2. (verb) to stimulate.
Kei te hiko atu ōku whakaaro kia whānui, kia hōhonu, kia tino kaha rawa ngā mimire o te taura e paihere nei i a tātau (TKO 30/4/1920:7). / My thoughts are stimulated into ways to broaden, deepen and strengthen the strands of the rope that unites us all.
3. (verb) (-ia) to snatch, grab, grasp.
4. (modifier) electrical, power, electronic, electric.
The government still owns some commercial enterprises, such as the power companies and the post offices. / E pupuri tonu ana te kāwanatanga i ētahi hinonga arumoni, pērā i ngā kamupene hiko me ngā poutāpeta (Te Ara 2015).
5. (noun) lightning.
Mō te hiko i kōwhā mai i te wāhi kotahi, ka tuaruatia mai i taua wāhi anō he tohu mate (M2004:234). / For the lightning which flashes over the same place twice, that is an omen of death.
6. (noun) electricity, power.
He mea whakarewa te haeana ki te hiko i ēnei rā, engari, i ngā wā o mua i whakarewangia i runga i te tō. / An iron is heated with electricity these days, but in the past it was heated on the stove.
Synonyms: kōmārohi, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, ihi, awenga, pū, mana whakahaere
kapo
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-a) to catch at, snatch.
Ki te whakaaro i āhua porairewa rawa ngā whakaaro o taua kaumātua, inā hoki, i kapohia ai tō rāua tira ko tana mokopuna e te aituā (HKW 1/1/1901:10). / We think that the thoughts of that elder may have become a little confused because their party, he and his grandchild, were overtaken by disaster.
2. (verb) (-hia) to flash.
3. (noun) lightning.
Nō te whatitiri, nō te kapo, nō te ua, he mea riringi iho nō runga, nō te rangi (JPS 1912:33). / It was of the thunder, of the lightning and of the rain, which was poured down from above, from the heavens.
kanapu
1. (verb) to be bright, shining, glowing.
E takoto ana a Te Kati, ka rongo ake ia ki te whatitiri nui whakawehi rawa; muri tonu iho ka kite ia i te māramatanga e kanapu mai ana i tētahi kokonga o te rūmu (TWMNT 25/8/1874:217). / Mr Scott was lying down when he heard a fearful clap of thunder, and immediately after that saw a bright light in one corner of the room.
Synonyms: whitinga, pīrata, karengo, whakawhiti, whiti
2. (noun) lightning.
Ka rapa i te rangi, he uira, he kanapu, te tohu o te ariki (M 2004:26). / Lightning flashes in the sky, a sign of a great chief.
rua kanapu
1. (noun) lightning flashing over mountains - places where lightning is often seen.
He tihi maunga te rua kōhā, te rua kanapu rānei ka kitea te uira e kānapanapa ana (Te Ara 2013). / A rua kōhā, or rua kanapu, was a mountain peak where lightning was seen flashing.
Synonyms: rua kōhā
kōwhā
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to split open, take out of the shell, shuck, to husk.
Synonyms: tīwarawara
2. (verb) to burst open, split apart.
I a au e tamariki ana ka homai ētahi merengi e tētahi tangata ki a au, engari, nā te taumaha o aua merengi ka taka tētahi, ā, ka kōwhā. / When I was young, a man gave me some water melons, but because those melons were so heavy I dropped one and it burst open.
3. (verb) to flash (e.g. lightning).
Ka puta he marangai nui, ka heke te ua, ka kōwhā te uira, ka haruru te whatitiri (TTT 1/3/1927:559). / A big storm appeared and the rain fell, the lightning flashed and the thunder clapped.
4. (noun) summer lightning.
Ka whakakūkupa i a ia, ka haere ia i roto i te mura o te ahi, i te āwhiowhio, i te hau, i te uira, i te kōwhā, i te whatitiri (JPS 1929:22). / He assumed the form of a pigeon and flew into the flames of the fire, the whirlwind, the wind, the lightning, the summer lightning and the thunder.
2. (noun) lightning, electricity.
Tērā te uira e hiko i te rangi (W 1971:50). / There the lightening will flash in the sky.
3. (noun) glow.
Kua tau te tūtutupō ki runga i te rangi, te pūhanatanga o te uira o te ahi o Te Arawa (NM 1928:69 & 202). / The redness settled on the sky, the glow of the flames of Te Arawa's fire.
2. (verb) to be spread out, extended.
Otirā mā te maumahara ki te whakataukī a ō tātou tūpuna, 'Mā tini, mā mano ka rapa te whai', e māmā ai, e tere ai te tutuki o tēnei take nui whakaharahara (TTT 1/7/1931:7). / But by remembering the saying of our ancestors, 'By large numbers will the chase be spread out' meaning that this important matter will be completed more easily and faster by large numbers of cooperating workers.
3. (adjective) be wide, flat, webbed.
4. (noun) sheet lightning.
5. (noun) blade (of a paddle, etc.), anything broad and flat.
Ka whitia e ia te rapa o tōna taiaha ki runga; ka ruia ngā awe, ka pūaha (JPS 1911:22). / He turned the blade of his taiaha upwards, and shook its tuft of dog's hair so that it opened out.
6. (noun) stern-post (of a canoe).
Nā, ka mahia te waka, koirā ngā toki i tāraia ai te waka, ā ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The canoe was then adzed out, hewn with those adzes. The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; finished were the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering oars of the prow and stern.
rua kōhā
1. (noun) lightning on a mountain top.
He tihi maunga te rua kōhā, te rua kanapu rānei ka kitea te uira e kānapanapa ana (Te Ara 2013). / A rua kōhā or rua kanapu was a mountain peak where lightning was seen flashing.
See also rua kanapu
Synonyms: rua kanapu
