neke
1. (verb) (-hia) to move, shift.
Kāore e roa e noho ana ka neke te pahi he wāhi anō noho ai (JPS 1922:15). / They don't stay in a place long before they move their camp to another place to live.
Synonyms: mahinga, nukunuku, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kaneke, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kareu, ngatete
2. (verb) (-hia) to indent (text).
3. (verb) (-hia) to translate (maths).
4. (noun) skid, roller (on which a canoe is dragged).
Ka tapahia e Ruawharo he rango, arā he neke māna, ko Manu-tāwhio-rangi tōna ingoa, kātahi ka whakatakotoria ki raro o te waka (JPS 1908:93). / Ruawharo cut a rolling-skid, which was named Manu-tāwhio-rangi, then placed it under the canoe.
neke
1. (loan) (noun) snake, asp, serpent, viper.
I kitea e ia te tinihanga o ngā Parihī o ngā Karaipi, ā tāwaitia ana rātou e ia, kīia ana he 'neke, he uri nākahi,' he tāhae, he aha, he aha… (TP 7/1903:5). / He could see the deceptions of the Pharisees and Scribes, and he jeered at them, saying they were “snakes, sons of serpents”, thieves and other things…
Synonyms: nākahi
2. more than, or more, beyond - with this usage neke atu is always followed by i.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 94;)
Neke atu i te 30 ngā tāngata o Pāpāwai nā rātau i haina taua pepa (TTR 1996:54). / More than 30 people of Pāpāwai signed that document.
Synonyms: nuku atu, tūmā, koni atu, makere, ngahoro, neke atu rānei, koni atu rānei
neke matau
1. to indent right (text), move right.
Synonyms: nuku matau
neke atu rānei
1. or more.
I reira ia mō te iwa tau, neke atu rānei. / She was there for nine years or more.
Synonyms: neke atu, nuku atu, koni atu rānei, makere, ngahoro
