mate hōrapa
1. (noun) infectious disease.
He mate hōrapa te kohi, kaua te tangata i te mate kohi hei tuha ki te whare, ki te marae, engari te mea pai me tuha ki runga i te ahi, ko ngā kākahu horoi i te waha me tahu ki te ahi, ko ngā paepae hūare me horoi rawa ki te wai koropupū (TPH 15/6/1902:23). / Tuberculosis is an infectious disease, so a person with it should not spit in the house or on the marae, but should spit into the fire, cloths for wiping the mouth should be burnt, and spittoons should be washed in boiling water.
tukumate
1. (noun) pathogen, infectious agent.
Kāore i ārikarika te hōrapa o ētahi tukumate, pērā i te huaketo rewharewha i kino nei te pā ki te iwi Māori i te rautau tekau mā iwa (RP 2009:419). / Some pathogens spread widely, like the influenza virus that badly affected the Māori people in the nineteenth century.
hopuhopu
1. (verb) (-a,-kia,-kina,-ngia) to seize, catch frequently, catch one after the other.
Ka hopuhopu pātiki te wahine nei māna (JPS 1911:87). / This woman caught flounder for herself to eat.
Synonyms: hopu, rawhirawhi, rawhi, romi, kōhaki, herepū, kōwhakiwhaki, rarahu, rarawhi, aurara
2. (modifier) catching, infectious, contagious.
He mea āta whakawhere e Te Rangi Hīroa ngā kaiārahi Māori kia mahi tahi rātou ko ngā nēhi me ngā āpiha hauora, ki te ārai i te hora o ngā mate hopuhopu (TTR 1996:14). / Buck patiently persuaded Māori leaders to co-operate with nurses and medical officers to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
3. (noun) catch, catching.
Ka toa au i ngā whakataetae e rua - ko te hopuhopu, ko te mamau o te wāhanga tamariki (HP 1991:27). / I won two competitions - catching and wrestling for the juniors.
mare motu
1. (noun) whooping cough, pertussis - a highly infectious disease that is spread by coughing and sneezing. It is caused by bacteria which damage the breathing tubes.
Ka wharowharo, he mare motu, tata tonu ia ka rāoa (PK 2008:1160). / She was coughing, it was whooping cough, and she nearly choked.
Synonyms: mare heihei, mare tekekō
mare heihei
1. (noun) whooping cough, pertussis - a highly infectious disease that is spread by coughing and sneezing. It is caused by bacteria which damage the breathing tubes.
Kāore i roa ka kitea e ia he mare heihei taku mate (TWK 38:10). / It wasn't long before she realised that my illness was whooping cough.
Synonyms: mare tekekō, mare motu
mare tekekō
1. (noun) whooping cough, pertussis - a highly infectious disease that is spread by coughing and sneezing. It is caused by bacteria which damage the breathing tubes.
I muri mai o te taenga ai o te Pākahā, he tere te heke haere o te taupori Māori nā ngā mate rere noa o te Pākehā pērā i te rewharewha me te mare tekekō, nā te mea kāore ō rātou kaha ki te papare i aua mate tauhou. / After the arrival of the Pākehā, the decline of the Māori population was quite rapid through the spread of Pākehā diseases such as influenza and whooping cough, because they had no immunity to those foreign illnesses.
Synonyms: mare heihei, mare motu
