kōeke
1. (noun) level.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeketanga, paparanga
whakatūpā
1. (verb) to flatten, level.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, taumata, tautika, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
papatairite
1. (verb) to be level, even surface.
Ko ngā raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko ngā maunga katoa me ngā pukepuke, ka whakapāpakutia iho: ko ngā wāhi kōpikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko ngā wāhi taratara kia papatairite (PT Ihaia 40:4). / Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
Synonyms: apa, kōeke, pātiki, paparanga, kōeketanga, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, whakapaparanga, apaapa
2. (modifier) level, even, flat.
I whakamihi te Pākehā ki te wāhi i tū ai te hui, i tū te hunga haka me ngā kōtiro poi ki te wāhi papatairite, ko te mano o te Pākehā i matakitaki iho i te pīnakitanga o te pukepuke, i raro i ngā rākau ātaahua a te Māori (TP 3/1903:2). / The Pākehā praised the place where the gathering was held, where the performing arts group and the poi girls stood. The masses of Pākehā watched from the gentle slope of the hillock, under the beautiful trees of the Māori.
3. (noun) flat land, plain.
Kei te tirotiro haere ngā kairūri rerewē i ngā pāpāringa o ngā maunga, i ngā tihi hoki, i ngā taporetanga, i ngā paritū, i ngā tāheke, i ngā whārua, i ngā papatairite, i ngā tāwharuwharu, i ngā wāhi katoa, kia tika ai tērā karanga mō te rerewē ki Pōneke (KO 15/10/1883). / The railway surveyors are looking about at flanks of the mountains, and at the peaks, depressions, steep cliffs, waterfalls, valleys, plains, gullies, everywhere, so that that call for the railway to Wellington will be on course.
Synonyms: tōtōkau, more, mānia, māmore, kōkau, taramore, tōkau, mahuki, mōkau, momore
pārae
1. (noun) level or undulating open country.
He tino whakaahua ātaahua ki a rātou ngā maunga, ngā pukepuke, ngā ngahere, ngā kapua, ngā pārae e hipokina nei e ngā tarutaru matomato (TTT 1/8/1926:442). / To them the mountains, hills, forests, clouds and the undulating country covered in lush grass is a beautiful picture.
Synonyms: raorao, manaha, mānahanaha, pākihi, koraha
kaupae
1. (noun) rung, level, stair, stairs (ngā kaupae), stairway, staircase.
Ko ia anō tētahi o ngā tohunga ki te tapahi kaupae i te kōpapa (TTR 1998:46). / He was one of the experts at step-cutting in ice.
Synonyms: pātiki, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
pīnakitanga
1. (noun) gentle slope.
Nā i te kēti o te puna wai, i te ritenga mai anō ō rātou, ka haere atu rātou i ngā kaupae o te pā o Rāwiri, i te pīnakitanga o te taiepa i runga i te whare o Rāwiri, tae noa ki te kēti wai ki te rāwhiti (PT Nehemia 12:37). / And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
2. (noun) higher level.
Whāia a tua atu o te reo kai parāoa noa iho nei, kei noho noa iho hoki ki ōna pīnakitanga tē eke kē ai ki te akitu ka taea (TTTT 2006:13). / Strive to achieve that which is beyond ordinary language or the language will not improve and reach excellence.
whakapaparanga
1. (noun) layer, series of layers, generation.
E whia kē ngā whakapaparanga o tana iwi o Rangitāne i noho ki Te Manawatū, atu i te awa ki ngā paemaunga o Tararua (TTR 1990:280). / His tribe, Rangitāne, had lived for many generations in the Manawatū district, from the river to the Tararua Range.
Synonyms: mātā, kaupapa, kahupapa, apaapa, apa, papanga, paparanga
2. (noun) level, story.
Ko ngā rūma moe kei ngā whakapaparanga o runga, kei raro ko ngā rūma kai, horoi, me ētahi o ngā rūma mō ngā karaihe (TTT 1/4/1924:21). / The dormitories are on the upper stories and below are the dining rooms, wash rooms and some rooms for classes.
Synonyms: paparite, papatairite, apaapa, pātiki, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga, apa, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi
2. (noun) sequence, order, series.
Ko tāna tikanga raupapa hei whakahaere māna i ngā tauira he pākaha, pērā tonu i te raupapa whakahaere hōia (TTR 1998:175). / His method of maintaining order among his pupils was strict, just like military discipline.
Synonyms: raupapatanga, tono, ngare, ngarengare, whakahauhau, whakahau, whakaraupapa, ōta
3. (noun) flat ground, level surface.
I te taenga atu o Kupe ki Rangiātea, ka ui mai a Ngātoto ki a Kupe, “E Kupe! he aha te āhua o te whenua i kite nā koe? He raupapa rānei, he tuarangaranga rānei; he onetai, he onematua rānei te one.” (JPS 1913:115). / When Kupe reached Rai'atea, Ngātoto asked Kupe, “Kupe! What is the nature of that land you have discovered? Is it flat land, or rough land? Is the soil alluvial soil, or a loamy soil?”
Synonyms: kaupapa
raorao
1. (noun) level or undulating country, lowlands.
