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waehauā

1. (adjective) be lame.

Kei te rongo tonu i te mamae he kataina nōna i te kura, he waehauā nōna (PK 2008:1043). / She still feels the pain of being laughed at in school because she was lame.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka

toti

1. (verb) to be lame, limp, hobble.

E toti ana te waewae o mua i te taha katau (TW 9/10/1875:276). / The front leg on the right side is lame.

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Synonyms: mehameha, tīmohea, tākohekohe, tāngange, memeha, totitoti, momohe, ngongohe, parure, pīngohengohe, pingohe, wana-kore


2. (adjective) be lame.

He toti te waewae o mua i te taha katau (TW 9/10/1875:276). / The front leg on the right side is lame.

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Synonyms: hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka, kopakopa


3. (noun) limp, hobble, lameness.

I ētahi wā he kino tana toti. / Sometimes her limp is bad.

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Synonyms: totitoti, hapehape

tūparaka

1. (verb) to be lame.

Ko ō mātou hōiho katoa, he hū ō rātou kia kore ō rātou waewae e mate i te pōhatu, ka tūparaka (TWK 50:6). / All our horses had shoes so that their legs wouldn't be hurt by the stones and become lame.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri

totitoti

1. (verb) to limp, hobble.

Rokohanga atu e au kei Kerikeri e totitoti ana (W 1971:441). / When I encountered her she was limping along at Kerikeri.

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Synonyms: toti, tīmohea, tākohekohe, tāngange, memeha, momohe, ngongohe, parure, pīngohengohe, pingohe, wana-kore, mehameha


2. (modifier) lame.

Kotahi te hōiho whero; te whiore kua poroa; he waewae totitoti te waewae katau o muri (TWM 4/11/1865:6). / One red horse, which has its tail cut off and the back right leg is lame.

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Synonyms: ngongengonge, kopa, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka, kopakopa, toti, hauā


3. (noun) lame, hobble, lameness, lame person.

Ka tō te rā, ka tae ake taua totitoti. / When the sun set the lame person arrived.

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Synonyms: hape, toti, hapehape

hapehape

1. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.

He tamaiti tāne, he Māori, ko tōna mate he waewae hapehape (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / A Māori boy whose problem was that he was a cripple.

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Synonyms: hape


2. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lameness.

I mahia ōna hapehape ki Te Pukeroa, ora atu, pai atu, hoki atu ana ki tōna nei kāinga (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / His foot deformity was treated at Te Pukeroa, and when it had healed and was good he returned to his home.

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Synonyms: hape, toti, totitoti

kokekoke

1. (verb) to be halting, faltering, hesitant.

He kokekoke tōna āhua kōrero (Ng 1993:193). / He spoke in a halting manner.

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2. (verb) to be lame, limping, hobbling.

Kāore te hōiho i oma, he kokekoke nō te waewae (PK 2008:289). / The horse didn't gallop because it was lame.

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See also hauā

Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka

kopakopa

1. (modifier) crippled, lame, disabled.

Ahakoa te kopakopa o Kararaina, ka kaha tonu a ia ki te whakauru i a ia anō ki roto i ngā whakataetae a te rōpū kopakopa (TWK 44:22). / Despite Kararaina's disability, she was enthusiastic about entering herself into the competitions of disabled teams.

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Synonyms: toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka


2. (noun) cripple, disabled person, disability, disablement.

turingongengonge

1. (verb) to be crippled, lame, malfunctioning.

Aua hei te kopa, aua hei te turingongengonge, engari, whatiwhati waewae te oma atu ki tō koutou hoa, ki a Kāwana Kerei (TMT 1/10/1861:3). / Do not be lame or crippled, but let your feet run swiftly to your friend, Governor Grey.

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2. (adjective) be crippled, lame, malfunctioning.

Ko te mate he turingongengonge, e kore e āhei te haere, te tū, he takoto tonu tana hanga i runga i tōna moenga (TH 1/10/1860:4). / The illness was crippling and he wasn't able to walk and stand, all he could do was lie on his bed.

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3. (modifier) crippled, lame, malfunctioning.

Haere ai ki reira ngā Pākehā turingongengonge, ngā kopa, ngā piko, me te tini atu (KO 16/2/1885:6). / The crippled Pākehā, the lame the people who are bent over, and many others go to that place.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka


4. (noun) cripple, damage, malfunction.

Ko te rāwekeweke mō tērā hanga, mō te pū i runga i te turingongengonge, i te kātipuhi, me ngā hauātanga o te pū i ana mamate katoa, ka oti tika, i runga i te tere, i te utu ngāwari (KO 15/1/1884:10). / The fixing of that thing, the gun that is damaged, jammed, malfunctioning and all the problems that guns have will be done efficiently, promptly and inexpensively.

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hauā

1. (modifier) crippled, lame, disabled.

Ā mate noa ia, noho hauā ake ana tana waewae i tana wharatanga, hīkoi haere ai ia me te mau tokotoko, pūtu hāparapara anō hoki (TTR 2000:19). / And until he died, his leg remained lame from his injuries, walking with a stick and surgical boots.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka


2. (noun) cripple, disabled person, invalid, disability.

