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nakonako

1. (noun) recollection, anxious thought.

maumaharatanga

1. (noun) memorial, monument, memory, recollection.

Ko tētahi o ana tino maumaharatanga ko tana kitenga i te unahiroa o Rongomai e topa ana i Waimārama i te tau 1910 (TTR 1998:91). / One of his cherished memories was seeing Halley's comet soaring over Waimarama in 1910.

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Synonyms: whakamahara, whakamaumahara, whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga, mahara, hokinga mahara, pūmaharatanga

pūmahara

1. (modifier) thoughtful, learned, wise, perceptive, sagacious, astute.

E kī ana tētahi tangata pūmahara rawa ko te take i tino kore haere ai ngā tāngata Māori nā tō rātou whakamahuetanga i ngā wāhi teitei hei kāinga nohoanga, ā noho ana rātou i ngā wā i muri nei ki ngā wāhi mānia e tata ana ki ngā repo (KO 15/8/1884:11). / A learned man is saying that the reason that the Māori population is declining rapidly is because they have left the elevated places to live and in recent times they are residing on the plains close to swamps.

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Synonyms: matatau


2. (noun) memories, sagacity, thoughtfulness.

Nā te nui o tōna hanga, nā te mārakerake o te kite atu i tōna kaingākau ki te tākaro me te hākinakina, nā tōna pūmahara me tōna mōhio, nā te mea he pūkōrero, he kōkō tatakī, nā tōna pai ki te manaaki me te mahana o te tangata, i whakamīharotia ai a Timi Kara e te hunga i tūtaki ki a ia (TTR 1994:15). / Carroll impressed all he met with his physical stature and his enjoyment of games and sports, his sagacity and knowledge, because of his oratory and wit, his bonhomie and warmth of personality.

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3. (noun) flash drive.

pupuri

1. (verb) (purihia,puritia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, restrain, keep in the memory, save (computer), burn (a disk).

Ka warua katoa ngā tapeha, māmā ana tērā ki te pupuri (HP 1991:15). / When the bark was scraped off it was easy to hold.

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Synonyms: puripuri, puri, tiaki, pupuru, whakapupuri, whakawhenua, whakaita, paraire, nati, whakatina


2. (modifier) retaining, holding.

Ko tā Hīria he kohi rimurapa hei hanga pōhā tītī, he raranga kete pupuri pōhā hei kawe mai i ngā tītī i te motu (TTR 1996:71). / Hīria's task was gathering bull kelp to make bags for preserving muttonbirds, and weaving baskets to hold the kelp bags to transport the muttonbirds from the island.

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3. (noun) retention, retaining.

I nanao atu ia ki ngā taonga o te ao hou, me te pupuri i ngā tikanga o te ao tawhito (TTR 1990:27). / He grasped hold of the treasures of the new world while retaining the practices of the old world.

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Synonyms: puritanga, pupuru, puri

pupuru

1. (verb) (purutia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, maintain, restrain, keep in the memory, clasp, save (computer).

Ka tata rawa ki te ū ki uta, ka tahuri te kōpapa nei, ka mau te kōtiro kaumātua ake ki tētehi o ngā tamariki ka kau ki uta, ka mau tētehi o rāua ki tētehi tamaiti ka pupuru tonu ki te waka (TH 1/8/1859:4). / When they had almost reached the shore this small canoe capsized and the oldest girl grabbed one of the children and swam ashore, while the other one grabbed another child and held on to the canoe.

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Synonyms: tuarā, whakanonoi, puri, tiaki, pupuri, puripuri, whakapupuri, whakatina, nati, whakaita, paraire, whakawhenua


2. (modifier) retaining, holding.

I uru katoa ngā Māori ki roto i te raruraru o Taranaki i runga i te kaupapa pupuru i tō rātou mana (TTR 1994:195). / All Māori were involved in the Taranaki troubles for the purpose of retaining their mana.

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Synonyms: pupuri, puri


3. (noun) retention, retaining.

Ko tā rātou whakapono mā te kotahitanga o ngā iwi i raro i te kīngi kotahi, he ōrite te mana ki tō te Kuīni o Ingarangi, ka mutu ai te pakanga a tētehi iwi i tētehi, te pupuru a te iwi Māori i te whenua Māori (Te Ara 2016). / Their belief was that by unifying the people under one sovereign equal in mana to the Queen of England, intertribal conflict would end and the retention of Māori land would be achieved.

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Synonyms: pupuri, puri, puritanga

whakamaharatanga

1. (noun) memorial, monument, commemoration.

Nō te tau 1888 ka whakatapua ko te Hātarei te rā Hāpati me Te Tekau-mā-rua o ngā rā o ia marama, hei whakamaharatanga mō Te Kapenga i a rātau ko ngā whakarau i tau mai ki Whareongaonga (TTR 1990:221). / In 1888 Saturday was sanctified as the Sabbath along with the twelfth of each month to commemorate the Passover when the captives landed at Whareongaonga.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, whakamahara, whakamaumahara, whakamaumaharatanga

whakamaumaharatanga

1. (noun) memorial.