Ko ngā raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko ngā maunga katoa me ngā pukepuke, ka whakapāpakutia iho: ko ngā wāhi kōpikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko ngā wāhi taratara kia papatairite (PT Ihaia 40:4). / Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
Synonyms: pārae
papatahi
1. (verb) to be flat, level.
Mēnā he tawhiti te waha i te hīnaki, ka rūmakina ki roto i te wai kia pai ai te pēhi, kia papatahi ai, kia āhei te here ki ngā pou (Te Ara 2016). / If the hīnaki was being carried a distance, it was soaked in water so that it could be pressed flat, and lashed to poles.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (modifier) flat.
Ahakoa he maunga, he kōawa, he whenua papatahi, he hanga mīharo te mātauranga o Matairangi ki te whakatū taiapa (HP 1991:27). / Whether it was mountains, waterways or flat land, Matairangi's skill at erecting fences was amazing.
3. (noun) flat area.
Nō te hekenga o te wai o te moana ki ngā motu teitei, kua hangaa ngā papatahi taha moana, pai mō te noho (Te Ara 2016). / With the declining sea levels on high islands coastal flats were formed that were suitable for settlement.
4. (noun) first floor.
pātiki
1. (verb) to be flat, level.
Synonyms: kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (noun) flounder (a general term for flounder-type fish).
I ētahi pō, ka haere a Tīpene ki te rama tuna, ka wero pātiki anō ia ina kitea e ia ētahi (HP 1991:17). / Some nights Stephen would go to hunt for eels by torchlight and spear flounder whenever he saw some.
3. (noun) black flounder, Rhombosolea retiaria - an exceedingly flattened fresh water endemic fish with both eyes on the top side. Dark greenish-black with masses of bright brick-red and paler grey spots on the upper surface. Lower surface is grey-white. Widespread in coastal waters in harbours, river mouths and estuaries.
Synonyms: pātiki mohoao, mohoao
4. (noun) sand flounder, Rhombosolea plebeia - undivided to slightly divided anterior and pelvic fin rays and has a distinctive rhomboidal shape. Endemic and widespread. Adults found sub-tidally to depths of 100 m, especially on soft seabeds.
5. (noun) greenback flounder, Rhombosolea tapirina - well developed fleshy snout partly overhanging the mouth. In Aotearoa/New Zealand waters it occurs off tge east and south coasts of the South Island.
6. (noun) lemon sole, Pelotretis flavilatus - grey-to-brown fish with greenish tinge, mottled white on underside. Body oval, wider at front. Scales rough and eyes large. Endemic and found on sandy seabedsthroughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in depths of 4-618 m.
7. (noun) New Zealand turbot, Colistium nudipinnis - brownish-green with irregular darker blotches, pale on underside. Body oval. Snout with a hook-like projection that overlaps the jaws. Endemic fish that occurs from Northland coast to the south coast of the South Island, inhabiting sand and mud seabed in nearshore and subtidal areas up to 50 m.
karapotapota
1. (stative) be broken into pieces, smashed, levelled.
I kahakina ngā piriti whakatārewa, me ngā maioro oneone e te wai, pakaru kino ana tōna huakanga ki runga ki ngā whare, karapotapota ana ngā mea katoa i tōna ara (TWMNT 21/9/1875:210). / The suspension bridges and embankments were carried away by the water, and it rushed into the houses smashing them, levelling everything in its path.
Synonyms: mānia
paparanga
1. (noun) layer, level.
Kia kitea rā anō ētahi atu poroiwi kiore i raro i te paparanga ngārehu o Taupō o te tau 232 AD, kātahi anō pea ka tautokona whānuitia tēnei ariā e te nuinga o ngā kaimātai pūtaiao (Te Ara 2014). / It's probably only when other rat bones from beneath the 232 AD Taupō ash layer are found that this theory will be generally supported by the majority of scientists.
Synonyms: mātā, kaupapa, kahupapa, papanga, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, pātiki, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, whakapaparanga, kaupae, taumata, tautika
taumata
1. (noun) summit, top of a hill, resting place (on a hill), brow of a hill, level, grade.
O ngā nēhi Māori o tōna wā, ko ia anake te mea momoho, ikeike rawa ki te taumata o te akoranga nēhi (TTR 1998:103). / Of the nurses of her era, she alone was so successful and eminent reaching the summit of the nursing profession.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
paepae kainga āwhā
1. (noun) beam across the front of the meeting house at ground level.
See also paepae kai āwhā
tautika
1. (verb) to be even, level, equal, straight, direct.
Haere, e Tā Tānara Mākarini, i te ara nui, tautika te haere ki tō Matua i te Rangi (TWMNT 13/3/1877:62). / Farewell, Sir Donald McLean, go on the wide path, straight to your Heavenly Father.
Synonyms: pātiki, kaupae, taumata, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (modifier) even, level, equal, straight, direct.
Me kimi he papa tautika, kāore e pai te mea pāhiwihiwi (PK 2008:899). / Look for a straight plank, an uneven one won't be suitable.
3. (noun) straightness, directness.
He topatahi, toparua, topa pū, taitapa ngā tūranga tākaro o Mōnita, ā, kātahi kē nei te ātaahua, te parahutihuti me te tautika ōna ki te oma (TTR 2000:54). / The positions that Mōnita played were at first five-eighth, second five-eight, centre and wing, and he was a beautiful, fast and straight runner.
