purei hōiho
1. (loan) (noun) horse race, horse racing, races.
Ka tū te purei hōiho i Te Pakipaki i te 24 o Tīhema 1878 (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Horse races will take place at Pakipaki on 24th December, 1878.
Synonyms: purei
inamoki
1. (noun) sea horse, Hippocampus abdominalis - a quaint little fish usually mottled in browns. The body is narrow and strongly cross ridged on the sides. Head resembles a horse, but the tail is curled.
Synonyms: kiore moana, manaia, hinamoki
manaia
1. (noun) stylised figure used in carving.
E ai ki ētahi kōrero, he kaitiaki te manaia, inā tana āhei ki te whakawhiti mai i te ao wairua ki te ao tangata (RTA 2014:111). / According to some accounts, the manaia stylised figure is a guardian because it is able to cross from the spiritual world to the human world.
Synonyms: kiore moana
2. (noun) sea horse, Hippocampus abdominalis - a quaint little fish usually mottled in browns. The body is narrow and strongly cross ridged on the sides. Head resembles a horse, but the tail is curled.
Synonyms: kiore moana, inamoki, hinamoki
3. (noun) lizard.
4. (noun) raft.
Hangaia he manaia mō tātou hei whitinga mō tātou (W 1971:173). / Build a raft for us to make the crossing.
See also mōkihi
hinamoki
1. (noun) sea horse, Hippocampus abdominalis - a quaint little fish usually mottled in browns. The body is narrow and strongly cross ridged on the sides. Head resembles a horse, but the tail is curled.
See also kiore moana
Synonyms: kiore moana, manaia, inamoki
eke
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to get on, embark, board (a vessel), mount (a horse, vehicle, etc.), ride, accede - generally to place on something else.
I eke ia ki runga i te iata o tōna hoa, ka haere ki te whakarērere i te moana; ko te putanga o te pūrekereke hau, whati tonu atu te maihe o te kaipuke, ka hinga ki te moana (TP 1/6/1901:7). / He embarked on his friend's yacht and went to sail about on the ocean; a gust of wind blew and the mast of the ship snapped and fell into the sea.
See also eke hōiho
Synonyms: whakaae
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to come in to land, reach, beach, land and settle.
Ka eke a Whata ki runga ki tēnei whenua noho ai (JPS 1906:61). / Whata landed on this land to live.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to climb, ascend.
Ko tētahi maunga tino tiketike rawa ko Irihia; e rua rā tūturu e piki ana ka eketia ai te tihi (JPS 1927:350). / There was a very high mountain called Irihia, and ascending to the summit took two full days of climbing.
4. (verb) to rise (as a star, etc.).
5. (verb) to rise in swellings.
He mate pukupuku, ka papauku katoa te kiri, he eke nō te kiri (W 1971:261). / A cutaneous disease, covering all the skin, and having swellings of the skin.
6. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to achieve, manage to reach, attain.
Ka mea anō a Tāwhaki ki a rātau, “Ee, kei te wene koutou kei eke te toru rau i a au! Kāti noa te harawene, e hoa mā!” (TAH 35:20) / Tāwhaki said to them, “Hey, you are all jealous that I might manage three hundred! Stop being jealous, my friends!”
Synonyms: tutuki
7. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to exercise over, control, subject to, liable to.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
8. (noun) riding, embarking, boarding (a vessel), mounting (a horse, vehicle, etc.).
E hia kē nei ngā mētara me ngā paraihe i riro mai i a ia mō te whutupaoro, mō te eke paihikara, mō te mekemeke me ērā atu whakataetae (TTR 1996:202). / He won many medals and trophies in football, cycling, boxing and other sports.
2. (verb) fish for eels with an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
Ko tētahi tikanga hopu tuna ko te toi, ko te tautau rānei ki ētahi (Te Ara 2013). / A common method of catching eels was bobbing, called toi, or tautau by some.
toitoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to trot (horses), move quickly, walk briskly.
Ehara, kua heke haere i ngā turi, kua huri kua toitoi haere atu (HP 1991:84). / Lo and behold, he dropped down on his knees, turned and trotted away.
See also toi
Synonyms: oma, whārona, karapetapeta
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to encourage, incite, inspire, motivate.
Synonyms: whakaohooho, whakahihiko, toitoi manawa, whakapakepake
3. (verb) fish for eels with an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
He pō pai tēnei mō te toitoi tuna (TWK 54:18). / This is a good night for fishing for eels with an eel-bob.
See also toi
4. (noun) eel-bob.
Whakatikatikangia ngā aho, ngā pīhuka maha, ngā matau, ngā tāruke, ngā pouraka, ngā kupenga, ngā hīnaki, ngā toitoi, ngā mōunu me ērā katoa (WT 2013:25). / Prepare the lines, the many spears, the fish hooks, the crayfish traps, the round nets, the long nets, eel traps, bobs, the bait and all those things.
2. (loan) (verb) to shoe a horse.
3. (loan) (noun) iron, flat iron.
He mea whakarewa te haeana ki te hiko i ēnei rā, engari, i ngā wā o mua i whakarewangia i runga i te tō. / An iron is heated with electricity these days, but in the past it was heated on the stove.
See also haiana
4. (loan) (noun) harpoon.
Ka whai haere aua Māori tokowaru i taua tohorā, anō ka mau, ka ū te haeana ki te ika (TW 31/8/1878:436). / Those eight Māori pursued that whale and, when they caught it, harpooned the animal.
5. (loan) (noun) horse shoe.
He pone āhua whero te uha, 13 ringa te tiketike, kāore he parani e kitea, he tiwha te rae, he mā ngā waewae o muri, kāore he haeana i ngā waewae, he hōiho pea kīanō i whakararatatia, e rima hereni ngā utu mō te hē o tēnei kurī (TW 28/8/1875:179). / A somewhat reddish female pony, 13 hands high, with no visible brand, a mark on the forehead, white hind legs, no horseshoes, a horse which perhaps has not yet been broken in, the fee for the indiscretion of this animal is five shillings.
rērehi
1. (loan) (noun) race, racing (horses).
Nō te tau 1879, i whakatūria ai e ngā Pākehā te Karapu Rērehi Hōiho o Ōtaki (TTR 1994:107). / In 1879, Pākehā established the Ōtaki Racing Club.
Synonyms: iwi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, mātāwaka, momo, tuoma, rēhi, rere, peo, karapetapeta, whakataetae, matawaka
