pēneki
1. (verb) (-tia) like this - variation of pēnei.
E toru, e whā kē ngā reo kōrero o te nuinga o ngā tāngata i tae atu ki te hui, ā, he torutoru noa te hunga pēneki i a au nei, e rua noa iho ngā reo kōrero (HM 2/1998). / The majority of the people who came to the conference could speak three or four languages and the people like me who could only speak two languages were a minority.
See also pēnei
puru
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to put in, thrust in, plug up, block, thrust in, cram in, load (a gun).
Ki te purua atu he poaka ora i tētahi pito o taua mīhini, ka puta mai he tōtiti katoa i tētahi pito (TP 10/1899:12). / If a live pig is thrust in one end of the machine, sausages all emerge at the other end.
I warea anō te tangata nei ki te puru i tana pū (TTT 1/4/1924:25). / This man was occupied loading his gun.
Synonyms: whakapuru, kawenga, wahanga, pīkaunga, whakauru, komo, maka, kokomo
2. (noun) bung, plug, cork, filler, finger hole.
Kātahi rātou ka tahuri ki te tapatapahi i ngā kaha o ngā waka, ki te unuunu hoki i ngā puru (NM 1928:143). / Then they set about cutting the lashings of the canoes and removing the bungs.
pēraka
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) like that - unconnected to either the speaker or listener. Variation of pērā.
I whakatipua ake a Rangimārie i roto i te whānau whānui tonu, ka maha kē nei ngā mahi toi i mau i a ia, pēraka i te mahi whatu tūturu ake a te Māori (TTR 2000). / Rangimārie grew up among an extended family and learnt many crafts, in particular the art of traditional Māori weaving.
See also pērā
Synonyms: whēnā, whērā, whēraka, pēnā, pēnaka, pērā, whēnaka
me/mai/mei kore (noa) (rā) e ...
1. in case ... may, in the hope that, were fortunate, to see whether, if it were not for, just in case, on the off chance - used before a verb to introduce a clause expressing a purpose where there is some doubt that it will be fulfilled.
Ko tā rātou mahi, he āta tiaki i ngā kākāpō i te ao, i te pō, mei kore noa rā e taea te whakaora ake tērā tino manu o Aotearoa (HKK 1999:200). / Their job was to carefully look after the kākāpō day and night, in the hope that that important bird of Aotearoa/New Zealand could be saved.
Kātahi ka whakatika ko ngā turupa Pākehā, ka ahu ki uta whaka-te-taha o ngā hiwi, mei kore e tūpono ki tētahi ope o te hoariri (TWMNT 21/10/1865:37). / Then the Pākehā troops set out, heading inland along the sides of the hills in the hope that they would encounter an enemy contingent.
Haere ki reira pātai haere ai me kore noa e tūpono kei reira kē tāu e kimi nei. / Go and ask over there on the off chance that what you are looking for is there.
See also me kore e
Synonyms: kei tūpono, me kore noa e tūpono
2. (modifier) shaking, shuddering, trembling (in fear).
Kāore au i rongo te taha i mate ai, i tangohia ai koe ki te kura winiwini, ki te kura wanawana (M 2004:404). / I have not yet learnt where death took place, or where you were struck down with some fearsome and gruesome weapon (M 2004:405).
Synonyms: wiwini
3. (noun) fear, dread, terror.
whakapīwari
1. (verb) (-tia) to bedeck, ornament, beautify.
Synonyms: tāraro, nakonako, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakaniko, whakarei, pōria, whakanakonako
2. (verb) (-tia) to cause to wave (in the wind), flutter (in the wind), flow (in the wind).
He rangi ātaahua rirerire, ko ngā hihi o te rā e kai mai ana ki ngā pokohiwi, he angiangi e whakapīwari ana i ngā makawe (HJ 2015:135). / It's an absolutely beautiful day, the rays of the sun are warming my shoulders, and a gentle breeze is making my hair flow.
3. (noun) jewellery.
Ka whai atu ki te kōwhatu utu nui whakapaipai nei, pēnei me te kuru pounamu nei, arā, ki ngā whakapīwari mō te tangata (MM.TKM 28/2/1857:5). / They pursue expensive precious stones, like greenstone ornaments here, that is jewellery for people.
Synonyms: taonga whakarākei
ā kō tonu ake nei
1. in a tick, shortly, in a moment, in a second.
Synonyms: tata, karo, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ākuara, ā kō (tonu) ake nei, potopoto, takitaro
pērā
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) like that - unconnected to either the speaker or listener. If the comparison is completed, the second element is introduced by me.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
He pērā tōku waka. / My vehicle is like that one over there.
Pērā me tōna pāpā, i iriirihia ia e John Skevington, te mihingare Wēteriana o Heretoa (TTR 1990:353). / Like his father, he was baptised by John Skevington, the Methodist minister of Heretoa.
Synonyms: whēnā, whērā, whēraka, pēnā, pēnaka, pēraka, whēnaka
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to act in that way, behave in that way, treat in that way.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
Ka pērātia anō ngā kōrero me tērā i rangona rā inatahirā. / The story was treated in the same way as the one we heard the day before yesterday.