Ka mutu te karakia whakamaumarahatanga mōna i te Whare Karakia nui o Hato Pāteriki, ka mauria tana tūpāpaku ki Tūranga tangihia ai e te tini, i tae ake i ngā tōpito o Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1994:15). / When the memorial service at St Patrick's Cathedral for him was over his body was taken to Gisborne to be mourned by the many people who came from the length of the East Coast.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, whakamahara, whakamaumahara, whakamaharatanga

hokinga mahara

1. (noun) recollection, reminiscence, memoir, autobiography, memory.

Koinei ōna hokinga mahara mō tōna whaea (TTR 1996:173). / These were her memories of her mother.

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Synonyms: kupu whakamahara, mahara, maumaharatanga, pūmaharatanga, whakamahara

puri

1. (verb) (-tia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, restrain, keep in the memory.

Heoi anō, nā te hiahia tonu o Timi Kara ki te puri i ngā whakahaere, ka tohua e ia he tiamana ki ngā poari e popore ana ki te rīhi (TTR 1994:13). / However, because of James Carroll's desire to hold onto control, he appointed chairmen to the boards who favoured leasing.

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Synonyms: tiaki, pupuru, pupuri, puripuri, nati, paraire, whakaita, whakatina, whakawhenua, whakapupuri


2. (modifier) memorised, retained, ancient (lore).

Ehara anake ko ngā kōrero tīpuna e pā ana ki ngā kōrero puri, ki ngā tāhuhu kōrero me te whakapapa i mau i a ia (TTR 1994:16). / It wasn't only the ancestral narratives of ancient lore, history and knowledge of genealogy that she held.

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Synonyms: mau


3. (noun) holding, retention, retaining.

Ki tōna nei whakaaro me mau tonu te puri a ngā tāngata whai pānga i ō rātau whenua (TTR 1998:12). / In his opinion the shareholders should continue with the retention of their land.

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Synonyms: pupuru, pupuri, puritanga

kōwhatu whakamaharatanga

1. (noun) memorial stone, commemorative stone.

Kei te urupā Māori kei Point Bush e tāpuke ana. Kei kō tata tonu atu, ko te kōwhatu whakamaharatanga ki a ia (TTR 1990:201). / He is buried in the Māori cemetery at Point Bush. There is a memorial stone to him nearby.

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Tāmaki Paenga Hira

1. (location) Auckland War Memorial Museum.

pūmaharatanga

1. (noun) memory, recollection, reminiscence.

Nō taua wā anō i whai wāhi atu ia ki tētahi pakipūmeka, ko 'The nineties' te īngoa, he whakaatu nei i te āhua o Aotearoa, i puta ake rā i ngā pūmaharatanga o ētahi wāhine tokowhitu nei (TTR 2000:223). / At that time she took part in a documentary, 'The nineties', which presented New Zealand’s as expressed through the memories of seven women.

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Synonyms: mahara, maumaharatanga, hokinga mahara, whakamahara

whakamaumahara

1. (verb) (-tia) to remember, recall, recollect, reminisce, memorise.

Ko te kara uniana ka tukua atu nei hei tohu tūturu mō te piripono o Ngāti Porou ki te Kāwanatanga. Ko te kara tuatahi i hoatu e te Kāwanatanga hei whakamaumahara ki ngā rangatira o Ngāti Porou kua mate i raro i te hāpainga i te mana o te Kuīni (HKW 1/3/1901:5). / The Union Jack was presented as a symbol of Ngāti Porou's loyalty to the Government. It was the first flag given by the Government to remember the chiefs of Ngāti Porou who have died in upholding the authority of the Queen.

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Synonyms: maumahara, whakamahara, mahara, manatu


2. (modifier) memorial, commemorative.

E ai ki ngā kōrero kei runga i tana pōhatu whakamaumahara i Pāpāwai, nō te 25 o Hepetema 1840 i whānau ai a Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku (TTR 1994:45). / According to what it says on his memorial stone at Pāpāwai, Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku was born on 25 September 1840.

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Synonyms: whakamahara, whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga, maumaharatanga


3. (noun) reminder, memorial.

He whakamaumahara tēnei i te tangata, ahakoa te iti o tētahi mea, ā tōna wā ka nui tōna awe (Te Ara 2014). / This reminds people that no matter how small something is, in time it can have a big impact.

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Synonyms: whakamahara, manatu

kāri mahara

1. (noun) memory card.

He hanga iti te kāri mahara hei pupuri raraunga matihiko, pērā i te whakaahua, i te puoro me te kōrero (RTA 2014:99). / The memory card is a small device for storing digital information such as images, music and speech (RTA 2014:99).

