3. (verb) (nātia) to fasten - e.g. raupō thatch onto a roof.
Ko ngā wāhine moe tāne he pakimaero te kaka, he kuta, te whatu he mea herehere, ā, he harakeke toetoe ai kia pēnei te whara o ngā tuwhara nei te rarahi, ka mea ai he aka kāī, he aka mangemange, he aka tororaro rānei ka nati ai ki runga (JPS 1928:177). / The married women wore a kilt fashioned from kuta, made by tying them together, also from flax split into strips about as wide as those used in making course floor mats, and these were fastened onto a kāī [Podocarpus spicatus] branch, bushman's mattress vine [Lygodium articulatum], or wire vine [Muehlenbeckia complexa].
2. weave a net.
hōiho nāti
1. (loan) (noun) roaming horse, brumby - a tough mixed breed, including Clydesdales and thoroughbreds, found on the East Coast and associated with the Ngāti Porou tribe. They have a sleepy disposition, and are relaxed but intelligent.
He hōiho nāti anake te hōiho ka ora i te hau, ā, i te pou taiapa, ahakoa ngaro tōna rangatira mō te wiki, ki te hoki mai ia e tū tonu ana tōna hōiho nāti (TWK 6:29). / A 'hōiho nāti' is the only horse that can live in the wind, at a fence post, and even if its owner disappears for a week, when he returns his 'hōiho nāti' will still be standing there.
pukunati
1. (verb) to be stout, fat, rotund, chubby, plump - sometimes as two words, i.e. puku nati.
Synonyms: māretireti, kunekune, kune, takapū, wheti
2. (noun) roly-poly, fatty, fatso.
Kātahi te tangata kunekune, ko taua pukunati rā (HKK 1999:115). / What a fat person that fatso is.
Synonyms: takaporepore
