karere
1. (noun) messenger, courier, envoy, message.
Ka tukuna mai e ia ana karere ki te tango i te āria o Māui, arā i tētahi wāhi o ōna toto, hei mākutu māna (M 2006:206). / She sent her messengers to take away the likeness of Māui; that is, some of his blood, upon which she could exercise black magic (M 2006:207).
2. (noun) word, vocabulary, saying, talk, message, statement, utterance, lyric.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 71;)
Haere ki a Wiremu wherawhera mai ai ngā whārangi, nā ka kitea aua kupu i reira, nō reira he aha kē tēnei tāwai i te reo? (HM 4/2009:3) / Go to Williams' dictionary and open the pages and those words will be found there, so just what is this criticism of the language about?
Synonyms: karere, pepeha, whakapepeha, kīnga, tūātau, kīanga, kī, rerenga kōrero
2. (loan) (noun) email, electronic mail, email message.
Tekau mā waru ngā īmēra i tukuna mai mō taua kaupapa. / Eighteen email messages have been sent regarding that matter.
See also karere ā-rorohiko
waea
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to telephone, ring.
I te taenga ki te kāinga ka mōhiotia ia, kātahi ka waeatia atu ki te pirihimana kia haere atu ki taua kāinga (TP 9/1911:11). / When he came to the house, he was recognised, then they phoned the police to come to that house.
Synonyms: koropewapewa, tioro, mōhiti, mōwhiti, tangi, koropewa, pere, porohita, porowhita, rīngi, tarawhiti
2. (loan) (verb) (-tia) send a telegram, wire.
Kua waeatia atu kia tukuna mai kia 50 tākuta, me ētahi kaipuke hei whare tūroro (TJ 12/7/1898:6). / A telegram has been sent to 50 doctors and some hospital ships.
3. (loan) (noun) telephone, phone.
I taua rā, i te Manei, ka tangi te waea o roto i te toa a Pahiko, ka haere atu te rangatira o te toa ki te whakahoki atu i te karanga (TP 5/1912:8). / On that day, Monday, the phone inside Pascoe’s store rang and the owner of the store went to answer the call.
4. (loan) (noun) telegram, telephone message, cable, wire.
Ā kua mea te Kāwanatanga o ngā motu nei, kia mahia he waea mā tātou ngā iwi o ēnei motu, atu anō i konei, ā tae noa ki Ingarangi, kia iti ai he utu mō te kōrero tuku ki te waea ā tātou ki tāwāhi (TW 3/8/1878:384). / The government of these islands has decided that a cable be laid for us, the people of these islands, from here to England so that the cost will be small for us to telegraph overseas.
Synonyms: taura, waea kōrero
karere rorohiko
1. (noun) email, electronic mail, email message.
See also īmēra
karere hiko
1. (noun) email, electronic mail, email message.
See also īmēra
2. (noun) twittering, tweeting, chirping.
Kurupākara ana tērā te māra a Tāne i te pekī, i te tīhau a ngā manu (HM 1/1998:1). / The garden of Tāne is noisy with the chirping and twittering of the birds.
3. (noun) tweet - a short text message sent on Twitter.
E hiahia ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kia muia ngā pae pāpāho pāpori e te tīhau, me te karere reo Māori mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori mā te whakamahi i te tohumarau #tekupu (TTW 18/7/2014). / The Māori Language Commission wishes social media to be swamped with Māori language tweets and messages for Māori Language Week using the hashtag #tekupu.
pae tīhau
1. (noun) Twitter - an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read short text messages, called 'tweets'.
See also tīhau
