Kāpene Kuki
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain James Cook (1728-1779) English explorer who explored the Pacific and made three visits to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 134-139;)
E tamariki ana anō a Patuone, ka tae mai a Kāpene Kuki i te takiwā ki Rākaumangamanga (TTR 1990:107). / Patuone was a child when Captain Cook arrived in the Cape Brett area.
See also Pene Kuki
2. (loan) (noun) Captain Cooker, razor-backed pig - a wild pig descended from domestic pigs released by James Cook.
kunekune
1. (verb) to be round (of appearance), plump, fat, tubby.
E whāngaia ana aua ika i ngā wā katoa, nā reira nui atu tō rātou tetere, kunekune ana (TP 8/1903:11) / Those fish were fed all the time, and so they were very large and plump.
Synonyms: pukunati, māretireti, kune, takapū
2. (modifier) round (of appearance), plump, fat, tubby.
Kātahi te tangata kunekune, ko taua pukunati rā (HKK 1999:115). / What a fat person that fatso is.
Synonyms: kōpio, porotītiti, porotaitaka, porotiti, porokawa, tōpuku, whakaawhiwhi, karapoi, whiringa, kōtakataka, porowhita, rauna
3. (noun) kunekune pig - a fat, short-legged, feral pig that was introduced to Aotearoa/New Zealand in the early contact period.
Hore kau i roa kua puta a Karakata e rere ana me te poaka kunekune e oma ana (TWK 11:14). / It wasn't long before Karakata (pheasant) appeared and it was flying with the kunekune pig running after it.
2. (loan) (noun) pork.
Kāore te Hūrai e whakaaetia ana kia kai i te poaka. / Jews aren’t permitted to eat pork.
Synonyms: mīti poaka
upoko mārō
1. (verb) to be insensitive, hard-headed, headstrong, stubborn, unbending, pig-headed, obstinate.
Tē aro i a ia tētāhi kupu kotahi nei, engari ka upoko māro tonu mai. / He can’t understand a single word, but he persists.
E ūpoko mārō ana tērā tangata ki tāna kaupapa. / That man sticks stubbornly to his cause.
2. (modifier) stubborn, obstinate, inflexible, obdurate.
3. (noun) obstinate person, stubborn person.
Kāhore he aroha, he upoko mārō, he ngautuarā, e kore e pēhi i te ngākau, he hunga nanakia, kāhore e aroha ki te pai (PT 2Timoti 3:3). / Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.
Synonyms: kōioio
4. (noun) bigot.
kakī mārō
1. (verb) to be obstinate, intractable, inflexible, unbending, obdurate, pig-headed, stubborn, dogmatic, unyielding.
Ahakoa i kakī mārō, i whakatenetene ētahi o ngā ngārahu ahurei o Tūhoe, nā te wahapū, nā te manawanui ka hinga mai i a ia ki tana take (TTR 1994:115). / Despite some of the prominent leaders of Tūhoe being obstinate and reluctant, he swayed them with his eloquence and determination.
2. (modifier) obstinate, intractable, inflexible, unbending, obdurate, pig-headed, stubborn, dogmatic, unyielding.
I whakahē a Āpirana Ngata i te rironga o te whakahaere o te hokowhitu Māori i a Awatere, nā te mea hoki he tangata kakī mārō rite tonu ki ōna tīpuna (TTR 2000:10). / Āpirana Ngata had opposed Awatere's taking command of the Māori Battalion because he had a of a stubborn streak like his ancestors.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, whakaioio, houkeke, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe, taumārō, whakaturi, tohetohe, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, papamārō, whakatuturi, pake, pukutohetohe
3. (noun) stubborn person, pig-headed person, stubborn fellow.
Kore rawa tērā kakī mārō e whakaae mai ki tā tātou tono. / That stubborn fellow will never ever agree to our request.
2. (verb) (-tia) to turn up the ground, dig out a path, grub, root (as a pig does).
