2. (noun) height, length.
Ka whakatata atu rāua ki te uru kahikatea, ka kitea te hauroa o aua rākau. / When they approached the grove of kahikatea trees they saw the height of those trees.
2. well before, well in advance, a long time prior - when noa atu follows mua it indicates that something happened a long time prior to some other event.
He kupu tawhito tonu anō a 'Māori', nō mua noa atu i te Pākehā nei (JPS 1894:30). / 'Māori' is quite an ancient word, from well before the Pākehā arrived.
3. long after, well after, a long way away - when noa atu follows muri, or another word of time or place, it indicates that something happened a long time after some other event, or was some distance away.
Ka haria ngā papa me ngā haeana hei hanga whare karakia anō mōna ki Otamaoa. Ka whakatūria ki muri noa atu i tō mātau whare (EM 2002:55). / The timber and iron was taken to build another church for him at Otamaoa. It was erected a long way away from our house.
Kua whakahokia e koe te ingoa nei, me Māui ki muri noa atu o Wahieroa, o Whaitiri, i a Hāpai- ariki, i a Tupuaterangi. E Tuhi, e hē rawa ana tēnei. Ēnei tāngata kei muri noa atu o te waipuke (TTT 1/11/1929:1915). / You have placed this name with Māui long after Wahieroa, Whaitiri, Hāpai-ariki and Tupuate rangi. Tuhi, this is absolutely wrong. These people are long after the flood.
4. much more - when following an adjective noa atu can indicate comparison.
Nō tētahi tangata nui noa atu tōu hāte. / Your shirt belongs to someone much bigger.
noa mai
1. long ago, long since, a long time after - sometimes indicates that something took place quite some time ago or a long time after something else. With this meaning it occurs after muri.
Kāore ia i haere ki te marae i a ia e tamariki ana. Nō muri noa mai nei, nō te taipakeketanga ka hurikiko mai ki tōna hapū, ki tōna whānau nui tonu (HJ 2015:45). / She didn't go to the marae when she was a child. A long time later when she was middle aged, she turned to her subtribe and wider extended family.
Synonyms: kē, tāukiuki, noa atu, whāioio, neha, aua atu (rā), noa ake
mai rā anō
1. (particle) ever since, from that time, from long ago, for a long time, right from, from as long ago as.
Mai rā anō e pēnei ana ā mātou mahi. / We've done it this way for a long time.
See also mai rānō
roa kau ake
1. not long after, it wasn't long before, before very long, after a time.
Hoki tonu atu rāua, tīmata tonu te hanga i ngā waewae rākau mō Tama-te-kapua, ā, ka oti, kātahi rāua ka haere i te pō, ā ka tae. Ka kite i te pōporo whakamarumaru o Uenuku, kainga e rāua, ā roa kau ake, ka hoki anō ki tō rāua whare (JPS 1985:163). / They went straight back, and began building stilts for Tama-te-kapua, and when these were finished, they went off in the night and reached their destination. They found Uenuku's sheltering breadfruit tree, and they ate fruit, and not long after, they returned to their house.
Synonyms: roa kau iho, roa kau
2. long ago, long before, for a long time.
Mahue noa ake ana ngā tekoteko ki te whenua, pirau ai (TTR 2000:26). / For a long time the tekoteko were left on the ground to rot.
Tae rawa atu he āwhina ki a rāua, kua mate noa ake i te mākinakina (HJ 2015:44). / When help eventually reached them they had died long before from the intense cold.
roa kau
1. before very long, after a time, not long after, it wasn't long before.
Ā, muri iho i te whawhaitanga a Rua mā rā, ka noho nei a Tama rātou ko ōna hoa i Maketū, me ngā tamariki. Roa kau, ka marara haere (JPS 1985:134). / After the battle of Rua and his party, Tama and his companions stayed at Maketū with the children. Before very long they scattered.
