tourawhi
1. (modifier) male (of animals).
Kua ngaro, nō te tahi pea o ngā rā o Hune, tētahi hōiho tourawhi: ko te kara tū-ā-pango: te ikeike e rima putu: he waewae mā tētahi o ngā waewae o muri: he tiwha ki te rae: ko te māka kei te pokohiwi koia tēnei, T P (TMT 1/6/1861:16). / Lost, on or about the 1st of June, a dark coloured gelding, five feet high, one white hind leg, a white star on forehead, and the brand on shoulder is T P.
2. (noun) male (of animals).
Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.
tuahangata
1. (personal noun) hero, male idol, principal male character, male celebrity - a familiar name for the main male character of a story, etc. and is often used as a proper name.
Nō konei ka haere mai a tuahangata i runga i tana hōiho mā (TTR 1990:220). / Here our principal male character came on his white horse.
2. (noun) leader.
I a ia e tupu ake ana i te kāinga o Te Karaka, ā, atu i te tau 1904, i te kāinga pātata mai nei, i Whakarapa, i tino kawekawea ake ai a Whina e ngā mahi a tōna matua, he poutoko nei mō tōna iwi (TTR 2000:56). / While growing up at the village of Te Karaka and, from 1904, the adjacent settlement of Whakarapa, Whina was profoundly influenced by her father’s roles as a community leader.
See also poutoko iwi
Synonyms: kaiārahi, kaiārahi, kākākura, kākākura, pouwhenua, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, kaiwhakataki, wheao, wheao, tumuaki, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, uru, kaihautū, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ariki, ihorei, ihorei, kahika, kahika, tātarariki, tātarariki, whakataka, whakataka, amorangi, kaitaki, hautū, hautū, amorangi, kaitātaki, manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki
ure tārewa
1. (noun) agnatic line, senior male descent line - male line of descent through the first-born male in each generation.
Ko tana taha ure tārewa i heke iho ia i a Ngāti Raukawa rāua ko Ngāti Huia (TTR 1998:165). / On his father’s side he descended from Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Huia.
See also tārewa
kōtihe wera
1. (noun) male stitchbird, Notiomystis cincta - a rare endemic forest bird, the male has a black head, upper breast and back, bordered by golden yellow across the breast. White tufts behind the eyes and yellow shoulder patch.
Synonyms: kōhihi, kōtihe, kōtihetihe, matakiore, mōtihetihe, tiora, tihe, tioro, hihi
kerekerematātu
1. (noun) male bellbird, Anthornis melanura - an olive-green songbird with a short curved bill and dark bluish-black wings known for its loud, clear, liquid songs. Male has a darker colour, a purplish head and no white stripe below the eye.
See also kēkerematua
Synonyms: kēkerematua
kēkerematua
1. (noun) male bellbird, Anthornis melanura - an olive-green songbird with a short curved bill and dark bluish-black wings known for its loud, clear, liquid songs. Male has a darker colour, a purplish head and no white stripe below the eye.
Synonyms: kerekerematātu
kakarapiti
1. (noun) male of the New Zealand falcon, (Falco novaeseelandiae, bush hawk, bush falcon) - a fast-flying bird of prey which often perches high in trees or on a rock and swoops to catch its prey. The male is a third smaller than the female.
Te āhua o aua kaitakitaki me te kakarapiti, ko aua pōhiri me te whatitiri te harurutanga (TPH 15/12/1900:3). / Those leaders looked like male New Zealand falcons and the welcome haka like the rumble of thunder.
tāpahipare
1. (noun) male rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above with whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also kōrurerure, tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
tāina
1. (noun) younger brothers (of a male), younger sisters (of a female), cousins (of same gender from a more junior branch of the family).
Ki te whakaae ngā tāina me tō rātou tuahine me ō rātou mātua me ngā hapū, me ngā iwi o te whaea, o te pāpā rānei, ka noho ēnei karanga ki runga ki a Pape he ariki mātāmua ia nō ēnā hapū me ēnā uri (JPS 1909:90). / If his younger brothers, their sister, their parents, and the hapū and iwi of the mother or father consent, he is made first-born ariki of those hapū and descendants.
See also tēina
poka kirimata
1. (noun) male circumcision.
See also kokoti i te kiri matamata
rongo ā-marae
1. (noun) peace negotiated by a male mediator, rapprochement.
Ko 1871 te tau i whakaingoatia ko Taingākawa tētehi o ngā 'Hauhau o Ngāti Hauā', ā, ko te whakapae he rūkahu noa ana whakamātautau ki te rongo ā-marae (TTR 1996:237). / In 1871 Taingakawa was classed as one of the 'Ngāti Hauā Hauhaus', and the accusation was made that his attempts at rapprochement were insincere.
