whakawākanga
1. (noun) judgement.
I te whakawākanga o Te Mānia o Ngāti Whātua mō te whānako ka whakataungia e te ture me mau ki te herehere (TTR 1990:210). / At the sentencing of Te Mānia of Ngāti Whātua for theft the decision of the law was imprisonment.
Synonyms: whakataunga, whakawā, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga
whakawā
1. (verb) (-kia,-ngia,-tia) to judge, accuse, investigate, adjudicate, put on trial - used for accusing, investigating and judging a charge or complaint against someone.
I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi pukanoa 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: tiāti, tiati, whakawāwā, kaiwhakawā
2. (noun) judgement, decision, judicial hearing, claim, legal case.
I te whakawā i Rotorua ka whainatia tētahi tangata, ko Mita Taupopoki te ingoa, e rua tekau pāuna me ngā raruraru, mō te takahanga i te ture kaua e haute i te waipiro i ngā hōtēra (TKO 15/10/1916:10). / In a judgement in Rotorua, a man called Mita Taupopoki was fined twenty pounds and costs for transgressing the law not to shout drinks in hotels.
Synonyms: whakawākanga, whakataunga, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga
kōtitanga
1. (loan) (noun) judgement, trial, case, judging, court case.
...tēnei anō tētahi moni nui a te hunga whai take e riro ana mō te kōtitanga a te poari i ngā whenua Māori… (TJ 19/7/1898:5). / ...and here is a large amount of money of the claimants spent on the judgement of the Māori Lands Board...
Synonyms: whakawāwā, whakataunga, whakawā, kupu whakatau, whakawākanga
whakataunga
1. (noun) decision, solution, verdict, ruling, outcome, judgement, conclusion.
Te whakataunga a te iwi, taka ana ki a Hoani Wiremu Hīpango, māna te haere ki rāwāhi, hei whakatutuki i ngā tūmanakoranga o te iwi (TWK 16:9). / The decision of the people fell on Hoani Wiremu Hīpango that he should travel overseas to fulfil the wishes of the people.
Synonyms: whakawā, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga, whakawākanga, tukunga iho, putanga, hua
kupu whakatau
1. (noun) welcoming words, welcoming expression.
I ōna rā, ko Ruawehea te ariki tapairu o Ngāti Hako o Hauraki. Inā ngā kupu whakatau manuhiri ka kuhu ki tōna rohe: "Haere mai, nau mai. Haere mai, kuhu noa mai ki ngā hūhā o Ruawehea." (Te Ara 2015). / In her day, Ruawehea was the high-born woman of the Ngāti Hako tribe of the Hauraki area. Here are the welcoming expressions to visitors entering her territory: "Come forth, welcome. Come forth and enter the thighs of Ruawehea."
2. (noun) decision, judgement.
Ki te oti te whakawā ka puta te kupu whakatau a te Tiati ki te hunga i kitea te tika ki taua whenua (RT 2013:34). / If the judicial hearing is completed the Judge's decision revealing the rights to that land is delivered to the group.
Synonyms: whakataunga, whakawā, kōtitanga, whakawākanga
3. (noun) recommendation, report.
Kei te takoto tonu taua whenua i raro i te tikanga Māori, nō reira ka kore he kupu whakatau a tēnei Komiti (RT 2013:34). / That land still remains under Māori custom, so this Committee has no recommendation.
Synonyms: taunaki, marohi, kupu tohutohu, tohutohu, tūtohunga, rongo, rongorongo, pakū, hau, pūrongo, pūrongorongo, rīpoata
kanone
1. (verb) to speak ill of, disparage, run down, defame.
Ehara koe i te tangata tōtika, ka waiho au e koe i runga i ō ngutu kanone ai (JPS 1927:374). / You are not an honourable person, you have left me with your disparagement.
Synonyms: pākarukaru
2. (modifier) disparaging, disapproving, critical, judgemental, derogatory, scornful.
Tātou e kaha nei ki tō tātou reo, kei noho tātou ka aro ki ngā tao kupu kanone e hōrekehia mai nei (Kāretu 2016). / We who are enthusiastic about our language, let's not take any notice of the derogatory barbs thrown at us.
Synonyms: whakahāwea, hanihani, hahani, tāwai
whakawāwā
1. (verb) to take counsel, judge, wrangle, recriminate, argue.
Ko ia anake te tamaiti o taua hunga i whakawāwā nei kia patua ō rātou mātua (NM 1928:3). / He was the only child of that group who argued that their parents be killed.
Synonyms: whakawā, kaiwhakawā, tiāti, tiati
2. (modifier) critical, judgemental, condemnatory.
Kaua hei whakawāwā ki tēnei tū tangi a te reo (TTT 1/7/1927:623). / Don't be critical of this type of sound of the language.
3. (noun) settling, resolving, judging.
Ka whakatūria ia hei āteha i te tau 1851; ka hoatu hei mahi māna, ko te whakawāwā i ngā raruraru i waenganui i ngā iwi (TTR 1990:97). / He was made an assessor in 1851, and the task given to him was the settling of disputes among the tribes.
Synonyms: kōtitanga, whakatatū, pūwhenua, tautanga, whakanohonoho
