hira
1. (stative) be great, important, widespread, of consequence.
I hira ake tō rātou mana i tō ngā rangitira o ngā hapū, ā, i te mātūtūtanga o te mate, i hewa ngā tūroro nā ngā karakia kikokiko i ora ai (KO 15/6/1882:6). / Their mana is greater than that of the chiefs of the kinship groups and when convalescing the patients are deluded into thinking that the malevolent ritual chants will heal them.
Synonyms: hirahira
2. (stative) be numerous, abundant, plentiful, large, big.
Tērā anō ngā tāone e hira ake ana i Ākarana, i Ngāruawāhia (TPM 2/2/1863:2). / There are othertowns that are bigger than Auckland and Ngāruawāhia.
Synonyms: pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rarawe, ngāhorohoro, ngerongero, ngahoro, makuru, rari, pukahu, nui, huhua, ranea, hāwere, humi, hua, maha, mahamaha, tuarea, maruru, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, tuauriuri, papata, wene, makiu, ruarangi, kūpara, matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea
3. (modifier) great, important, widespread, of consequence, significant, notable, momentous.
Kei runga e rārangi ana ētahi o ngā mahi hira a ō rātou tūpuna, tae atu ki ngā whakapapa e hāngai pū ana (TTR 1996:252). / On it are some of the significant deeds of their ancestors, together with the relevant genealogies.
Synonyms: taiea, taumata rau, tāpua, whakaihiihi, tāpua, hirahira, whakamiramira
4. (noun) importance.
Ahakoa te hira o tana mahi ki te puri i a Ngāti Kahungunu ki te taha o te kāwanatanga, tana tautohe i te Kīngitanga me tana whawhai i a Te Kooti, ehara tēnei mahi āna mā te kāwanatanga i te mahi noa (TTR 1994:41). / Despite his important role in keeping Ngāti Kahungunu on the side of the government, his opposition to the King movement, and his fight against Te Kooti, he had not served the government blindly.
5. (noun) multitude, great number, hordes.
Kātahi au ka kite i te hira o te tāngata (W 1971:52). / I've just seen the hordes of people.
6. (stative) abundance, profusion, plentifulness.
Ko te whatu he kōhatu, ko te kōhatu, arā ko te hira o te hua rākau, o te karaka, etc. (M 2006:198). / The 'whatu' is a stone and 'kōhatu' is the used for the abundance of fruit, of the karaka tree, etc.
Synonyms: rangea, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, kaipukahu, maruru, maha, ngahue, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, huhua
rahi
1. (verb) to be large, big, numerous, great, plentiful.
Ka rahi haere te tāone o Ākarana ka uru atu ia ki ngā whakahaere (TTR 1990:210). / As the town of Auckland expanded he became involved in its affairs.
Synonyms: pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, papata, wene, tuarea, huhua, makiu, maruru, mahamaha, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, maha, tuauriuri, kūpara, hira, matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui
2. (modifier) big, large.
Nā te kaha nui o te ngākau whakapuke, me te ihupiro ki ngā mahi kaute tētahi wāhi rahi tonu o aua mate (TTR 1996:104). / A big part of those problems was due to excessive enthusiasm and to inexperience in accounting.
3. (noun) size, greatness.
Ka mea atu ētahi, “E Kupe! Pēnei pea te rahi me Hawaiki nei? Me Rarotonga, me Rangi-ātea me ērā atu motu?” (JPS 1914:191). / Others asked, “O Kupe! Is the size of the land the same as Hawaiki? Like Rarotonga and Rangi-ātea and the other islands?”
4. (noun) importance, important person, important people.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
2. (verb) (-tia) to have a right, have an interest.
Ki te whakaaro o te Komiti kāhore i whakaaturia mai he tino take kia whai tikangatia ai te Ture Whakatikatika i te Ture Ārai i ngā Tuku hē i ngā Whenua Māori, 1873 (TWMNT 17/4/1877:107). / This Committee is of opinion that no sufficient cause has been shown for interfering with the provisions of The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Act, 1873.
3. (modifier) important, meaningful, pivotal.
Nā Paurini Te Whatarau, he rangatira ahurei nō Ngāti Pūkenga, te mahi whai tikanga i riro mai ai he wāhi noho mō tōna iwi i Maketū (TTR 1994:143). / Paurini Te Whatarau, a prominent Ngāti Pukenga chief, played a pivotal role in securing living space for his people at Maketū.
