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mōhungahunga

1. (stative) be crushed, squashed, crumbled.

Nā tukia ana rātou e ahau, ā rite noa ki te puehu o te whenua: mōhungahunga noa rātou i ahau, me te mea he paru nō ngā huarahi; ā tītaritaria ana rātou e ahau (PT Hamuera 2 22:43). / Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

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2. (modifier) crumbling, disintegrating.

Ka whakamātauria e rātau ngā toenga mōhungahunga o te whare (Ng 1993:77). / They checked the crumbling ruins of the house.

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3. (noun) pulp, mash, mush, mashing, pulping.

Ka pai te mōhungahunga o ana paukena, he tino reka ki te kai (PK 2008:464). / The mashing of his pumpkins was fine and really tasty to eat.

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Synonyms: renga, puru, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, kōharihari, pehu, paruparu, whakapē, penupenu, kōparu

kōhari

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to select, pick out, choose.

Ka kōharia e te poropiti me ana apataki ngā rākau tōtara nui whakaharahara, 12 te maha, kātahi ka miratia ki Mangatawhiti (TTR 1996:193). / The prophet, with his followers, selected 12 huge tōtara trees, then milled them at Mangatawhiti.

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Synonyms: tīpako, karokaro, hīkaro, tīkarokaro, kōwaewae, kōwae, kaiwhiri, māhiti, kōwhiti, kōwhiri, whiriwhiri, kōhiti


2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to mash, crush.

Kōharitia ngā rīwai ka kīnakihia ki te pata me te miraka. / Mash the potatoes and add butter and milk.

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Synonyms: paruparu, whakapē, kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu


3. (noun) mashed food.

Synonyms: pāhia, penupenu, pēpē

kōmahimahi

1. (noun) mashed kūmara.

He reka ki a au te kōmahimahi. / I like mashed kūmara.

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kōparuparu

1. (verb) (-tia) to crush, mash.

He kai pai anō te taewa maoa mā te tamariki, engari me kōparuparu, me kōrorirori ki te waiū (TWMNT 14/5/1873). / Cooked potato is also healthy food for children, but it must be mashed and mixed with milk.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, penupenu, pehu, paruparu, whakapē

1. (verb) to be crushed, mashed, soft.

Kua kē ngā pītiti i roto i te kete (W 1971:274). / The peaches in the basket have been crushed.

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Synonyms: kōparu, ngehingehi, penupenu, pēpē, kōrengarenga, ngatu


2. (verb) to be soiled, contaminated, infected.

I ngā wā katoa e pā atu ana ōna ringa ki te tūroro, me horoi ōna ringa ki te wai nei i muri iho. Kauaka tēnei tohutohu e takahia. Ki te takahia, tērā ka piri mai ngā purapura pīwa ki runga o ana ringa. Kei nanao atu ki te kai, ka ki runga i aua kai. Ka kainga e ia aua kai, ka uru ki roto i a ia aua purapura, ka pāngia ia (TRA 1/3/1929:950). / At all times when one's hands touch the patient one must wash one's hands with water afterwards. Do not flout this instruction. If it's ignored the germs of the fever will infect one's hands. Do not touch food or the food will be contaminated. When a person eats that food, she or he will be infected by the germs.

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3. (noun) roe (of fish).

Synonyms: hākari, toene

penupenu

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to mash.

He mea penupenu ngā rīwai kia kōpē. / The potatoes were mashed.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, mōhungahunga, kōparu, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, pehu, paruparu, whakapē


2. (modifier) mashed.

Whāngaia te tūroro ki te kai penupenu, kia kore ai ia e mate ki te āta ngaungau rawa (PK 2008:625). / Feed the patient with mashed food so that she won't have a problem of having to chew it.

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Synonyms: kōparu, ngehingehi, , pēpē, kōrengarenga, ngatu


3. (noun) mashed food.

Me tāmahana te penupenu a pēpē mō te 20 hēkena, ka kōrorirori, kātahi ka tāmahana anō pea mō te 10 hēkena atu anō (HJ 2012:205). / Baby's mashed food should be reheated for 20 seconds, stirred and then reheated again for another 10 seconds.

