whātaretare
1. (verb) to peer out (over or from behind something), crane forward, peep.
He wā anō i ngā pō, kua kitea atu te kanohi e whātaretare mai ana i ngā matapihi i te kopa tuarongo o te whare (TTR 1996:132). / Sometimes at night she could be seen peeping inquisitively through the rear windows of the house.
Synonyms: tirotiro, whakangeingei, whātare, pīnono
kāore/kore (kē) he painga i [a Mea]
1. [so-and-so] is very good at, [you're] too much, [you're] on to it, no flies on [you], no sweat, without peer, no comparison, [you're] the best - an idiom used to say how very good someone is at a particular activity, or how excellent something is.
Kāore he painga i a Poia mō te tito waiata. / Poia is outstanding at composing songs.
Kore he painga i a koe mō te kōrero paki. / You're too much at telling yarns.
Mō te komekome, kāore he painga. / For whinging, she’s without peer.
See also kāhore he painga ki a
2. (modifier) peer.
I whakaritea he arotake aropā o te rōpū. / A peer review of the group was organised.
Synonyms: hoa aropā, whakangeingei, whātare
3. (noun) grove of a single species of tree.
4. (noun) peer group.
Ka kōrero rātau mō tā rātau hoahoa me tō rātau aropā, me te kaiwhakaako (Ha 1999:74). / They talk about their design with their peer group and the teacher.
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
hoa aropā
1. (noun) peer.
Kāore i te pai ngā hoa aropā o taku pōtiki. He rite tonu te uru ki ngā raruraru. / The peers of my youngest child are not appropriate. They are continually in trouble.
Synonyms: whakangeingei, aropā, whātare
