenua whakatupu mate ki te tangata (MM.TKM 15/10/1858:7). / The sun burns fiercely at that place, it's an unhealthy locality.
3. (modifier) hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
2. (noun) frilled Venus shell, Bassina yatei - a bivalve mollusc that lives in sand near low tide. It has a heavy shell with frills on the outside.
2. (noun) ferocity, savagery, fierceness.
Nā te taratutū o ngā kurī nunui i whakamataku ngā tamariki. / The ferocity of the big dogs frightened the children.
2. (noun) fierce looks, frowning.
He tukemata anō tō te taonga (TP 7/1908:9). / Even wealth frowns. (A whakataukī suggesting that having significant property causes envy and a requirement to be generous.)
3. (noun) tāniko pattern made up of notched zigzag lines.
niwhaniwha
1. (modifier) fierce, truculant, raging, tempestuous, ferocious, wild.
Ka ākina atu te waka ki te ākau e te tai niwhaniwha, pakaru rikiriki ana (HJ 2015:128). / The canoe was dashed against the rocky coast by the wild sea, breaking it into smithereens.
Synonyms: rūtaki, whakatūpehupehu
2. (noun) resoluteness, determination.
I kitea tōna ū me tōna niwhaniwha ki te whai i te kaupapa, ā, i whai ingoa nā te mea he kākā tarahae ki te kōrero (TTR 1994:114). / He showed determination and resoluteness to pursue a project, and he had distinguished himself with oratorical skills.
tātāhau
1. (verb) to be fierce, violent, stormy, lose one's temper, talk unintelligently during sleep.
Tātāhau ana i roto i te Whare Pāremete, tangi ana tērā te tūpuhi, wairangi noa ana ngā pairata, a Te Tauta, a Tā Hōri Kerei, me ētahi atu, raru ana, tūrorirori ana (TWMNT 16/10/1878:76). / During displays of temper in the House when it sounded like a storm, pilots Stout, Sir George Grey, and others, have lost their heads and got into trouble, losing their balance.
