ruahine
1. (verb) to become elderly, grow old - of a woman.
I a Te Puea ka ruahine haere, ka pupū ake te wehi o te rangatahi i a rātou e mātakitaki ana i a ia e whakahaere ana i ngā take a te marae (TTR 1996:52). / As Te Puea grew older the young ones were in awe of her while they were watching her directing the affairs of the marae.
3. (noun) woman of importance used in certain ceremonies for the removal of tapu, e.g. house openings - normally this would be the eldest female from a family of rank.
I te patunga i ngā tautīaki, me te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne tae noa ki te pikitanga a te ruahine i te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne; me te whakatuwheratanga o te tatau; me te pikitanga i te paepae poto a te ruahine: kāore i te eke ngā karakia e hāngai ai te piki i ngā paepae e rua me te whakatuwhera o te tatau (TTT 1/5/1930:2055). / From the striking of the upright posts beneath the front bargeboards of the meeting house and the sacred threshold of Tāne including the climbing over of the sacred threshold of Tāne by the ruahine; the opening of the door; the climbing over of the door sill by the ruahine; the ritual chants used were not appropriate for stepping over the two thresholds and the opening of the door.
2. (modifier) as an elderly woman.
I haere kōtiro atu ki te tahatū o te rangi, nāwai nāwai ā, ka hoki rūruhi mai ki te wā kāinga (HJ 2015:117). / She went off to the horizon as a girl, and after a long time she returned home as an elderly woman.
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
ngoingoi
1. (noun) elderly woman, old woman.
I tētahi ahiahi, ka mutu tā rāua hapa ko tōna ngoingoi me ā rāua tamariki, ka haere atu ia ki te taha o te ahi noho ai, titiro ai ki te pai o te kā o te ahi (TP 3/1911:11). / One evening when he and his elderly lady and their children had finished their tea, he went to sit beside the fire and to look at how nice the fire was burning.
Synonyms: hākuikui, kui, tāua, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (noun) southern conger, Conger verreauxi - greyish to black eel common on rocky reefs around the coast, usually at depths up to 200m.
See also kōiro
kuikui
1. (noun) elderly woman, old woman, matriarch.
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: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, tāua, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
kui
1. (noun) grandma, old woman, elderly woman - a term of address for an older woman, especially an elderly woman.
Kei taku kākā tarahae, kei taku manu tīoriori kua mū nei koe i roto i te rā nei, me mihi taurangi noa rā te mihi ki a koe e kui, haere rā, haere atu rā! (HM 2/1994:2). / O my leader, my songbird, you have become silent now and we pay tribute to you, my elderly lady, farewell!
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, tāua, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (personal noun) grandma, old woman, elderly woman.
Heoi anō, kei te haerea, kei te nōhia tonuhia te wao e Ngāi Tūhoe, e whai tonu ana i ngā mahi a kui mā, a koro mā (Te Ara 2016). / However, the bush is still travelled and inhabited by Tūhoe and they still follow the activities of their grandmothers and grandfathers.
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
hākuikui
1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.
Ka tuhia ki roto ki taua pukapuka ngā ingoa o ngā hākorokoro, ngā hākuikui, ngā tamariki kai ū, me ngā tāngata kē atu (TWMNT 2/12/1871:12). / Written in that document are the names of the elderly men and women, the breastfeeding children and strangers.
Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene, hākui
hākui
1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.
Ka pangā te paipa ki te ahi, hei te uinga a te hākui rā ki tana paipa, kua wera kē (TP 2/1904:1). / The pipe was thrown into the fire and when the elderly lady asked for her pipe it had already been burnt.
Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene
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
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
ruahinetanga
1. (noun) old age (of a woman), menopause.
Ko te mate marama ngā āhuatanga ā-marama i te tinana o te wahine i tana ekenga ki te pūhuruhurutanga, ā, tae noa atu ki te ruahinetanga (RP 2009:282). / The menstrual cycle is the monthly changes which take place in a woman's body from puberty through to menopause.
Synonyms: mātāpūpututanga, koroheketanga, kaumātuatanga, rāroa, pēperekōutanga, hirinaki, ngā taru o Tura
