pepe
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to imitate bird calls, using a leaf to imitate bird calls.
He tohunga taku pāpā ki te pepe manu ki te rau karamū (PK 2008:626). / My father is an expert at attracting birds by imitating their call with a karamū leaf.
Ka mau ki te raurēkau, ka pepea (W 1971:277). / He took the large-leaved coprosma leaf and used it to imitate bird calls.
2. (noun) call leaf - leaf used for imitating bird calls to attract them.
Mā Mātete e whakatangi te pepe (W 1971:277). / Mātete will play the leaf to attract the birds.
2. (noun) bird call imitation.
Ka ongaongatia ngā manu mā te maimoa, mā te pakoire rānei i te tangi a te manu (Te Ara 2016). / Birds were attracted with a decoy, or by imitating the sound of the bird.
whakahuahua
1. (verb) (-tia) to recite, speak out, mention, pronounce, name (a number of things), mimic, imitate.
whakataurite
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to cause to be alike, imitate, put into perspective, compare.
Nō tēneki o ngā hui au i mōhio ai arā noa atu te nui o ā tātou rauemi inā whakatauritea ki te tino korekore o ngā rauemi a ngā iwi huri i te Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (HM 2/1998:2). / It was at this particular meeting that I realised that the number of resources we have is substantial when compared with the lack of resources of the peoples of the islands around the Pacific Ocean.
2. (modifier) comparative.
I ētahi wā he maha ngā hapa kei roto i te mātauranga whakataurite – i te mea he ōrite ngā mea e rua, kāore i te mea i ahu mai i te wāhi kotahi (Te Ara 2014). / Sometimes there were many flaws in comparative studies – because two things were similar, it did not necessarily mean they originated from the one place.
3. (noun) matching, balance, comparison.
Ko te kōrero, ‘he kākā honihoni, he kūkū tangai nui’ he whakataurite i te āta kai a te kākā ki te kai horo a te kūkū (Te Ara 2014). / The saying ‘A nibbling kākā, a New Zealand pigeon with a stuffed crop' is a comparison of the small appetite of the kākā with the greed of the New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: tauriterite, taurite, hangarite, whārite, whakatautika
2. (transitive verb) mimic.
tāwhaiwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch out, step out, pace, stride, march.
Ka mātakitaki i a mātau e tāwhaiwhai haere ana (Ng 1993:187). / They watched us marching along.
See also tāwhai
2. (modifier) imitation, artificial.
See also tāwhai
3. (noun) marching, striding.
Pai katoa aku mahi mō te whakamau pēneti, mō te whakatūtū, mō ngā tāwhaiwhai, mō te pupuhi (HP 1991:43). / I was good at fixing bayonets, standing at attention, marching and shooting.
See also tāwhai
whakatau
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-ria) to decide, settle, prepare, determine, arbitrate, adjudicate.
I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi pukanoa i ngā ingoa tāngata kē ki ngā tieki tono moni i ngā pēke, ā whakataua ana e te kōti kia kotahi tau mō tētahi, mō tētahi ki te whare herehere (TWMA 20/6/1884:3). / On 17th June they went on trial in the Supreme Court for writing fraudulent cheques and were each sentenced by the court to one year in prison.
Synonyms: whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, rahurahu, raweke, tau, whakamāhaki, whakatatū, whakanoho, whakaea, nohonoho, noho, pūwhenua, whakataiwhenua, tatū
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to go to meet, visit.
Ā, haere ana rātou ki te whakatau i taua tangata nei (JPS 1952:189). / So they went to meet the man.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to welcome officially, welcome formally.
Tērā atu anō ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Porou i tū ki te whakatau i te manuhiri (HKW 1/4/1902:3). / There were some other leaders of Ngāti Porou who stood to formally welcome the visitors.
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to imitate, mime, mimic, act out, feign, make believe, simulate.
Ka whakatau te tangata rā i te kaiako, hemo ana mātou i te kata (PK 2008:1135). / When that man imitated the teacher we died laughing.
Synonyms: whakahuahua, tāwhai, whakaari ngū, whakataruna, whakatakune, whakangaio, whakaata, whaihanga
5. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to put on as an ornament, adorn.
Whakataua mai te awe o te toroa (W 1971:396). / Put on the feather plumes of the albatross.
6. (modifier) decisive.
Ko taua kupu whakatau a te kōti ka waiho hei kupu tūturu tonu ki ngā tāngata katoa e uru ana ki taua mahi (TWMNT 5/9/1876:216). / That decision of the court remained as the guiding principle for all the people entering into that occupation.
7. (modifier) welcoming, greeting.
Nā Te Wiremu ngā kupu whakatau i a ia (HKW 1/5/1902:4). / Mr Williams gave the words of welcome to him.
8. (noun) decision, settlement, role play, charade.
Ko te whakatau a ngā tākuta, kāhore rawa he pōrangi o taua none, ā nō konei ka tukua ia e te kōti kia haere (TKO 30/9/1920:11). / The decision of the doctors was that that nun was not mentally ill, and as a result she was released by the court.
Synonyms: whakatutukitanga, whakaritenga, kāinga, whakatatū, whakanoho, kāenga, noninga kumu
9. (noun) official welcome speeches.
Auina iho i te ahiahi o taua rā anō i te 8 o ngā hāora, ka haere ngā mihi me ngā whakatau ki a ia (TKO 6/1914:1). / Later in the evening of that same day at 8 o'clock the speeches of welcome to him occurred.
tāwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch out, step out, pace, stride, move the limbs alternately.
Kaua hai titiro ki raro rā anō, engari ki ō waewae noa iho i a koe e tāwhai haere atu ana (HP 1991:58). / Don't look at the bottom, but just at your feet as you stride along.
Synonyms: whetoko, tāwhaiwhai
2. (verb) (-tia) to travel over, traverse.
Ka tāwhai atu i Tīoripātea ki roto o Murihiku (TTR 1990:368). / They traversed Haast Pass and into Southland.
3. (verb) (-tia) to imitate, impersonate, mimic.
Taea ai e te tūī te tāwhai ngā reo o ētahi atu manu, tae rawa ki te tangata (Te Ara 2014). / Tūī can imitate the sounds of other birds and people.
Synonyms: whakahuahua, whakatau
4. (verb) (-tia) to trace, copy.
Whakatakotoria he pepa angiangi ki runga ake o te pikitia e hiahia ana koe ki te tāwhai, kia kitea tonutia ai te whakaahua i raro iho, ka tuhi ai i te hua ki te pepa o runga ake (HJ 2012:195). / Lay thin paper on top of the picture that you are wanting to trace, so that the image can be seen, then draw the outline onto the paper on top.
5. (verb) to rival.
E kore e taea te tāwhai te whare o Ngāti Toa (W 1971:407). / It's not possible to rival Ngāti Toa's house.
Synonyms: tautētete, wheinga, kātata, hoa kakari, tauwhāinga
6. (noun) stepping, striding.
Ka haere atu māua ki te taiapa pōkaikai haere, tūtū, arā, kua meatia e ngā tāngata nei ki runga i taua pōkai waea takitaki, e rua ngā papa, pai noa iho tā rātau tāwhai atu ki runga i ngā papa, ka tāwhai atu ki waho (HP 1991:172). / We went to the roll of fencing where these men had placed two boards on the rolls of fence wire so that their stepping on the boards and walking out was a simple matter.
kouwha
1. (noun) female (of animals and trees).
See also uwha
2. (noun) female tūī, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae - especially in early summer. A songbird that imitates other birds' calls and has glossy-black plumage and two white tufts at the throat. The female has a smaller white tuft and less white feathering on the collar than the male.
