kata [ō] niho
1. trust you to laugh, I knew you'd find that funny, amusing.
E kōrero ana tētahi mō tētahi raruraru iti i pā ki a ia, ā, ka kata mai tana hoa, kua pai te kī atu a te tangata tuatahi, 'Ka kata ō niho!' (HJ 2017:25). / When someone is talking about a minor problem she had and her friend laughs, it's fine for the first person to say, 'I knew you'd find that funny!'
hua
1. (verb) to bear fruit, originate, be abundant, accrue.
Ehara i te mea ko te takaro te hē, engari ko te whakaputa kē i te takaro hei huarahi e peau kē ai te tangata ki te mahi hē, ina hoki he maha ngā hē e hua ana i te kanikani (TP 2/1907:2). / It's not as if the recreational activity is the problem, but the emergence from the activity of an avenue whereby a person can be diverted into wicked deeds because there are many transgressions resulting from dancing.
Synonyms: putu, whakapūranga, tipu, pūtake, take, tupu, pū, mahamaha, maha, ngahoro, makuru, ngerongero, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro
2. (verb) to flower, bloom, blossom.
Ka hua te rātā, ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua poki te rua kūmara, arā, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua (White 4 1889:115). / When the rātā flowers and the Pleiades set in the west, autumn has arrived and the kūmara storage pit is covered over, that is the kūmara crop is all in the storage pit.
3. (verb) to be full (of the moon).
Ā te 4 o ngā rā kōwhiti ai te marama. Ā te 19 o ngā rā hua ai te marama (TMT 1/10/1861:16). / On the 4th day the new moon appears. On the 19th day is the full moon.
4. (noun) product, fruit, berry, roe, egg, progeny, value, finding, result, outcome, asset.
I ētahi tau he tino kaha kē te hua o ngā piki nei, ā, he tino reka hoki mō te kai. I ētahi rā, i te haere kē mātau, hoki rawa mai kua pau ngā hua te kai i te mahi a te tamariki (HP 1991:13). / In some years these fig trees fruited prolifically and they were very tasty to eat. Some days, when we went elsewhere, when we returned the fruit had all been eaten by the many children.
Synonyms: otinga, anaterope, whakataunga, putanga, tukunga iho, keakea, tātea, uri, aitanga
5. (noun) benefit, gain, asset.
Ahakoa te whakahāweatanga o te tangata ki te haere a Hirini Taiwhanga ki Ingarangi, he hua nunui kua puta mai i tana haere (KO 15/1/1883:6). / Despite people's intolerance towards Hirini Taiwhanga's journey to England, many benefits resulted from his trip.
kite
1. (experience verb) (-a) to see, perceive.
Ko te hiahia kē o Parore kia kite ā-tinana tonu tana irāmutu, a Wiremu, me tana mokopuna, a Hakena i te Kuīni (TTR 1994:83). / Parore's real desire was that his nephew, Wiremu, and his grandson, Hakena, should see the Queen.
Synonyms: rongo
2. (experience verb) (-a) to find, discover, detect.
E kīia ana, ka nui ngā iwi moa kua kitea ki Timaru i Te Waipounamu (TW 2/3/1878:100). / It is reported that many moa bones have been discovered at Timaru in the South Island.
3. (experience verb) (-a) to recognise.
I whakaaro te tangata nei, kāhore anō ia i kitea e ngā wāhine nei (NM 1928:116). / This man decided that he had not yet been recognised by these women.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, mōhiohio, mōhio
4. (noun) seeing, perceiving.
Te hokinga mai o te titiro ki ngā pua rākau o uta, tere tonu tō rātou kite iho i te mate mō rātou (NIT 1995:37). / When they looked back at the blossoms on the shore, they quickly saw the predicament they were in.
Synonyms: kitenga
5. (noun) finding.