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Synonyms: pāhia, pēpē, kōhari

pēpē

1. (verb) to be crushed, mashed, softened.

I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.

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Synonyms: penupenu, kōparu, ngatu, kōrengarenga, ngehingehi,


2. (noun) mashed food, pulped food.

Ka titiro a Waikari ki te kore kai mā Tūmata-ngaua, ka tae ko tētehi o ana pēpē aruhe ka hoatu (NIT 1995:199). / When Waikari saw that Tūmata-ngaua had no food, he took one of his bundles of mashed fern root and gave it to him.

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Synonyms: pāhia, kōhari, penupenu

whakapē

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to soften, mash, crush, digest.

I te mea e pēnei ana te āhua o te mate o te tūroro, e kore e taea e te puku o te tangata te whakapē te kai Māori i te mea e kuha ana taua mate nei, heoti anō ngā kai Māori e taea te whakapē, he taro, he parāoa kānga rānei (TWM 19/3/1868:3). / Because the nature of the patient's illness is like this, the person's stomach is not able to digest Māori food because that illness is too virulent. The only Māori foods able to be digested are taro or cornflour.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu, paruparu

pehu

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to mash, crush, pound.

He momo uku te taioma, ka tahuna, ka pehua, ka konatua ki te hinu kia puta te momo hinu tā, kīia ai ko taioma (Te Ara 2012). / Taioma is a type of clay which was burnt, pulverised and mixed with oil as a type of paint and then was also called 'taioma'.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, paruparu, whakapē, tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, āki, kōmekemeke, pātuki, pāuna, hamahama, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru


2. (noun) grinder.

I tēnei wā kei te whare taonga o Taranaki ki te tonga ngā pehu witi nei (Te Ara 2017). / Now these millstones are held in the South Taranaki museum.

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paruparu

1. (verb) (-a) to crush, mash.

I whakangotengotea te tamaiti i te tuatahi, i muri ka whāngaia ki te pūnu, i muri mai ka paruparua he kai, i muri mai ka tīmata te whāwhā i tētahi kai māna (TTT 1/6/1926:426). / At first a child was suckled, and later it was fed with a spoon, and after that its food was mashed up, and later still it began to feed itself.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu, whakapē

kōrapu

1. (verb) (-tia) to squeeze, mash into a pulp.

Ka mīia e Tūhorouta ngā kōpura kao, ka kōraputia (M 2005:158). / Tūhorouta urinated on some seed kūmara and mashed them up into a pulp.

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2. (verb) (-a,-hia) to toss about, make a mess.

Kāti te kōrapu i ngā kākahu o ngā tamariki a Rangi (W 1971:500). / Stop tossing the clothes of Rangi's children about.

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Synonyms: kōrapurapu


3. (modifier) pulped, squashed.

Ka ranua te kiri kōrapu ki te wai (Te Ara 2016). / The pulped bark was mixed with water.

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Synonyms: ngehingehi

kotē

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to squeeze, crush, mash.

Kotētia te moka kia puta ai te hau (HM 2/2004:8). / Squeeze the end so the air is released.

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Synonyms: kōparu, mōhungahunga, kōhari, kōparuparu, kōharihari, pehu, paruparu, whakapē, penupenu


2. (noun) squeezing, mashing, crushing.

Ko tērā te kī a Rawinia, me te kotē anō i ōna pongāihu mā ōna matihao (TWK 42:20). / That was what Rawinia said as she squeezed her nostrils with her fingers.

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Synonyms: mōhungahunga

komeke

1. (noun) cake of mashed hīnau berries or raupō pollen.

Mahia ai te komeke i te pungapunga o te raupō (Te Ara 2013). / Cakes were also made from the pollen of bulrush.

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2. (noun) muffin.

Synonyms: mawhene

hūpenupenu

1. (verb) to be mashed up.

Ka hūpenupenu noa iho ngā kai i roto i te kōhue (W 1971:70). / The food was just mashed up in the pot.

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kōharihari

1. (verb) to mash, crush.

Kua kōharihari ngā kōrero mō Te Rangitāke i ēnei rangi kua pahure nei (MM.TKM 31/7/1860:61). / We have thoroughly mashed up (discussed) the subject of Te Rangitāke during these past days.

