manaakitanga
1. (noun) hospitality, kindness, generosity, support - the process of showing respect, generosity and care for others.
Kore rawa rātou e wareware ki ēnei manaakitanga ā mate noa rātou (TTT 1/8/1924:85). / They will never ever forget this hospitality until they die.
See also manaaki
Synonyms: tauwhirotanga, ngākau aroha, ngāwari, atawhai
mākohakoha
1. (verb) to be relaxed, tranquil.
Ko te mea tuatahi mā te tangata mārena, mā te tangata rānei e tata ana te mārena, ko te hanga whare kia wehe kē, kia mākohakoha ai tā rāua nā noho ko tōna hoa, kia pihangaiti ai ā rāua taonga (TP 12/1909:2). / The first thing for the married man, or the man about to be married, is to build a separate house so that he and his partner can like in tranquility, and so that their possessions can be gathered together.
2. (adjective) be open-minded, expert.
3. (modifier) expert, deft, skilful.
Kei tō pāpā te ringa mākohakoha (W 1971:170). / Your father is skilful with his hands.
4. (modifier) relaxed, tranquil.
Ki tāna, he hua nui kei roto i te taha mākohakoha, whakahoahoa hoki o te Māori i tana noho, tāpiri atu hoki ki ana pūkenga auaha me tana manaaki i te tangata, he painga mō te motu kei te katoa o ēnei āhuatanga (TTR 2000:71). / In his opinion, there was great value in the relaxed and friendly nature of the Māori lifestyle in addition to their creative skills and hospitality for the benefit of the country as a whole.
Synonyms: mauri tau, parohe, aumoe, pārore, pāroherohe
5. (noun) expertise, skill.
Ohaoha ana te whakamahi mai a Mōnita i ōna mātauranga me ana mākohakoha hei āwhina i ngā kaihautū tamariki Māori e pihi ake ana (TTR 2000:54). / Mōnita was generous in using his knowledge and expertise to help young Māori leaders.
6. (noun) generosity, magnanimity.
He mea whakatakoto ngā kai ki runga i ngā amohanga hei whakaatu i te mākohakoha o te hau kāinga (Te Ara 2016). / Food was laid out on these stages to illustrate the generosity of the hosts.
3. (modifier) generous, munificent, magnanimous.
Kāre i ārikarika te whakaaro nui me te maimai aroha o ngā iwi o Te Araroa me Wharekahika mō te ngākau oha o ngā mahi a Wī Repa mā rātau (TTR 1996:279). / The people of Te Araroa and Hicks Bay had great respect and affection for Wī Repa's selfless service to them.
Synonyms: ohaoha
4. (noun) generosity, largesse, munificence.
He mea whakamīharo tana oha ki te tangata (TTR 1996:94). / His generosity to others was remarkable.
5. (noun) relic, keepsake, gift, treasured bequest.
He manu tawhito, he oha nā ngā mea kua ngaro atu ki te pō, he oha nā ngā tūpuna (TP 1/1/1899:2). / It is an ancient bird, a gift by the ones who have gone to the world of the dead, a gift by the ancestors.
See also owha
Synonyms: manatunga, owha, whakamahara, whakaturi
atawhai
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to show kindness to, care for.
Ka mauria a Ruatara ki tōna kāinga, ā, ka tiakina te tūroro, ā, ka atawhaitia a Ruatara, ora noa (TAH 14:10). / Ruatara was taken to his home where the patient, Ruatara, was looked after and received kind attention until he was well.
See also atawhaitanga
2. (modifier) kindly, kind, generous, benevolent, hospitable.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
3. (noun) kindness, generosity, liberality, kindheartedness, benevolence.
He pai nōna, he aroha, he atawhai, he hūmārie, he pono nō āna kōrero. Kāore ana kōrero whakapatipati, kāore he kōrero rūpahu ((TTT 1/6/1925:239). / His good qualities were of compassion, generosity, affability and speaking the truth. He did not flatter or tell lies.
Synonyms: tauwhirotanga, ngākau aroha, manaakitanga, ngāwari
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of one's friends.