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whakamahara

1. (verb) (-tia) to remind, remember, recall, recollect, reminisce.

I mua i te haerenga atu o te Piriniha i Niu Tīreni nei, ka tukua mai e ia ki a Tā Timi Kara tētahi tokotoko hei whakamahara mō tō rāua tūtakinga i Rotorua (TKO 30/6/1920:9). / Before the Prince's departure from New Zealand he sent a walking stick to Sir James Carroll as a memento of their meeting at Rotorua.

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Synonyms: maumahara, whakamaumahara, mahara, manatu


2. (modifier) commemorative, dedicatory, memorial.

I a au i te takiwā o Ngāti Porou e haere ana, ka rongo au kei te kohia he moni hei whakatū i tētahi kōwhatu whakamahara ki a Eruera Kāwhia (HKW 1/8/1900:2). / While I was travelling in the territory of Ngāti Porou I heard that money was being collected to erect a commemorative stone to Eruera Kāwhia.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, whakamaumahara, whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga


3. (noun) reminder, memento, souvenir, keepsake, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence.

Tino hinapōuri rawa atu ia i tēnei, ā, hoki atu, hoki atu tana whakamahara i te kāwanatanga ki tā rātou takohanga (TTR 1994:36). / He was extremely disappointed with this and repeatedly reminded the government of their obligation.

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Synonyms: whakamaumahara, manatu, mahara, pūmaharatanga, hokinga mahara, maumaharatanga, oha, owha, manatunga, whakaturi

mahara

1. (experience verb) (-tia) to think about, consider.

Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.

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2. (experience verb) (-tia) to remember, recollect, bear in mind, know.

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63). / Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.

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Synonyms: hua, matatau, mātau, pūrangiaho, mōhio, whakamahara, whakamaumahara, manatu, maumahara


3. (experience verb) to be anxious.

Ka mahara anō te ngākau o te hoa o Hakawau, ka mea, "Kei konei pea māua mate ai" (NM 1928:148). / Hakawau's friend was anxious again and said, "Perhaps it is here that we will die."

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4. (modifier) thoughtful.

He wahine ngākau mahara, he marere, he nihowera i āna mahi manaaki i ōna whanaunga, i ōna hoa Māori me te tini noa atu o te Pākehā (TTR 1994:18). / She was a thoughtful gracious woman and a generous host who gave hospitality to her relatives, her Māori friends as well as many Pākehā.

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5. (noun) recollection, thought, memory, reasoning.

Nō tō mātau haerenga he wareware anake i a au taku hāmanu ki te wāhi i noho rā mātau. Kotahi māero pea mātau e haere ana, kātahi anō au ka puta mahara ake ki taku hāmanu, heoi ko taku hokinga mai tēnei ki te tiki i taku hāmanu (TPH 15/7/1901:3). / When we set off I forgot my ammunition which was at the place we were camped at. We had travelled approximately one mile when I finally remembered my ammunition and so I returned to get it.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, hokinga mahara, pūmaharatanga, whakamahara


6. (noun) spleen.

Ka oti te tinana, ka kumea ngā ringaringa, ka kumea ngā waewae, ka pokaia te tara, ka kumea ngā raho, ka whakanohoia ngā puapua, ngā werewere, ngā hanahana, te katitohe, ka kumea te tonetone, ka pokaia te kumu, ka whakanohoia te piro me te puku, te mahara, te ate, ngā tākihi, te tōngāmimi, ka hangā te ārai, ka oti katoa ngā mea o te tinana (HWM 27). / When the body was completed, the arms and legs were drawn out, the vagina was pierced, the labia majora was drawn out, and the ovaries, the labia minora, the vulva, and the hymen were implanted, the clitoris was drawn out, the anus was pierced and the odour, the stomach, the spleen, the liver, the kidneys and the bladder were implanted, and the diaphragm was made and the body was completed.

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tua o pae maumahara

1. beyond memory - a figurative phrase referring to the dead.

E whakapono ana au ka taea te reo onepunga o nāianei te whakamōmona ake, te whakamākūkū ake, kia āhua rite ai te reo kei tua i te awe māpara ki te reo i a nunui mā, i a roroa mā kua riro ki tua o te pae o maumahara (HM 4/1993:7). / I believe that the limited language of now can be enriched so that in the distant future it will be similar to the language of those who have passed on.

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tikanga whakapūmau maumahara

1. (noun) memory device.

Kai roto i te tuhingaroa nei e whakaatu ana ēnei tikanga whakapūmau maumahara (WT 2013:xii). / These memory devices will be used throughout this dissertation to show their role in remembering and memorising (WT 2013:xii).

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rākau pūmahara

1. (noun) memory stick.

Tiakina āu tuhinga me ngā whakaahua ki runga i te rākau pūmahara, ka hari ai ki te kāinga. / Save your writing and the photographs on a memory stick and then take them home.

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pūmahara

1. (noun) (computer) memory.

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