whanapaoro
1. (loan) (noun) football, rugby football.
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapāoro, whutupaoro, hutupōro, rakapī, whanapōro
whutupōro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-59; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I tae mai te tono a ngā tāngata o Karioi ki ngā tāngata o Moawhango kia haere atu ki reira ki te pūrei whutupōro (TJ 2/2/1899:10). / A request arrived from the people of Karioi to the people of Moawhango to go there to play rugby.
See also whutupaoro, putupōro, putupaoro, hutupōro
Synonyms: whanapāoro, whanapaoro, whutupaoro, hutupōro, rakapī, whanapōro
whutupaoro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-59; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I roto i ā koutou tākaro, i te whutupaoro, i te hōkī, i te kirikiti, kāore he painga o te tamaiti e whakaaro ana ki a ia anake (TTT 1/8/1923:10). / In your sports, rugby, hockey and cricket, there is no benefit in a child thinking only as an individual.
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapāoro, whanapaoro, hutupōro, rakapī, whanapōro
whanapāoro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-59; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapaoro, whutupaoro, hutupōro, rakapī, whanapōro
whanapōro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-59; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapāoro, whanapaoro, whutupaoro, hutupōro, rakapī
2. (loan) (modifier) soccer, football.
He tīma whutupōro tō mātau, e rua ō mātau tīma hoka (HP 1991:53). / We had a rugby team and two soccer teams.
hāwhe
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to halve.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 28;)
Nō te taenga atu o ngā pukapuka tuku ki te Kāwanatanga, i hāwhetia te whenua, kātahi ka pania e te Kāwanatanga te wāhi i utua me te wāhi kīhai i utua ki te pane whero (TW 16/11/1878:576). / When the documents reached the government, the land had been halved, then the government wiped off the part that had been paid for and the part that had not been paid for with stamp duty.
2. (loan) (noun) half.
Engari, ko te hāwhe o te moni me hōmai ki a mātou ināianei, ā hei te taenga mai o te mīhini ka hōmai i te hāwhe i toe iho (TW 12/2/1875:12). / But half the payment should be given to us now and the balance when the machine arrives.
3. (loan) (noun) halfback (rugby, football).
putupōro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
Kua tae ngā tamariki o Te Aute kei Whakatū, e rua ngā take o taua haere a aua tamariki; he putupōro ki ngā tamariki o te kāreti o Whakatū... (TJ 28/6/1898:8) / The students of Te Aute have arrived in Nelson with two purposes for their trip; one being to play rugby football against the students of Nelson college...
See also hutupōro
Synonyms: putupaoro
putupaoro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
Ko Niu Tīreni anō hoki te tiamupiana o te ao katoa mō te pupuhi pū, mō te putupaoro (TP 9/1904:9). / New Zealand is also the champion of the whole world in shooting and football.
Synonyms: putupōro
rakapī
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
Whakanōhia mai anō hoki a ia hei kanohi Māori mō te kaunihera o te Kotahitanga Whakahaere o ngā Mahi Whutupaoro Rakapī o Niu Tīreni (TTR 2000:46). / He was also appointed as the Māori representative on the New Zealand Rugby Football Union Council.
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapāoro, whanapaoro, whutupaoro, hutupōro, whanapōro
hutupōro
1. (loan) (noun) rugby football.
Ka koa mātou, mehemea ka tukutukuna mai ā koutou reta i ngā wāhi katoa o te motu nei, ngā kōrero rānei e tūpono ai ki ā koutou hui, ā koutou papa-purei, hutupōro, otirā, ngā kōrero hei whakangahau i te tangata kōrero i tēnei nūpepa (AO 4/6/1892:3). / We would be pleased if you sent in your letters from all parts of the country, the stories about what happens at your meetings, your sports fields, football, that is, stories to entertain the people who read this newspaper.
Synonyms: whutupōro, whanapāoro, whanapaoro, whutupaoro, rakapī, whanapōro
