tāonga pūtētere
1. (noun) wind musical instrument, brass musical instrument.
He whakarōpūtanga taonga puoro nā te Pākehā te taonga pūtētere, ka puta te reo i te tāwariwari o ngā ngutu o te kaiwhakatangitangi me te pupuhi atu i te hau ki roto i te pū o te taonga, ki reira tōiriiri mai ai. Mā te whakarerekē i te roa o te pū e piki ai, e heke ai rānei te tangi (RTP 2015:88). / A wind instrument is a western classification of musical instruments where sound is produced from the vibration of the players' lips blowing into the tube of the instrument, where the sound is resonated. By changing the length of the tube the pitch is heightened or lowered (RTP 2015:88).
whakatangitangi
1. (verb) (-hia) to play an instrument.
He nui ngā mahi i mahia e te Pākehā i konā, arā ngā mahi whakatangitangi pēne, whakatangitangi piana, whakatangitangi whira (TJ 19/7/1900:15). / There were a lot of amusements enjoyed by the Pākehā there, such as playing band music, playing the piano and the fiddle.
2. (verb) (-hia) to make sounds repeatedly.
Ko te manu e whakatangitangi ana ki tana pī kia whakarērea te kōhanga kia rere rāua ki te takiwā (TTT 1/7/1924:70). / The bird chirping to its chick to abandon the nest and together fly off into space.
3. (modifier) playing an instrument, instrumental.
E rua ngā rōpū whakatangitangi ko tā ngā tamariki o Mōteo, me tā Rākaipākā (TTT 1/9/1927:651). / There were two instrumental groups, that of the children of Mōteo and that of Rākaipākā.
4. (noun) playing (of an instrument), performance.
I muri iho i te whakatangitangi a te pēne, ka tū atu a Te Tātana rāua ko Rev. Āta Wiremu ki te mihi ki te māhita o te kura, ki ngā tamariki hoki mō tā rātou whakatangitangi (TP 3/1912:5). / After the band's performance, Mr Thornton and Rev. Arthur Williams stood up to thank the school master and the children for their performance.
Synonyms: whakaaturanga, whakakite, haka, purei, whakatangi
5. (noun) scarlet rātā vine, Metrosideros fulgens - a native vine with orange-red flowers, mainly during winter.
See also rātā
Synonyms: akatawhiwhi, amaru, kāhikahika, rātā
2. (noun) out of tune, flat (of a musical instrument).
I tino rangona te tangi hē o te tōiri (RTP 2015:55). / It could be clearly heard that the violin was out of tune.
2. (loan) (noun) drum (musical instrument).
Whakahīhī ana tā mātau whakatangi haere i ā mātau pūtōrino, me te patu i ā mātau pēne e rua (HP 1991:33). / We proudly walked along playing our flutes and beating our two drums.
rehu
1. (noun) long traditional flute - with a closed top and a transverse blowing hole and finger holes like a pōrutu.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 168;)
Ko ngā wheua o te hunga maitai i patua nei he mea mahi hei tīrou kai, ā, ko ngā wheua o ngā hūhā he mea mahi hei tōrino, arā, hei rehu (TAH 51:17). / The bones of the foreigners who had been killed were made into forks for picking up food, and the thigh bones were made into flutes.
2. (noun) recorder (musical instrument) - probably best distinguished from the traditional flute described above by adding the word Pākehā.
tīrango
1. (noun) sound-pitching instrument - swung around the head like a pūrerehua. Made by bending a thin piece of kareao (supplejack stem) in the form of a bow and fastening to its two ends as a bowstring a strip of the base of a raupō leaf. A short cord is attached to one end of the bow and when the tīrango is swung through the air it produces the sound from the vibration of the thin edge of the raupō leaf. The sound is similar to that of the rango (blowfly), hence the name.
2. (noun) one-stringed bow-like instrument - played by tapping with a stick while using the mouth cupped over the string as a modifying resonator. It was made of supplejack with a muka string, which was also plucked and scraped.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 166;)
Nā, ka tae te mahi, he kū, he pākuru, he tō, he pūtōrino, he kōauau, he tōrehe, he tī papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka - kāore a Kae i kata (JPS 1928:270). / So they tried playing kū, pākuru, tō, pūtōrino, kōauau, tōrehe, hand-clapping, porotiti, and kaupeka - but Kae did not laugh.
autangi
1. (noun) string instrument.
Ko te taonga autangi he whakarōpūtanga taonga puoro nā te Pākehā, ka puta ngā oro i te tōiriiri o ngā aho o te taonga (RTP 2015:47). / String instrument is a western classification of musical instruments that produce their sound from vibrating strings (RTP 2015:47).
hue rarā
1. (noun) shaker, rattle - a small gourd with the seeds either left to dry or replaced with small stones used as a musical instrument to create a strong rhythm.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-163;)
Ko te hue rarā he hue ngā mauranga ā-ringa a wētahi i roto i ngā mahinga kanikani, whakatautau, whakakorikori rānei (Wh3 2003:162). / The hue rarā (rattles) are gourds that are sometime held in the hands during dances, songs of enchantment or with body movements.
