2. (noun) short haka with no set movements and usually performed without weapons.
Ko ngā ruri, ko ngā mata, ko ngā ngeri, ko ngā haka, ko ngā karakia kāore ēnā i whāwhātia i tēnei wā (M 2004:xx). / Ditties, prophetic songs, chants, posture dances and ritualistic chants have not been dealt with as yet.
ngeri tō
1. (noun) chant for launching a canoe.
Kātahi a Rauarikiao ka whakahau ki te tini o te ngārara kia tōia tō rātou waka. Ka tapaia te ngeri tō e Rauarikiao, te kīnga katoatanga o te waha o te ngārara ki tā rātou ngeri, i a rātou e tō ana i tō rātou waka (TWMNT 22/8/1876:202). / Rauarikiao then commanded the multitude of reptiles to drag their canoe. Then Rauarikiao recited the canoe launching chant and all the reptiles joined in with their ngeri as they dragged their canoe.
pōhuatau
1. (noun) apt saying - includes whakatauākī, karakia, ngeri and haka.
Ko te whaikōrero ki a Te Arawa he kōrero tapu tonu tēnei kōrero, nā te mea ka kite ana koe, ka rongo ana koe i ngā kaumātua, ngā tāngata o Te Arawa e whaikōrero ana, ka tīmatahia ā rātou kōrero ki te pōhuatau (Rewi 2005:184). / According to Te Arawa oratory is sacred talk because when you see and hear the elders and the men of Te Arawa making speeches their talk begins with an apt saying.
2. (noun) short haka with no set movements and usually performed without weapons - variation of ngeri.
Ka mutu te ngari a te iwi o Toi-te-huatahi i konei (JPS 1928:182). / The ngeri of the people of Toi-te-huatahi ended here.
See also ngeri
