2. (stative) be lost, abandoned, taken off.
Whakaputaia atu i tētahi kīato ki tētahi atu, kia toru kīato e mau ai te taura, kei makere i te ngaru (JPS 1990:147). / He made it come round from one thwart to the other, so there would be three thwarts holding the rope, in case it be taken by the waves.
3. (noun) odd number, or more, in excess of - denotes excess above a round number.
E whitu tekau makere e whakaraua ana ki waho o te pā (W 1971:170) / Over seventy were being captured outside the pā.
Kua nōhia e Te Whānau-ā-Apanui ēnei whenua mō te waru rau tau makere atu (WT 2013:3). / Te Whānau-ā-Apanui have lived on these lands for over 800 years.
Synonyms: panatahi, taukehe, kehe, punga, neke atu, nuku atu, neke atu rānei, koni atu rānei, ngahoro
tarau makere
1. (loan) (noun) promiscuous woman.
Synonyms: hikawai
2. (adjective) be absent-minded, forgetful.
Kāore tonu au i te maumahara kei whea ake nei aku mōhiti, he hinengaro makere nōku. / I can't remember just where my glasses are, I'm so forgetful.
Synonyms: pakihaha
3. (noun) forgetful person, scatterbrain.
Kātahi te hinengaro makere ko koe, e hoa. / What a forgetful person you are, my friend.
kaihanga
1. (noun) maker, builder, creator, architect, producer, drafter.
I te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua ko Rotohiko tonu tētehi o ngā kaihanga o te kaupapa a Te Meihana ki te whakahāngai ake i te Ture Kaunihera Māori (TTR 1998:69). / During the Second World War, Rotohiko himself was one of the architects of Mason's scheme to update the Māori Councils Act.
Synonyms: kaiwhakaputa, tumu whakaputa, kaihautū
kaihanga kiriata
1. (noun) film maker.
I tipu ake he rakahinonga hou – ngā kaihanga kiriata, ngā kaihanga pūmanawa rorohiko, ngā kaikōpiro waipiro, ngā kaitunu kai me ngā kaihoahoa kākahu (Te Ara 2012). / A new breed of Māori entrepreneur developed – film makers, computer software developers, brewers, chefs and clothes designers.
