nēhi
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to nurse.
Ko ngā tamariki e uru ana ki tō runga kura o Hukarere e ākona ana ki te taka kai, ki te nēhi tūroro, ki te tuhituhi ringa poto (TKO 1/12/1917:12). / The children entering the upper school of Hukarere are being taught to prepare food, to nurse the sick and to write shorthand.
Synonyms: nāhi, tapuhi, morimori, tiaki, mohimohi, nānā, whakatapuhi, hiki
2. (loan) (noun) nurse.
I runga i te kupu a Henare Parata, ka tukua mai e te Tari Māori i Pōneke he nēhi, arā, he wahine tiaki tūroro (TP 2/1903:11). / On the word of Henare Parata, the Native Affairs Department in Wellington sent a nurse, that is, a woman who cares for sick people.
See also nāhi
tapuhi
1. (verb) (-tia) to nurse, carry in the arms, tend in sickness or distress.
I aituā te tama a Tāraia, a Te Rite, i te pahūtanga o te kāho paura pū; ka wera te waewae. Nā ngā Pākehā rā i tapuhi (TTR 1990:154). / Taraia's son, Te Rite, was in an accident when a keg of gunpowder blew up and burnt his leg. He was treated by the Pākehā.
Synonyms: nāhi, morimori, tiaki, nēhi, mohimohi, nānā, whakatapuhi, hiki
2. (noun) nurse, midwife.
Ko te nuinga he kaiako kura, he tapuhi, minita hoki (Te Ara 2013). / The majority were school teachers, nurses and ministers.
Synonyms: kaiwhakawhānau, wahine whakawhānau
2. (verb) (-na) to look after, nurse, care, protect, conserve, save (computer).
I runga i te kupu a Henare Parata, ka tukua mai e te Tari Māori i Pōneke he nēhi, arā, he wahine tiaki tūroro (TP 2/1903:11). / On the word of Henare Parata, the Native Affairs Department in Wellington sent a nurse, that is, a woman who cares for sick people.
Synonyms: pupuri, pupuru, poipoi, tieki, tūpore, taute, pena, penapena, nāhi, nānā, tapuhi, morimori, nēhi, mohimohi, hiki, whakatapuhi, taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare
3. (verb) (-na) to have custody of.
Me haere tonu rātou ki te kōti, arā te Kōti Whānau, ki te tono mō tētahi pepa ki te hiahia rātou ki te tiaki tonu i ngā tamariki mō ngā rā katoa (RT 2013:80). / They must go to court, that is to the Family Court, to request a form if they wish to have full-time custody of the children.
4. (verb) (-na) to hold in trust, administer for others.
Ka kaha kē nei te āwhina a Meihana i te whānau o tana wahine, o Kahu, tiaki hoki i ō rātou pānga whenua i te poraka o Reureu, me tana tiaki, whakanui atu hoki i te marae o Te Hiiri (TTR 1998:32). / Mason unstintingly assisted members of his wife, Kahu's, family in managing their interests in the Reureu block and in maintaining and extending Te Hiiri marae.
5. (verb) (-na) to wait for, watch for.
Kei tātahi ia e tiaki ana i te waka o Karihi kia ū mai (W 1971:414). / He is at the beach waiting for Karihi's canoe to land.
6. (noun) looking after, protection, safeguarding.
Ko te tino kaupapa a Te Whiwhi ko te tiaki i ō rātou whenua (TTR 1990:345). / Te Whiwhi's primary focus was the protection of their lands.
See also tiakanga
Synonyms: tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, whakangungu, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru
hiki
1. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to lift up, raise, carry in the arms, nurse (a baby), remove, take away, convey - in the passive form if the passive ending -na is used the first i is lengthened, i.e. hīkina.
I whakakīa te pēke hiraka ki te kāhi haitorotini, mā taua kāhi e hiki te pēke (TP 2/1900:4). / The silk bag was filled with hydrogen gas and that gas lifts the bag.
Synonyms: whakatāiri, riariaki, kōranga, riaki, tapuhi, whakatapuhi, nānā, mohimohi, nēhi, tiaki, morimori, nāhi, kāhaki, opeope, hura, hīkaro, unuunu, whakahorohoro, mākerekere, tauwehe, tango, maiki, tīhei, whakarewa, tiraki, tārewa, rangaranga, whakatairangaranga, huataki, hāpai, ararewa, whakamaranga, whakaikeike, whakakaurera, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, whakatū, whakaara, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakaaranga, hī, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu
2. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to shift (to another site), move.
Ka hīkina te whare o Makarita ki rāwāhi atu i te huarahi ki te marae (EM 2002:206). / Makarita's house was shifted across the road to the marae.
Synonyms: onioni, tīkape, kaneke, hūnuku, konikoni, mū, whakakorikori, panuku, paheke, neke, korikori, koni, tākiri, kori, ngatete, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, ngeungeu, ngatē, neneke, takataka, rangaranga, whakangāueue, kareu, oreore
3. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to adjourn (a meeting or hui), recess, suspend, postpone.
Kua hīkina te whakawā i a Tame Iti mō te pupuhi i tana pū i te wā o te pōhiri a te iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe ki Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki te 20 o Mahuru. / The judicial hearing against Tame Iti for shooting his gun at the time of Ngāi Tūhoe's welcome ceremony to the Waitangi Tribunal has been adjourned to the 20th of September.
Synonyms: tinaku, whakatārewa
4. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to raise, end, lift (a rāhui).
