holiday - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

haratei

1. (loan) (verb) to have a holiday.

I haere mai ia ki a au haratei ai (HP 1991:50). / He came with me to have a holiday.

2. (loan) (noun) holiday.

I whakatatūria me haere mātau, i tēnei tau 1969 i ngā haratei o te Rā o ngā Hōia, te rua tekau mā rima o Āperira (HP 1991:62). / It was decided that we should go on the holidays of Anzac Day 1969, on the 25th of April.

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rā whakatā ā-ture

1. (noun) statutory holiday, public holiday.

E 11 ngā rā whakatā ā-ture i te tau (Te Ara 2013). / There are 11 statutory holidays each year.

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hararei

1. (loan) (verb) to have a holiday, go on holiday.

I te nekehanga i te rā hei karaunatanga i te Kīngi, ka tukua mātou kia hararei (TP 11/1902:3). / When the king's coronation was postponed we were permitted to take a holiday.

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2. (loan) (noun) holiday, vacation.

Ko te take i tae mai ai rātou ki Nui Tīreni nei, i haere mai ki te hāereere, i runga i te homaitanga i te hararei mā rātou, e ono marama (TJ 24/8/1899:7). / The reason they came to New Zealand was for them to travel about, as they had been given a holiday of six months duration.

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utu whakamatuatanga

1. (noun) holiday pay.

whakamatuatanga

1. (noun) (sport etc.) half time.

2. (noun) holiday.

whakangā

1. (verb) to take breath, inhale, catch breath, rest, refresh, relax.

He kī atu ōna tākuta kia whakangā, me mutu te haere i waho, kore rawa ia e ngawhere (TP 5/1910:1). / His doctors told him to rest and to stop going outside, but he would not give in.

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Synonyms: whakatā, tāmata, whakahauora, whakanā, okioki, pae, taupua, tā, whakamatua, tāoki

2. (modifier) resting, relaxing.

He takiwā whakangā nō tātau te ngahuru, te takurua, tae atu ki te tīmatanga o te kōanga (TTT 1/8/1929:1037). / Autumn, winter and the beginning of spring are relaxing times.

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Synonyms: whakatā, okiokinga

3. (noun) rest, relaxation, breather, time out, holiday, break, leave, vacation, spell.

Kāore te Kīngi i pai kia whakararurarutia te Kuīni, he whakangā hoki nāna taua haere (TP 5/1910:1). / The King didn't want to bother the Queen because that trip was a holiday.

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Synonyms: pāroretanga, waiho iho, awaiho, tuku, toe, maiki, wehe, wehewehe, maunu