2. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to bet, gamble.
E ngaua ana a te Karaiti e te mamae, e tangi ana tōna whaea i te take o te rīpeka e pureitia ana ia ōna kākahu e ngā hōia, he pēnei anō te ngākau o te tangata e purei moni ana (TP 8/1902:1). / Christ was suffering from pain and his mother was crying at the foot of the cross where his clothes were being gambled for by soldiers; the heart of the person who gambles is just like that.
3. (loan) (noun) game, competition, play.
Ko tā rātou purei tuatahi he uka (TP 5/1908:8). / Their first game was euchre.
4. (loan) (noun) races, racing.
Taihoa ka pānuitia ngā tikanga o taua purei (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Details of that racing event will be published in the future.
Synonyms: purei hōiho, whakaomaoma, tauomaoma, whakaoma
5. (loan) (noun) play (dramatic performance), performance, entertainment, concert.
I a Te Kuīni anō i roto i tōna whare i Winiha Kāhere; whakamana ai tētahi mīhini, hei whakarongonga mā te Kuīni ki ngā purei i roto i ngā whare tiata, arā purei (TJ 6/6/1899:7). / While the Queen was in her lodgings in Windsor Castle, a machine was set up so the Queen could listen to the plays in the theatres.
Synonyms: whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, whakakite, haka
ngangahu
1. (verb) to make a shrill high-pitched noise (in a haka or wero), dilate the eyes and perform exciting movements to inspire the performance group.
Ka takoto tana rākau, ka hoki whakamuri, ka tīmata ki te ngangahu, me te whiu tika i tana taiaha, me te hūpekepeke a ōna waewae (HP 1991:84). / His challenge stick lay there and he moved backwards and began to make high pitched yelps, to wield his taiaha and to jump up and down with bent legs.
See also manu ngangahu
2. (verb) to be sharply cut.
Ka titiro atu ngā tāngata ki te whakaairo o taua waka rā, anana, ngangahu kau ana te whakairo (W 1971:226). / When the people looked at the carving of that canoe, behold, it was sharply cut.
3. (verb) to be focussed, clear, in focus, clearly seen.
Ko te hua o te puare nui (waepuare iti), ka ngangahu ake ngā wāhanga katoa o te whakaahua (RTA 2014:80). / The effect of a large aperture (small f-stop number) is that all parts of the photograph are in focus.
4. (verb) to be distorted.
Ka kōrero ia, ehara, ngangahu kē ana te whakahuatanga mai o ngā kupu (NM 1928:35). / When he spoke, lo and behold, the pronunciation of the words was distorted.
5. (noun) prominence.
Ko te tūmanako mā ēnei kōrero e tīmata ngā whakatū, ngā ngangahu o te reo Māori i roto o ngā tau (TWK 14:18). / The desire is that by these accounts the Māori language will begin to have standing and prominence in the years ahead.
Synonyms: whakahirahira, hau, ahurei
haka
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ina,-tia) to dance, perform the haka, perform.
E kīia ana i te wā e haka ana tētahi o aua matua, ngarue ana te whenua (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / It is said that at the time that one of those groups was performing the haka, the ground shook.
See also hahaka
Synonyms: whakahua, whakahaere, whakarite, mahi, hahaka, whakatūtū, tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata
2. (modifier) haka performance, posture dance performance, cultural.
Nō te tau 1910, ka pōwhiritia a Mākereti rātau ko tana kapa haka kia taki haere ki tētehi whakakitenga ki Poihākena ki te mahi i ā rātau mahi ngahau i reira (TTR 1996:122). / In 1910 Mākereti and her cultural group were invited to go to a Sydney exhibition to perform.
See also kapa haka
3. (noun) performance of the haka, posture dance - vigorous dances with actions and rhythmically shouted words. A general term for several types of such dances.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-69, 72-74;)
Tika tonu mātou ki te whare hei kākahutanga i ō mātou kahu Māori, e takatū ana mō te haka, tā rawa te kanohi ki te moko (TP 1/12/1902:3). / We went straight to the house to change into our Māori costumes, prepare for the performance and apply the moko to our faces.
Synonyms: whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, whakakite, purei
2. (noun) haka in which the performers recited their haka while upside down - sometimes said to be a sexual dance performed naked.
Ka mātakitaki tērā te tangata whenua ki te mahi a te ope nei e mahia ana; ka whakatūria tā rātou haka, e whā ngā kapa. Ko te haka nei he pōtēteke, pare ai ngā upoko ki raro, ko ngā waewae ki runga, ka takitakina tā rātou haka (JPS 1928:268). / The local folk watched this performance of the group, and then performed their posture dance in four ranks. This performance was a pōtēteke, in which the performers' heads were downwards and the legs were uppermost as they recited their haka.
3. (noun) turning over and over, somersault.
Ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai; te potonga o ngā kai ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka, ko te pōtēteke, ko te taupiripiri, ko te mū tōrere, a te whai, a te pānokonoko, o te tararī, a te kīkīporo, a te pākuru, a te tārere, a te kūī, a te kūrapakara, a te rere moari, me ērā atu mea katoa (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops, doing somersaults, racing arm in arm, playing draughts, performing string games, playing the pānokonoko string game, playing the jewsharp, beating the time to songs with pieces of wood held against the cheek, playing the mouth resonator, swinging, calling kūī, playing kūrapakara, swinging on the moari, and all those other games.
manu ngangahu
1. (noun) woman who performs on the side of the haka group - to encourage and energise the performers. Women most skilled in pūkana and wielding weapons took on this role.
