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.
kite
1. (experience verb) (-a) to see, perceive.
Ko te hiahia kē o Parore kia kite ā-tinana tonu tana irāmutu, a Wiremu, me tana mokopuna, a Hakena i te Kuīni (TTR 1994:83). / Parore's real desire was that his nephew, Wiremu, and his grandson, Hakena, should see the Queen.
Synonyms: rongo
2. (experience verb) (-a) to find, discover, detect.
E kīia ana, ka nui ngā iwi moa kua kitea ki Timaru i Te Waipounamu (TW 2/3/1878:100). / It is reported that many moa bones have been discovered at Timaru in the South Island.
3. (experience verb) (-a) to recognise.
I whakaaro te tangata nei, kāhore anō ia i kitea e ngā wāhine nei (NM 1928:116). / This man decided that he had not yet been recognised by these women.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, mōhiohio, mōhio
4. (noun) seeing, perceiving.
Te hokinga mai o te titiro ki ngā pua rākau o uta, tere tonu tō rātou kite iho i te mate mō rātou (NIT 1995:37). / When they looked back at the blossoms on the shore, they quickly saw the predicament they were in.
Synonyms: kitenga
5. (noun) finding.
E mahara tonu ana a Āpirana Ngata ki te uauatanga o te kite tangata hai whakairo i te whare karakia i Tikitiki (TTR 1998:186). / Āpirana Ngata was aware of the difficulty in finding carvers for the church at Tikitiki.
