tūtaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to meet, encounter, make meet - usually followed by ki.
I te kēti o te kura ka tūtaki te Kāwana ki te pīhopa me ngā minita me ngā kaitieki hoki o te kura (TP 10/1911:2). / At the school's gate the Governor met the bishop, the ministers and the school trustees.
Synonyms: tūtakitaki, karahui, whakatūtataki, hui, huihui, pūtahi, tūtataki, whakatūtaki, porotūtaki, porotūtataki
2. (verb) (-na,-tia) to shut, close.
Ka rūpeke te kai ki roto o te whare, ka tūtakina te matapihi, te whatitoka hoki, ka hereherea te whatitoka, te matapihi hoki (JPS 1922:27). / When the food was placed in the house, then the window and door were closed, and both were tied.
Synonyms: kopiti, kati, kopi, tūtakitaki, kokopi, uaki, katikati, tūtataki, whakakopiti, kore
3. (verb) (-na,-tia) to close up, block.
Kotahi tētahi awa nui kei Marika, ko Korotono Awa te ingoa, he mea whakapuni, arā he mea tūtaki kia rere ai mā roto i tētahi awa anō e hāngai ana te rere ki te tāone o Nui Oka, tāone o Marika, hei wai whakarite i ngā hiahia wai o ngā tāngata o taua tāone. Ko te roa o taua tūtaki, arā whakapuni kotahi koata māero (TJ 30/8/1898:4). / There is a river in America, called the Croton River, which is dammed, that is it is blocked so that it flows into another river which flows directly to the city of New York in America for water to meet the water needs of the residents of that city. The length of that dam is a quarter of a mile.
4. (noun) meeting.
Otirā, i peka atu a Riripeti (ko ia te Kuīni hou i taua wā) rāua ko te Tiuka o Ētinapara mō tētehi wā poto i tā rāua toronga mai i te tau 1953, me te tūtaki anō hoki ki te Kīngi Māori (TTR 1998:22-23). / But Elizabeth (the new Queen at that time) and the Duke of Edinburgh did briefly call in on their visit in 1953 and met the Māori King.
Synonyms: tūtakitanga, whakamenenga, hui, huihuinga, huinga
5. (noun) bar, bolt, latch.
E rua ngā tatau o te whare hoko, he mea kī, he mea tūtaki ki te tūtaki (MM.TKM 30/4/1856:6). / There are two doors to the store, one secured by a lock, one by a bolt.
Synonyms: whakarawa
6. (noun) dam, blockage.
Ko te roa o taua tūtaki, arā whakapuni kotahi koata māero (TJ 30/8/1898:4). / The length of that dam is a quarter of a mile.
hiki
1. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to lift up, raise, carry in the arms, nurse (a baby), remove, take away, convey - in the passive form if the passive ending -na is used the first i is lengthened, i.e. hīkina.
I whakakīa te pēke hiraka ki te kāhi haitorotini, mā taua kāhi e hiki te pēke (TP 2/1900:4). / The silk bag was filled with hydrogen gas and that gas lifts the bag.
Synonyms: whakatāiri, riariaki, kōranga, riaki, tapuhi, whakatapuhi, nānā, mohimohi, nēhi, tiaki, morimori, nāhi, kāhaki, opeope, hura, hīkaro, unuunu, whakahorohoro, mākerekere, tauwehe, tango, maiki, tīhei, whakarewa, tiraki, tārewa, rangaranga, whakatairangaranga, huataki, hāpai, ararewa, whakamaranga, whakaikeike, whakakaurera, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, whakatū, whakaara, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakaaranga, hī, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu
2. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to shift (to another site), move.
Ka hīkina te whare o Makarita ki rāwāhi atu i te huarahi ki te marae (EM 2002:206). / Makarita's house was shifted across the road to the marae.
Synonyms: onioni, tīkape, kaneke, hūnuku, konikoni, mū, whakakorikori, panuku, paheke, neke, korikori, koni, tākiri, kori, ngatete, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, ngeungeu, ngatē, neneke, takataka, rangaranga, whakangāueue, kareu, oreore
3. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to adjourn (a meeting or hui), recess, suspend, postpone.
Kua hīkina te whakawā i a Tame Iti mō te pupuhi i tana pū i te wā o te pōhiri a te iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe ki Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki te 20 o Mahuru. / The judicial hearing against Tame Iti for shooting his gun at the time of Ngāi Tūhoe's welcome ceremony to the Waitangi Tribunal has been adjourned to the 20th of September.
