2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to cram into the mouth, gorge, glut, gobble up, wolf down.
Te korimako: Nā te reka o tana waiata ka whakaritea ngā tāngata reo ātaahua ki a ia. He apu paru te pārera; whai anō ka whakaritea ngā tāngata kaihoro ki a ia (Te Ara 2014). / The bellbird: Because it sings beautifully, people with beautiful voices are compared to it. The grey duck gobbles up mud and it follows that greedy people are likened to it.
3. (modifier) greedy.
kaiapo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to covet, monopolise.
Kotahi anō te kamupene e kaiapo ana ki te hoko i tērā momo mīhini (Ng 1991:285). / One company monopolises the sale of that kind of machinery.
Synonyms: makitaunu
2. (modifier) covetous, selfish, avaricious, grasping, greedy.
Nā te kakama o Te Kooti, ka whakahekea iho tāna utu i tā ngā Pākehā kaiapo (TTR 1990:217). / Because Te Kooti was astute, he undercut the prices of those of the greedy Pākehā.
2. (modifier) gluttonous, greedy.
Kāore anō ētahi kia kai, kei runga anō te tangata pukukai ki te tiki hāngī māna (PK 2008:706). / Some haven't yet eaten and the greedy man is up again to go and get some more hāngī food for himself.
3. (noun) glutton, gluttony.
Ko te haurangi he ngahau nā te kikokiko, pērā anō me te māngere me te momoe me te pukukai (TTT 1/2/1926:356). / Drunkenness is a pleasure of the flesh, just as is idleness, sleeping too much and gluttony.
2. (noun) selfishness, greediness.
apo
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ngia,-tia) to gather together.
Mai i te tīmatanga o te tekau tau mai i 1820, ka ngana a Tāraia rātou ko tana iwi ki te apo pū, hei ārai atu i ngā takatakahanga mai a Ngā Puhi (TTR 1990:154). / From the early 1820s Taraia and his people were eager to arm themselves with guns to protect themselves from being trampled on by Ngā Puhi.
See also tauapo
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ngia,-tia) to grasp greedily, grab, appropriate, acquire greedily.
Ka whakatakotoria te aukati kia kaua e uru mai ngā Pākehā me ā rātou haumi o Te Arawa ki te apo whenua (TTR 1990:198). / The boundary was set so that the Pākehā and their Te Arawa allies could not enter to grab land.
3. (modifier) greedy, avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, covetous.
Nā te kōti whenua ka puhake ngā kino katoa: te kōrero parau, te tāhae, te hae, te whakamauāhara, te whanokē, te aroha-kore, te ngākau apo (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / Because of the land court all the evils became apparent: telling lies, stealing, envy, hatred, erratic behaviour, lack of compassion and greed.
4. (noun) greed, avarice.
Kāore i roa te whakaratanga ka parea ake e te Pākehā ki rahaki, kua apohia anō he whenua. Ka waiho tonu hei mahi, te apo whenua (TTR 1990:354). / It wasn't long after compromise was reached when it was pushed aside by the Pākehā, and land was again being grabbed. Greed for land continued to be the occupation.
2. (modifier) greedy, insatiable, voracious, rapacious.
Kua arā anō mai te kupu 'kūpapa' mō ērā Māori tou areare kāore e whai painga mō te iwi Māori (Te Ara 2015). / The word 'kūpapa' has been revived for those avaricious Māori who do not consider the interests of the Māori people.
Synonyms: homanga, whakakakao
3. (noun) greedy person, avaricious person.
Kaua e horomia ō kai, kei kīia koe he tou areare (PK 2008:135). / Don't gobble your food or you'll be called a glutton.
kaiapa
1. (modifier) covetous, selfish, avaricious, grasping, greedy.
Kāhore ōna ngākau kaiapa mea māna (TKM.MM 16/12/1861:13). / He had no heart to seize anything for himself.
See also kaiapo
2. (modifier) rapacious, greedy, predatory, voracious, insatiable.
Ko ngā manu, me ērā atu momo kai, ngā hua o te whenua, kua ngaro kē i ngā kararehe whakakakao i mauria mai e tauiwi (TTR 1990:11). / The birds and other foods, the fruits of the land, had been destroyed by introduced predatory animals.
Synonyms: tou areare, homanga
homanga
1. (modifier) greedy, gluttonous, rapacious.
Synonyms: tou areare, whakakakao
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to capture (a pā).