Ka patipatihia te wahine e te kaipaoke he moni māna. / The scrounger wheedled some money from the woman.
Synonyms: kōtaretare, parakūkā, kaimātai, kōtare
kōtare
1. (noun) sacred kingfisher, kingfisher, Halcyon sancta - a native species with mainly electric blue plumage, often seen perched on power lines, or on branches and rocks near water.
Ka mea atu a Mahuru ki a Teoteo, "He aha te manu pai hei tohu mā tāua." Ka kī mai a Teoteo, "He kōtare (HKW 1/4/1899:3)." / Mahuru (September) said to Teoteo (little shag), "What's a good bird as a symbol for us." Teoteo said, "A kingfisher."
Synonyms: kōtarepopo, kōtaretare
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of one's friends.
He kōtare koe (W 1971:148). / You are a kingfisher. (A whakataukī likening someone to a kingfisher that sits on a tree or power line looking for prey just as a bludger does watching others eat hoping to get a share.)
Synonyms: kōtaretare, kaimātai, kaipaoke, parakūkā
3. (noun) stage in the fence of a pā.
E whakahua ana ngā kaimataara i ngā whakaaraara i runga i ngā kōtare o te pā (W 1971:148). / The watchmen recite the watch songs on the stages of the pā.
kaimātai
1. to sponge off others, bludge, scrounge, cadge.
He kite nō rātou i te mate me te rawakore o te tāngata e puta mai ana i runga i te mahi whiuwhiu moni a te iwi Māori ki te whāngai i ngā ope haere noa ki te kaimātai kai mā rātou (TWM 29/12/1874:319). / Because they have seen the disease and poverty of the people appearing as a result of the Māori people providing money to feed the groups coming to beg for food for themselves.
Synonyms: whakapatipati, whakapati, pati, patipati, pīnono, pīnene, kaipaoke, pītoto
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of others.
Synonyms: kōtare, parakūkā, kōtaretare, kaipaoke
kōtaretare
1. (noun) sacred kingfisher, kingfisher, Halcyon sancta - a native species with mainly electric blue plumage, often seen perched on power lines, or on branches and rocks near water.
See also kōtare
Synonyms: kōtarepopo, kōtare
3. (noun) stage in the fence of a pā.
Synonyms: kāhekoheko
manaaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to support, take care of, give hospitality to, protect, look out for - show respect, generosity and care for others.
E tā, taku kupu ki a koe, kia manaaki i te tangata rahi, i te tangata iti...E puta te ope ware ki tō kāinga, hoatu tō kai rauhī māna, mā konā koe ka rangona e ngā nohoanga tāngata e haere ai ia. Hāunga te rangatira, ko tōna mana rangatira māna e hoatu he kai māna, nōna hoki ēnā taonga. E kore ia e waiho hei kōrero māna te kai, te manaaki a te tangata. E kite koe i te nohoanga i ngā ware haere hei hoa kai tahi mō rātau. Kaua hei whakaititia te tangata i runga i te tūnga kai, engari whakanuia ia e koe (TTT 1/9/1923:1). / My friend, let me say this to you, care for all people both great and small...When a visiting commoner arrives at your home, give him your best food and as a result you will be known by people wherever you go. This is apart from the chief, his chiefly mana enables him to provide food for himself because he has those resources. He will not talk about food and hospitality. If you see a place where commoners are sitting go and eat with them. Do not belittle a person based on the food presented, but honour him or her.
Manaakitia mai ā tātou kura māhita, ngā kaiārahi i ā tātou tamariki, i ngā mokopuna me te iwi (TTT 1/10/1921:10). / Look after our teachers, the counsellors of our children, grandchildren and the people.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare
2. (noun) support, hospitality, caring for.
Mā te manaaki i te tangata e tū ai te mana, e wehi ai te tangata ki a koe (WW 1915:256). / By providing hospitality to people is mana acquired whereby people respect you.
Kei te tangi au mō tā koutou manaaki nui rawa i a māua ko tōku hoa wahine (TTT 1/5/1922:1). / I am expressing my appreciation for your wonderful hospitality to my wife and me.
See also manaakitanga
