tautuhi
1. (verb) (-tia) to indicate, define, identify, specify.
E mōhiotia ana ko Kaikōura Whakatau te tino kaikōrero nāna i tautuhi ngā kerēme a Ngāi Tahu ki ngā whaitua e tautohetohetia ana (TTR 1994:38). / Kaikōura Whakatau was the acknowledged spokesman who defined the Ngāi Tahu claims to the disputed territories.
2. (noun) indication, definition, identification, specification.
E ngangahau ana āna kōrero mō tēnei take i ētehi wā, me te tautuhi anō ki ana koikara hei whakaatu i te ara whakarara o ngā waka e rua, arā, te waka Māori me te waka Pākehā (TTR 1996:49). / She sometimes talked intensely about this matter, indicating with her two fingers to show the parallel paths of the two canoes, that is the Māori and Pākehā canoes
mangō
1. (noun) shark, dogfish, gummy shark - a general name for sharks. Word following mangō identifies the species (e.g. mangō-ururoa, white pointer shark).
Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.
See also mangō tuatini, mangō ururoa, mangō taniwha, mangō ripi, mangōpare
Synonyms: ururoa
piriwai
1. (noun) mayfly - an insect widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand rivers and streams. Adults are short-lived and at rest its wings point straight up like sails. The nymph stage is found on the undersides of river stones, they are easy to identify by their three long tail filaments. They drift downstream in the current, and fish feed on them. The typical length including the tail is 15 millimetres. Behind the legs, along the sides of the body, are feathered gills for breathing underwater. The bodies are often flattened to form a low profile to the current, which helps prevent them being swept away. There are about 40 endemic species of mayfly.
taunaha
1. (verb) (-tia) to claim land by naming, annex - by identifying the various land marks with parts of the chief's body or that of his offspring, title to those areas was fixed and acknowledged.
Ka kite atu a Tamatekapua ki te kūmore o Maketū, ka taunahatia atu e ia ko te kūraetanga o tōna ihu (JPS 1956:214). / When Tamatekapua saw the point at Maketū, he claimed it as the tip on the end of his nose.
2. (verb) (-tia) to pledge, promise, set aside.
Ko tēnei whenua hoki kai roto i te rohe nā Mōkena Kōhere me ērā anō o ngā rangatira i taunaha i te tau 1874 kia pupuritia i raro i ngā tikanga whenua ā-iwi (TTR 1996:68). / This land was in the area that Mōkena Kōhere and other chiefs had set aside in 1874 to be retained under customary communal title.
Synonyms: taurangi, takoha, oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi, tārewa, motuhake, tahi, wehe, whakatārewa, tāpui, tīkape, tauira
3. (verb) (-tia) to claim.
Ka āhei te Poari ki te nama i ētahi moni i te Kāwanatanga, neke ake i te £5,000 i roto i tētahi tau, hei whakaea i ngā mōkete i ētahi i atu taunaha rānei i tau ki runga ki ngā whenua (TJ 12/4/1898:3). / The Board is able to borrow money from the Government of more than £5,000 per year to pay for mortgages and other claims related to the lands.
2. (noun) incantation to begin a speech - the actual tauparapara used are a way that tangata whenua are able to identify a visiting group, as each tribe has tauparapara peculiar to them. Tauparapara are a type of karakia.
Ko wai hoki ka mōhio ki ngā whakamārama me te pūtakenga mai o ngā tauparapara katoa? (HM 4/1998:6). / Who can possibly know the explanations and the origin of all tauparapara?
See also tau, whaikōrero
3. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