3. (location) in that direction, there, that way.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
hui katoa
1. altogether, in all, everything included, collectively, all told, in sum, in toto, taken together.
Nāna anō i waihanga, i whakaemi mai rānei i ngā kauheke ētahi paopao, me ētahi atu momo waiata hoki. Hui katoa e 77 ngā waiata nei (TTR 1998:75). / He composed, or collected from elders, derisive songs and other song genre. Altogether there were 77 of these songs.
2. (verb) (-a) to steep, immerse, soak (in water).
Ka tutua te aute ki te wai (W 1971:463). / The bark of the paper mulberry tree was immersed in water.
tia
1. (verb) (-ina,-na,-a) to stick in, drive in (pegs, etc.), adorn (with a feather, etc.), take a vigorous stroke (in paddling).
Kātahi te tamāhine ka tahuri ki te tātai i a ia, nā ka heru i a ia, nā ka rākei i a ia ki ōna kaitaka, ka tia hoki i tōna māhunga ki te raukura - ko ngā raukura he huia, he kōtuku, he toroa, ka oti (NM 1928:198). / Then the daughter set about adorning herself, placing a comb in her hair, dressing herself in fine kaitaka cloaks, and placing feather plumes in her hair - feather plumes of huia, white heron and albatross feathers, and then she was finished.
whakaruru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to afford shelter, shelter, protect.
I te pō o te 10 o Hune 1886, arā, i te pō o te hū, e 62 ngā tāngata i whakaruruhia e Te Paea i tōna whare i Te Wairoa (TTR 1994:25). / On the night of 10 June 1886, that is the night of the eruption, Sophia sheltered 62 people in her house at Te Wairoa.
Synonyms: whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakahaumaru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, taumarumaru, whakamauru, maru, piringa, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, tāwharau, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū
2. (modifier) affording shelter, sheltering, protecting.
Ka whakataua e Whitmore me ruru a Te Urewera, kia kore ai e whai wāhi whakaruru, wāhi whakarato taonga, wāhi taritari ope rānei a Te Kooti me ngā mōrehu kaiārahi i te Hauhau (TTR 1990:384). / Whitmore decided that the Urewera would have to be invaded, so that Te Kooti and the surviving Hauhau leaders wouldn't have a sanctuary and a supply of goods or a recruitment area.
Synonyms: whakahaumaru, ruruhau, whakawhare, tīhoka, whakamarumaru, tāwharau
3. (noun) screen, shelter, protector.
Nō te mea ko ia tō rātou whakaruru, ka whakatūpato atu a Te Whatanui kia kaua e haere (TTR 1990:335). / Because he was their protector, Te Whatanui warned them not to go.
Synonyms: parepare, ruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, rī, tauārai, mata, pā, ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei
4. (noun) facial gesture in kapa haka where the enlarged eyes stare in one direction and the tongue protrudes in the opposite direction.
Ko te whakaruru, koia te tiro korotaha o ngā whatu nunui, me te whātero ki taha kē (RMR 2017). / The whakaruru facial gesture is where the enlarged eyes stare sideways and the tongue protrudes in the opposite side.
2. (modifier) shaking, shuddering, trembling (in fear).
Ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wiwini! Ka tangi te kura, ka tangi wawana! (M 2005:220). / The noble one cried, crying in fear! The noble one cried, crying in terror! (M 2005:221).
Synonyms: winiwini
3. (noun) fear, dread, terror.
... 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.
kāika
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in a heap, pile in a heap.
Kaua e kāikatia ngā rākau ki konei, haria atu ki kō. / Don't pile up the timber here, take it over there.
Synonyms: kāuki, kāike, pūhangaiti, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, pū, pūkai, haipū, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta
pīwari
1. (verb) to be beautiful.
Kei te puhinga ki ngā huruhuru kererū, tūī, ehara! kātahi anō ka āta pīwari tēnei mea te waka taua, he toiere, he waka whakarei, he pītau (M 2006:364). / When it is adorned with pigeon and tūī feathers, behold how beautiful the war canoe is, a toiere (war canoe with carved stem and stern), a whakarei (ornamental canoe) and a pītau (canoe with a figurehead ornamented with perforated spiral carving).
Synonyms: purotu, tau, waiwaiā, koea, ātaahua, hūmārie, hūmārire, ātanga, turua
2. (verb) to wave, bend (as something in the wind).
Whakamīharo ana te kite i a Tahu-nui-a-rangi. Me te ārai kākāriki e pīwari ana i te rangi pō (PK 2008:811). / Seeing the aurora australis is amazing. It's like a green veil waving in the night sky.
2. (modifier) well arranged, in good order, systematic, well-ordered, well-organised, ordered, tabulated.
Whakamīharo ana ngā iwi taetae mai ki Pākanae i te nui me te āhua nahanaha o ngā mahinga kai (TTR 1990:56). / Visitors to Pakanae were amazed at the extent and well-order nature of the cultivations.
Synonyms: whakarārangi