Ko tētahi mahi a Rangiheuea me tōna iwi, ia tau, mō te kotahi marama i te wā e tika ana, he kokoti i te tōrea hei huahua mā rātau. Ka ngata ō rātau hiahia i taua marama, kua whakatauria he rāhui, kia tae rā anō ki te wā tika i te tau o muri mai, kātahi anō ka hīkina te rāhui (EM 2002:157). / A task that Rangiheuea and his people did each year for one month at the appropriate season was snaring oyster catchers for preserving in their own fat for food. When their needs were satisfied in that month a rāhui (temporary ritual prohibition) was set in place and it wasn't until the next season that the rāhui was lifted.
5. (verb) to start, jump (from surprise, etc.).
6. (verb) to slip up, skip - when reciting a karakia, etc. Traditionally considered to be a bad omen.
He aituā tō tāua, i hiki taku karakia (NM 1928:22). / We have a mishap because I slipped up with my ritual chant.
7. (noun) recess.
Synonyms: koko
8. (noun) seam, join - join between two widths of a floor mat, etc.
Ko te hiki te ingoa o te rārangi tuitui e hono ana i ētahi papanga e rua (RTA 2014:192). / The hiki (seam) is the name of the line of sewing joining two layers.
Synonyms: maurua, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, kuhukuhu, whakauru, tāpiri, pāhekoheko
9. (noun) charm for raising anything from the water, or to cause people to migrate, or to free the hands from tapu.
Kātahi ia ka hāpai ake i tana hiki ake mō tana ika kia maiangi ake (N 1928:16). / Then he began his hiki charm for his fish to be raised it up.
morimori
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to nurse (an infant), caress, handle.
Hei ētahi tāima e tae noa atu ana ahau ki te morimori i ngā maire, i ētahi tāima kāore e tae atu ka riri ki ngā kurī (TJ 20/6/1899:16). / Sometimes I would go and stroke its antlers, but at other times I could not go because it was angry with the dogs.
Synonyms: tapuhi, tiaki, nēhi, nāhi, nānā, whakatapuhi, hiki, mohimohi
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to promote the development and well-being, pamper, pander to, indulge, mollycoddle.
Ko tāku, kaua te Kāwanatanga e hikihiki tonu, e morimori tonu i te iwi Māori me ōna whenua, me tuku te Māori kia whakahaere i ana whenua (Pire Whakahaere i Ngā Whenua Māori 31/10/1901). / I say that the Government should not keep propping up and pampering to the Māori people and their lands. The Māori should be left to manage their land.
Synonyms: nānā
3. (verb) (-a,-tia) to touch, handle, stroke, caress (the head of a chief) - it was a breach of tapu for another person to touch a chief's head.
Me he rangatira te tangata nōna te pane i morimoria nei, kātahi ka rangona tēnei kupu morimori e whakahuatia ana, mō te morimoringa hoki o te pane tapu o te rangatira nei. Ka tauatia hoki, ka murua ngā taonga, whenua, aha atu rānei, a te tangata nāna i morimori (JPS 1894:28). / If it was a chief whose head was touched, then this word 'morimori' would be used for the action of touching the sacred head of the chief. The person who touched it would be the subject of a hostile party and his goods, land or other property would be plundered.
4. (noun) promoting the development and well-being, pampering, pandering to, indulging, mollycoddling.
Me mutu te morimori tonu a te Whare nei i te iwi Māori, kua mōhio noa atu rātou i nāianei ki te whakahaere i a rātou (Pire Whakahaere i Ngā Whenua Māori 31/10/1901). / The House's continual pampering of the Māori people must stop as they have known for a long time now how to manage themselves.
mohimohi
1. (verb) to tend, nurse, care for, take care of.
Ki ngā tangata o Taitoko, ko 'Granny Retter' tā rātou karanga i a ia, te wahine nāna i mohimohi ngā tīpuna whāea, ngā tamariki hoki o taua tāone, ā, ko ia anō hoki te tauhere atu ki ngā rā o nehe o te ao Māori, Pākehā anō hoki (TTR 1996:163). / To the people of Levin, their name for her was 'Granny Retter', the woman who had cared for their first generation of mothers and babies, and who was a link with the past of the Māori and Pākehā worlds.
Synonyms: nāhi, tapuhi, morimori, tiaki, nēhi, nānā, whakatapuhi, hiki
2. (verb) to be smooth, sleek, silky.
Kia kori te manu, ā, kia mohimohi rānei ngā huruhuru, he tohu kino (W 1971:205). / Should the bird wriggle about or the feathers be sleek, that was a bad sign.
nānā
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-tia) to tend carefully, nurse, indulge, pamper, pander to.
I mātai ake ngā Pākehā o mua ki te nānāhia o ngā tamariki Māori e ō rātou mātua, ā, he oranga kore here noa tō rātou (Te Ara 2015). / Early Pākehā observed Māori children being indulged by their parents and leading carefree lives.
Synonyms: nāhi, tapuhi, morimori, tiaki, nēhi, mohimohi, whakatapuhi, hiki
ngāoriori
1. (noun) nursing song, lullaby, cradlesong.
Synonyms: whakaoriori, taiapo, oriori, pōpō
2. (loan) (noun) sister (member of a women's religious order).
Ko au te rangatira ake, ko tētahi o ngā hēhita taku kaiāwhina (HP 1991:245). / I was in charge and one of the sisters was my assistant.
2. dandle, nurse an infant.
3. (transitive verb) finger, handle carelessly.
4. remove tapiu from crops, etc.
