kāta
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to cart, transport.
Ko ngā paru o ngā whare, hui atu ki ngā kino noa o ētahi atu wāhi i pae mai ki Rānana, kotahi miriona me te hāwhe tana e kātatia ana kia tahuna ki te ahi i te tau (TTT 1929:1045). / One and a half million tons of rubbish each year, from houses together with the garbage of other places landing up in London, is carted to be incinerated.
2. (loan) (noun) carting.
Tīhema. Ko ngā mahi mō tēnei marama, rite tahi ana ki ō tērā kua pahemo atu rā, arā, te mahi kāri, te whakatō purapura, te ngaki otaota, te hanga taiepa, te kāta rākau, te waruwaru i ngā hipi, me te whakamaroke i ngā tarutaru hei kai mā te hōiho (TKM.MM 16/12/1861:20). / December. The work for this month is the same as that for the one just passed, that is, working the garden, planting out seeds, weeding, erecting fences, carting wood, shearing the sheep, and making hay as food for the horses.
3. (loan) (noun) cart, trailer.
He kaihanga tera, me ngā hanga katoa mō ngā kiki, me ngā kāta (TW 3/6/1876:223). / Saddlemaker and all equipment for gigs and carts.
kata
1. (verb) (-ina) to laugh at.
E kore e roa rawa ka kataina e ā tātou tamariki, e ā tātou mokopuna rānei, tō tātou whakapono ki ngā mea horihori noa, ki ngā mahi o te kūwaretanga (TKO 11/1920:5). / It will not be very long before we will be laughed at by our children, or grandchildren, for our belief in these false things, and are done out of ignorance.
Synonyms: katakata
2. (verb) to laugh.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata, ngingio
3. (verb) to chirp, twitter, chirrup (of birds and insects) - any sound made by a bird or insect that sounds like laughter.
Ka kata a Tīwaiwaka, ka kūtia a Māui, mate tonu atu (M 2006:206). / Fantail chirped, Māui was squeezed and was killed.
4. (noun) laughter.
Ko ngā tāngata katoa i reira, he tokomaha tonu rātau, ka ūmere me te kata (HP 1991:20). / Everybody there, and there were quite a few, made raucous applause with laughter.
kata
1. (loan) (noun) cutter (vessel).
Nō te 20 o ngā rā, ka totohu tētahi kata ki te wahapū tonu o Ākarana, i rangona e karanga ana ngā tāngata, i te ata ka kitea ko te pito anake o te maihe e puta ana, ko ngā tāngata tokotoru o te kaipuke kua mate katoa (TP 7/1907:3). / On the 20th, a cutter sank in the Auckland harbour; the people were heard calling out but in the morning just the tip of the mast was seen poking up and all three of the crew died.
mimingo kata
1. (verb) to smile, laugh, grin, beam.
Ka mimingo kata taku kōkā mai i tētahi taringa ki tētahi (TWK 17:9). / My mother grinned from ear to ear.
Synonyms: kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata, ngingio
piringi kāta
1. (loan) (noun) cart with springs, spring cart, sprung cart.
Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa, ka haere au ki te hopu i te hōiho, he rata, ka pārete mai ki te piringi kāta, ka whakamaumau i ngā kākahu, ka ārahi ki ngā ringaringa o te piringi kāta, ka pana whakamuri haere atu ki waenganui, ka whakarewa i ngā ringaringa ki ngā wāhi e tika ana (HP 1991:25). / In the mornings when I’d finished milking my cows, I let them out into their paddock and went to catch the horse, a placid one, and dragged it to the spring cart, put on the clothes, led it to the shafts of the spring cart, backed it between them, then raised the shafts to the right positions.
moko kata
1. (noun) unidentified species of lizard.
See also moko
mingo kata
1. (verb) to smile, laugh, grin, beam.
I konā, ka mingo kata anō te iwi whakarongo (Rewi 2005:99). / As a result the audience laughed.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, kata, mingomingo kata, ngingio
mingomingo kata
1. (verb) to smile, laugh, grin, beam.
Ka rūrū te māhuna o te tākuta me te mingomingo kata anō (TP 3/1908:10). / The doctor shook his head and smiled again.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, kata, mingo kata, ngingio
kino te kata
1. laughing out loud, dying of laughter - the abbreviation of this idiom (KTK) is used as the Māori version of LOL.
E rua ngā whakamārama mō te kupu rāpoto KTK e kitea nuirai ana i te pae pāhopori, tuatahi, ko kaha te kata, tuarua, ko kino te kata. E rua, e rua, ko taua aronga tonu rā o te kōrero, e pakaru mai ana te kata a wai rā. / There are two explanations for the acronym KTK seen largely on social media, firstly there is kaha te kata, secondly there is kino te kata. Both mean the same thing, that someone is laughing out loud.
kata [ō] niho
1. trust you to laugh, I knew you'd find that funny, amusing.
E kōrero ana tētahi mō tētahi raruraru iti i pā ki a ia, ā, ka kata mai tana hoa, kua pai te kī atu a te tangata tuatahi, 'Ka kata ō niho!' (HJ 2017:25). / When someone is talking about a minor problem she had and her friend laughs, it's fine for the first person to say, 'I knew you'd find that funny!'
Kāhui Tau, Te
1. refers to Rau-kata-uri and Rau-kata-mea who sing, play on instruments, or do posture dances.
Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: Ki ētahi kōrero ko te pūtake mai rāua o ngā mahi ngahau, o ngā mahi o te rēhia, o te harakoa. Ki ētahi kōrero he tuāhine nō Tinirau. Ko rāua ētahi o ngā wahine nāna i whakangahau i kitea ai te niho o Kae (Ngae, Kaunihoniho ki ētahi). Koia Te Kāhui Tau, mō te waiata, mō te whakatangi, mō te haka (M 2006:232). / Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: According to some accounts the latter two were the origin of the arts of amusement, entertainment, and pleasure. According to some they were sisters of Tini-rau. They were among the women who entertained and caused Kae to show his teeth (Ngae, Kau-nihoniho according to some). The term Kāhui (a tribal designation) Tau pertains to these two, and those who sing, play on instruments, or do posture dances (M 2006:233).