4. (noun) importance, value.
Ka kite a Tirarau i te whai tikanga o te mahi tahi me te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:166). / Tirarau saw the importance of co-operating with the government.
2. (noun) flesh of the kūmara.
whakaī
1. (modifier) self-conceited, self important, conceited, smug, stuck-up, self-important.
Ka meinga e ahau ōu mano tini, te hunga nanakia o ngā iwi, rātou katoa kia hinga i ngā hoari a ngā mārohirohi: ā ka pāhuatia e rātou ngā mea whakaī o Īhipa, ka ngaro anō o reira mano tini katoa (PT Ehekiera 12:32). / By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
Synonyms: whakakake
2. (modifier) chief, prominent, unique, distinguished, noted, eminent, important, outstanding, distinguished, foremost.
Ahakoa i kakī mārō, i whakatenetene ētahi o ngā ngārahu ahurei o Tūhoe, nā te wahapū, nā te manawanui ka hinga mai i a ia ki tana take (TTR 1994:115). / Despite some of the prominent leaders of Tūhoe being obstinate and reluctant, he swayed them with his eloquence and determination.
Synonyms: tapatapahi ana, kōhure, whakaharahara, kātuarehe, te kino kē hoki, ka mahi ..., taiea, taumata rau, matararahi, koutu, tāpua, koure, whakaea, whakarae, whakahī, hōhō, tutū
3. (noun) prominence, splendour, uniqueness, importance.
I roto i ngā kupu whakarangatira i a ia, ka puta ngā kōrero mō tā rāua mahi tahi ko Kerei ki te whakahiato kōrero pūrākau, pakiwaitara. Me tōna ahurei hoki ki ngā mahi tōrangapū, mahi ā-iwi, whakapapa kōrero, tuhituhi hoki (TTR 1990:279). / In the eulogies for him, statements appeared about his work with Grey in compiling traditions and narratives. Also to his prominence in political, social and literary matters.
Synonyms: ngangahu, whakahirahira, hau
4. (noun) chief.
I a Ngāti Raukawa i Taupō e noho ana, ka patua mai te ahurei rā, a Te Wharerangi i te takiwā o Rotoaira e Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, o te taiwhakaroto o te awa o Whanganui (TTR 1990:333). / While Ngāti Raukawa were living at Taupō, the chief Te Wharerangi was killed in the Rotoaira district by Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi of the upper Whanganui river.
ihorei
1. (noun) person of rank, leader, important chief.
Ko ia tētahi o ngā ihorei rongonui o taua rohe i te taenga tuatahi atu o ngā Pākehā ki Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1990:111). / He was one of the famous leaders of that district when Pākehā first arrived on the East Coast.
Synonyms: manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū
mātua
1. (modifier) first, important, large, must, before others - stands before verbs to indicate that the activity is/was/should be carried out first, before some other stated or implied action.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 47-48;)
Me mātua hopu koe i te heihei, ka patu ai. / First, you should catch the chook, then kill it.
Synonyms: hōpurupuru, rawa, me, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, kūpara, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui, hira, mokorarahi, matarahi, rarahi
2. (modifier) firstly, first and foremost, primarily - placed before verbs to indicate what comes first as a priority. This usage is associated with a command.
I runga i te retinga ki ngā Pākehā, me mātua whakapai e aua Pākehā te whenua, arā me turaki ngā rākau, ka tahu ki te ahi, ka rū ki te karaihe, ko tōna tikanga whakapai tēnā (TJ 23/2/1899:2). / With regard to leasing to the Pākehā, firstly they should improve the land, that is, they should clear the trees, burn them and sow with grass; that's what improve means.
2. (stative) main, chief, important, primary.
Whai muri i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, ka whakatūria e Kāwana Hopihana tana kāwanatanga ki Okiato, ka tapaina e ia te tāone matua hōu, ko Russell (Te Ara 2011). / After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Governor Hobson established his seat of government at Okiato. He named the new capital Russell.
3. (noun) father, parent, uncle.
Kei te tino hari tōku ngākau kua tū nei koe i te tūranga o tō matua, o Te Wiremu (TTT 1/10/1929:1078). / I am overjoyed that you have taken up the position of your father, the Rev. Williams.
See also pāpā
Synonyms: hākorokoro, hākoro, heinga
4. (noun) division (of an army), company, contingent, the body of the kapa haka.
