kimi
1. (verb) (-hia) to look for, seek, search, hunt for.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
Synonyms: ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, takitaki, paraketu, hīnana, hure, rapunga, puretumu, rangahau, pōrangi
2. (noun) quest, search, hunt.
He maha ngā āhuatanga hou ki te Māori i te nekenga ki ngā tāone, ko te kimi mahi, ko te kimi whare, ko te whai mātauranga (Te Ara 2015). / Many new aspects faced Māori in the move into the cities, including the quest for employment and housing, and the pursuit of education.
kimi hamuti
1. to make it up, make up, seek forgiveness, reconcile - an idiom used when the speaker has made a serious transgressed and wishes to make it up with the person, or people, affected by the transgression. Stronger than kimi patero.
Rangi: Arā te tāhae i mau rā i a tāua e whānako ana i taku motukā. Pare: Āe rā. Me kōrero atu tāua ki a ia? Rangi: Waiho atu i konā kimi ai i tana hamuti (HKK 1999:74). / Rangi: There is the thief that we caught stealing my car. Pare: Yes indeed. Should we talk to him? Rangi: Leave him alone to make it up to us.
Synonyms: kimi patero, noho tahi
kimi tangata
1. (verb) to recruit.
Synonyms: ika tauhou, taritari
kimi patero
1. to make it up, make up, seek forgiveness, reconcile - an idiom used when the speaker has transgressed in some way and wishes to make it up with the person, or people, affected by the transgression.
Pare: I kite koe i ngā tiakarete i hokona e Eruera mā Manu? Rangi: Āna, kei te kimi tērā i tana patero, i te mea nāna i tātā a Manu mō te kore noa iho (HKK 1999:74). / Pare: Did you see the chocolates that Eruera bought for Manu? Rangi: Yes indeed, he is seeking forgiveness because he thrashed Manu for no reason.
See also kimi hamuti
Synonyms: kimi hamuti, noho tahi
2. (noun) staff recruitment.