Ka patua a Te Tahi e te iwi rā, ka kawea ki uta kia tawhiti atu ai i ōna hoa o Tangaroa. Ka tanumia ki Ōpuru. Ka rongo a Tūtarakauika, ka kūtoro atu ki te whenua, ka keria he awaawa e tae atu ai ki te awa o Rangitāiki, ā, e tae atu ai ki a Te Tahi. Nānā i whakahoki te tinana o Te Tahi ki te moana, ki a Tangaroa (EM 2002:321). / When Te Tahi was killed by that tribe, he was taken inland so that he was a long way from his companions who lived in the sea. He was buried at Ōpuru. When Tūtarakauika heard of this he dug into the land, digging out a valley to the Rangitāiki river, which enabled him to reach Te Tahi. It was he who returned Te Tahi's body to the sea, to Tangaroa.
3. (verb) (-tia) to dig into, delve into, become involved.
Engari he tika, he iwi heahea, heahea pēnei nā, ka kūtoro heahea noa atu ki ngā pakanga a ētahi kē, koirā anō ka uru tonu ki te raruraru (EM 2002:109). / But it's correct that they're a foolish tribe, foolish in that they stupidly involve themselves in the battles of others and that's why they get into trouble.
4. (noun) spotted stargazer, Genyagnus monopterygius - a sedentary fish that camouflages itself by burrowing in the sand and mud. Preys upon animals moving over them and feeds on crabs, molluscs, worms, and small fish. Found on the continental shelf around Aotearoa/New Zealand and other southern Pacific islands, at depths down to 200 m. Its length is up to 45 cm. .
See also kourepoua
hōkeke
1. (verb) to be obstinate, stubborn, perverse, intractable, inflexible, headstrong, obdurate, pig-headed.
houkeke
1. (verb) to be obstinate, stubborn, perverse, intractable, inflexible, headstrong, obdurate, pig-headed.
Ka nui te houkeke o te whanokē rā, e kore e rongo (W 1971:63). / That excentric is extremely obstinate and will not listen.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, whakaioio, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe, taumārō, kōrori, parori, korokē, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, papamārō, whakatuturi, pake, pukutohetohe, whakaturi, tohetohe, turi
ketu
1. (verb) (-a) to dig, remove earth, dig out, ferret out.
Koia hoki te mīharo o te ngākau ki te kaha o te iwi Pākehā ki te whakapau i ngā moni nui whakaharahara ki te ketu i raro i te whenua kia kitea i roto i ngā ana, i ngā mōrehu o ngā pā tawhito ētahi māramatanga mō te tipunga mai o ngā iwi o te ao (TTT 1/8/1923:4). / One marvels at the ability of the Pākehā people to spend huge amounts of money on digging under the ground to find explanations about the development of the peoples of the world in caves and remnants of ancient forts.
2. (verb) (-a) to root (of pigs).
Kua ketua taku māra e te poaka (W 1971:115). / The pigs have rooted up my garden.
3. (noun) pointed paddle-shaped implement - to loosen soil for cultivation, earthworks, etc.
Anō nei te rite o te ketu ki te hoe iti; ko tāna he whakapāpako i te oneone (Te Ara 2015). / The ketu was like a small paddle, which was used for loosening the soil.
mōtohe
1. (modifier) obstinate, stubborn, dogged, determined, persistent, pig-headed, obdurate.
Kātahi te iwi mōtohe ki te haere (W 1971:211). / How determined the people are to go.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, whakaioio, houkeke, upoko mārō, hōkeke, taumārō, urupū, manawa rahi, pūnoke, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, pikoni, pukutohe, pūkeke, aumangea, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe
2. (noun) low fence in a cultivation or pā entrance - to exclude pigs, etc.
Te maioro, he mea mahi a roto ki te rarauhe me te horokio, me ngā mea kōtau hei whakakaha mō tā rātou ahuriri (W 1971:4). / The earthworks were made with bracken fern and kiokio inside and supplejack to strengthen their fence.
