whakarite
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to arrange, adjust, organise, put in order, appoint, assign.
Ko ngā pereti kai he rourou; kāore he paoka, kāore he naihi, arā i tino whakaritea katoatia ki tā te Māori tikanga (TP 1/12/1900:14). / The eating plates were flax food baskets; there were no knives and forks, that is everything was organised according to Māori custom.
Synonyms: whakahaere, whakatakoto, tītakataka
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to balance by equivalent, in like manner.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to make like.
Ka haere hoki ia ki te whakarite i a ia ki te āhua o te kūkupa (NM 1928:10). / And he went off to make himself into the form of a New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: whārite
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to compare, correspond to, liken to.
Kāore he tangata hei whakarite (NM 1928:52). / There's not a person like him.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
5. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to fulfil, perform.
Kātahi ka whakaritea e rātou te kupu a tō rātou rangatira i kōrero mai rā ki a rātou (NM 1928:143). / Then they carried out what their chief had told them.
Synonyms: tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, mahi, hahaka, haka
6. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to say prayers, recite rituals.
I haere mai te minita ki te whakarite i a mātou i te rā tuatahi o te hui (PK 2008:1127). / The minister came to say prayers for us on the first day of the gathering.
7. (modifier) arranged, prearranged.
I te tau 1809, e hoki ana a Te Mātenga mai i Ingarangi ki Ahitereiria mā runga i te kaipuke te 'Ann', he waka whakarite mō te hunga kua mau heretia, ka tūpono ki a Ruatara (TTR 1990:131). / In 1809 Marsden was returning from England to Australia by the ship, the 'Ann', a vessel organised for the convicts, when he discovered Ruatara.
8. (modifier) metaphorical, figurative, likening, comparing, equating.
Ā ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou? (PT Matiu 13:10). / And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
9. (noun) retaliation, retribution.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
10. (noun) arrangement.
Ka oti te whakarite kia hoki te kaumātua rā ki tana kāinga me haukoti e rātou ki te huarahi, patu ai (NIT 1995:209). / The arrangement was made that when that elder returned to his home they would intercept him on the path and kill him.
11. (noun) simile, metaphor, cryptic expression.
Otirā koirā tonu anō te ritenga o ngā whakarite mō ngā kōrero o ngā koroua (NIT 1995:293). / But here is the explanation of the cryptic expressions of the elderly men.
See also kupu whakarite
Synonyms: kupu whakarite, huahuatau, whakaritenga
kupu whakarite
1. (noun) metaphor, simile, figurative language, figure of speech, cryptic saying.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
Ka uia e Te Kura, "Me pēwhea koe e eke mai ai i te paepae tuangahuru o Uenuku?" He kupu whakarite nā Te Kura i te mea he toa rongonui a Tapaue (NIT 1995:283). / Te Kura asked, "How will you mount the tenth threshold of Uenuku?" This was a simile by Te Kura because Tapaue was a renowned warrior.
Synonyms: whakarite, huahuatau, whakaritenga
2. (verb) (-a) to plunge in, stick in (a paddle, knife, stake, etc.).
Ka poua ngā oka ki te kōpū o te mango (TP 8/1903:11). / The knives were plunged into the belly of the shark.
3. (verb) (-a) to plant.
4. (verb) (-a) to appoint, anoint.
Ka poua e Wiremu Tāmihana te hinu ki runga i te māhunga o Pōtatau (Wh4 2004:18). / Wiremu Tāmihana annointed the head of Pōtatau with oil.
5. (noun) post, upright, support, pole, pillar, goalpost, sustenance.
Ko taua mīhini āna mahia e te tangata kotahi, pēnei kia kotahi rau e toru tekau pou taiepa e oti te pokapoka he kōwhao ki aua pou 130 i te hāora kotahi (TW 25/5/1878:263). / That machine of his is operated by one person and can drill holes in one hundred and thirty fence posts per hour.
Synonyms: pōhi, pouihi, tokotoko, koteo, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu
6. (noun) support, supporter, stalwart, mentor, symbol of support, metaphoric post - someone, a group, tribe, gathering or something that strongly supports a cause or is a territorial symbol, such as a mountain or landmark, representing that support.
