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hoahoa

1. (stative) be amiable, affable, friendly.

Heoti e noho hoahoa ana rāua tahi i a rāua ka kaumātua haere (TTR 1994:15). / However, they remained close friends when they became elderly.

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2. (noun) spouse, wife, husband, co-wife - used also for two women who are the wives of the same husband.

Ko te wahine nei ko Tau-kai he taupurua rāua ko tōna hoahoa, ko Te Aho-o-te-rangi, ki tā rāua tāne (M 2006:240). / This woman Tau-kai was continually vying with her co-wife, Te Aho-o-te-rangi, for their husband (M 2006:241).
Ka haere tēnei ngā hīrere ki Te Makomako, mā Te Whareroa, mā Te Hautaonga, hei hoahoa mō Tiori (M 2007:288). / Then I travel through the waterfalls to Te Makomako, and note Te Whareroa and Te Hautaonga, as spouses for Tiori (M 2007:289).

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3. (noun) friendship.

Nā tana hoahoa ki a Ngata rāua ko Te Kōti i auau ai tana tūtakitaki ki ngā āpiha a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:47). / Her friendship with Ngata and Coates led her into frequent contacts with government officials.

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hoahoa

1. (verb) (-ina) to lay out, plan, arrange, design.

I te taenga atu ki te marama o Mei, whakatauria ana mā te Māngai e hoahoa te whare, i runga i ngā tohutohu a te Atua (TTR 1998:114). / By May it was decided that the Māngai would design the building, with God's guidance.

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Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka


2. (noun) plan of a house, architectural design, diagram, figure, plan.

Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.

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3. (noun) pitch of a roof.

Nā te aupiki o te hoahoa me te mārohi o ngā pakitara i tāpiritia atu he papa anō hei whakakaha, i tū tonu ai tōna whare ahakoa te whānui o te whakangaromanga, kāore i pērā i ētahi atu o ngā whare i reira (TTR 1994:25). / Due to high-pitched roof and the strength of the walls with extra timber to strengthen it, her house remained standing, despite the widespread destruction and unlike some other buildings there.

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hoahoa taurahi

1. (noun) scale diagram.

hoahoa papa

1. (noun) floor plan.

hoahoa pūweru

1. (noun) fashion design.

hoahoa āwhata

1. (noun) scale diagram.

Ko te hoahoa āwhata te tuhi i te whakaahua o tētahi mea tūturu pērā i te whare, ina ka whakanuia, ka whakaititia rānei te rahi o te mea tūturu, kia pai ai te noho ki te pepa, engari ka pūmau tonu tōna āhua (TRP 2010:118). / A scale diagram is the drawing of a real object such as a house, where the dimensions of the object are made bigger or smaller so that it will fit on the page, but the shape remains the same (TRP 2010:118).

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āhuatanga hoahoa

1. (noun) design element.

Ko ngā āhuatanga hoahoa ngā āhuatanga taketake ka whakaotia mai i roto i tētahi mahinga toi, kia tau ai ki tā te karu titiro, hei kawe rānei i ngā kōrero e hiahiatia ana (RTA 2014:75). / The design elements are the basic elements that are brought together in an art work, so that it is pleasing to the eye, or in order to carry out an intended message (RTA 2014:75).

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hoahoa huinga

1. (noun) Venn diagram.

Ka whakamahia he hoahoa huinga hei whakaatu i te hononga kei waenganui i ētahi huinga (TRP 2010:127). / A Venn diagram is used to show the relationship amongst sets.

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hoahoa inerite

1. (noun) isometric diagram.

Ko te hoahoa inerite te whakaahua ka tāngia ki te tukutuku inerite. He ōrite te tawhiti mai i tētahi pūwāhi o te tukutuku ki ngā pūwāhi katoa e noho pātata ana (TRP 2010:119). / An isometric diagram is the drawing of an object onto grid paper where any point on the grid is equidistant to all other adjacent points.(TRP 2010:119).

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hoahoa pere

1. (noun) arrow diagram.

Ka whakamahia te pere o te hoahoa pere hei whakaatu i te pānga, te hononga rānei o tētahi mea ki tētahi (TRP 2010:121). / The arrows of an arrow diagram are used to show a relationship or connection between one thing and another (TRP 2010:121).

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hoahoa rākau

1. (noun) tree diagram.

Ko te hoahoa rākau tētahi tūmomo pikitia e whakaatu ana i ngā putanga katoa e taea ana mehemea e rua, nui ake rānei ngā pāpono i tētahi whakamātau tūponotanga (TRP 2010:121). / A tree diagram is a type of picture which shows all possible outcomes when there are two or more events in a probability experiment (TRP 2010:121).

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hoahoa rerenga

1. (noun) flow diagram.

Ko te hoahoa rerenga tētahi whakaahua e āta whakaatu ana i te raupapa mai o ngā wāhanga o tētahi mahi (TRP 2010:122). / A flow diagram is a diagram which clearly shows the order of the parts of a particular activity (TRP 2010:122).

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tangata whakairo hoahoa

1. (noun) draftsman.

Kātahi ia ka heke ki Ōtepoti hei tangata whakairo hoahoa (TTR 1996:25). / He then shifted to Dunedin as a draughtsman.

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mahi hoahoa whare

1. (noun) architecture.

Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.

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mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi

1. landscape gardening.

Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.

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kaihoahoa pūweru

1. (noun) fashion esigner.

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