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irāmutu

1. (noun) nephew, niece.

Hei irāmutu hoki ia ki te tākuta rā, ki a Eruera Pōhau Erihana (TTR 2000:56). / And he was the nephew of the doctor, Edward Pōhau Ellison.

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Synonyms: tama, tamaiti whakaangi

tama

1. (noun) son, boy, nephew.

I kite te kaumātua nei i te whakakaraunatanga o tētahi o āna tama hei kīngi mō Kirihi, ko tētahi he kāwana nō Kiriti (TP 2/1906:4). / This old man saw the crowning of one of his sons as King of Greece, and one son is Governor of Crete.

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Synonyms: irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi


2. (personal noun) boy, son - term of address to a boy or a man younger than the speaker.

Kātahi ka mea taku whāea ki a au, "Me haere koe, e tama." (HP 1991:48). / Then my mother said to me, "You should go, son."

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tamaiti whakaangi

1. (noun) stepchild, niece, nephew.

Ka moea e ia a Agnes Waikeria Anihana – ko Bella tētahi o ōna īngoa – o Ngāti Maniapoto, he tamaiti whakaangi nā Te Puea Hērangi ki te taha ki tōna whaea (TTR 1998:130). / He married Agnes Waikeria Anihana (Anderson), also known as Bella, of Ngāti Maniapoto, a niece of Te Puea Hērangi on her mother’s side.

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Synonyms: irāmutu, tama

mokopuna

1. (verb) to be a grandchild.

Ka mārama anō koutou ki ngā ara i mokopuna ai a Whātonga ki a Tol-te-huatahi i konei (JPS 1913:174). / You now understand the ways in which Whātonga was a grandchild to Toi-te-huatahi.

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2. (noun) grandchildren, grandchild - child or grandchild of a son, daughter, nephew, niece, etc.

He mokopuna a Whātonga nā Toi-te-huatahi (JPS 1913:188). / Whātonga was Toi-te-huatahi's grandchild.

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3. (noun) descendant.

Ko Tāwhaki he mokopuna nā Māui (W 208). / Tāwhaki was Māui's descendant.

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whakaangi

1. (verb) to float, move easily, move freely, sail along.

Ka ū rawa ngā matikuku me te ngutu o te īkara rā ki tāna kai, kātahi ka hikitia ake ka whakaangi haere i runga ake o te whenua, e toru, e whā putu te mataratanga ake (TWMNT 6/10/1874:258). / With the claws and beak of that eagle firmly fixed on its food, it then raised her up and sailed along at three to four feet above the earth.

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Synonyms: angi


2. (verb) to fall through the air, hurl oneself.

Nā, ka mutu tana waiata, kātahi ia ka whakaangi i taua toka nei ki te whakamōtī i a ia (NM 1928:198). / Then, when she had finished her song, she hurled herself off that rock to destroy herself.

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3. (modifier) step relationship - e.g. matua whakaangi, stepfather. Tamaiti whakaangi is also used for 'nephew' or 'niece'.

I kōrerotia atu anō e tō mātou pāpā ki a ia kua kōhurutia e ia tō mātou whaea whakaangi (HTK 3/3/1894:3). / Our father had actually told him that he had murdered our stepmother.

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See also tamaiti whakaangi, tamāhine whakaangi, pāpā whakaangi, tama whakaangi, matua whakaangi, whaea whakaangi, tamariki whakaangi


4. (noun) stepchild.

Koirā te tamaiti whakaangi, ko ngā tamariki nā te wahine, engari ka heria mai ka uru ki roto ki te whānau, he whakaangi ērā (Milroy 2015). / That's what a stepchild is, the children of the wife but ones she has brought into the family, those are stepchildren.

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