aukume
1. (verb) (-a) to prolong, lengthen, drag out, extend, stretch, protract, detailed.
Kāore e aukumea ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ēnei kura whaitake i konei, otirā ko te awhero o te Taura Whiri kia tae atu ngā kaiwhakamāori reo Māori ki reira (HM 1/1993:11). / The information concerning these educational gatherings will not be protracted here, but it is the Māori Language Commission's wish that Māori language translators should attend these.
Synonyms: whakarahi, whakaroa, haumi, whakaupa, whakaupaupa, autō
2. (stative) be magnetic.
Synonyms: autō
3. (noun) tidal pull, tidal force.
Kāore rātou i aro ki te aukume, te piki me te heke o ngā tai o Aotearoa (Te Ara 2015). / They were unaware of the tidal pull, of the rise and fall of the tides in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
4. (noun) magnet, magnetic force.
Piri tonu atu te pine pepa ki te aukume (PK 2008:46). / The paper clip stuck to the magnet.
Synonyms: autō, tōpana autō
5. (noun) hook (music).
Ko te aukume he rerenga rangi rōreka, he ūngeri rānei, ka pūruatia i roto i tētahi titonga puoro, ā, ka noho ki te pūmahara o te kaiwhakarongo (RTP 2015:47). / A hook is a melodic phrase, or rhythm which is repeated in a musical composition, and is memorable for the listener (RTP 2015:47).
autō
1. (modifier) magnetic.
Ko te pūngao auto te momo pūngao ka puritia ki roto i tētahi whaitua autō (RP 2009:355). / Magnetic energy is the type of energy held in a magnetic field.
Synonyms: aukume
2. (noun) magnet, magnetism.
Ko te pito raki me te pito tonga o tētahi autō ngā wāhi e tino kaha ana te whaitua autō (RP 2009:176). / The north and south poles of a magnet are the places where the magnetic field is strongest.
Synonyms: aukume
ihi
1. (noun) essential force, excitement, thrill, power, charm, personal magnetism - psychic force as opposed to spiritual power (mana).
E ai ki te mahara ake o tētehi o te minenga ki a Mere e wani mai ana i te whatārangi kia tū ai ki te aroaro-ā-kapa, ki reira haka tahi atu ai me rātau me te puta o te ihi, o te wana (TTR 1998:1) / One member of the audience remembered Mere gliding across the stage to stand in the front row of the haka group to join them in the haka with great excitement and gusto.
Synonyms: kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, kōmārohi, awe, hiko, awenga, pū, mana whakahaere, maru
2. (noun) ray (of the sun), beam of light.
Ka whakatakotoria ki te rua o te rā te māhanga. I raro anō te rā, ko te huruhuru ka puta. I raro anō te rā, ko te ihi i puta ake. Ka puta ake te upoko, ka puta ake te kakī. Ka karangatia e Māui, kia kumea te māhanga (Tr 1874:40). / The noose was set at the pit of the sun. The sun was still down when the diffused glow appeared and it was still down when the beam of light appeared. The head appeared and then the neck. Then Māui called out to pull the noose.
Synonyms: hunu
whaitua autō
1. (noun) magnetic field.
Ka puta te hua autōhiko i te rere o te iahiko i tētahi pūkawe hiko, pērā i te waea. He whaitua autō ka hua ake (RP 2009:202). / The electromagnetic effect is produced by the flow of electric current in a conductor, such as a wire. A magnetic field is formed (RP 2009:202).
2. (noun) navel, tummy button, section of umbilical cord nearest the baby's body.
Ko te tūhonotanga ki te whaea, ko te rauru tēnā; ko te pito e mau nei ki te tamaiti, ka kīia tēnā ko te pito; ko waenganui ko te iho tēnā (W 1971:75). / The attachment to the mother is the 'rauru'; the end fixed to the child is called the 'pito'; and in the middle is the 'iho'.
3. (noun) pole (North and South Poles).
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
4. (noun) pole (of a magnet).
E rua ngā pito o tētahi autō - koia nei ngā wāhi o te autō e tino kaha ana te tō (RP 2009:411). / There are two poles of a magnet - they are the parts of the magnet with the strongest pull.
tōpana autō
1. (noun) magnetic force.
Ko te tōpana autō te tō ka pā ki tētahi mea konganuku e noho mai ana ki roto i te whaitua autō e karapoti nei i tētahi autō (RP 2009:410). / Magnetic force is the pull of a magnet on a metal object sitting within its magnetic field (RP 2009:410).
Synonyms: aukume
Ngā Kurakura o Hinenuitepō
1. (noun) aurora australis, southern lights - a luminous electrical atmospheric phenomenon usually of streamers of light in the sky above the southern magnetic pole.
Ka rongo tonu atu te kōtatara o ngā manu o te ngahere; te tūī me te korimako, te tīwaiwaka "kūtia ai te mate", kia rere ko Ngā Kurakura o Hinenuitepō e kitea nei i Rakiura, i Te Waipounamu (TWK 33:22). / The chattering of the birds of the forest was heard continually; tūī, bellbirds and the fantail that was squeezed by misfortune, to exhibit the aurora australis that is seen in Stewart Island and the South Island.
See also Tahu-nui-a-rangi
Tahu-nui-a-rangi
1. (personal noun) aurora australis, southern lights - a luminous electrical atmospheric phenomenon usually of streamers of light in the sky above the southern magnetic pole.
Whakamīharo ana te kite i a Tahu-nui-a-rangi. Me te ārai kākāriki e pīwari ana i te rangi pō (PK 2008:811). / Seeing the aurora australis is amazing. It's like a green veil waving in the night sky.
