nehe
1. (location) ancient times.
Ko tētahi kōrero i rongo anō mātou i te hui, ko te kōrero mō tētahi tikanga o nehe (HM 2/2009:10). / An account we heard at the conference was about a custom from ancient times.
See also neherā
2. (personal noun) elderly man, elderly women - used of elderly people, often as a term of address.
I whakamārama mai a nehe mā i piki ētahi mā te toi huarewa ki te toi o ngā rangi, arā ki tō runga rawa o ngā rangi tūhāhā (TTT 1/8/1923:6). / The old men and women explained that some climbed via the suspended way to the uppermost heaven, that is the the highest of the spaced heavens.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
pēperekōu
1. (noun) elderly woman, elderly man, elder.
Ko tāku e whakapae ana e kōrero kē ana rātou mō te hunga pēperekōu kaua i tā te Māori titiro ki tēnei mea, ki te kaumātua (HM 4/1998). / My criticism is that they are talking about geriatrics, not about elders the way that Māori view them.
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, korokoroua, ruānuku, pou, koeke, kaumātua, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe
koeke
1. (verb) (-tia) to mature, grow old.
I a ia ka koeketia, i te kaha tonu ki te ārahi i tōna iwi, i a Tūhourangi me te iwi kāinga i Te Whakarewarewa; kāore tētehi take e ara, māna rawa e whakamana (TTR 1994:126). / When he reached old age he continued to lead Tūhourangi and the people of Whakarewarewa; nothing could be done without his approval.
Synonyms: whatutoto, whakapakeke, pāhake, pakeke, taipakeke, tūpakeke, pakari, taikaumātua
2. (verb) (-tia) to distend, inflate, expand.
Kua koeketia te poho o te wahine nei (W 1971:123). / This woman has distended her chest.
3. (noun) elderly man, old man, adult.
Nā tōna pāpā ake me ngā koeke i whāngai ki ngā kai mārō a tōna iwi, ā, whakangaua rawatia ki te paepae (TTR 1994:124). / His own father and the elders fed him the deep knowledge of his people, and initiated him.
Synonyms: korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, nehe, tāua, kokoro, koroua, tauheke, koroheke, pou
4. (noun) grasshopper.
5. (noun) shrimp, Paratya curvirostris - a species of freshwater shrimp endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found from North Island to Stewart Island, and including the Chatham Islands.
Synonyms: kōuraura, mōwhīwhiti, tarawera, kōura rangi, uraura
6. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
kokoro
1. (noun) elderly man, old man, patriarch.
Ka puta mai ngā mokopuna, noho tonu ana ko Huiatahi rāua ko Huihana hei kokoro, hei kuikui rānei, arā hei kaumātua mō te whaitua o Waitomo (TTR 1998:8). / When the grandchildren were born, Huiatahi and Huihana were recognised as the patriarch and matriarch of the Waitomo area.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
ruānuku
1. (noun) wise man, sage, old man.
He uri hikahika matua mai i a Te Kēmara, te tohunga matakite, tangata ruānuku nei o Ngā Puhi (TTR 2000:70). / A direct descendant of Te Kēmara, the seer and wise old man of Ngā Puhi.
Synonyms: whakatuatea, hīnātore, mātauranga, wānanga, kokoro, tāua, nehe, pou, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke, korokoroua, koroheke, tauheke, koroua
2. (noun) alchemist.
2. (noun) elderly man, old man, elder, grandfather, granduncle.
E rua ngā koroua kei tōku kāinga tonu nei kua kore e puta ngā penihana, he tungāne, he tuahine ko rāua, tino tika ana rāua mō te penihana (TP 5/1903:10). / There are two elderly people in my own village who have not received their pensions, a brother and sister, and they definitely qualify for the pension.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, kokoro, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
korokoroua
1. (verb) to be elderly, old.