Ka haongia a Kaiapoi me Ōnawe pā i Akaroa, ka kōrero whakawetiweti a Te Rauparaha ki te raupatu i te katoa o Te Waipounamu (TTR 1990:135). / After the capture of Kaiapoi and of Ōnawe pā at Akaroa, Te Rauparaha threatened to conquer the entire South Island.
3. (verb) (-a) to grasp greedily.
Ka hao ētahi iwi o te ao i ngā rawa taiao o ētahi atu iwi. / Some nations of the world grasp greedily the natural resources of other nations.
4. (verb) (-a) to steer to starboard.
Ka hao te kaiurungi i tō rātou waka, arā, ka huri te waka ki te taha katau. / The coxswain steered their canoe to starboard, that is the canoe turned to the right.
5. (modifier) grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaritious, covetous.
Ko te hanga mīharo, kāore rātou i te whai wāhi mai i runga anō i te wairua hao, arā, kāore rātou i tohutohu mai kia aukatihia ētahi atu whakahaere kei te hiahia tautoko i te Tau (HM 1/1995:10). / The amazing thing is that they had no desire to be covetous, that is they did not make the stipulation to restrict other ventures wanting to support the Year.
6. (noun) net.
Ko te hao hopu i ngā īnanga me ngā ngāore, he hiraka mā (HP 1991:17). / The net for catching whitebait and smelt was of white silk.
Synonyms: kupenga
7. (noun) grasping, grabbing, covetting.
Kei te mārama te kitea atu o te hao a te Pākehā i ngā whenua o ngā Māori (TTR 1990:186). / He can see clearly that the Pākehā covet the lands of the Māori.
8. (noun) shortfin eel, Anguilla australis - a quite large type of eel, dark olive to olive-green in colour, and whitish-grey to silvery ventrally. Widespread in lowland fresh waterways. Usually nocturnal and lives under cover of overhanging rocks and debris. Caught in a hīnaki.
Nō te tau 1965 ka kōrero te kaumātua rā a Tame Saunders mō ngā momo tuna heke, rere kotahi katoa ai tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna: tuatahi ko ngā hao (30 henemita te roa), whai muri ko ngā riko (he kākāriki te tuarā, kotahi mita te roa), ngā paranui (he pango te tae, he kiri mātotoru), kātahi ngā tuna kōkopu (tae ki te 1.8 mita te roa, hāwhe koma-mano te taumaha) (Te Ara 2013). / Tame Saunders, an elder, described in 1965 how the different types of eels came down in the same order: first the hao (king eels, about 30 centimetres long), then the riko (greenish-backed eels, about a metre long), then the paranui (dark, with thick skins), and finally the kōkopu tuna (up to 1.8 metres long and weighing just under 30 kilograms).
See also matamoe
Synonyms: hikumutu, takotowhenua, tuna hinahina, putu, tuna, tuna heke, matamoe, papakura, aopori
3. (noun) defamation - especially when followed by nui or nunui.
Ki tētahi āhua he haohao nui, he apo i ngā kōrero kino (M 2004:110). / Another aspect is defamation, the greed for slanderous gossip.
4. (noun) small basket for seed potatoes.
Kohia ō purapura taewa ka hoatu ai ki roto i te haohao (PK 2008:76). / Gather up your seed potatoes and then put them into the small basket.
touapo
1. (adjective) be greedy, grasping, avaricious.
Kia tūpato koutou ki te iwi kua tau atu nei. Ka tāhaetia ō koutou whenua, ka tūkinotia ngā wai o ō koutou awa, ka tāmia tō koutou reo, ka takahia ā koutou tikanga, he iwi ngākau hao tēnei, he touapo (HM 2/2009:11). / You should be cautious with the people who have landed. Your land will be stolen, the waters of your rivers will be contaminated, your language will be suppressed, your customs will be trampled on, this is an acquisitive people, they are greedy.
2. some marine animalcula.
3. greedy.
4. ghost.
5. (intransitive verb) moan, groan.
6. a person unable to swim.
puku
1. (modifier) very - intensifier when used before or after the word it qualifies, e.g. puku horo kai (ravenous), pukukai (greedy, gluttonous), pukuriri (furious).
Heoi, ka noho nei te taniwha, ko tana mahi, he patu i ngā tira haere; arā, he kai i ngā tāngata, horopuku tonu, ahakoa he kawenga tā te tangata, ka horomia pukutia e taua taniwha (JPS 1905:200). / And so the taniwha remained there. His occupation was killing the travelling parties - that is, he used to swallow them whole, even if they had loads on their backs they were swallowed up by that taniwha.
