oi - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

oi

1. (intransitive verb) creep, crawl.

2. (verb) an obscure word used in karakia.

ōi

1. (verb) to shout.

E ōi atu ana me kore e aro mai te kuia hoi rā (PK 2008:541). / She was shouting out in the hope that the deaf old lady might take notice.

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Synonyms: karanga, umere, hāmama, haute, hō, tīwaha, hauma, hāparangi

2. (noun) shout.

Ka tangi te ōi (W 1971:238). / The shout was made.

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3. (noun) grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma macroptera, northern muttonbird, great-winged petrel - a native seabird with blackish-brown plumage except for a pale grey forehead, sides of the face, chin and throat. Has a stout black bill and black legs and feet.

Ka mutu, ki tā ngā mātauranga whaipara tangata, he hōrapa te noho o te ōi ki Aotearoa i mua i te noho tangata (Te Ara 2011). / What's more, according to archaeologists petrels were widely distributed throughout prehistoric New Zealand.

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ōi

1. (noun) soft mud, quicksand.

Me hoe rawa ki kō; he ōi tēnā wāhi (W 1971:238). / You had better paddle over there; that place where you are is soft mud.

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1. (verb) (-a) to shudder, agitate, disturb.

I ngā rā o te Kāwanatanga o Timi Kara i oi te iwi Māori i ngā rongo o te Ture Muru (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / In the days of James Carroll's government the Māori people shuddered on hearing of the Confiscation Law.

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Synonyms: wiri, māueue, hāwiniwini, whakaruerue, ngateri

2. (verb) to be active - sometimes used to indicate that someone is being active or should be energetic about what they are doing, especially in their long term goals.

E pai ana te noho mai a Tangiwai i tōna tūranga ikeike. Mehemea kāore ia i oi i a ia i ngā tau ka taha, kei raro kē pea e putu ana (HKK 1999:178). / Tangiwai suits her lofty position. If she hadn't been so energetic over the years she wouldn't have succeeded.

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1. (noun) muttonbird, sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus, young of the sooty shearwater - a grey-faced petrel with a long slender bill hooked at the tip and silvery-grey flash on the underwings, which nests in underground burrows.

Synonyms: totorore, hakoko, koakoa, hākēkeke, tītī, takakau

2. (noun) short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris - small to medium-sized shearwater with mostly chocolate brown plumage and slightly darker brown cap and collar. Silvery white panels on the underwing. Bill and legs mostly dark brown.

Synonyms: koakoa, ngungu

oi

1. (verb) to grow, be abundant.

Ka puta te pepeha a Tamaruarangi, "Ka oi noa ngā kai o te kāinga o Tamaruarangi." (W 1971:238). / Tamaruarangi produced the saying, "The food of Tamaruarangi's home has become abundant." (A pepeha said when Tamaruarangi heard many bird calls at night made by enemy warriors before his pā was attacked and fell the next day.)

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