Synonyms: tinaku, whakatārewa
4. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to raise, end, lift (a rāhui).
Ko tētahi mahi a Rangiheuea me tōna iwi, ia tau, mō te kotahi marama i te wā e tika ana, he kokoti i te tōrea hei huahua mā rātau. Ka ngata ō rātau hiahia i taua marama, kua whakatauria he rāhui, kia tae rā anō ki te wā tika i te tau o muri mai, kātahi anō ka hīkina te rāhui (EM 2002:157). / A task that Rangiheuea and his people did each year for one month at the appropriate season was snaring oyster catchers for preserving in their own fat for food. When their needs were satisfied in that month a rāhui (temporary ritual prohibition) was set in place and it wasn't until the next season that the rāhui was lifted.
5. (verb) to start, jump (from surprise, etc.).
6. (verb) to slip up, skip - when reciting a karakia, etc. Traditionally considered to be a bad omen.
He aituā tō tāua, i hiki taku karakia (NM 1928:22). / We have a mishap because I slipped up with my ritual chant.
7. (noun) recess.
Synonyms: koko
8. (noun) seam, join - join between two widths of a floor mat, etc.
Ko te hiki te ingoa o te rārangi tuitui e hono ana i ētahi papanga e rua (RTA 2014:192). / The hiki (seam) is the name of the line of sewing joining two layers.
Synonyms: maurua, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, kuhukuhu, whakauru, tāpiri, pāhekoheko
9. (noun) charm for raising anything from the water, or to cause people to migrate, or to free the hands from tapu.
Kātahi ia ka hāpai ake i tana hiki ake mō tana ika kia maiangi ake (N 1928:16). / Then he began his hiki charm for his fish to be raised it up.
tūtakitanga
1. (noun) junction, confluence, meeting place, meeting.
I te tūtakitanga o Nene ki te kāwana, hāngai tonu tana kupu he rite tonu tō rāua pāmamae ko Heke ki ngā mahi nanakia a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:66). / When Nene met the governor he made it clear that he and Heke were upset about the devious activities of the government.
Synonyms: kāpunipunitanga, pūtahi, whakamenenga, tūtaki, hui, huihuinga, pūtahitanga, huinga, komititanga, muriwai
2. (noun) collision.
Ka rangona te tūtukitanga o taua tima ātaahua, ko tōna ihu komeme ana i te tūtukitanga ai ki te pari, takoto ana i runga i ngā toka (THM 1/7/1895:2). / The collision of that beautiful ship was heard when its bow was stove in in the collision with the cliff, leaving it lying on the rocks.
tara iti
1. (noun) floor space on the left on entering a meeting house.
Ka haria mai e te manuhiri ā rātou kawenga ki roto i te wharenui. Ko rātou ki te tara nui o te whare moe ai, ko te tangata whenua ki te tara iti (TWK 46:13). / The visitors take their luggage into the meeting house. They sleep on the right side on entering a meeting house, the local people are on the left side.
wharenui
1. (noun) meeting house, large house - main building of a marae where guests are accommodated. Traditionally the wharenui belonged to a hapū or whānau but some modern meeting houses, especially in large urban areas, have been built for non-tribal groups, including schools and tertiary institutions. Many are decorated with carvings, rafter paintings and tukutuku panels.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 265-266;)
See also whare whakairo, tipuna whare
Synonyms: whare whakairo, whare rūnanga
pou āniwaniwa
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
Synonyms: pou te āniwaniwa, pou tuarongo
pou te āniwaniwa
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou tuarongo
pou tuarongo
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house. Sometimes as one word, i.e. poutuarongo.
E toru ngā pou tūhono i te tāhuhu ki te papa, arā, ko te pou tāhū, ko te pou tokomanawa, ko te pou tuarongo (Te Ara 2012). / Three posts support the tāhuhu (ridgepole), namely the pou tāhū (front post), the pou tokomanawa (centre post) and the pou tuarongo (back wall post).
See also pou āniwaniwa
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou te āniwaniwa
huinga
1. (noun) gathering, meeting, confluence, junction.
Ka hoe ngā waka, ā, ka tae ki Puke-āhua i runga tata mai o te huinga o Waipā ki te awa o Waikato (NIT 1995:243). / The canoes paddled along and reached Puke-āhua, just above the confluence of the Waipā and Waikato rivers.