E kīia ana i te wā e haka ana tētahi o aua matua, ngarue ana te whenua (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / It is said that at the time that one of those groups was performing the haka, the ground shook.
See also mātua
nui
1. (verb) to be large, big, many, plentiful, numerous, great, abundant, ample, superior, of high rank, important.
He nui hoki ngā taika kei te ngahere tata atu ki taua kāinga (TTT 1/6/1923:3). / There are also many tigers in the bush near that village.
See also nunui
Synonyms: rangatira, pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, hira, ranea, huhua, pukahu, rari, rarawe, makuru, ngahoro, ngerongero, hua, ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, maha, humi, hāwere, wene, tuarea, te hanga a te, te mahi a te ..., tini, tokomaha, pio, tuauriuri, marea, mahi, hia, takitini, maruru, makehua, rea, papata, makiu, nunui, kaitā, mātua, matararahi, tetere, korahi, mātuatua, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, katete, rarahi, matarahi, kūpara, pūhetī, mokorahi, whakahara
2. (noun) size, quantity, vastness, greatness, importance, amount, abundance, plenty, rank.
I ngā awa o Tongariro me Waitahanui tonu, inā kē te nui o te moni e utua ana ki ngā hapū me ngā tāngata nō rātau ngā whenua, me ka whakawhiti nei te hunga mahi taraute i aua whenua rā (TTR 1998:197). / Especially the Tongariro and Waitahanui rivers, substantial income was paid to the hapū and the people who owned the land if the people fishing for trout crossed those lands.
Synonyms: maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, makurutanga, mahi, hira, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, kōhangohango, rārangi, tūtira, tūnga, ripa, kapa, rangea, kaipukahu
takunga
1. (noun) anything of little importance, trifle, knick-knack, triviality, pretext, excuse.
Kāore he takunga i kore ai i pai ake te reo Māori o te hunga e whakapakari tonu ana (HM 4/2008:3). / There's no excuse for the Māori language of the learners not to improve.
Synonyms: takutakunga, takunetanga
takutakunga
1. (noun) anything of little importance, trifle, knick-knack, triviality, pretext, excuse.
Kāhore he takutakunga o te whare, o taku ringa rānei (W 1971:374). / I have not even the simplest food in my house or to my hand (W 1971:374).
Synonyms: takunga, takunetanga
tiketike
1. (verb) to be high, lofty, important, enhanced.
Ka whakatōngia e Nene te whakaaro ki a Te Rauparaha me raupatu te whenua i Te Ūpoko-o-te-Ika, ka tahuri ki ngā mahi hokohoko ki ngā Pākehā, kia riro mai ai he pū kia tiketike ai tōna mana (TTR 1990:64). / Nene planted the idea with Te Rauparaha to conquer the southern North Island and enhance his power by trading for guns with the Pākehā.
Synonyms: ikeike, teitei, tīkokekoke, aweawe, ike, kaurera, paratū, tīkoke, tītike
2. (modifier) high, lofty, important.
Kei ngā tāwhārua tiketike o Waitaki tēnei wāhi (TTR 1990:113). / This place is in the high valleys of the Waitaki.
3. (noun) height, altitude.
Ka kite ia i te rere, he nui te tiketike. Ka oho tōna mauri, e kore ia e eke ki runga (JPS 1905:200). / He found a waterfall, which was very high. He was startled, for he thought he would not be able to ascend it.
tino
1. (modifier) importance, main, best, top, principal, pre-eminent, favourite, staple, real, true, absolute - when used before a noun to indicate something is unrivalled or is true or genuine.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 48-49;)
Koia nei te tino kai a taua iwi. / This is the staple food of that people.
Wairākau: Ko te tino tikanga o tēnei kupu mō ngā mea kei te whakamōmona i te whenua kia kaha ai te tipu o te kai (RK 1994:168). / Wairākau: The true use of this word is for things that are enriching the land so that crops grow strongly.
Synonyms: pekepoho, aporei, timuaki, tumuaki, tupu, tinana, tipu, ake, tūturu
2. (modifier) very, quite, exact, true, really - when used before an adjective or verb to show a high degree or absoluteness.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 48-49;)
3. (noun) main, important, value, significance, essence, essential, quintessence, soul, substance - when used as a noun.
