tīmatatanga
1. (noun) beginning, starting, introduction, start, commencement.
He mea tino nui rawa atu te mana o te kaupapa Karaitiana i taua takiwā, mai i te tīmatatanga tūturu o te whakapono i te tau 1827 (TTR 1996:115). / The influence of Christianity in the region was profound from the formal introduction of the faith in 1827.
whakaurunga
1. (noun) enrolment, introduction, registration, admission, entry, participation.
I ātetehia e ia te whakaurunga atu o te hanganga ture e riro ai ngā whenua i te Māori (TTR 1994:129). / He opposed the introduction of legislation designed to alienate Māori land.
Synonyms: whakauru, rēhita, rēhitatanga
2. (noun) introductory passage, introduction.
Tirohia te whakamārama a Tupito i te whakaupoko i runga nei (M 2007:138). / Refer to Tupito's explanation in the introductory passage above.
3. (noun) upper end (of a cultivated field).
He tikanga nā tāua, nā te Māori, ka tae ki te whakaupoko o te māra ka titiro ki te pito i tīmataia mai ai te mahi - ka titiro whakamuri me he kore he taru tū (HKW 1/12/1901:9). / It's a practice of ours, of the Māori, that when we reach the upper end of the cultivation we lookwards the end where the work began - we look bach to see that there are no weeds standing.
kupu whakataki
1. (noun) preface, introduction, preamble, foreword.
Taihoa ake anō i whakaurua atu e ia ngā kōrero i tuhia e Ngoi ki roto i ngā kupu whakataki o te pukapuka nei, o 'Te Ao Hurihuri' (TTR 2000:. / Later he included a commentary written by Ngoi in the foreword to the book 'Te Ao Hurihuri'.
See also whakataki
Synonyms: kupu takamua
tīmatanga
1. (noun) beginning, starting, introduction, start, commencement.
Heoi, tētahi parekura kaitā te tīmatanga mai (HP 1991:6). / And so that was the beginning of a major battle.
See also tīmatatanga
kanaekura
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
nehe
1. (noun) young New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
paneroro
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
tīrango
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
pokororo
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
upokororo
1. (noun) New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus - a small slender fish, silvery, sometimes with a reddish back. Was caught in large numbers and found only in lowland rivers and streams. They spawned in freshwater streams and developing to maturity in saltwater. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm. Although once common in Aotearoa/New Zealand streams, it is now extinct, possibly because of the introduction of trout.
Ka hīia te hāpuku, te warehou, te tāmure, te upokororo ki Te Tai Rāwhiti (Te Ara 2011). / Groper, warehou and snapper were caught, and grayling were caught on the East Coast.
hara
1. (verb) to be in violation of a tapu, transgress, commit a sin, violate the law, offend - in traditional society the word was used primarily for an offence from the violation of tapu. With the introduction of Christianity, the meaning widened to include sin and deliberate offending, and then offending in violation of rules, regulations and the law.
I mea a Pārao kua hara ia (TP 1/7/1900:4) / Pharaoh said that he had transgressed.
Synonyms: muheni, muhani, tunuhuruhuru
2. (modifier) offending, criminal.
Tēnei hoki tētahi take whawhai, ko te kaiponu i te tangata hara (TMT 15/7/1861:12). / This is also a reason for war, the refusal to give up a criminal.
Synonyms: tutū
3. (noun) sin, foul, crime, offence, transgression, wrongdoing, gaffe, infringement, fault, problem.
I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi poka noa 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: kino, kinonga, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate, kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu
