hī
1. (verb) (-a,-ia,-tia) to raise, draw up, fish (with a hook and line).
He ngākaunui atu au ki te hī tuna, ki te whakarapu tuna hoki (HP 1991:16). / I loved line fishing and hunting for eels.
Synonyms: whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakatū, whakaara, whakaikeike
2. (verb) to raise (the eyebrow).
Kua hī ngā pewa o Koro i te rahi o te tuna i mau i tana mokopuna (HJ 2012:269). / Koro has raised his eyebrows at the amount of eels caught by his grandchild.
3. (verb) to rise, dawn.
Kāore anō i hī te ata, kua tangi te tame heihei (PK 1008:105). / It was not yet dawn and the rooster was crowing.
4. (verb) (-a,-ia) to lead (a song).
Ko ētahi waiata mā te reo kotahi e hī mai, mā te katoa e kamu mai (PK 2008:105). / With some songs one voice leads and the rest join in singing the chorus sections.
Synonyms: hari
5. (noun) fishing.
Ko te tautara a taku māmā he mānuka. He rākau e ono putu pea te roa. He pai ki te pupuri, he māmā mō te hī (HP 1991:14). / My mother's fishing rod was of mānuka. It was a stick about six feet long. It was nice to hold and light for fishing.
2. (transitive verb) murumur at, show discontent with.
2. (noun) a fish.
2. (noun) angling, line fishing.
I Koukourarata ana pakeke e noho ana, arā, he nohanga kāinga nei kei Horomaka, Hakaroa rānei nō tētahi hunga hī ika, hunga mahi pāmu itiiti noa nei, ā, otirā he hī ika nei te mahi a tōna pāpā (TTR 2000:201). / Her parents were living at Port Levy, that is at a community of fishermen and small farmers on Banks Peninsula, but fishing was what her father did.
2. (noun) a fresh water fish.
3. cause.
2. Trouble.
3. (adjective) stupid.
2. (noun) a fish.
koihi
1. (noun) telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum have jaws that extend outwards. They use these to prey on plankton and small fish. Telescope fish grow to around 40 centimetres and are found mainly in southern waters from Kapiti Island to the subantarctic Auckland Islands.
Ko te tāmure me te hake ki te raki, ko te tāngahangaha, te koihi, te puaihakarua ki te tonga (Te Ara 2013). / Snapper and kingfish are to the north, while banded wrasse, telescope fish and sea perch are to the south.
makihea
1. (noun) sinker (for a fishing line), fishing-line sinker.
Kupenga kōtuku, me ōna mea katoa, me ngā aho, me ngā matau, me ngā makihea katoa (TW 11/12/1875:423). / Hand nets with all the accessories, fishing lines, fish-hooks and fishing-line sinkers.
Synonyms: maihea
2. (verb) (rangā,-a) to pull up by the roots.
E kore e taea te ranga i te rākau i te kaha tangata - he hōhonu rawa nō ngā pakiaka (TWMNT 8/9/1874:230). / The tree cannot be pulled up by human strength - because the roots are too deep.
3. (verb) to set in motion, transport.
Ko te kōrero hoki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa ko ngā pua manu he mea ranga mai nā Māui nō Hawaiki rā anō (M 2004:336). / Ngāti Tūwharetoa narratives say that the berry-bearing trees for birds were brought by Māui from Hawaiki.
Synonyms: whakarewa
4. (noun) group, team, company (of people).
Mō te nuinga o ngā kirimana tuhi marautanga pēnei, e rua noa iho ngā rōpū whai wāhi mai, arā ko tētahi ranga tuhi, me ētahi kāhui kaiwhakamāherehere hei āwhina i ia kaituhi (HM 3/1993:6). / For the majority of the curriculum writing contracts like this, there were just two groups involved, namely a writing team and some clusters of advisers to assist each writer.
5. (noun) shoal (of fish), school (of fish).
He nui noa atu te ranga ika e heke ana i taua awa i ngā tau katoa (TWMNT 24/3/1874:76). / Great shoals of fish come down that river every year.
Synonyms: matatuhi
