ngingio
1. (verb) to be withered, shrivelled, dried-up, wrinkled.
I te wā nei kua ngingio, kua paroparo noa iho te pūtea a te Taura Whiri, otirā anei pea e whai ake nei tētahi ara e oraiti ai ngā kupu-ā-iwi kua korehāhā haere (HM 1/1994:3). / At the moment the Māori Language Commission's funding has dried-up and shrunk, but here perhaps the following is a way whereby the dialectal words that are becoming obsolete can survive.
Synonyms: kōpuka, popohe, memenge, menge, taramore, kurehe, whewhengi, kauere, kūreherehe, pohe, whakamenge, pūtoki, pūtokitoki, roiroi
2. (verb) to laugh.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata
3. (modifier) withered, shrivelled, dried-up, wrinkled.
Me poro ngā kōmata ngingio o te rākau nā kia pai ai te torokiki anō ā te kōanga (PK 2008:295). / The withered ends of that plant should be shortened so that they will sprout well again in the spring.
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.
2. (modifier) humorous, amusing, comical.
Ko te reo katakata e parea ake ai te whakatakariri (TTT 1/6/1929:998). / Humour, which diverts anger.
3. (noun) laughter.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 117-123; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 4;)
Kua haere kōtui atu ngā kuia ki te wharekai, me te katakata ki a rāua anō (PK 2008:341). / The elderly women have gone arm in arm to the dining hall, laughing to themselves.
kakata
1. (verb) to laugh frequently.
Ka rongo mātou i tēnei pepeha, ka kakata mātou; he nui te pukukata ki tēnei pepeha (JPS 1990:169). / When we hear this pepeha, we laugh and laugh; we laugh uproariously at this pepeha.
Synonyms: katakata
2. (noun) laughing and laughing.
Ko tētahi ka mea, "Auē! Te roa o aku taringa! Me te rau paukena!" Tētahi, "He kore rawa taku kauae!" Ko tētahi, "Titiro ki taku upoko, e puku ake rā a runga!" E kōrero ana me te kakata hoki (TWMNT 10/5/1874:109). / One said, "Oh dear! How long my ears are! They are like pumpkin leaves!" Another said, "I have no chin at all!" Another said, "Look at my head that swells up on top!" They were talking and laughing.
whakakatakata
1. (verb) to amuse, make laugh.
Ko te nuinga o ngā kōrero paki a te Māori, tuatahi, ko tōna āhuatanga he kōrero ngahau. Hei whakangahau i te tangata, hei whakakatakata i te tangata, hei whakakotahi i te tangata, hei whakatau i te tangata, ā, ka mutu, hei whakaataata i te whakawhanaungatanga kei waenganui i a rātau (HM 3/1997:3). / The majority of Māori yarns are, firstly, for enjoyment; to entertain, to amuse, to unite and to put people at ease and to reflect the relationship amongst them.
Synonyms: whakakata, whakahohehohe
2. (modifier) funny, humorous.
He tangata whakakatakata, tinihanga hoki te āhua o Wī Whitu (TTR 2000:246). / Wī Whitu was a humorous man with a sense of devilment.
3. (noun) humour, wit.
Ki tōna nei whakaaro, i tua atu i te mahi whai i te mātauranga, ko te mahi ake anō mā ngā kura he whakahauhau i ngā tikanga o te māhaki, o te whakakatakata, o te manaaki, o te hūmārika, o te āwhina, o te whakawhirinaki me te ngākau pono hoki (TTR 2000:24). / In his opinion, in addition to fostering scholarship, the primary task of schools was to encourage humility, humour, kindness, forbearance, helpfulness, trust and loyalty.
whēkau
1. (noun) laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies - a large, extinct, endemic owl with yellowish-brown plumage heavily streaked with brown. Face white around dark reddish-brown eyes.
Synonyms: kakaha
whakahohehohe
1. (verb) (-tia) to make someone laugh - often used with pāpāringa.
Synonyms: whakakata, whakakatakata
pūhohe
1. (modifier) mocking, laughing, cynical.
E ai ki ngā kōrero pūhohe a Scannell, i huri tonu iho ngā rangatira i tae rā ki te hui, ki te takahi i te kōrero a Tōpia (TTR 1994:196). / According to Scannell's cynical account, the chiefs that attended the gathering disregarded Tōpia's decree.
Synonyms: hangareka, whakarōriki, whakatakē, tāwai, whakaparahako
2. (modifier) hilarious, uproarious.
He kōrero pukukata tēnei, engari rā he kōrero pōuri rawa (TP 11/1906:1). / This is an hilarious story, but it's also a very sad tale.
3. (noun) laughter, hilarity, mirth.
Ka nui taku pukukata ki ngā kōrero paki a Te Wharehuia. / I laughed uproariously at Te Wharehuia's yarn.
Synonyms: manamanahau, katakata, kata, hohehohe
4. (noun) someone who laughs a lot.
He tino rerekē rāua, he pukutākaro, he pukukata tētahi. Engari ko tana hoa, he kanohi mārō, me uaua ka menemene ngā pāpāringa (HJ 2017:78). / They are very different. One is playful and laughs a lot, but his companion is stern and rarely smiles.
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
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.
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
whakakata
1. (verb) to amuse, make laugh.
He pai ēnei kōrero hei whakakata i te tangata (TP 6/1906:3). / These stories are good to make people laugh.
Synonyms: whakakatakata, whakahohehohe
2. (modifier) funny, humorous.
Kua waihotia e te Pākehā hei pūtake kōrero whakakata, hei pepeha māna te hungarei, te hungawai, te matua hūngoi rānei (TTT 1/3/1924:13). / The mother-in-law, or spouse's mother, is a source of jokes and sayings bequeathed by the Pākehā.
3. (noun) humour, wit, joking.
Ko te āhua o tana whakakata i te tangata me te whiu noa i te kōrero anō nei he kore noa iho ngā tino tohu o roto i ana kōrero arataki tūruhi (TTR 1998:30). / The nature of her humour and constant stream of throw-away remarks were a feature of her commentary in guiding the tourists.
Synonyms: whakatara, whakahangareka, kārikarika
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!'
2. (adjective) withered, shrivelled, wrinkled.
me ko pīwaiwaka
1. you're a nark, you’re a tattletale - an idiom likening someone to the fantail who laughed at Māui trying to enter Hinenuitepō causing her to wake and discover his plot to kill her.
Tama: Nā wai tātou i whāki? Hata: Nāku! Kei hē kē atu tēnei raruraru. Tama: E tama, me ko pīwaiwaka koe. / Tama: Who told on us? Hata: I did! Unless we get in more trouble. Tama: Oh man, you’re a nark.
