ora
1. (verb) to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy, fit, healed.
I ngā wā e ora ana ia, hereheretia ai ōna waewae ki te rino, nāwai rā ka hou te rino ki roto i te kikokiko (TP 10/1899:5). / While he was healthy, his legs were shackled in irons, and presently the shackle worked its way into his flesh.
See also noho ora mai
Synonyms: punanga, whakaruruhau, marutau, haumaru
2. (verb) to survive, escape.
Kātahi ka patua - hinga iho e rua, ora ake kotahi (NM 1928:173). / Then they were defeated - two fell and one survived.
3. (verb) to be satisfied with food, satiated, replete.
Ka puritia hoki e ngā iwi o Takakopiri ki reira, ka noho, ka kai, ka ora (NM 1928:122). / And they were detained there by Takakopiri's people, they remained, ate and were replete.
4. (verb) to recover, revive.
Ka murua ngā rimurimu, me ngā kohukohu i tōna tinana, ka ora ia i reira (NM 1928:24). / The seaweed and moss were removed from his body and then he revived.
Synonyms: tumahu, oraora, whakahaumanu, whakahauora, haumanu, whakaora
5. (modifier) healthy, fit, well, alive - in a state of wellbeing or just being alive.
Me takoto te tūroro ki raro. Mā ngā mea ora e āta tāhoro iho te paura maroke ki roto i te taringa (TTT 1/3/1928:743). / The patient should lie down. The healthy ones will carefully pour the dry powder down into the ear.
Nō te ata o te Rātapu ka tae ki Rangiaohia. Ko te kāinga tērā o ngā koroheke, o ngā tamariki, o ngā wāhine, kātahi ka pūhia ki te pū, ka tahuna oratia te tokomaha ki te ahi i roto i te whare kotahi (HKW 1/8/1898:6). / On the Sunday morning they reached Rangiaohia. That was a village of elderly men, children and women who were then shot and many were burnt alive in one building.
6. (noun) life, health, vitality.
E rua ngā mea tino nui e matea ana e te tangata: Ko te ora roa, ko te hari (TP 4/1906:10). / The two main things needed by a person are: A long life and happiness.
whakaora
1. (verb) (-tia,-hia,-ngia) to save, rescue, resuscitate, revive, restore to health, cure, heal, remedy.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
Synonyms: rongoā, rauora, whakaputa i te ihu, whakahaumanu, haumanu, whakamātūtū, whakarauora, whakaoranga, ora, whakahauora, oraora, karokaro, karo, whakaoraora, penapena
2. (modifier) healing, curing.
Atu i te tekau tau i 1930 i tīmata ai te hau o te rongo o Tūtekohi Rangi hai tohunga whakaora tūroro (TTR 1998:148). / From the 1930s Tūtekohi Rangi establish a reputation as a tohunga healing sick people.
3. (noun) healing, rescue, revival, cure, recovery, resuscitation, restoration, redress.
Ka ngangautia e ia kia ngāwari, kia pakupaku, ka āta whakapiritia ki te mamae, hāware katoa atu nō te mea he pai tonu hoki te hāware mō te whakaora (HP 1991:23). / She chewed it until it was soft and small and carefully applied it to the sore part. It had saliva throughout because saliva is quite good for healing.
Synonyms: whakaoranga, puretumu, whakahou, whakahounga
2. (modifier) sweet, tasty.
I ētahi wā e whakananua ana te hinu ika ki ētahi mea whakareka hei whakapai i te kainga (TPH 15/7/1901:1). / Sometimes the fish oil is mixed with something sweet to make it taste better.
3. (noun) sweetening, sweetener.
Kia rua ngā kapu miraka, kia kotahi tō te wai, ka kōhua me te whakareka (TP 5/1909:4). / Take two cups of milk to one cup of water and boil it with sweetening.
whakamātūtū
1. (verb) to cause to recover (from an illness), cure, restore to health, rehabilitate, heal, recuperate, convalesce.
Ka nui te mana o aua waiariki ki te whakamātūtū i ngā mate, ki te whakamahu i ngā mate (KO 16/2/1885:6). / Those hot pools have a great reputation for curing the sick and healing ailments.
Synonyms: mātūtū, tumahu, whakahaumanu, haumanu, whakaora
2. (modifier) recovering (from an illness), restoring to health, rehabilitating, recuperating, convalescing.
Kua puta mai ia i te hōhipera, ā, kei tētahi kāinga whakamātūtū e noho ana. / She has come out of hospital and is living at a rehabilitation home.
Synonyms: whakanohonoho
mātūtū
1. (verb) to convalesce, recover from an illness, recuperate.
Kua mātūtū a Kāwana Kerei i tana mate tūroro (TW 27/4/1878:186). / Governor Grey has recovered from his illness.
Synonyms: whakamātūtū
2. (verb) to be not quite cured, not quite healed.
I te mea ka ngaro te toimahatanga o te kirikā, ka āhua mātūtū te mate o te tūpāpaku (TPM 2/2/1863:4). / Because the worst of the feaver was gone the invalid's illness was a bit better.
3. (verb) (-ria) to attend to, consider.
Kia mātūtū tonu te whakaaro ki ngā mahi a Ngāti Ruanui (W 1971:195). / You should give consideration to the activities of Ngāti Ruanui.
2. (verb) (-tia) relieve, help, save.
Kātahi a Rāpata ka whanatu ki te whakaoraora i Te Māwhai, te pā i hangaia e Hēnare Pōtae ki Tokomaru (TTR 1990:382). / Then Rāpata went to relieve Te Māwhai, the pā built by Hēnare Pōtae at Tokomaru Bay.
Synonyms: whakahirihiri, whakamāmā, whakaokioki, karokaro, karo, whakarauora, whakaora, penapena, whakaputa i te ihu
3. (modifier) healing, curative, therapeutic.
Nō te Hūrae o 1908, ka puta te whakapae a te tiamana o te Kaunihera o Rongokako me te āpiha tirotiro i te ora ā-rohe, a Taiāwhio Te Tau, arā, tokotoru ngā tāngata i mate i ngā mahi whakaoraora a Hikapuhi (TTR 1996:54). / In July 1908 the chairman of the Rongokako Māori Council, Taiāwhio Te Tau, and the district health inspector, made allegations that three people had died from the ministrations of Hikapuhi.
4. (noun) healing, curing.
Ko tētahi wāhi hirahira anō o te Paetiuihou ko te whakaoraora tūroro (TTR 1994:145). / Another important aspect of Paetiuihou was healing the sick.
tumahu
1. (verb) to heal, convalesce, rehabilitate, recover.
I tonoa te hōia taotū ki te kāinga tumahu ai (Ng 1993:70). / The wounded soldier was sent home to convalesce (Ng 1993:70).
Synonyms: whakamātūtū, ora, oraora