Ko tētahi matemate tēnei o te Māori ko ngā mate a te Pākehā. I mua, kāore he rewharewha i pā ki te Māori, me te pīwa, me te mītara, me te rūmātiki, me te huangō, me te karapu, me te tini o ō te Pākehā mate, ko tō te Māori mate kia korokoroua rawa ka mate ai (White 13 2001). / This is one problem of the Māori, the diseases the Pākehā brought. Before they came, Influenza, fever, measles, rheumatism, asthma and venereal disease did not affect the Māori. The Māori problem was when they were very old then they died.
2. (modifier) old, elderly.
3. (noun) elderly man, old man, elder, grandfather, granduncle.
pou
1. (noun) sir, madam, grandad, grandma, old lady, old man - term of address to an elderly person and shortened form of pōua.
kaumātua
1. (verb) (-tia) to grow old, grow up.
I te mea kua tino kaumātua rawa atu te Mohi Tūrei rāua ko Tamihana Huata, ka whakaarohia e te Hāhi me penihana rāua (TP 4/1907:4). / Because Mohi Tūrei and Tamihana Huata are very elderly, the church thinks that they should receive pensions.
Kua kaumātuatia a ia, ā, ko tōna kanohi kurehe e kitea atu ana i raro i ōna makawe mā (TWK 35:19). / He had become old and his wrinkled face could be seen under his white hair.
3. (noun) adult, elder, elderly man, elderly woman, old man - a person of status within the whānau.
I kite te kaumātua nei i te whakakaraunatanga o tētahi o āna tama hei kīngi mō Kirihi, ko tētahi he kāwana nō Kiriti (TP 2/1906:4). / This old man saw the crowning of one of his sons as King of Greece, and one son is Governor of Crete.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, pēperekōu, koeke
tāua
1. (noun) grandmother, old woman, grandparent, old man.
Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, ruānuku, kaumātua, pou, koeke, pēperekōu, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, nehe, korokoroua
koroheke
1. (verb) (-tia) to become elderly.
I te tamarikitanga o te tangata e pakari ana e māia ana, ka koroheketia, ka atarua te kanohi, ā, ka mau ki te tokotoko (TH 1/10/1860:3). / When people are young, they are strong and bold, but when they become elderly, their eyesight becomes poor and they use a walking stick.
2. (noun) elderly man.
2. (verb) to descend, go down.
3. (noun) decline, deterioration, degeneration.
I whai wāhi mai a Āpirana Ngata ki te tuhituhi tonu mai mō te tauheke o te iwi, he aha ōna pūtake, he aha hoki ōna rongoā (TTR 1994:48). / Āpirana Ngata contributed writing about the decline of the people, its causes and remedies.
4. (noun) old man, male forbear, elder.
Ko te waiata nei nā Timotu, he tauheke nō Te Pahunga Tumaroroa, ko ia te kaumātua o taua marae i te wā i tae nei a Te Hurinui (M 2004:366). / This song was by Timotu, a male forbear of Te Pahunga Tumaroroa, the elder of that marae at the time of the visit of Te Hurinui.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
2. (noun) old person, elderly man.
Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.
Synonyms: wheteke, taringa huruhuru, ahungarua, tūnohunohu
3. (noun) grandfather.
Tahi: Kei te mōhio koe ki te kaumātua rā? Rua: Āe, ko tōku nā pōua tērā (HJ 2015:215). / Tahi: Do you know that elder over there? Rua: Yes, that's my grandfather.
tūnohunohu
1. (noun) elderly man, elderly woman, old person, elder.
Whakaopeti ana, whakamene ana ki Tāmaki-makau-rau te apārangi tūnohunohu i runga i te kōnga o te reo tāwhiri o te Ahorangi (HM 4/1993:7). / The company of elders assembled in Auckland on the call of welcome by the Māori Language Commissioner.
Synonyms: wheteke, taringa huruhuru, pōua, ahungarua
2. (noun) Head of the body. (Te Rarawa dialect).