Nā, i muri o ēnei pou, ko ngā pou whenua me ngā pou tangata, i whakakotahi ai ngā iwi ki raro i te Kīngitanga (Wh4 2004:18). / Now, as well as these gatherings of support there are the landmarks symbolising support and the supporters that unite the tribes under the King Movement.
Ko ngā pou pupuru whenua tēnei i tukua ki raro i te Kīngitanga o Pōtatau. Ko Karioi, ko Titiokura, ko Taranaki, ko Pūtauaki, ko Kai-iwi, ko Ngongotahā, ko Tararua, ko Te Aroha. Ko ngā pou whenua tēnei i tukua e ngā iwi nōna aua whenua ki raro i te Kīngitanga o Pōtatau (TMP 25/7/1893:3). / These are the land symbols of support that were placed under the King Movement authority of Pōtatau to hold their lands: Karioi, Titiokura, Taranaki, Pūtauaki, Kai-iwi, Ngongotahā, Tararua, and Te Aroha mountains. These are the land symbols of support for those lands that had been placed by the tribes under King Pōtatau's protection.
7. (noun) column.
He momo pātengi raraunga te ripanga, he tūtohi, he rite ki te tukutuku te āhua, arā, he kapa ōna, he pou hoki (TRP 2010:241). / A spreadsheet is a type of database, a chart that looks like a grid, that is it has rows and columns.
8. (noun) teacher, expert.
huahuatau
1. (noun) metaphor, simile.
Synonyms: whakarite, kupu whakarite, whakaritenga
whakaritenga
1. (noun) arrangement, settlement, agreement.
Hei reira ki te mea ka whakaae ngā tāngata nōna te whenua ki taua whakaritenga me tuhituhi e rātou ō rātou ingoa ki te pukapuka whakatūturu i taua whakaritenga (TWMNT 29/10/1873:142). / Then, if the people who own the land agree to that arrangement, they must put their names to the paper for giving effect to the arrangement.
Synonyms: whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, kāinga, whakatutukitanga, noninga kumu, kāenga
2. (noun) appointment.
Kei ngā rā o Pēpuere whakatutukitia ai ēnei whakaritenga (TKO 12/2/1918:12). / These appointments will take effect in February.
3. (noun) regulation, provision, clause.
E āhei anō te Kāwana te hanga i ētahi whakaritenga, i ētahi takiwā, hei āta whakaputa i ngā tikanga o taua ture, ko aua whakaritenga ka pānuitia i roto i te 'Kahiti o Niu Tirani' (TWMNT 5/9/1876:218). / Sometimes the Governor is able to make regulations which will be published in the provisions of that law and those regulations will be announced in the 'New Zealand Gazette'.
Synonyms: whakarato, rekureihana, waeture
4. (noun) metaphor, likeness, profile.
Kāhui kuaka. He manu te kuaka, he 'godwit' ki te Pākehā. He whakaritenga ki ngā tamariki a Te Aritahi, ka mahue i te ao (M 2007:340). / Flock of godwits. The 'kuaka' is a bird, a godwit in English. This is a metaphor for Te Aritahi's children, who were left behind.
Synonyms: kōtaha, kupu whakarite, whakarite, huahuatau, taurite, ritenga, oho, āhua, āhuatanga, rite, ariā
5. (noun) implementation, application, enactment, execution.
Ka tohe atu kia hōmai anō ngā pāuna e rua i whakaritea ai i te tīmatanga o te whakaritenga o te whare (TWK 16:30). / He insisted that the two pounds that was arranged at the beginning of the construction of the building should be given to him.
6. (noun) ritual, prayers.
Ko ngā kawa me ngā whakaritenga tapu katoa he mea whakahaere ki te pou kara, arā ki te pou niu (Te Ara 2014). / The protocols and rituals focused on flag poles, that is the niu (news) poles.
Synonyms: ritenga
7. (noun) negotiation.
Kua tata te oti ngā whakaritenga mō te rīhi (Ng 1993:296). / Negotiations for the lease are nearly finished.
Synonyms: whiriwhiri
8. (noun) comparison.
Kāore he whakaritenga i waenganui i a rāua (Ng 1993:62). / There is no comparison between them.