Ki a au nei, kei ngā kaitakitaki kei ngā kaiwhakahaere o ngā kapa haka hoki tētahi wāhi nui hei whakawana, hei whakaoho i te kapa haka a ngā tāne, ā, tae noa ki ngā manu ngangahu hei taotao, hei whāngai haere i ngā taha (K 1993: 69). / I feel that leaders and tutors of the haka groups have a crucial role in bringing their groups alive including the 'manu ngangahu' whose function is to perform to either side of the group (K 1993: 69).
See also manu
2. (noun) short haka with no set movements and usually performed without weapons.
Ko ngā ruri, ko ngā mata, ko ngā ngeri, ko ngā haka, ko ngā karakia kāore ēnā i whāwhātia i tēnei wā (M 2004:xx). / Ditties, prophetic songs, chants, posture dances and ritualistic chants have not been dealt with as yet.
2. (verb) to perform sexual intercourse, copulate, have sex.
Ngaro atu ana te tokorua rā ki ngā rarauhe ki te oni (PK 2008:544). / That couple disppeared into the bracken fern to have sex.
3. (verb) to be almost, close to (of time).
4. (noun) wriggling, making sensual movements, making lascivious movements, erotic dancing.
Ka haka ngā wāhine rā, ka kōrero i ngā pūrākau, tē kata a Kae. Kia mahi rā anō rātou i te oni ka kata a Kae (Te Ara 2016). / Those women danced and told stories, but Kae would not laugh. It was not until they did erotic dances that Kae laughed.
pūkana
1. (verb) to stare wildly, dilate the eyes - done by both genders when performing haka and waiata to emphasise particular words and to add excitement to the performance.
Ka mea atu te mōkai rā, ‘He hahaka nōu, he ruhi nōu i te pūkanatanga.' (TAH 9/1963:24). / The slave said, ‘You have tired yourself doing the haka and the pūkana.'
2. (modifier) performing the pūkana.
I ngā mahi waiata pātere me ngā mahi pūkana, kāore he mea hei rite ki taua wahine (NIT 1995:315). / For singing pātere and performing the pūkana, there was nobody who could equal that woman.
3. (noun) dilating of the eyes.
Mate noa ake rātou ki te pai o te pūkana o te tamāhine nei (TWK 2:24). / They were quite smitten by the beauty of this girl's pūkana.
tūngārahu
1. (verb) to prepare for war - sometimes as two words, i.e. tū ngārahu.
I te marama kua pahure ake nei, i tae mai ngā rongo, i te wā e tūngārahu ana a Piriniha Arekahānara o Purukēria me ana hōia, haere mai ana ētahi atu hōia eke hōiho nō Rūhia ki waenga, hopukia ana taua piriniha (KO 16/9/1886:2). / Last month news arrived that at the time Prince Alexander of Bulgaria and his troops were preparing for war, some other mounted troops from Russia came amongst them and captured the prince.
2. (modifier) parading, performing military exercises.
E hia rānei mano hoki i noho kia kite i ngā mahi tūngārahu a ngā hōia i te pāmu i te taha o te whare o te Kāwana (KO 15/6/1885:8). / Many thousands remained to see the military parade on the farm beside the Governor's residence.
Synonyms: whakatūtū
3. (noun) war dance - haka in which the men are armed and jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārehu, tūtū waewae and whakatū waewae.
See also tūtū ngārahu
whakaaturanga mataora
1. (noun) live performance, live stage production.
Ko te mahi a te pūkenga oro, he hopu, he rāwekeweke, he whakanikoniko, he whakaputa i te puoro. He wā anō, ko tāna mahi he whakarite, he whakahaere i ngā oro mō tētahi whakaaturanga mataora ki te atamira o te whare whakaari. Ko te āhua o ngā oro hei whakaū i te wairua o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / The role of a sound engineer is to record, manipulate, embellish and reproduce music. Another role is in arranging and controlling the sound for a live stage production. The nature of the sound helps establish the mood of the production (RMR 2017).
ahuahungāroa
1. (noun) movement of the body turning left and right (in a kapa haka performance).
Ko te ahuahungāroa tēnei: Ka huri te kapa ki mauī ki matau, ki mauī ki matau, me te whai manawataki a ngā ringa me ngā waewae (RMR 2017). / This is the left and right turning movement: The haka performers turn left and right, with the arms and legs in rhythm.
2. (noun) monkey.
Noho nei tētahi piriniha, ā, ka whakamōhio i ētahi hako ki te kanikani, he iwi whakatau hoki te hako ki ngā mahi a te tangata (KO 15/10/1883:6). / There was a prince and he taught some monkeys to dance as monkeys are animals that imitate the activities of people.
kaiwhakaataata
1. (noun) performer.
Synonyms: kaihaka, kaiwhakatau, kaiwhakaari, arero whero o Kahukura
puni kahu
1. (noun) wardrobe, wardrobe department (performance).
He mahi nui tā te puni kahu kia eke taumata ai ngā mahi o runga i te atamira - mā muri ka tika a mua (RMR 2017). / The task of the wardrobe department is an important one so that the activities on the stage reach a high standard - work behind the scenes ensures that what happens out front is right.
whakaari tene
1. (verb) to perform impromptu drama.
Ko te whakataetae whakaari tene he whakataetae ā-kapa, inā ka whakaari tene ia kapa i tētahi kaupapa, ā, ka whakawāngia e tētahi kāhui whakawā (RMR 2017). / Theatre sports is a group competition where each group performs impromptu drama based on a given theme. The performances are adjudicated by a panel of judges (RMR 2017).
2. (noun) impromptu acting.