See also roa kau iho, roa kau ake
Synonyms: roa kau iho, roa kau ake
roa kau iho
1. after a time, not long after, it wasn't long before, before very long.
Kīhai anō i roa kau iho, ehara, kua tae mai tōna tuahine ki reira (JPS 1952:189). / It was not long before his sister arrived there.
See also roa kau ake
Synonyms: roa kau ake, roa kau
mai rānō
1. (particle) ever since, from that time, from long ago, for a long time, right from, from as long ago as, since - a variation of mai rā anō.
E ai ki te kōrero, mai rānō i te taenga mai o te waka o 'Mātaatua' ki Aotearoa, kātahi anō ētahi o ngā iwi o Mātaatua ka hui ngātahi (TTR 2000:232). / It was said that this was the first time that the tribes of Mātaatua had gathered together since the arrival of the 'Mātaatua' canoe.
Synonyms: mai rā anō, rā anō, rānō
haere ake nei
1. for generations, for ages, as always, for a long time, on a long term basis, for ever and a day, on and on, ad infinitum - an idiom to show that something has been that way for a long time and will continue. Sometimes the phrase is repeated.
Me pērā tonu te āhua, haere ake nei (HKK 1999:144). / It should continue to be like that for along time.
I tutuki mārika i a ia te mahi whakatakoto i tētahi hononga tata i waenganui i Papua Nūkini me Aotearoa, i runga i te pakari o te hoahoa ake me te mahi tahi a rātou mā, i te taha o ngā tino māngai o taua whenua, haere ake nei, haere ake nei (TTR 2000:155). / He succeeded in establishing close ties between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand’s on a firm and friendly basis, and developed close working relationships with many of that country’s leading figures on a long term basis.
Synonyms: mau ake nei, nei, āke, ake, ake
tautini
1. (verb) to be for a long time, long.
Tautini noa e noho ana te ope rā, ka whakatika tētahi o ngā rangatira (NM 1928:133). / After the party had been sitting there for a long time, one of the chiefs stood up.
Synonyms: tāroaroa, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, roa, tāroa, kaweka, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa, hītawe, taumano
2. (noun) long time, longstanding, long-lasting.
Nā Timi Kara te kauwhau whakahōnore i te hurahanga o te whakamaumaharatanga mō tōna hoa tauwhāinga tōrangapū o ngā tautini noa, mō Te Hērihi i te tau 1926 (TTR 1994:15). / In 1926 James Carroll gave a eulogy at the unveiling of a memorial to his longstanding political opponent, Mr Herries.
3. (noun) perennial.
Ka ora ētahi tipu mō te toru tau, nui ake rānei, pērā i ngā rākau o te ngahere. Ka kīia ēnei tipu he tautini (RP 2009:402). / Some plants live for three years or more, such as the trees of the forest. These are said to be perennials.
2. (modifier) long, for a long time, lifelong.
He rā tino nui tēnei mō Ngeungeu rātou ko tōna whānau, kua tutuki rā te hiahia taumano kē nei o tōna tupuna, o Ānaru (TTR 2000:260). / This was a special day for Ngeungeu and her family, the lifelong wish of her grandfather, Anaru, had been fulfilled.
whāroa
1. (modifier) long-running, long-standing.
Kāti koa, ka mutu te mahi taumaha, me te mahi whāroa a ngā kaporeihana o Ngāti Pikiao me ngā tāngata whai e whakatikatika ana i te whenua (TTR 1996:271). / After a difficult and long-standing battle by Ngāti Pikiao corporations and individual settlers the land was brought into production.
2. (noun) length, long.
karioi
1. (verb) to loiter, linger, idle.
E tama e, he aha koe i karioi tonu ai i te wāhi nā? (W 1971:101). / Son, why are you loitering in that place?
Synonyms: taruna, whakaroa, whakataruna, whakananawe, paratinaku, tarioi, whakatinaku, whakawhēauau, mōnaroa
3. (verb) to lie dead.
