pākiki
1. (verb) (-tia) to question frequently, inquire, probe.
He kūaretanga nō te tangata, ana, ka pākiki a ia, "He aha te pai o te keha, o te ngaro, o te waeroa, me te toke i hangā ai e Te Atua?" (KO 14/9/1882:10). / It's because a person is ignorant that he asks continually, "What is the value of fleas, blowflies, mosquitoes and worms made by God?"
Synonyms: toromoka, tūhuratanga, hurahura, haurapa, toro
2. (verb) to beg, plead for, petition, petition.
Ināianei kua rawakore, kua hemo i te kai, ka haere noa ki te Kāwanatanga pākiki noa ai i tētahi kai hei oranga (TWMNT 5/10/1875:219). / Now they are impoverished and starving, and have to go to the Government to petition for food for their well-being.
Synonyms: pitihana, pukapuka, petihana, pukapuka inoi
3. (modifier) inquisitive, inquiring, curious, questioning, analytical, probing.
Tirohia ko te taha matatau ki te reo, matatau ki te whakaako i te tangata, āhei hoki ki te whakaoho i te wairua pākiki o te tamaiti (HM 3/1995). / Look at the fluency in the language, knowledge of how to teach people and the ability to stimulate the child's inquisitive nature.
Synonyms: uiui, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
petihana
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to petition.
Nō te tau 1943 i petihanatia e ia me ērā atu o ngā kaumātua te Pāremata mō te take a Te Aupōuri rātou ko Te Rarawa ki te rangatiratanga o Te Whāro Oneroa-a-Tōhē (TTR 1998:78). / In 1943 he and other elders petitioned Parliament concerning Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa ownership of Ninety Mile Beach.
Synonyms: pākiki, pitihana, pukapuka, pukapuka inoi
2. (loan) (noun) petition.
I te tau 1948, kīhai i momoho te petihana a Heke ki te Pāremata, ko tana tono rā kia uiuia ai te poraka e te Kōti Whenua Māori (TTR 2000:27). / In 1948 Heke's petition to Parliament to have the Māori Land Court investigate the block was unsuccessful.
pitihana
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to petition.
I pitihanatia mai e ō rātou hapū kia tū i tēnei tūranga o te Pāremate, ki te whakatū rīwhi mō ngā mema kāore i tae mai (TJ 21/6/1898:3). / Their hapū petitioned to sit in this sitting of Parliament to appoint substitutes for the members who didn’t arrive.
2. (loan) (noun) petition.
Ina hoki tuhi atu ā koutou nei pitihana, me ā mātou hoki ki te Pāremata, kia whakakorea atu te Ture Whenua Māori 1873 (TW 12/2/1875:6). / You write petitions, and we will also, to the Parliament to do away with the Māori Land Act 1873.
Synonyms: pākiki, pukapuka, petihana, pukapuka inoi
2. (noun) book, paper, letter, document, pamphlet, sheet (paper), manuscript, stationery, volume, petition, roll, memorandum, treaty, newspaper, proclamation.
Kua tae mai te pukapuka a tētahi Pākehā i tuhituhi ai (TW 31/8/1878:2/430). / A pamphlet written by a Pākehā has been received.
Synonyms: reta, manatu, pānuitanga, mātārere, pānui, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, pākiki, pitihana, petihana, pukapuka inoi, takahuri, kōpiupiu, whakarārangi, hurihuri, pīrori, rōra, rōru, perehi, niupepa, nūpepa, pepa
koroiti
1. (modifier) small, unimportant, little, minute, tiny, diminutive, petite, trivial, insignificant.
Tēnei ngā hua kareao ka tukua atu e au, e rima hereni, hei oranga mō te manu koroiti nei, arā mō 'Te Pīpīwharauroa' (HKW 1/7/1900:10). / Here are the supplejack berries that I'm sending you, five shillings, as sustenance for this little bird, that is for 'Te Pīpīwharauroa' (the shining cuckoo).
See also iti
Synonyms: muimui, mahake, pota, pakupaku, nonohi, riki, nohinohi, paku, kauriki, whito, mākari, tātakimōri, iti, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau, mataririki, mōkitokito, matariki
2. (noun) little finger, little toe.
Ko ngā tāngata o te kāinga he tokomaha, ko ngā Paipera, kia tīmata te tatau ki te koromatua o te ringaringa kāhore e tutuki ki te koroiti (TKO 5/1915:8). / There are many people of the village, but the Bibles, if you begin counting from the thumb you won't reach the little finger.