E mahara tonu ana a Āpirana Ngata ki te uauatanga o te kite tangata hai whakairo i te whare karakia i Tikitiki (TTR 1998:186). / Āpirana Ngata was aware of the difficulty in finding carvers for the church at Tikitiki.
komekome
1. (verb) to bicker, squabble, complain, disagree, find fault, gripe, grumble, moan, bellyache.
Engari anō tēnā i te noho noa iho i konā komekome ai! (HM 4/2009:3) / But they won't do that but just sit back and bellyache!
Synonyms: kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, tarawene, hanguru, whakatautau, aurere
2. (adjective) be crabby, complaining.
Ko te mate kē e noho mai ana a Ngāi Reo Kore mā he komekome, he whakakuene noa iho te mahi e pahure ana he kore hoki i taea nō ngā kōrero a Ngāi Whai Reo mā te whai (Kāretu 2016) / The problem is that those who have no language sit there complaining because they are not able to follow those who have the language.
3. (noun) backbiting gossip, disparagement, scandalmongering, slander, complaint.
Ka tukuna ki a Te Tipa i Rānana, me ōna komekome i roto, mō te iwikoretanga o ngā Kāwana o Niu Tīreni o nāianei tonu, me o nanahi (TTR 1990:27). / It was sent to Walter Mantell in London, complaining in it of their neglect by the past and present governors of New Zealand.
Synonyms: ngau tuarā
2. (noun) crticism, fault-finding.
Heoi anō, kei kīia ēnei kōrero he whakahē, he tapitapi (HM 1/1997:3). / However, let it not be said that these comments are a disapproval or criticism.
taunu
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to jeer, scoff at, revile, mock, ridicule, sneer, taunt, criticise.
Ka pūhaehae tērā ki te matea nuitia o Te Hika-puhi e ngā hapū o Te Arawa, ka taunu, ka whakaiti hoki i a Te Hika-puhi (M 2006:56). / That woman was jealous because of the regard and attention being given to Te Hika-puhi by the sub-tribe of Te Arawa, and she spoke jeeringly and belittled Te Hika-puhi.
Synonyms: whakahī, tāwai, whakatoi, tītoi, pāengaenga, whakahīhī, whakareko, whakarōriki, aniani, whakaiti, whakamanumanu, whakahahani, whakaparahako
2. (modifier) unfavourable, disparaging, derogatory, critical.
I te hurahuratanga o te tau 1934 i te Tari Māori ka rīhaina rā a Āpirana, i puta anō hoki ngā kōrero taunu i a Te Raumoa (TTR 1998:6). / During the 1934 investigation into the Native Department, when Āpirana Ngata resigned, Te Raumoa also received some criticism.
3. (noun) criticism, jeering, disapproval, fault-finding, disparagement.
Rere! E hoa kātahi au nei ka utu i ngā taunu a te motu katoa nei mōku, a te Pākehā, a te Māori, e kīia nei ko au anake te iwi kino o te motu nei, ko Waikato (TWMNT 5/2/1873:24). / Heavens! My friend I am finally responding to the criticisms of the whole country against me, both Pākehā and Māori, who are saying that we, Waikato, are the only evil people in this land.
wauwau
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, find fault.
Nā i te mutunga o te pānui a Hēnare Pēneti i taua reta, ka wauwau katoa ngā tāngata o te whare mō taua reta, arā, ko ētahi e kī ana he tito noa iho ngā kōrero o taua reta (TJ 3/11/1898:15). / When Henry Bennett finished reading out the letter, all the people in the house grumbled about it, that is some claimed what it said was just fabrication.
2. (noun) pointed paddle-shaped implement - to loosen soil for cultivation, earthworks, etc.
Anō nei te rite o te ketu ki te hoe iti; ko tāna he whakapāpako i te oneone. Ko ētahi atu ingoa ko te pīnaki me te wauwau (Te Ara 2016). / The ketu is like a small paddle, used for loosening the soil. Other names are the pīnaki and the wauwau.
whakahē
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to disagree, contradict, find fault with, condemn, object to, criticise.
Kei te whakahē ia ki tā mātau kaupapa (HP 1991:69). / He disagreed with our cause.
