whakahoro
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to accelerate, hasten, hurry (someone), let down, pay out, cause to slip off, demolish, dismantle, flee.
I whakahoro te Poa ki Piritōria, i te pōnānā mahue ake ētahi o ngā pūrepo, me ngā tereina (TP 1/6/1900:6). / The Boers fled to Pretoria and in their haste left behind some of the cannons and trains.
Synonyms: whakatere, whakahohoro, kautuku, whakahinga, tukutuku, whakaheke, tuku
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to let down, pay out (a line), fly (a kite).
Ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka... (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops...
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) cause to crumble down, cause to collapse, cause to slip off, demolish, dismantle.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
4. (verb) to pass on, hand on (traditions, etc.).
Ka tuhia e ia ngā tikanga a ngā tohunga, me ngā tikanga whakahoro tamāroa (TTR 1998:75). / He wrote of the rituals of tohunga, and the methods of passing on knowledge to first-born sons.
5. (noun) free from tapu, free from impediments.
I te whakawahinga o te Kīngi i Ngāruawāhia i te 2 o Mei 1859, he maha rātou i ngōki atu i waenganui i ngā kūwhā o Te Wherowhero. Ko tērā tikanga he whakahoro hauhauaitu e whānau hou ai te tangata (TTR 1990:163). / When the King was confirmed at Ngāruawāhia on 2 May 1859, many crawled through Te Wherowhero's thighs. That custom was a whakahoro hauhauaitu whereby a person was being born again symbolically.
herekore
1. (modifier) free of conditions, free of restrictions, freehold.
Heoti, kua tīmata i nāianei te whakaeke mai a te Pākehā ki te noho, ā, kua tīmata anō hoki ngā Māori whiwhi taitara herekore ki te tono kia roherohea aua taitara kia mau anake ai ko te ingoa kotahi ki tēnaka, ki tēnaka rohenga, kia taea ai te hoko (TTR 1994:22). / However, now the Pākehā were beginning to arrive to settle, and Māori with freehold titles had also begun seeking partition of their communal tenure into individual titles for each boundary so that they were able to sell.
2. (verb) (wetekia,wetekina,-a,-kia,-kina) to release, set free, emancipate, liberate, free, discharge.
He nui noa atu ngā rōpā o Rūhia i ngā tau e rua tekau ka pahemo ake nei, engari, nā te pāpā o tēnei Epara i wewete katoa, ā, whakawhiwhia iho e ia ki te whenua, mā tēnei, mā tēnei (KO 15/6/1882:1). / There were an immense number of serfs in Russia in the past twenty years, but this Emperor's father set them all free and he gave land to each of them.
Synonyms: motu, whakamatara, whakamaheatanga, wete, wetewete, tuku, maheno
3. (noun) release, loosening, untying.
Ka hainatia e ia tana wewete mai i a ia i te tautoko i te Kīngi (TTR 1990:80). / He signed his release of his support for the King.
Synonyms: whakamatara, wete, wetewete
whakahoro hauhauaitu
1. (noun) to free from tapu, free from impediments.
I te whakawahinga o te Kīngi i Ngāruawāhia i te 2 o Mei 1859, he maha rātou i ngōki atu i waenganui i ngā kūwhā o Te Wherowhero. Ko tērā tikanga he whakahoro hauhauaitu e whānau hou ai te tangata (TTR 1990:163). / When the King was confirmed at Ngāruawāhia on 2 May 1859, many crawled through Te Wherowhero's thighs That custom was a whakahoro hauhauaitu whereby a person was being born again symbolically.
haumaru
1. (modifier) safe, risk-free.
He kāinga haumaru, he āhuru mōwai mōku (PK 2008:89). / A safe home, a sheltered haven for me.
Synonyms: marutau, ora, whakaruruhau, punanga
tuku
1. (verb) (-a,-na) to release, let go, give up, leave, resign, put off, descend, get off, let down, download (computer), set free, allow, send, pass, serve, bowl, submit - reflects the notion of transfer.
Tōna taenga ki taua wāhi kua kaha te hau, ka tukua tōna haika (TP 3/1912:8). / When he reached that place the wind had strengthened and he dropped his anchor.
