2. anything small, speck.
3. dry.
ngata
1. (noun) snail, slug, leech.
Synonyms: kōkopurangi, piriawaawa
2. (noun) satisfaction, gratification.
Tēnā ko te inu i te wai mātao, rōnaki tonu te heke i te korokoro, ā ngata noa, me te tere tonu o te ngata (TP 5/1903:6). / Well, when drinking cold water it slips easily down the throat and is satisfying, and the satisfaction is immediate.
Ngata, Apirana Turupa
1. (personal name) (1874-1950) Ngāti Porou; national leader, land reformer, politician and scholar. Educated at Waiomatatini Native School, Te Aute College and Canterbury College, Ngata graduated with a BA, an MA and LLB. First Māori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university. Knighted in 1927.
(Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 38; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 20;)
Simpson, Mīria
1. (1922-2002) Ngāti Awa; teacher and expert speaker and writer of Māori. Editor of numerous publications, including Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau (Volume 1) and the Māori section of the Historical Atlas of New Zealand. One of the first commissioners of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Awarded a QSM in 1991.
Hāpata, Te
1. (loan) (personal name) Williams, Herbert William (1860-1937) - Anglican bishop and Māori liguist who greatly enlarged the fifth edition of A Dictionary of the Maori language. He and Āpirana Ngata campaigned for the recognition of Māori language in the University of New Zealand, listed for the BA degree in 1928.
Nā tōna tautōhito ki te reo Māori, i karangatia a ia ki te komiti whakahou i te pukapuka kupu Māori a Te Hāpata, arā, te 'Dictionary of the Maori language' (TTR 1998:169). / Because of his skill in the Māori language, he was invited to join the committee to revise and edit H. W. Williams’s 'Dictionary of the Maori language'.
