whakaataata
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) to pretend, act out, perform.
I te marama o Hūrae i te tau 1917, ka kawea atu e Paraire tōna tira e 55 te nui, tāne, wāhine ki te whakaataata i te marae i Waiomatatini i te moenga o Te Rina, tamāhine a Āpirana Ngata, i a Hetekia Te Kani Te Ua (TTR 1996:257). / In July 1917 Paraire took his travelling party of 55 men and women to perform at Waiomatatini at the marriage of Te Rina, daughter of Āpirana Ngata, to Hetekia Te Kani Te Ua.
Synonyms: whakataruna, whakatakune, hangarau, whakaata, hahaka, haka, mahi, whakarite, tapa, whakaatu, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to scare, frighten away, frighten off, intimidate.
Kia ngāwari koutou ngā tamariki, kaua e whakaataata i te tangata. / You children should be kind and not frighten off people.
Synonyms: whakawehi, whakawehiwehi, whakamataku
3. (noun) drama.
4. (noun) mirror.
Kua pakaru i a māua tā tātou whakaataata (HKK 1999:51). / She and I have broken our mirror.
rārangi whakaata
1. (noun) mirror line.
Ko te whakaata tētahi o ngā panoni matua. Ka huripokina te mātāoroko i te rārangi whakaata. He ōrite te āhua me te rahi o te mātāoroko me te mātātuhi, engari he rerekē te wāhi noho me te ahunga (TRP 2010:320). / Reflection is one of the main transformations. The object is flipped in a mirror line. The object and the image have the same shape and size, but a different position and orientation (TRP 2010:320).
karāhe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror.
Synonyms: karaehe, karaihe, whakaata, whakaataata
2. (loan) (noun) class.
whakaata
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to exhibit, display, reflect, simulate, act, pretend.
Kei te whakaata mai a Puanga-rua i roto i te Kāhui o Tautoru mō te marangai kei a Haki-haratua, arā, kei a Mei (TTT 1/3/1930:2007). / Rigel appearing in the constellation of Orion's Belt indicates rain in the lunar month of Haki-haratua, that is, May.
Synonyms: whakatau, whaihanga, hangarau, whakatakune, whakaataata, whakataruna
2. (modifier) reflecting.
Ko ētahi anō wāhi o te kūrae nei e nui ana te kōrero, pūrākau, pēnei i te kōrero mō Te Wai Whakaata a Tūtāmure, te hōpua whakaata i kite ai a Tūtāmure i tōna ake āhua (Te Ara 2013). / Other parts of this headland are rich in local history and legend, such as the pool known as Te Wai Whakaata a Tūtāmure, the reflecting pool where Tūtāmure looked at his appearance.
3. (noun) mirroring.
Ko te whakaata, arā, he ōrite, he ngātahi ngā nekeneke a ētahi kaikanikani tokorua, mata ki te mata, ko tētahi te whakaatanga o tētahi (RMR 2017). / Mirroring is when the movements of pairs of dancers are simultaneous face to face where one is the mirror image of the other.
4. (noun) reflection, mirror, pointing.
Kua titiro au ki taku whakaata, arā ko te āpiha nei, e whai mai ana i a au, me te tangi haere mai o tona pūtātara hiko (HP 1991:271). / I looked in my mirror and there was this officer pursuing me with his siren going.
Synonyms: karāhe, karaehe, whakaatanga, ataata, whakaahuatanga, whakaataata, ata, karaihe
karaehe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror.
Ko te karaehe kotahi rā anō i inumia e Te Kopi āku i kite ai (MM.TKM 1/5/1855:5). / That one glass was the only one I saw Te Kopi drink.
Synonyms: karāhe, karaihe, whakaata, whakaataata
karaihe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror, telescope, microscope.
Otirā he māmā noa te kite a te Pākehā, i tāna taonga, i te karaihe whakanui, hei whakanui i ngā mea ririki kia kitea ai (TP 4/1901:6). / But the Pākehā can easily see them with his instrument, the microscope, to enlarge tiny things so that they can be seen.
Synonyms: karu whārahi, karu whakarahi, karaehe, karāhe, whakaata, whakaataata