Ka hinga te hauā rā i tōna hoa (TP 9/1910:4). / That invalid was defeated by his friend.

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ngongengonge

1. (verb) to be crippled lame.


2. (noun) cripple, lame, crippled person.

Arahina mai ki konei ngā rawakore, ngā ngongengonge, ngā matapō, me ngā kopa (PT Ruka 14:21). / Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka

kōpiri

1. (verb) to be contracted, shrivelled up, crouched up from the cold, limited, restricted, crowded together, squashed.

Muri iho meatia ana kia kawea ki Te Kawau, te moutere o te Kāwana, kia rahi he takanga mō rātou, koi kōpiri tonu i te nohoanga i runga kaipuke (TWM 15/10/1864:2). / After that it was decided that they be taken to Kawau, the Governor's island, where there were larger quarters for them, so that they wouldn't have cramped accommodation on board ship.

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2. (modifier) contracted, shrivelled up, crouched up from the cold, limited, restricted, crowded together, squashed.

Ko Te Angiangi, kei te noho kōpiri, hūiki i te mākū o ōna kākahu (TP 9/1908:3). / Te Angiangi sat crouched up from the cold and shivering from his wet clothes.

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Synonyms: kukupi, tūpā, taparere, apiapi, rāhui, ārikarika, tapu


3. (modifier) crippled, lame.

Ko wai te waewae kōpiri i ora? (TWM 6/5/1865:4). / Who can heal a crippled leg?

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4. (noun) restriction, limit, squash, limitation, constraint.

Tēnā ko te taonga nei ko te nūpepa rāua ko te kōrero tuhituhi, kāore e puta te nuinga o ngā mahara i te kōpiri o te marae hei koringa (TP 1/10/1900:8). / Well, newspapers and the written word are not adequate to convey the majority of thoughts because of the limitations of the forum.

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Synonyms: ngoikoretanga, whakatina, tepe, tepenga, here, tapu, apiapi, aukatinga


5. (noun) cripple, lame.

Māna ngā turi, ngā kōpiri, ngā tūpāpaku katoa, e whakaora i te mate (TWM 10/6/1865:1). / He will heal the deaf, the cripples, and all the invalids.

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Synonyms: kopa, ngongengonge, hauā, hape, tūparaka, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, kopakopa, toti

kopa

1. (verb) to be bent, folded.


2. (verb) to be crippled, lame.

I te tino kaha rawa o te tūpekepeketanga o te tohunga, arā i te hapainga a ōna atua, ka takoki tōna waewae, ka noho kopa ia mō ngā wiki maha (TP 3/1903:2). / Because the tohunga jumped about so energetically, that is his atua raised him up, he sprained his leg and was left lame for many weeks.

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Synonyms: turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, kopakopa, kōpiri, tūparaka, hape, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, totitoti


3. (modifier) crippled, lame.

Me e pērā ana, ka rangona te reo e totitoti ana me te aha ki te uru mai ērā hei kaiako kātahi rā hoki te reo ka arero kopa te āhua o te reo (Kāretu 2016). / Should such be the case the language will be halting and should people with such a command become teachers the language will be further crippled (Kāretu 2016).

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4. (noun) cripple, disabled person.

Ka tae ake te kopa karanga tonu atu ki te kāpō, "E hoa, ko tō mate kei ōu kanohi, ko taku mate kei aku waewae. E mea ana ahau, ko ā tāua tokotoko me whakarere, ko ahau hei kanohi mōu, ko koe hei waewae mōku." (KO 16/2/1885:4) / The cripple arrived and called to the blind person, "Friend, Your problem is with your eyes and mine is with my legs. I am suggesting that we abandon our walking sticks and I will be your eyes and you my legs."

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5. (noun) wallet, satchel (with a flap lid), sandal.

hunga hauā

1. (noun) disabled people, lame people.

Ko rātou o te hunga hauā, o te hunga matapō, o te hunga pararaiha rānei, te nuinga o ngā tūroro e whakaorangia ana e ia (TTR 1996:152). / The majority of the patients he healed were the disabled, the blind or the paralysed.

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hape

1. (stative) be distorted, unrelated, beside the point, inappropriate, immaterial.

Kāhore i hape ō kōrero; kei te tika ō kōrero (W 1971:36). / What you said was not irrelevant; your account is correct.

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2. (stative) be crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed, lame, deformed.

Ka hape tonu atu tētehi o ōna waewae (B 1979:125). / One of his legs was deformed.

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Synonyms: ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, kopakopa, kokekoke, kōpiri, tūparaka, waehauā, toti, hauā


3. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.

Kei te maumahara tonu i ahau, aku hoa takatāpui, i te wā e tamariki ana, he waewae hape tētahi, he tuarā hake tētahi (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / I still remember my close friends at the time I was young, one had deformed legs, another was a hunchback.

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Synonyms: hapehape


4. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lame person - person with a leg or foot deformity.

I mōhiotia ki te hape o te waewae (NM 1928:95). / The deformity of his foot was known.

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Synonyms: hapehape, totitoti

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