Synonyms: whakahēhē, whakaepaepa
2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to cause to go astray, lead astray.
Nā te kuia rā mātou i whakahē (W 1971:43). / That elderly woman lead us astray.
Synonyms: whakakonuka, whakakotiti, whātītipa
3. (modifier) disapproving, negative, critical.
I puta anō ngā kupu whakahē a ētahi o ngā rangatira o Peiwhairangi mō Matiu, nōtemea nō Te Rarawa ia (TWMNT 18/9/1877:189). / Some of the leading men in the Bay of Islands objected to Matthew's appointment because he belonged to the Rarawa tribe.
Synonyms: tōraro, kāhoretanga
4. (noun) dissent, opposition, disagreement, dissension.
Kāore rawa tētahi whakahē mō tēnei, ēngari i tautoko katoa (HP 1991:300). / There was no dissent at all, but full support.
haku
1. (verb) (-a) to nag, complain about, find fault with, henpeck.
Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990:351). / After a time he complained that the rights of his people of Moeraki had been disregarded.
Synonyms: whakakunāwheke
2. (noun) cold, colic.
kairiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to find fault with, quarrel, oppose, clash, turn against.
I Te Kao ka whakaaro a Ākenehi me kaha ake tana whakahau i āna tūroro, ā, me ka kore e whakarongo ki āna tohutohu, ka whakawehia e ia. Koia tēnei te take i tahuri ai te iwi kāinga ki te kairiri ki a ia (TTR 1996:40). / At Te Kao, Ākenehi thought she should give strict instructions to her patients and if they refused to follow her instructions she would threaten them. This was the reason that the local Māori turned against her.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) hostile, aggressive.
Ka mutu tana riri ki ngā iwi kē atu, kātahi ka riri noa iho anō, he riri kairiri, ko Ngāti Tūtānekai tētahi, ko Ngāti Rangiteaorere tētahi; huia iho anō te rua o ōna hapū, a Ngāti Uenukukōpako, ki te riri kairiri (M 2005:360). / When his battles against other tribes had ended, then he fought in minor quarrels and blood feuds with his other subtribes, Ngāti Tūtānekai and Ngāti Rangiteaorere and there was a blood feud with Ngāti Uenukukōpako.
3. (noun) hostilities, quarrel, conflict, fight, aggression.
Ko tēnei pātere nā Te Whakatōhea, e noho rā i te takiwā o Ōpōtiki mō ngā kairiri i waenganui i a rāua ko Ngāi Tai o Tōrere (M 2005:128). / This chant of derision is by Te Whakatōhea who live in the Ōpōtiki area and concerns the hostilities between them and Ngāi Tai of Tōrere.
ō
1. (verb) to find room, capable of being accommodated, get in, fit in.
Ka tomo te kaipuke, e kore e ō ngā pouaka (W 1971:237). / When the ship entered there was no room for the boxes.
Tokohia ngā tāngata ka ō pai noa iho ki tō waka? (HJ 2012:201). / How many people can fit easily into your vehicle?
whakatōngā
1. (verb) (-tia) to hide one's feelings, remain silent, be circumspect, be guarded, be cagey.
I a rāua ko Te Whiti i Te Waipounamu, mau tonu a Tohu ki tōna kore e pai ki ngā tikanga Pākehā, hāunga a Te Whiti i whakatōngā ia (TTR 1994:183). / When he and Te Whiti were in the South Island, Tohu steadfastly refused to be influenced by Pākehā ways, in contrast to Te Whiti who was more circumspect.
2. (verb) (-tia) find fault with, criticize.
Ko te tangata i ahu mai nei tētahi wāhi o tōna mātauranga i te Pākehā he tangata e whakatōngātia, e haea, e whakatātaretia, e ngau tuarātia e ngā tāngata kūware (TKO 31/8/1920:5). / The person whose knowledge comes partly from the Pākehā is a person who is criticized, envied, scrutinized and subjected to backbiting by ignorant people.