Synonyms: muriwai, komititanga, tūtakitanga, pūtahitanga, tūtaki, whakamenenga, hui, huihuinga
2. (noun) perineum - the part of the body between the anus and the scrotum or vulva.
3. (noun) set (maths).
Ko te huinga tētahi rōpū tau, rōpū āhua, rōpū taonga, rōpū tangata, rōpū aha rānei. Ka whakamahia ngā tohu { } hei whakaatu i tēnei mea te huinga, ā, ka tuhia ngā huānga o te huinga ki waenganui. Anei te huinga taurua: {0, 2, 4, 6 ...}. Anei te huinga taukehe kei waenganui i te 4 me te 10: {5, 7, 9} (TRP 2010:127). / A set is a collection of numbers, of shapes, of objects, of people, or of anything. The symbols { } are used to show a set. The members of the set are recorded between the brackets. For example, {0, 2, 4, 6 ...} is the set of even numbers. {5, 7, 9} is the set of odd numbers between 4 and 10 (TRP 2010:127).
paepae kainga āwhā
1. (noun) beam across the front of the meeting house at ground level.
See also paepae kai āwhā
karahui
1. (verb) (-a) to gather together, assemble, meet.
Kua karahui mai a Te Moemiti me tōna iwi, ki te pā kotahi (JPS 1893:229). / Te Moemiti and his people had gathered together in the one pā.
Synonyms: tūtaki, tūtakitaki, whakatūtataki, hui, huihui, pūtahi, tūtataki, whakatūtaki, porotūtaki, porotūtataki
tahuaroa
1. (noun) open space, space in front of the meeting house, courtyard - sometimes as tahua roa.
I whiua e aua rangatira ki te tahuaroa te kahu kiwi, te māhiti, te paepaeroa, te koroai: kei nga whare whakakitekite e iri ana hei mātakitaki mā te Pākehā (TTT 1/5/1922:6). / Those chiefs threw onto the open space kiwi feather cloaks, capes covered with long white hair of dogs' tails, and cloaks ornamented with black thrums. They are hanging in museums for Pākehā to view.
kaho
1. (noun) crossbar, crossbeam, roof batten, fence rail, horizontal wall batten in a meeting house.
Kaho tuanui: Ko te kaho tapu o te whare (M 2006:242). / Roof batten: The sacred batten of the house.
Synonyms: kahokaho
2. (noun) horizontal batten of a tukutuku panel.
Ko te rākau tūmatakahuki whakamatua i ngā kaho tukutuku (M 2005:300). / The main upright rod on the front of tukutuku slats.
3. (noun) rauhuia, Linum monogynum - an endemic coastal shrub which grows into a soft bush up to 50 cm, with attractive small grey leaves and flaring white flowers produced in spring and summer.
See also rauhuia
Synonyms: rauhuia, nao, matamatahuia
matawhaia
1. (verb) (-tia) to strike by chance, meet by chance.
Inā pere te titiro ki ngā kaupapa whāiti o te ao hou nei, me uaua ka matawhaia ki tētahi kupu Māori e hāngai pū ana ki te kupu Pākehā e hiahiatia ana kia whakamāoritia (HM 1/1993:4). / When one looks at specific topics of this modern world one rarely happens upon a Māori word that exactly fits the English word that one wants to translate.
porotūtataki
1. (verb) to join, meet, connect.
E mea ana hoki rātou ki te porotūtataki atu ki a Te Rangihaeata ki te tuki i te tāone o Pōneke (TTR 1990:304). / And they were to join Te Rangihaeata to attack the town of Wellington.
Synonyms: tūtaki, tūtakitaki, karahui, whakatūtataki, hui, huihui, tūtataki, whakatūtaki, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, kuhukuhu, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, uhono, tūhonohono, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe
2. (noun) reception area.
3. (noun) counter-attack.
Mārama tonu ētahi atu kaihautū ki te ārai i te hoariri, engari takitahi noa i mōhio ki te taupaepae (TTR 1990:356). / Other Māori leaders understood how to repulse attacks, but few knew how to counter-attack.
taupunipuni
1. (noun) place of assignation, rendezvous, secret prearranged meeting place.
Ka pātukituki tōna manawa i te pōuri, ka tirotiro haere, kua tata nei hoki ki te taupunipuni i kōrerotia i te karere (PK 2008:894). / Her heart pounded in the dark and she looked around as she was close to the rendezvous spoken about in the message.
