whakatātare
1. (verb) (-tia) to scrutinize, inspect, look intently, peek.
Ko te tangata i ahu mai nei tētahi wāhi o tōna mātauranga i te Pākehā he tangata e whakatōngātia, e haea, e whakatātaretia, e ngau tuarātia e ngā tāngata kūware (TKO 31/8/1920:5). / The person whose knowledge comes partly from the Pākehā is a person who is criticized, envied, scrutinized and subjected to backbiting by ignorant people.
Synonyms: matawai, whakatare, whakataretare, titiro whakatau, whakangeingei, whātare, karapa
2. (modifier) studying intently, looking intently.
Ka maha tēnei ngā tau i titiro whakatātare ai au ki ngā mahi a ngā tohunga, ā, kei te titiro whakatātare tonu (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / For many years I looked intently at the activities of the tohunga, and I am still studying them.
3. (noun) close scrutiny, intense observation, inspection.
Kua ngaro atu he tohunga, kua ara mai he tohunga, ā, kāhore anō kia kitea e au he rerenga kētanga nā konei ko wai te tangata e amuamu, e riri mō taku whakatātare (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / One tohunga disappears, another arises, and I haven't yet found any difference and so who is the person that will grumble and be angry about my close scrutiny.
titiro whakakeko
1. (verb) to look askance, take a peek.
Tēnei rā kei te titiro whakakeko iho te kanohi ki te āhua o ngā rā mō tēnei marama o Ākuhata (TTT 1/8/1922:7). / Now we take a peek at the weather for this month of August.
See also whakakeko
Synonyms: matakarapa, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī
karapa
1. (verb) to glance, peek, scan.
Koia nei hoki te wā e kerepinepine ai, e kōriporipo ai ngā mahara ki te tau kua tata te pau, e karapa whakamua anō ai hoki te titiro ki te Tau Hou e tino tata nei tōna mahutatanga ake i tōna pae (HM 1/1994:2). / And this is the time when we gather together, when the thoughts are swirling around about the year that's nearly over and we're glancing ahead looking at the New Year that is about to rise above the horizon.
Synonyms: whakatātare, whakangeingei, whātare, matawai, mātai
2. (modifier) squinting.
2. (verb) (-tia) to extend.
Ka nui tō mātou pai kia rongo, kua whakakorea te Komiti te mea atu ki a te Kāwana kia whakangeingei i te mea o te Karauna, ki a Arikihanara Makitonore (TW 12/2/1875:9). / We are pleased to learn that the Executive have refused to recommend to the Governor to extend the clemency of the Crown to Alexander McDonald.
3. (verb) (-tia) to peep, peer, peek.
Kātahi nā te ātaahua ko te tirohanga atu o te karu ki a Taranaki maunga e noho rangatira mai ana i tana pae, me tana paku whakangeingei mai i tētahi o ngā rangi, inā hoki i kitea atu te rae, me tana paku whātaretare mai i ana pūeru manawarangi (HM 2/1995:1). / How beautiful it was on one of the days when I looked at Taranaki mountain sitting nobly on it perch and peeking out because the peak could be seen peering out a little from its tinted cloud coverings.
Synonyms: hoa aropā, aropā, whātare, tirotiro, karapa, pīnono, whātaretare, whakatātare
whātare
1. (verb) to crane forward, peep, peer, peek.
Kia kaha koutou ngā waka kawe i tō tātou reo ki roto rawa atu o te mano tau hou e whātare mai ana i te pae (HM 1998:6). / You should be strong as the means to convey our language right into the new millennium peeking over the horizon.
Synonyms: karapa, whakatātare, whakangeingei, tirotiro, whātaretare, pīnono, hoa aropā, aropā