3. (modifier) retiring, reticent, unassuming, reserved, inhibited, restrained, reluctant, circumspect, guarded, cagey.
Ka whakawahia ko te tangata whakatōngā nei, e rite tonu nei te pāngia e te mate, ko Te Rata, hei Kīngi hou (TTR 1996:253). / The reticent man, Te Rata, who was continually ill, was crowned as the new King.
Synonyms: rikarika, ārikarika, tikumu, pūihi, moke, manauhea, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi, manawa pā, whakatohetohe, parahako, korongatā, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, tāpui, hūnguengue, konekone, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui
4. (noun) reluctance, restraint.
He nui ngā raruraru. Arā tētehi ko tana whakatōngā ki te tautoko i te kaupapa whakatau i ngā whenua raupatu o Waikato, i kawea ai e Tūmate i te tau 1938 (TTR 1998:88). / There were many difficulties. One was his reluctance to support the settlement of the Waikato confiscation claim, which Tūmate was negotiating in 1938.
Synonyms: paraire, hūmārika, whakatohetohe, korou kore, ngākau kore, kōroiroi
tātā
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-kia,-kina) to strike repeatedly, beat up, batter, lash, pound.
Nā te hau kino i tātā te kānga - e kore pea e ora ake anō (PK 2008:874). / The wind battered the corn - it probably won't revive.
Synonyms: tukituki, koheri, whakarorerore, mimire, ruruku, whiu, whiwhita, rona, karawhiu, mīmiro, tui, tauhere, kōmekemeke, pātuki, pāuna, hamahama, pehu, patupatu, poutuki, whākuru, tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, āki
2. (verb) (-kina,-kia) to cut up (with an axe), break into pieces (by dashing on the ground).
Tātākina ā tātou wahie kia matariki (W 1971:190). / Cut up our firewood so that it is small pieces.
3. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to oppose, contradict, criticise, express disapproval, censure, reprimand, find fault with.
Kāore pea he tangata i tua atu i a au i pēnei rawa te kaha o te tātā i te hunga reo tuarua nei e noho nei hei kaiwhakaako, hei kaiwhakatauira mai i te reo (HM 4/10:5). / There is probably nobody who is more critical of the second language speakers who are teachers and role models of the language.
Synonyms: whakatūpehupehu, kohete, kowhete, koeka, kōwhetewhete, tautētete, tū, tāwari, ātete, whakatete
kitenga
1. (noun) seeing, sighting, finding, observation, perception, view.
Te kitenga mai o Ngāti Rangi i te ope e whati ana ko te whakaputanga mai i te pā, i Pou-e-rua (NIT 1995:331). / Ngāti Rangi, seeing the party fleeing, came forth from their fort, Pou-e-rua.
Synonyms: mātakitaki, kite, rongo, aroā, mōhiotanga
2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to find fault with, condemn, object to, criticise.
He āroharoha nō te iwi Māori i ēnei rā kua kore rawa e pērā rawa te tū mārō me te whakahēhē i ngā hapa o tētahi kē (Rewi 2005:337). / It's sad for the Māori people today that they can no longer stand firm and criticise the mistakes of others.
Synonyms: whakahē, whakaepaepa
tapi
1. (verb) (-a) to find fault with, chide, criticize.
Hura rawa ake te wahine rā i tana umu, mata tonu. Heoti ka tapia e ngā tāne, ka mate te wahine rā i te whakamā (TP 6/1909:3). / When that woman finally uncovered her oven, the food was still raw. And so that woman was criticized by the men and she was overcome with embarrassment.
pono
1. (verb) (-a) to come upon, happen to hit, fall in one's way, chance upon.
Ahakoa ko ngā tāngata o roto o taua whenua, ka haere atu ki taua whenua, ka pono atu e kī ana te kēti, me āta haere atu ki te tangata i a ia te kī o te kēti (TW 16/11/1878:579). / Although there are people present on that land, when you go on that land, you will find the gate locked and you must go to the person with the key of the gate.