See also tukua mai
Synonyms: rihaina, rīhaina, rato, whakarato, unu, whakaanuanu, pāuhu, mahue, whakahoro, tukutuku, whakahinga, whakaheke, maka, ara kūiti, hihipa, pāhi, wewete, wetewete, wete, motu, ngarengare, ngare, tono, unga, tunga, tare, awaiho, toe, maunu, wehewehe, wehe, whakangā, waiho iho, maiki
2. (verb) (-a,-na) to relinquish, cede, grant, gift.
Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.
3. (verb) (-a,-na) to present, offer.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
Synonyms: whiu, perehana, tāpae, whakahiku, whakawhiwhi, whakaari, onāianei, koha, tuari, hākari, kōparepare
4. (noun) presentation, offering, release, submission.
Ki te mea e horohoro ana tō tuku pitihana mō ēnei ture ki te Pāremata, tonoa mai kia tuhi atu mātou i ō mātou ingoa, māu e pine ki raro o ēnei ture e 53 (TW 25/5/1878:270). / If you are in a hurry to submit your petition about these laws to Parliament, ask us to write our names and you can attach them under these 53 laws.
See also tuku whenua
Synonyms: whakatakotoranga, whakaaturanga, whakawhiwhinga, whāngai hau, tāpaetanga, koha, whakahere, maheno, whakamaheatanga, wete, wetewete, wewete, whakamatara
waea kore utu
1. (loan) (noun) free phone.
Kotahi anake te wāhi e whiwhi ai koe ki tōna ritenga Māori, mā runga i te tono ki te nama waea kore utu e mau ake nei (HM 2/1999:3). / There is only one place where you can obtain it with its Māori version and that is by requesting it at this attached free phone number.
wātea
1. (verb) to be free, unoccupied, open, vacant, blank, available, clear, unencumbered.
Haere ai te mano ki Takapuna āhuareka ai, tākarokaro ai, i ngā wa e wātea ana i te mahi. Whiti ai ki ngā tima i ngā hāora katoa, i te ata, ahiahi noa, kākarauri noa, pōuri noa (KO 14/6/1884:3). / Thousands go to Takapuna for entertainment and recreation when they are free from work. The ferries cross all the time, in the morning, afternoon, at dusk and when it's dark.
Synonyms: marake, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera
wete
1. (verb) (-a,-kia,-kina) to untie, unravel, release, set free, detach, disconnect.
Kāore ia i tono mai ki te Kaunihera kia whakaae atu kia wetekia katoatia ngā here e tau nei ki ngā whenua Māori (TPH 26/11/1905:2). / He did not ask the Council to agree to all the restrictions on Māori land being released.
Synonyms: motu, whakamatara, whakamaheatanga, wetewete, wewete, tuku, maheno
2. (noun) release, loosening, untying.
Auinaake i te 16 o Āperira, ka whakatakotoria e Mahuta te kēhi tuatahi, e tono ana ki te kaunihera kia tūtohua te wete mai i ngā here hoko whenua i runga i ngā whenua o rāua ko tana hoa wahine i Kāwhia (TTR 1996:87). / Next day on 16 April Mahuta submitted the first case, asking the council to recommend the release of restrictions on land sales of the lands he and his wife owned at Kāwhia.
Synonyms: whakamatara, wetewete, wewete
wetewete
1. (verb) (-a,-kia,-kina) to untie, unravel, release, set free.
E mea atu ana ahau ki a koutou me whakawhirinaki tātou ki a Tā Āpirana Ngata. Ka taea e ia te wetewete ngā powhiwhi e pā ana ki ngā whenua Māori (TTT 1/3/1929:940). / I am saying to you all that we should rely on Sir Āpirana Ngata. He will be able to unravel the complications concerning Māori lands.
Synonyms: motu, whakamatara, whakamaheatanga, wete, wewete, tuku, maheno
2. (noun) release, loosening, untying.
Ka tīmata te wetewete i ngā Pirihimana Mau Pū Pākehā ki waho o ngā riri, kia waiho mā ngā toa Māori e kawe te riri (TTR 1990:272). / The release of the Pākehā Armed Constabulary from the fighting began and it was left for the Māori troops to continue the campaign.
Synonyms: whakamatara, wete, wewete
māoriori
1. (verb) to be free from anxiety, contented, at ease, serene, unruffled, untroubled.
Nā te tautoko mai a ōku kuia me ōku koroua, ka māoriori tōku ngākau. / Because of the support of my elders I was at ease.
Synonyms: mauri tau