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Synonyms: kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu, paruparu, whakapē


2. (verb) to be spoiled by water.

Na, nō te tau 1816 ka tū he kai whāngai, arā, he hākari pākūwhā mō Nohorua rāua ko tētahi wahine o Ngāti Rāhiri. Hei tuakana te Nohorua nei ki a Te Rauparaha. I whānau rā hoki ki te wahine matua a tō rāua pāpā. Hei utu i te kai whāngai ka rewa atu ngā waka o Ngāti Rāhiri ki Kāwhia. Ehara, ka huripoki ngā waka, ka kōharihari te kaihaukai (TTR 1990:297). / In 1816 a marriage celebration feast was held for Nohorua and a woman of Ngāti Rāhiri. This Nohorua was Te Rauparaha's older half-brother. He was born to the senior wife of their father. To reciprocate for the marriage celebration feast, the canoes of Ngāti Rāhiri set off for Kāwhia. But alas, the canoes overturned and the return feast was spoiled by water.

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3. (verb) to be in pain.

E kōharihari ana a roto o tōku puku (W 1971:124). / I have a pain in my stomach.

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4. (noun) pain.

I te hui nei ka rangona te kōharihari, te uruhua i te nui o te iwi nei, arā, o te rangatahi kāore i te mōhio ki ō rātou reo, ki ā rātou tikanga (HM 1/1992:2). / At this meeting we felt the pain and hurt from the majority of the people, that is of the young people who do not know their language and customs.

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Synonyms: pākikini, pākinikini, mamae, māngeongeo, kōrangaranga, ngau, whakamamae

kōparu

1. (verb) (-tia) to crush, mash.

Mehemea e kore e tino kōparutia, ka kino, ka mamae te puku o te tamaiti (TWMNT 14/5/1873:48). / If it's not mashed thoroughly, it will be harmful and the child's stomach will have pains.

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Synonyms: pehu, kōharihari, whakapē, paruparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu


2. (modifier) crushed, mashed.

Mehemea ka hoatu he waiū kau, nanenane rānei, me te ararutu, me te heko, me te parāoa kānga, me te taewa kōparu, me te rohi tawhito rānei, hei kai mā te tamaiti, ā, mehemea ka horoia katoatia te tinana i ia rā, i ia rā, ka tino ora te tamaiti (TWMNT 14/5/1873:48). / If the child is given cow or goat milk, arrowroot, sago, corn flour, mashed potato and stale bread as its food, and if the body is washed daily, it will thrive.

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Synonyms: ngehingehi, , penupenu, pēpē, kōrengarenga, ngatu

kōrengarenga

1. (verb) to be overflowing.

Kōrengarenga tonu mai te wai o te awa ki runga i te pāmu. / The water of the river continues to overflow onto the farm.

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Synonyms: kōhure, puhake, pūhakehake, puha


2. (stative) be crushed, mashed, pounded.

Heoi okeoke kau ana te nauwhea rā, ka kōrengarenga noa te hiku me te pane, me waenganui, i te ngaunga a te patu (NM 1928:128). / However, when that monster struggled the tail, head and middle were pounded with the blows of the club.

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Synonyms: rengarenga, kōparu, ngatu, ngehingehi, , penupenu, pēpē

ngatu

1. (verb) to be crushed, mashed.

ngehingehi

1. (verb) to be pulped, mashed, softened.

Kua ngehingehi te whītau (W 1971:233). / The harakeke fibre has been softened.

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Synonyms: kōrapu, , penupenu, kōparu, kōrengarenga, ngatu, pēpē


2. (noun) long bag for squeezing tītoki seeds - to extract the oil.


3. (noun) oil from the tītoki berries.


4. (noun) device of platted kareao used for crushing hīnau berries.

Kia āta whakawiri i te ngehingehi (W 1971:232). / Twist the hīnau crusher carefully. (A saying for someone whose voice has given out a harsh sound and referring to the harsh noise of the hīnau crusher.)

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5. (noun) net for catching eels.

pēpē ngorungoru

1. (verb) to mash thoroughly.

Me pēpē ngorungoru ngā kai mā te pēpi. / The food for the baby should be mashed thoroughly.

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