2. (noun) eye, eyesight, sight.
He wahine hae a Hiro, kāore rawa ia i pai kia ngaro tana tāne i ōna kanohi (TP 1/1/1902:8). / Hiro was a jealous woman, she didn't like her husband being out of her sight.
Synonyms: tirohanga
kimonga kanohi
1. in the blink of an eye, very quickly.
Ahakoa i kimonga kanohi noa iho te roa o te rū, pēnei tonu au ka hinga te whare. / Even though the earthquake was over in the blink of any eye, I thought the house was going to topple over.
Synonyms: tere, wawe, rere, tangetange
kanohi hōmiromiro
1. (adjective) keen-sighted.
Synonyms: kanohi kākāpō
kanohi kākāpō
1. (adjective) short-sighted.
Synonyms: kanohi hōmiromiro
2. (noun) two-faced person.
Kātahi nā te kanohi taiaha ko tērā, he kōrero kē i tēnei rangi, he kōrero kē anō i rangi kē, ki tangata kē (HJ 2017:51). / What a two-faced person that one is, he says something one day and something quite different the next day, to someone else.
kanohi hōmiromiro
1. (noun) someone with an eye for detail, someone with keen eyesight, sharp sighted, sharp-eye, eagle-eye - a saying based on the observation that the hōmiromiro (tomtit) has keen eyesight and watches for its food on the ground and on trunks of trees, etc.
Kīia ai te tangata karu tore, ‘he kanohi hōmiromiro’ (Te Ara 2015). / A sharp-eyed person is called a 'kanohi hōmiromiro’ (tomtit eyes).
kanohi wera
1. (noun) worker in the kitchen and dining room - a figurative term for people who work in the kitchen on the marae and their hot faces from the fires and ovens.
Me uaua ka haere ngā kanohi wera ki mua, ka noho tonu ki te hereumu taka kai ai mā ngā manuhiri. / The kitchen workers are rarely seen out the front, they remain in the kitchen preparing food for the visitors.
See also ringa wera
kanohi kitea
1. (verb) to have a physical presence, be seen, represent.
Kāti rā, nō te tau 1926 i pōtitia ia ki te kaunihera ā-rohe o Te Wairoa, hei kanohi mō te takiwā o Waiau. I aua rā, kāore e kanohi kitea ana te Māori i ēnei momo rōpū (TTR 1998:12). / Well, in 1926 he was elected to the Wairoa County Council to represent the Waiau Riding. In those days Māori were not represented in these types of organisations.
2. (noun) seen face, physical presence - a term to express the importance of meeting people face to face, and to also be a face that is known to and seen within a community and at important gatherings, such as tangihanga.
He tamaiti pai, he kanohi kitea i ngā tangihanga me ngā huihui (EM 2002:60). / He was a good boy, a face seen at tangihanga and gatherings.
3. (noun) raid, incursion - applied to a chief who raids the lands of another tribe. His face is seen where he has no business to be, at least in arms.
whakapai kanohi
1. (intransitive verb) to favour one over the other, treat differently, discriminate.
Nō te pānuitanga tuarua i te tau 1882, ka whakawhiua e ia te kāwanatanga, he whakapai kanohi nōna ki te iwi Māori, he whēnako whenua (TTR 1990:338). / On the second reading in 1882, he accused the government of discrimination against the Māori people and of stealing land.
rekanga kanohi
1. (noun) vision, pleasant dream.
Nā ka haere ia ki waho, ka aru i a ia; ā, kīhai ia i mahara he pono tā te anahera i mea ai; hua noa he rekanga kanohi tāna i kite ai (PT Nga Mahi 12:9). / And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
ā-kanohi
1. with one's own eyes, see in person.
Ka noho, ka roa, ka tutuki i a Pōtatau tana hiahia kia kite ā-kanohi tonu ia i te kauhanga riri (TTR 2000:161). / Eventually Pōtatau got his wish to see the front line with his own eyes.
Synonyms: kite ā-kanohi
