whakakata
1. (verb) to amuse, make laugh.
He pai ēnei kōrero hei whakakata i te tangata (TP 6/1906:3). / These stories are good to make people laugh.
Synonyms: whakakatakata, whakahohehohe
2. (modifier) funny, humorous.
Kua waihotia e te Pākehā hei pūtake kōrero whakakata, hei pepeha māna te hungarei, te hungawai, te matua hūngoi rānei (TTT 1/3/1924:13). / The mother-in-law, or spouse's mother, is a source of jokes and sayings bequeathed by the Pākehā.
3. (noun) humour, wit, joking.
Ko te āhua o tana whakakata i te tangata me te whiu noa i te kōrero anō nei he kore noa iho ngā tino tohu o roto i ana kōrero arataki tūruhi (TTR 1998:30). / The nature of her humour and constant stream of throw-away remarks were a feature of her commentary in guiding the tourists.
Synonyms: whakatara, whakahangareka, kārikarika
whakakatakata
1. (verb) to amuse, make laugh.
Ko te nuinga o ngā kōrero paki a te Māori, tuatahi, ko tōna āhuatanga he kōrero ngahau. Hei whakangahau i te tangata, hei whakakatakata i te tangata, hei whakakotahi i te tangata, hei whakatau i te tangata, ā, ka mutu, hei whakaataata i te whakawhanaungatanga kei waenganui i a rātau (HM 3/1997:3). / The majority of Māori yarns are, firstly, for enjoyment; to entertain, to amuse, to unite and to put people at ease and to reflect the relationship amongst them.
Synonyms: whakakata, whakahohehohe
2. (modifier) funny, humorous.
He tangata whakakatakata, tinihanga hoki te āhua o Wī Whitu (TTR 2000:246). / Wī Whitu was a humorous man with a sense of devilment.
3. (noun) humour, wit.
Ki tōna nei whakaaro, i tua atu i te mahi whai i te mātauranga, ko te mahi ake anō mā ngā kura he whakahauhau i ngā tikanga o te māhaki, o te whakakatakata, o te manaaki, o te hūmārika, o te āwhina, o te whakawhirinaki me te ngākau pono hoki (TTR 2000:24). / In his opinion, in addition to fostering scholarship, the primary task of schools was to encourage humility, humour, kindness, forbearance, helpfulness, trust and loyalty.
piakamo
1. (noun) vitreous humour, vitreous - clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball of humans and other vertebrates.
E kī ana te karu i tētahi wē hāpiapia, he tea hoki, ko te piakamo te ingoa. Ko te mahi a te piakamo he āwhina ki te whakahakoko i te aho e uru atu ana ki te karu (RP 2009:245). / The eyeball is filled with a sticky clear liquid, and is called the vitreous humour. The purpose of the vitreous humour is to help bend the light as it enters the eyeball.
waikaru
1. (noun) aqueous humour.
Ko te waikaru: He wē tea e noho ana ki waenganui i te kiriwhatu me te arotahi. Ko tāna, he āwhina ki te whakahakoko i te aho e uru atu ana ki te karu (RP 2009:245). / The aqueous humour: Transparent liquid located between the cornea and the lens. Its purpose is helping to bend the light entering the eyeball.
... kino ngā piropiro
1. in a bad mood, in a bad temper, in bad humour - an idiom expressing the anger or annoyance that someone is feeling. A variation is to replace hē for kino.
Kua kino ngā piropiro o tērā rā, he kore nōna i eke ki te tauwhāinga whakamutunga (HKK 1999:91). / That one over there is in a bad mood because she didn't make the finals.
I poto noa iho tana moe, koinā e hē nā ngā piropiro (HJ 2012:37). / He only had a short sleep, that's why he's in a bad mood.
2. (noun) humour, comedy.
3. (noun) comedian, humorist, comic, clown, joker.
Ko te mahi a ngā pukuhohe he whakakatakata i te hunga mātakitaki. / The task of a comedian is to make the audience laugh.
2. (adjective) be pretty good, not too bad - a colloquialism used to say that a person, or something a person has done, is good or quite good and perhaps better than expected.
He autaia tonu te kōhine rā ki te kōrero Māori. / The girl over there is pretty good at speaking Māori.
3. (modifier) pretty good, not too bad.
Arā anō ētahi tāngata autaia nei te matatau ki te reo (HM 2/1994:3). / There are some other people who are pretty fluent in the language.
Synonyms: nanakia, tōna [pai] nei
4. (modifier) difficult, troublesome - when used before a noun.
Ko ngā taitamariki tonu i kaha ki te whakawai i ō rātou pakeke ki te hokohoko i ō rātou whenua. Ka noho kino te iwi. Tautohetohe tonu ngā tamariki ki ngā pakeke. Ko Rāniera Te Iho-o-te-rangi rāua ko Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho me te tama anō hoki a Te Hiko, me Wī Tāmehana ngā autaia totohe nei (TTR 1990:190) / It was the younger youths who urged their elders to sell their lands. This caused conflict amongst the tribe. The children argued with the elders. Rāniera Te Iho-o-te-rangi and Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho along with Te Hiko's son, Wī Tamehana, were involved in this troublesome dispute.
5. (noun) fellow, bloke, guy, chap, tricky character - sometimes implies a sense of mischief.
I reira ngā koroheke o Taranaki e kōhumuhumu, e tūmatakuru ana ki te whakahīhī rawa o te autaia nei, kei te tamariki tonu ka tū ki te marae o te Kīngi (TTR 2000:30). / There the Taranaki elders were whispering and in consternation at the arrogance of this bloke, who was still a child daring to stand on the King’s marae.
6. (noun) amazing contraption, wondrous sight, extraordinary thing - a term used for something strange, unusual, unfamiliar or awesome. Sometimes a sense of humour is involved in the use of the term.
Katahi ka rere taua autaia nei. Aeha! Me te aha? Me te uira ka hiko i te rangi tōna rite o te haere. Kīhai i mau i te kanohi te hopu te āhua o ngā otaota me ngā rākau o taua whenua i te tere o te haere o taua rerewē (TWMNT 19/5/1874:138). / Then that amazing contraption sped on. Amazing! What was it like? It travelled like the lightning in the heavens. The eye could not catch the appearance of the vegetation and the trees of the land, such was the speed of the train.