Synonyms: matū, wairua, aporei, matua, whakaihiihi, waitohu, hiranga, whakahirahiratanga, hirahira, māramatanga
4. (interjection) I totally agree, yes indeed, agreed, positively - used to show strong agreement with a statement.
Te reka kē o te tītī nei! Tino! / This mutton bird is really tasty! Yes, indeed!
uta
1. (verb) (-ina) to load on, put on.
I muri iho i tēnei ka utaina he manga rākau kokonati ki runga i te hāngī (TP 8/1902:7). / After this branches from the coconut tree are loaded onto the hāngī.
Synonyms: mau, whakatū, whakamaumau
2. (noun) loading, export, import, contribution.
Ka tuhia ko ērā i mua, kia pai ai te uta mai o ā Hemana (M 2006:256). / Those will be recorded first so as to clear the way for Hemana's contribution.
Synonyms: whakauta
2. (modifier) great, highly important, magnificent, wonderful, inspiring.
Takoto mai, e koro, kia tangihia koe e ō iwi. Auē! Ka mau te punga here o te waka nei. Ka ngaro koe, te kaihautū, te kākākura o roto i te pōkai, te puhi o Aotearoa, te kura whakahirahira o Te Waipounamu, te mauri o te whenua, te mauri o te tangata, haere! Haere rā! (TP 7/1906:9) / Lie in state, sir, to be wept over by your people. Oh, dear! The anchor of this canoe is taken. You are gone, the fugleman, the leader of the flock, the adored one of the North Island, the important treasure of the South Island, the life force of the land and the people. Depart! Farewell!
3. (noun) grandeur, influence, prominence, greatness, importance, reputation, standing, eminence.
I rongo katoa te motu i ngā kōrero mō Mananui – i tōna toa, i tōna whakahirahira, i ōna whakaaro rangatira (TTR 1990:187). / The whole country heard the accounts about Mananui - of his courage, of his influence and his noble ideas.
whakahirahiratanga
1. (noun) importance, significance, eminence, prestige, esteem, high status.
Synonyms: mana, hau, hōnore, whakaihiihi, waitohu, hiranga, hirahira, māramatanga, tino
2. (modifier) haughty, conceited, arrogant, self-important, smug, stuck-up, snobbish.
Ko rāua mārire hoki ngā tāngata pākiwaha i kōrero whakakake noa, rūpahu noa (TWMNT 21/5/1879:422). / And they are the boastful people who spoke with assumed superiority and deceit.
Synonyms: whakaī
3. (noun) pride, self-importance, superiority.
Kua rongo tātou ki te whakakake o Moapa; nui atu tōna whakakake; ki tōna whakapehapeha, ki tōna whakakake, ki tōna pukuriri (PT Ihaia 16:6). / We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath.
2. (verb) to heap, pile up, store.
Ka tohutohutia mai aua tāngata, "E tae ki te wā e whakarae ai te kūmara ki te rua, me patu a Tuakata, kei hoki mai te mauri o te kūmara ki Hawaiki nei." (TTT 1/9/1929:1074). / Those people were instructed, "When it comes the time when the kūmara are stored in the pit, Tuakata should be killed lest the mauri of the kūmara return to Hawaiki."
Synonyms: tōhī, whakaahu, whakaputu, whakatahua, whakapipi, tōhīhī
3. (verb) to stand out, be prominent.
Whakarae tonu au, he maire tū wao, mā te toki e tua (W 1971:320). / I am quite prominent, a maire tree that stands in the forest, which can be felled with an axe.
4. (modifier) prominent, stand out, important.
Ko tōna pāpā ko Te Taonui, he rangatira whakarae nō roto o Te Popoto, ā, nō te iriiringa, i tapaina a Te Taonui pakeke ki a Makoare, te ingoa o te kāwana i Poihākena, arā, a Lachlan Macquarie (TTR 1994:116). / His father was Te Taonui, a prominent chief of Te Popoto, and when he was baptised as an adult Te Taonui was named Makoare, the name of the governor of Sydney, Lachlan Macquarie.
Synonyms: matararahi, koutu, tāpua, koure, whakaea, whakahī, kōhure, hōhō, ahurei, tutū
5. (noun) heap, pile.
Te tomokanga atu o tōna tuahine ki te whata, ka kite atu ia i te whakarae o te aruhe (W 1971:320). / When his sister entered the storehouse she saw the pile of fernroot.
Synonyms: pūkainga, haupū, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga
