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ara kūiti

1. (noun) pass.

E rua ngā ara kūiti uaua rawa atu (Te Ara 2017). / There are two very difficult passes.

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Synonyms: maka, hihipa, pāhi, tuku

pahemo

1. (verb) to pass by, pass on, pass on one side, miss.

Te urunga atu o Tama-inu-pō haere tonu, ā, ka pahemo i te takuahi i te aronga ake ki te ihonui, kātahi anō ka huri mai (NIT 1995:121). / Tama-inu-pō entered and went straight on past the hearth that faced the floor space at the front of the house and only then turned round.

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Synonyms: tāwhati, hihipa, hara, whakahoro, tītaha, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, kopa, kape, whakatipi


2. (modifier) dying, passing away.

He iwi pahemo (Te Ara 2016). / A dying race (Te Ara 2016).

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3. (noun) death.

He nui hoki ngā whakawhānau me ngā pahemo, nā reira i uaua ai te hōraparapa haere o te taupori (Te Ara 2016). / Birth and death rates were high, so the increase of the population was low.

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hihipa

1. (verb) to pass, miss, pass by, past.

Ko te ritenga o ngā huihui o ngā pukapuka o te Kāwanatanga mō ngā utu o te tupeka, o te kā, i kawea mai e te kaipuke, i roto i ngā tau e rima kua hihipa ake nei, koia ēnei:... (TKM.MM 20/8/1862:20). / The statistics compiled from the Government records for imports of tobacco and cigars for the past five years are these:

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Synonyms: pahemo, hara, maka, ara kūiti, pāhi, tuku, pāhi, hori, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakatipi, kape

tohipa

1. (verb) (-ngia) to pass by, turn aside, pass on one side, miss (a target).

I ngā tau kua tohipa, whakahokia ai ngā tūpāpaku ki te wā kāinga nehua ai i te taha o ō rātou tīpuna (Te Ara 2013). / In the past the dead were returned home for burial alongside their ancestors.

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Synonyms: tītaha, kape, kopa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakatipi, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakataha


2. (noun) dummy.

tāwhati

1. (verb) to ebb.

Kua tāwhati te tai (W 1971:408). / The tide has ebbed.

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2. (verb) to die, pass away, pass on.

Haere rā, e Hana e, ka tāwhati koe (TWMNT 6/10/1874:251). / Farewell, Hana, you have passed on.

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Synonyms: pahemo, pahika, whakahoro


3. (modifier) sloping.

He ngahere ngā tahataha o te awa, tae tonu iho ki te taha o te wai. Ko te whenua i tahaki atu he whenua tāwhati, he pukepuke hoki, hakahaka nei (TWMNT 10/5/1874:110). / The banks of the river are covered with forest down to the edge of the water. The adjacent country is sloping, undulating and low-lying.

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paneke

1. (verb) (-a) to move forward.

Nāwai ā, kua pōhēhē noa iho ngā whakaaro kua pōrauraha noa iho, kātahi ka āhua ngāwari te hau, ka paneke hoki te haere o ā rātou poti, kāore hoki i roa ka kitea e rātou te whenua (TWMNT 17/11/1874:284). / After a time they became bewildered and confused and then the wind abated somewhat and their boats made progress and it wasn't long before they saw land.
Turuki, turuki! Paneke, paneke! (NP 2001:412). / Move, move! Move forward, move forward!

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Synonyms: kauneke, katete, koke, pānekeneke, whakaahu whakamua


2. (verb) to pass by, pass through.

Nāna te whakapae ko ētahi o ngā iwi Aryan kōrero Sanskrit (te reo taketake ake o Īnia) i kōrerohia e Müller, i paneke mā ngā moutere ririki o te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Āhia, ka puta atu ki ngā moutere o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, tae rawa ake ki Aotearoa nei (Te Ara 2016). / He argued that some of the Sanskrit-speaking Aryans (the original language of India) spoken about by Müller passed through the small islands of South-East Asian and out to the islands of the Pacific, including Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha


3. (noun) flat bottomed boat, dory.

Arā atu te maha o ngā tikanga hou i kōkuhua atu e Rāni ki te mahinga ika nei i ngā tekau tau atu i 1950, atu i 1960 hoki, pērā i ngā waka matua me ngā paneke hopu kōura toka, tae atu ki te waka wheketere e mahi mai nei i ngā ika i te moana (TTR 2000:57). / Rāni introduced many innovations into the fishing industry during the 1950s and 1960s, such as mother ships and dories for harvesting rock lobster and a factory vessel to process fish at sea.

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4. (noun) point (score).

Nuku atu i te 60 ngā paneke katoa i riro i a ia, ā, ka rua nei hoki ngā tarai (TTR 1998:64). / He scored over 60 points, and two tries.

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hapa

1. (verb) to be passed over, missed out, omitted, passed by, miss out, past by.

Kāore i hapa tā Te Whitu, tuku ana te wahine i a rātou kia romiromitia, kia mātakitakitia e te hātana, ā, kia takakinotia i te nui o tō rātou whakapono ki ngā mahi tohunga (TP 10/1904:2). / Nothing that Te Whitu had said was missed, the women allowed themselves to be massaged and gazed at by the heathen and to be abused because of their belief in the witchcraft.

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Synonyms: hori, mahue, ngere


2. (noun) false start, fault, error, omission, foul, infringement, mistake, miscue.

Ko tōna raru nui kē, ka noho āna hapa hei whakakotiti i a koe, i te mea tika (HM 4/2008:5). / The big problem is that its faults will lead you into errors and away from what is correct.

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Synonyms: pōhauhau, , horihori, hori, pōhēhē, hēnga, hēanga, pōkaku

maka whakamua

1. (noun) forward pass.

maka tūpana

1. (noun) bounce pass.

maka uri

1. (noun) (netball) short pass.

maka tīpoka

1. (noun) (sport) skip-pass.

maka tautuku

1. (noun) penalty pass.

Tīoripātea

1. (location) Haast Pass - an important pass through the Southern Alps into Westland.

Ka tāwhai atu i Tīoripātea ki roto o Murihiku (TTR 1990:368). / They traversed Haast Pass and into Southland.

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pāhi

1. (loan) (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to pass, succeed, enact.

I raro i tētahi mōtini i pāhitia e te rūnanga o te Kotahitanga ki Papawai, e pēnei ana me tatau te tokomaha o ngā Māori katoa o ngā motu e rua nei (TJ 1/2/1898:2). / A motion was passed by the Kotahitanga assembly at Papawai to the effect that the Māori population of these two islands should be counted.

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Synonyms: maka, ara kūiti, hihipa, tuku


2. (loan) (noun) success, pass, win.

T. Whiua: Mō te ōta pepa a te kāwanatanga e mea atu ana ahau, kia pāhitia i te mea kua oti te pāhi e ngā mema o tērā whare, i tēnei rā i roto i tā rātou kōrero (HTK 10/6/1893:5). / T. Whiua: Concerning the order paper of the government I am suggesting that it be passed because the members of that other house have passed it today in their discussions.

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pahure

1. (verb) to pass by.

Ko te āhua tēnei o Haina i roto i ēnei mano tau kua pahure nei (TP 6/1913:5). / This is the nature of China in the past thousands of years.

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Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha


2. (verb) to be accomplished, achieved.

He kai, ko tāu e pahure; ko te mahi, e kore e pahure (W 1971:249). / Eating is your accomplishment, work is not.

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pakiha

1. (verb) to escape.


2. (stative) be passed on.

taha

1. (verb) to pass by.

Kua taha ngā rā i hao ai i te ika o te moana, o te wai māori (TP 1/1/1901:6). / The days have passed to net the fish of the ocean and fresh water.

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Synonyms: hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, pahure, pahemo, numi, tāhapa, tohipa, kopa, kape, whakatipi, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi


2. (noun) side, margin, edge, bank (of a river), beside.

Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.

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Synonyms: tahataha, taitapa, tapa, whaitua, tāhapa, paenga, tapa


3. (noun) part, portion, section.

Kātahi ka kōwhakina tētehi wāhi o tōna kōhatu kiripaka - ko tētehi taha i mahue atu i Moehau (JPS 1893:224). / He then broke off a portion of his flint-stone - the other portion was left at Moehau.

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Synonyms: pīhi, maramara, tiri, tūtanga, hea, wae, kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wāhanga, wawae, kōwai, tūāporo, tekihana, tekiona, wehenga, whiti, rārangi

tāpeka

1. (verb) (-tia) to pass a garment around the limbs or body.

Ko ngā weruweru, he mea tāpeka i runga i te kakī (W 1971:383). / Their clothes were rolled around their necks.

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2. (noun) sash, wide diagonal shoulder belt.

Ko ngā kākahu ēnei o Te Motoreta ka ūhia e au ki runga i a koe. Ko te tāpeka tautau i tō kakī tēnei ka whakamauria e au ki tō kakī (HP 1991:302). / These are the garments of the Moderator that I'm placing over you. This is the sash hanging from your neck that I'm putting on you.

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tīpoka

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ria) to dig up, take out, cut out (something that has been buried or covered), skip over, pass by, omit.

Nā te tangata i tāpuke, nā te kurī i tīpoka (W 1971:422). / The man buried it, the dog dug it up.

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Synonyms: awere, whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to go direct.

Me tīpoka ake, kai roa (HKW 1/7/1902:11). / We should go in a direct route, not the long one.

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3. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ria) to cut open, slit open.

Ka oti te hunuhunu, kua reri te poaka ki te tīpoka. Tangoa mai ngā terotero, te puku, me ngā ate ki waho (TWK 31:19). / When singeing the pig is done, we're ready to slit it open. Remove the intestines, stomach and the liver.

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4. (noun) direct route, going directly.

Ko te tangata e hiahia ana kia nehua ia ki taua urupā, me mātua tīraha anō ki te marae mō tētahi wā; kāore e pai te tīpoka atu ki te urupā (HJ 2015:234). / The person wanting to be buried in that cemetery must first lie on the marae for a time; going directly to the burial ground is not appropriate.

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tītaha

1. (verb) (-tia) to lean to one side, slant, be on one side, pass on one side, go in an oblique direction, tilt, list.

He rite te āhua o te tiki ki tētahi tangata anuanu kei te raka ōna waewae, kei te tītaha tōna māhunga (Te Ara 2013). / The hei tiki looks like a distorted human figure sitting cross-legged, its large head tilted to one side.

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Synonyms: whakaraupapa, whakarārangi, whakatūtira, tūtira, honga, rārangi, tohipa, pahemo


2. (verb) to decline (of the sun, stars, etc.).

Ka hua te rātā, ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua poki te rua kūmara, arā, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua (White 4 1889:115). / When the rātā flowers and the Pleiades are setting in the west, autumn has arrived and the kūmara storage pit is covered over, that is the kūmara crop is all in the storage pit.

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3. (adjective) be skewed, slanting.

He tītaha hoki tēnei tuari (TRP 2010:296). / This distribution is also skewed.

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4. (modifier) sideways, slanting, tilting, turning to one side, skewed.

Ka rere tītaha te rere a taku poi (M 2005:204). / My poi flies sideways.

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Synonyms: korotaha, kōtaha


5. (noun) slant, lean, slope.

Whakahauhautia ana e Ānaru ngā kaumoana ki te whakaōrite i te tū o ngā kararehe, engari he neke nō ngā kararehe ki te taha matau o te kāraho o te kei o te waka, ka hē kē atu te tītaha o te tima (TTR 2000:5). / Ānaru ordered the crew to straighten out the stock to equalise the load, but because the cattle moved to the right side of the after deck, the ferry listed still further.

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Synonyms: whīroki, wharara, whīrokiroki, hīroki, tūai, tūoi, tūpuhipuhi, honga, hauwarea, hirinaki, pāhehaheha, paparewa, tokoroa, pirohea, taiuru, whirinaki, kōhoi, taramore, tūpuhi, whāiti


6. (noun) skewing, slanting.

He tītaha hoki tēnei tuari. He tōraro te tītaha o tēnei kauwhata (tītaha tōraro). Arā, ko te tihi kei te taha matau o te kauwhata - he iti ake te toharite i te tau tānui (TRP 2010:296). / This distribution is also skewed. The skewing of this graph is negative (negatively skewed). That is, the maximum is on the right hand side of the graph - the mean is smaller than the mode.

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7. (noun) italics.

Whai i muri mai i tērā, ko te whakamārama, e noho tītaha mai ana ki tōna anō pae (HKK 1999:9). / Following that is the explanation in italics in its own section.

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