Synonyms: hue puruwai, kākara, tatetate, tatangi, pātētē, rarā
katokato
1. (verb) (-hia) to pluck repeatedly, break off, pick, pluck (a musical instrument).
2. (noun) plucking (a musical instrument).
Ka puta tōna reo mā te katokato i te au, mā te raraku, mā te pākuru rānei ki tētahi rākau iti (RTP 2015:47). / Its voice emerges by plucking the string, by strumming, or by striking it with a small stick.
puoro
1. (verb) to sing.
Kua whaikōrero a Tame, he korokoro tūī, engari kia puoro, e tama, kua reo poraka tonu atu! (PK 2008:714). / When Tom gives a speech he is like the throat of a tūī, but when he sings, heavens, he has the voice of a frog!
Synonyms: toiere, kitā, tau, maire, tangi, pao, umere, whakakitā, korokī, korihi, waiata
2. (noun) song, music, musical instrument.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-171; Te Māhuri Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 23;)
Noho rite ana te momo puoro o te waiata nei ki te pūoru o Hawai‘i, ā, ko ngā taputapu whakatangitangi ko te kitā, ko te ukurere me tētahi kitā pona maitai atu hoki (TTR 2000:96). / The music style of this song was music of Hawai‘i, and instruments included the guitar, ukulele and lap-steel guitar.
Synonyms: pūoru, taonga whakatangitangi, taonga puoro, whakatangi
2. (noun) bullroarer - a traditional Māori musical instrument made of wood, stone or bone attached to a long string.
See also pūrerehua
3. (noun) noisy lashing rain, storm.
Kīhai i mōhiotia, tēnei te pūrorohū te hōkai mai rā (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:7). / It was not known that a storm was gathering.
taonga puoro
1. (noun) musical instrument.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-171; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 2;)
Ko ngā reo o ētahi o ngā taonga puoro i ahu mai i ngā tangi o ngā ngārara, o ngā manu, o ngā wai, o ngā rākau me ngā hau o te taiao (TWK 41:14). / The voices of the musical instruments come from the sounds of insects, birds, the water, trees and the winds of the environment.
Synonyms: taonga whakatangitangi, puoro, whakatangi
taonga whakatangitangi
1. (noun) musical instrument.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-171; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 2;)
He maha ngā taonga whakatangitangi ka whakamahi rātou, pērā i te pūawanui me te pūtohe (Te Ara 2013). / They have a range of instruments that they play, including the trumpet and the saxophone.
Synonyms: taonga puoro, puoro, whakatangi
taputapu
1. (noun) gear, equipment, goods, moveable property, apparatus, utensil, hardware, gadget, tool, appliance, device, instrument, prop.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 210;)
Ko ngā ripi me ngā kota ngā taputapu pounamu tahito rawa a te Māori (Te Ara 2013). / Knives and scrapers are among the oldest pounamu tools of the Māori.
2. (noun) digging implement made of wood.
Ko te kō me te timo ngā taputapu kerikeri i te oneone mō te whakatō kai (Te Ara 2013). / The kō and timo (digging and grubbing tools) were the tools for digging up the ground for planting crops.
timotimo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to peck (as a bird), prick, strike with a pointed instrument, nip.
Ahakoa kei te timotimoria e te weka ngā huruhuru o te pīkake hei huruhuru mōna, kāore e rerekē atu, ka noho anō te pīkake hei pīkake, te weka hei weka (TPH 29/10/1912:3). / Even if the weka pecks out the feathers of the peacock for itself, it will not change anything, the peacock remains a peacock and the weka as a weka.
Synonyms: tongi, kātara, oka, kinikini, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuti, kuku, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni, kati, kikini, kini
2. (modifier) nibbled, pecked.
Kei te taha matau ngā rā i wānangatia mai i ngā radiocarbon me ngā kai timotimo a te kiore i ngā anga me ngā kākano (Te Ara 2013). / On the right are dates obtained from radiocarbon dates and rat-nibbled shells and seeds.
tumutumu
1. (noun) stump, post, pole, stake, foundation.
Nō te hāpaitanga ake o taua tumutumu nei, i a rātou anō e tapahi ana i ngā paiaka o raro, ka kitea te ngārahu me ētahi toki kōhatu nei e takoto ana i roto (TWMNT 9/2/1875:34). / When they were lifting the stump up, and while they were cutting the roots underneath, they discovered charcoal and some stone adzes lying inside.
Synonyms: koteo, tokotoko, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu, pōhi, pouihi
2. (noun) beater, striker - ancient musical instrument made of stone or wood used to set rhythms for chanting.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 166;)
He taonga o nehe te tumutumu hei taki ūngeri i te taha o te karakia. Ka hangaia ki te kōhatu, te kōiwi, te rākau rānei (RTP 2015:73). / The tumutumu is an ancient instrument to beat the rhythm for a ritual chant. They are made of stone, bone or wood.