See also kōiti
iti
1. (stative) be small, unimportant, little, minute, tiny, diminutive, petite, trivial, insignificant.
Me whakaako i te wā e iti ana kia heru, kia paraihe i ō rātou māhunga (TTT 1/4/1923:2). / They should be taught to comb and brush their hair when they are small.
Synonyms: koroiti, muimui, mahake, pota, pakupaku, nonohi, riki, nohinohi, paku, kauriki, whito, mākari, tātakimōri, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau
2. (stative) be few, limited number.
3. (noun) unimportant thing, unimportant person.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
4. (noun) minimum.
tohi
1. (verb) (-a) to cut, divide, distribute, separate, endue.
Tohia ā tātou purapura kia ranea ai (W 1971:430). / Divide our tubers so that there are plenty.
Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
2. (verb) (-a) to perform a ritual ceremony over a child in flowing water while petitioning the atua to endow the child with the desired mental and physical qualities. The child was dedicated to the particular atua by immersion in the water or by sprinkling it with water from a branch dipped in the stream.
Ka whānau a Tūhuruhuru, tamaiti a Tinirau, ka tonoa a Kae i Tihi-o-Manono kia haere mai hei tohi i a Tūhuruhuru (JPS 1928:269). / When Tūhuruhuru, the child of Tinirau, was born, Kae was asked to come from Tihi-o-Manono to perform the baptismal rite over Tūhuruhuru.
3. (verb) (-a) to perform ceremonies success in battle.
Ka heke atu rāua ki te wairere, ka tohia e Te Aotaki a Tū-whakairi-ora (JPS 1911:20). / They descended together to the running stream, and Te Aotaki performed the tohi rite over Tū-whakairi-ora.
4. (verb) (-a) to boil with hot stones.
5. (noun) dedication rite, baptism rite, child dedication ritual - a ritual ceremony over a child in flowing water while petitioning the atua to endow the child with the desired mental and physical qualities. The child was dedicated to the particular atua by immersion in the water or by sprinkling it with water from a branch dipped in the stream.
Nā Te Toiroa tonu i tūā, ka tohia ki te tohi a Tūmatauenga, te atua o te riri, o te tangata hoki (TTR 1990:216). / Te Toiroa performed the naming ceremony over him, dedicating him to Tūmatauenga, atua of war and of humankind.
6. (noun) vessel in which cooking was done by placing heated stones in the water.
tāpae
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to lay one on another, stack, place before a person, lie in wait, lie in a slanting position or across, present.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
Synonyms: tauwhanga, taupua, pehipehi, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho, perehana, tuku, whiu, kōparepare, hākari, tuari, koha, onāianei, whakaari, whakawhiwhi, whakahiku
2. (verb) to submit, table - a document, e.g. a petition.
Anei rā tā mātou rārangi huatau i tāpae ai ki te aroaro o ngā whakahaere, whare hoko o te motu (HM 3/1994:8). / Here are our suggestions that were submitted before the country's managers and businesses.
3. (modifier) across, slanting.
4. (noun) scout, advance party, present, ambush.
Ka haere te ope nei ka tae ki Waiharakeke, mā ruka i kā waka taua, ka waiho te matua i reira, ka tukuna ko te tāpae hei haere ki te titiro (JPS 1901:92). / This force travelled as far as Waiharakeke in their war canoes, and there left the main body, whilst the advance party went on to reconnoitre.
Synonyms: toro, torotoro, ārohi, hunuhunu, hūhunu, pūrahorua, tūtai, tūtei
2. (verb) (-na) to push (a sliding door), open, shut.
Ka tapoko ia ki te tāone nui, ka tū ki te tatau o tētahi whare nui, ka uaki te kaitiaki tatau ki a ia (KO 15/1/1884:16). / He entered the city and when he stood at the door of a mansion the doorkeeper opened the door for him.
Synonyms: peipei, kopiti, kati, kopi, tūtaki, tūtakitaki, kokopi, katikati, tūtataki, whakakopiti, panapana, kore, torohaki, tōpana ue, ue, tute, pana, kōpana, pei, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, marake, raha, tūraha, tawhera, puakaha, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki
3. (verb) (-na) to put forward, propose, put (e.g. a motion, petition, etc.).
