maka

1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to throw, fling, cast, place, put, put in, pass (with the hands).

Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana (TP 10/1909:4). / Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

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Synonyms: ara kūiti, hihipa, pāhi, tuku, puru, hoatu, whoatu, uaki, waiho, whakauru, komo, kokomo, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, whakatakoto, whiu, taiwhanga, wāhi, kopou, whiuwhiu, makamaka, moka, panga, whakatū, wāhanga

maka

1. (loan) (noun) mug.

He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa (TW 7/12/1878:2/610). / Mugs, twopence or four pence.

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Synonyms: ipu

māka

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to mark, correct, mark out, brand.

Kaua e haria ngā kātua me ngā reme ki te wāhi tawhiti rawa māka ai (TP 8/1911:5). / Don't take the ewes and lambs too far away to brand them.

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Synonyms: matohu, tohu, nawe, mātānawe, waitohu, whaitohu, tūtohu, kōiraira

2. (loan) (modifier) marking.

Ko te wā māka, arā horihori i ngā taringa o ngā reme… (TP 8/1911:5). / Marking time, that is when the ears of the lambs are clipped (slit)…

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Synonyms: whaitohu

3. (loan) (noun) mark.

He aha tō māka mō tō tuhituhinga? / What is your mark for your essay?

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4. (loan) (noun) boundary marker.

māka

1. (loan) (noun) Deutschmark - formerly the basic unit of currency in Germany.

Ko te moni a te Tiamana he māka. I muri mai o te whawhai tino heke te wāriu o te māka, tata tonu ka kore rawa he wāriu (TTT 1/12/1926:507). / The currency of the Germans is the Deutschmark. After the war the value of the Deutschmark really declined, its value being almost nothing.

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Māka

1. (loan) (personal name) Mark.

Haere ana a H. K. Taiaroa, a Rāniera Erihana, a Tīmoti Karetai, a Hēnare Karetai, a Maki Māka, ki waho... (HTK 22/4/1893:4). / H.K. Taiaroa, Daniel Ellison, Timothy Karetai, Henry Karetai and Maki Mark, went outside...

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maka

1. (noun) fish-hook.

Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu (Tr 1874:39). / Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his his fish-hook as bait.

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mākā

1. (verb) (-ngia) to be active, vigorous.

He mākā, he hihiri tonu tana pakanga ki te whakatau i ngā whenua i runga i te rangimārie, kore rawa i whakaae kia tūkino noatia te tangata (TTR 1994:173). / He was active, and quite energetic in seeking to settle issues relating to land peacefully, and would not allow acts of physical violence.

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