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mahara

1. (experience verb) (-tia) to think about, consider.

Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.

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2. (experience verb) (-tia) to remember, recollect, bear in mind, know.

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63). / Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.

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Synonyms: hua, matatau, mātau, pūrangiaho, mōhio, whakamahara, whakamaumahara, manatu, maumahara


3. (experience verb) to be anxious.

Ka mahara anō te ngākau o te hoa o Hakawau, ka mea, "Kei konei pea māua mate ai" (NM 1928:148). / Hakawau's friend was anxious again and said, "Perhaps it is here that we will die."

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4. (modifier) thoughtful.

He wahine ngākau mahara, he marere, he nihowera i āna mahi manaaki i ōna whanaunga, i ōna hoa Māori me te tini noa atu o te Pākehā (TTR 1994:18). / She was a thoughtful gracious woman and a generous host who gave hospitality to her relatives, her Māori friends as well as many Pākehā.

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5. (noun) recollection, thought, memory, reasoning.

Nō tō mātau haerenga he wareware anake i a au taku hāmanu ki te wāhi i noho rā mātau. Kotahi māero pea mātau e haere ana, kātahi anō au ka puta mahara ake ki taku hāmanu, heoi ko taku hokinga mai tēnei ki te tiki i taku hāmanu (TPH 15/7/1901:3). / When we set off I forgot my ammunition which was at the place we were camped at. We had travelled approximately one mile when I finally remembered my ammunition and so I returned to get it.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, hokinga mahara, pūmaharatanga, whakamahara


6. (noun) spleen.

Ka oti te tinana, ka kumea ngā ringaringa, ka kumea ngā waewae, ka pokaia te tara, ka kumea ngā raho, ka whakanohoia ngā puapua, ngā werewere, ngā hanahana, te katitohe, ka kumea te tonetone, ka pokaia te kumu, ka whakanohoia te piro me te puku, te mahara, te ate, ngā tākihi, te tōngāmimi, ka hangā te ārai, ka oti katoa ngā mea o te tinana (HWM 27). / When the body was completed, the arms and legs were drawn out, the vagina was pierced, the labia majora was drawn out, and the ovaries, the labia minora, the vulva, and the hymen were implanted, the clitoris was drawn out, the anus was pierced and the odour, the stomach, the spleen, the liver, the kidneys and the bladder were implanted, and the diaphragm was made and the body was completed.

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hiringa mahara

1. (noun) (idea) conception.

kai mahara

1. (noun) guessing game.

kāri mahara

1. (noun) memory card.

He hanga iti te kāri mahara hei pupuri raraunga matihiko, pērā i te whakaahua, i te puoro me te kōrero (RTA 2014:99). / The memory card is a small device for storing digital information such as images, music and speech (RTA 2014:99).

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hokinga mahara

1. (noun) recollection, reminiscence, memoir, autobiography, memory.

Koinei ōna hokinga mahara mō tōna whaea (TTR 1996:173). / These were her memories of her mother.

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Synonyms: kupu whakamahara, mahara, maumaharatanga, pūmaharatanga, whakamahara

He kitenga kanohi, he hokinga mahara

1. A face from the past brings about emotion.

A seen face returns the memory. /

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Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Te

1. (loan) Archives New Zealand.

Kia mahara ki te hē o Rona

1. Do not curse the devine as you will suffer it's wrath.

Remember the fault of Rona. /

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Pōtatau, Hēmi

1. (personal name) (1904-1994) Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rākaipākā; Presbyterian minister, soldier, author of He Hokinga Mahara, the only full-length autobiography written in Māori.

(Te Māhuri Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 12;)

ki

1. (particle) to, into, towards, on to, upon - indicates motion towards something.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 12-14, 41-42; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 25-26;)

Hoki mai ki konei! / Come back here!

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2. (particle) at, in - to show the place where an event occurs, especially if there is movement to where the event takes place or it is in the future.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 32;)

Nō te tau 2004 ka tū te hui ki Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau. / The conference was held in 2004 at the University of Auckland.

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3. (particle) according to, in the opinion of - used to introduce an opinion or point of view.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 85-86;)

Ki taku mōhio, nā Pita tēnā mahi. / I think Peter did that.

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Synonyms: hei tā ..., e ai ki, e ai ki a [ia] ..., kīhai ki


4. (particle) Used with hei to show relationships.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54;)

Hei irāmutu ia ki a au. / She is a niece to me.

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5. (particle) with, by means of.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24-26;)

Tapahia te mīti ki te naihi koi. / Cut the meat with a sharp knife please.

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6. (particle) Sometimes ki merely connects the verb to its object, especially when experience verbs are used (e.g. pīrangi, hiahia, mōhio, mahara, tūmanako).

Ka mōhio a Kiwa ki taua pūrākau. / Kiwa knows that legend.

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7. (particle) if.

taka

1. (verb) (-a,-ia,-ngia) to prepare (food).

Ina mutu te kai, me tere tonu te horoi i ngā perēti, i ngā kapu, me ngā mea taka kai o te kītini (TJ 21/6/1900:3). / When you have finished eating, hurry and wash the plates, cups, and the food preparation utensils of the kitchen.

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2. (verb) to propose, entertain (an idea, etc.) - when used with words like whakaaro and mahara.

Katahi ka taka a Whakatau i te mahara kia haere ia ki te takitaki i te mate o tōna tuakana, o Tū-whakararo, ā ka kitea e ia te tikanga (NM 1928:33). / Then Whakatau proposed the idea that he would go off to avenge the death of his older brother, Tū-whakararo, and the plan was revealed.

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3. (verb) to develop, form (an idea, etc.) - when used with words like whakaaro and mahara.

Ka taka te whakaaro i ngā tāngata rā kia nohoia mai i tahaki ki te tauwhanga i ngā tāngata i tārai nei i tō rātou waka (NM 1926:43). / Those men formed the idea to remain to one side to lie in wait for the people who had fashioned their canoe.

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tūmahi wheako

1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience. Although experience verbs function like transitive verbs (tūmahi whiti) in some ways, they differ in others. Common experience verbs include: kite, rongo, mārama, pīrangi, mōhio, hiahia, mahara, tūmanako. Generally with experience verbs (except kite) their objects are marked with ki, e.g. Kei te mōhio au ki tō pāpā. (I know your father.) Experience verbs function like adjectives when used in commands in that they are preceded by kia, not e or nothing, e.g. Kia maumahara! (Remember!).

Ko te tūmahi wheako he kupumahi whakaatu i te wheako, i te waiaro. / An experience verb is a verb indicating an experience or attitude.

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kupumahi wheako

1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience. Although experience verbs function like transitive verbs (kupumahi whiti) in some ways, they differ in others. Common experience verbs include: kite, rongo, mārama, pīrangi, mōhio, hiahia, mahara, tūmanako. Generally with experience verbs (except kite) their objects are marked with ki, e.g. Kei te mōhio au ki tō pāpā. (I know your father.) Experience verbs function like adjectives when used in commands in that they are preceded by kia, not e or nothing, e.g. Kia maumahara! (Remember!).

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