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tapātiu

1. (noun) west-north-west wind, west-north-west, north-west.

Ko ētahi o ngā rākau nunui o te wao, nā te tapātiu i whakahinga (KO 15/9/1884:6). / Some of the large trees of the forest were felled by the west-north-west wind.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, kapekape, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki

tapatapātiu

1. (noun) west-north-west wind, west-north-west, north-west.

tapatapa atiu

1. (noun) west-north-west wind, west-north-west, north-west.

kōtiu

1. (verb) to dart, swerve, swoop - as a kite.

E kōtiu ana i roto i ngā ngaru tūātea o te moana whēuriuri (HTK 25/2/1893:2). / Swopping into the foaming waves of the dark ocean.

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2. (noun) north-west, north-west wind - some say a north wind.

Tērā anō ētahi motu e tū kē mai ana. Kei te kōtiu o Nukuhiva. Ka rere atu i Nukuhiva kia rua ngā mano māero e rere ai ka tae ki Hawai‘i me ōna motu ririki (MM.TKM 1/1856:11). / There are some other islands lying far away to the north-west of Nukuhiva. If we sail from Nukuhiva in that direction for two thousand miles we shall reach Hawai‘i with its small Islands.

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Synonyms: tapātiu, kapekape, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera

kapekape

1. (noun) stick to rake out embers or food.

Taumaha kai te motumotu, kai te kapekape, kai te rorerore (JPS 1897:51). / Blessings on the embers, on the rake, on the poker (JPS 1897:51).

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2. (noun) north-west, north-west wind.

Ko taua tāone e tū ana i te taha moana i te pūaha o te awa i huaina e te Pākehā ko te Kerei. Ka rua tekau mā rima pea māero te pāmamao o taua tāone i te taha ki raro mai o Hokitika, i te taha kapekape o te moutere o Ngāi Tahu, arā, o Te Wai Pounamu (TWMNT 21/2/1872:47). / That town is situated on the coast at the mouth of the river that the Pākehā call the Grey. That town is approximately twenty-five miles to the north of Hokitika, on the north-west side of the Ngāi Tahu's island, that is the South Island.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tapātiu, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera

māuru

1. (noun) north-west, north-west wind.

He mihinere kaha rawa i kōhurutia ki Eromanga e ngā tāngata māori o reira, ko tētahi ia o ētahi motu kei te taha māuru o Niu Tīrani e takoto ana, 1800 māero te pāmamao atu i Pōneke nei. / A brave missionary was murdered on Erromango Island by the indigenous people there. It is one of the islands lying to the northwest of New Zealand, 1800 miles from Wellington.

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Synonyms: tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, tapatapa-aitu, kōtiu, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, raki-mā-uru, tapātiu, kapekape


2. (noun) west, west wind.

Ko taua rū i ahu mai te aronga i te taha ki te māuru, āhua whakatemarangai (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / That earthquake came from the west heading towards the east.

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hauāuru-mā-raki

1. (noun) north-west wind, north-west.

Ki te taha ki te hauāuru-mā-raki o taua tāone ko te ngahere. / To the north-west of that town is a forest.

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Synonyms: tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, kōtiu, raki-mā-uru, uru-mā-raki, tapatapa-aitu, tapātiu, kapekape

uru-mā-raki

1. (noun) north-west.

Ka whakatika tana iwi ki te whakahoki i tana tinana ki Taupō; nō te taenga ki Kaiwhā, i te uru-mā-raki o te moana o Taupō, ka whakatakotoria atu te tūpāpaku ki roto i tētahi ana (TTR 1990:183). / His people set out to return his body to Taupō. When they reached Kaiwhā, on the north-west side of Lake Taupō they lay the body in a cave.

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Synonyms: tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, kōtiu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, tapatapa-aitu, tapātiu, kapekape

raki-mā-uru

1. (noun) north-west, nor'-west.

He nui ngā raruraru e pā ana ki Moroko, he kīngitanga māori kei te raki-mā-uru o Awherika (TP 7/1907:6). / There are a lot of troubles in Morocco, a native kingdom in the north-west of Africa.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tapātiu, kapekape, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki

tapatapa-aitu

1. (noun) north-west, north-western.

I te tau 1870, ko Te Pahi o Ngā Puhi, tētahi o ngā rangatira mātāmua o te tapatapa-aitu o Pēwhairangi (TTR 1990:239). / In 1870 Te Pahi of Ngā Puhi was one of the senior chiefs of the north-western Bay of Islands.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tapātiu, kapekape, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki

tūpātiu

1. (noun) north-west wind.

parera

1. (noun) north-west wind, nor'wester.

He hau rongonui te parera o Waitaha, pērā anō hoki te hau tonga ka kawe i ngā naku mai i Te Tiri o Te Moana (Te Ara 2012). / Canterbury’s nor’wester is a well-known wind, as is the southerly, which blasts up from Antarctica.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tūpātiu, kapekape, māuru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, hauātiu

hauātiu

1. (noun) north-west wind.

He āwhina nui tō te hauātiu me te haupitonga mō ngā haerenga atu me ngā hokinga mai i te ‘ara heke’ nei (Te Ara 2015). / The north-west and south-east winds were a great assistance for travel back and forth along this migration route.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tūpātiu, kapekape, māuru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, parera

Aroarokāehe

1. (location) Mount Sefton (north-west of Lake Pūkakī).

Kā Mauka Whakatipu

1. (location) Ailsa and Humbolt mountains (north-west of Lake Whakatipu).

kiwitaiki

1. (noun) North-west wind.

Mauritānia

1. (loan) (location) Mauritania - a country on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 139;)

Riwira

1. (loan) (location) Riviera - the coastal area of south-east France and north-west Italy.

Ko te rū i puta i te ata nei ki ngā tāone o Nihi me Kanehi, i puta katoa hoki ki ngā tini wāhi o te taha whakararo o Itari, ā i te tāone o Riwira he rau he rau ngā tāngata i mate (KO 19/4/1887:3). / This morning an earthquake occurred in the towns of Nice and Cannes extending to many places on the northern coast of Italy, and in the Riviera hundreds and hundreds of people died.

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Whakaari

1. (location) White Island (Bay of Plenty).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)


2. (location) Flagstaff - the name of a ridge to the north-west of Dunedin, misspelt as Wakari.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 18;)

Awaroa

1. (location) Helensville - a town to the north-west of Auckland.

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