2. (noun) reason, purpose, cause, origin, root, stump, source, beginning.
He tokomaha tonu ngā Māori kei te tāone e noho ana, nō reira hoki tētahi take i tika ai kia tū te mīhana ki reira (TP 7/1913:6). / There are quite a lot of Māori living in town, so that's a reason why it's appropriate that the mission be established there.
Synonyms: rarau, akaaka, weri, mea, takunetanga, tāmore, kaupapa, hoaketanga, aronga, tātai, whāinga, koronga, tikanga, kunenga, orokohanganga, pī, ūkaipō, pūtake, mātāwai, orokohanga, ahunga, pū, toi, pūnga, takenga
3. (noun) topic, subject, matter, issue, concern.
Nā ngā mahi ātete ā-tinana i ngā kairūri i roto i Te Urewera, i tau ai te mōrearea ki runga i ngā take whenua (TTR 1994:11). / In the Urewera physical resistance to the surveyors engendered a sense of alarm over the land issues.
4. (noun) claim, right.
See also take tuku, take raupatu, take tupuna, take whenua kite
Synonyms: ake, tika, tikanga, heipū, tōtika, matatika, tonu, mōtika, matau
5. (noun) base, foot (of a hill, etc.).
Tāpukea ngā take o ngā rākau ki te maniua, engari kia tūpato kei hutihutia ngā pakiaka (TP 6/1908:11). / Cover round the bases of the trees with manure but be careful not to pull up the roots.
6. (noun) plan.
Ka māharahara te iwi rā ki te take e mate ai taua ngārara i a rātou (JPS 1894:166). / The people thought about a plan by which they might killed that reptile.
Synonyms: whakakaupapa, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
whakamahere
1. (verb) (-tia) to plan, chart, map.
He momo kāpehu anō ā ngā kaumoana tōmua hei whakamahere i ngā hau moana (Te Ara 2014). / The early mariners also had types of compasses to chart the ocean winds.
Synonyms: mahere, mapi, whakangārahu, whakatakoto, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka, tātai, tikanga, kaupapa
2. (modifier) planning, charting, mapping.
I whai wāhi atu anō hoki ia ki ngā mahi whakamahere, whakatū i te wharenui i Kohunui, i Te Wairarapa ki te tonga, nō te tau 1956 i whakatuwheratia ai (TTR 2000:29). / She also had a part in the planning and building of the meeting house at Kohunui, southern Wairarapa, opened in 1956.
Synonyms: whakatakatū, whakariterite, whakakaupapa
3. (noun) plan.
Ko te kōrero a Te Whakatōhea, he whāwhāki kē nā Te Wākana i ā rātou whakamahere ki te āwhina i a Waikato, ki te whawhai ki ngā Pākehā, i patua ai (TTR 1990:59). / Te Whakatōhea claimed that the Reverend Carl Sylvius Völkner was killed because he informed the Pākehā of their plan to assist Waikato in their fight against the Pākehā.
hoahoa
1. (verb) (-ina) to lay out, plan, arrange, design.
I te taenga atu ki te marama o Mei, whakatauria ana mā te Māngai e hoahoa te whare, i runga i ngā tohutohu a te Atua (TTR 1998:114). / By May it was decided that the Māngai would design the building, with God's guidance.
Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
2. (noun) plan of a house, architectural design, diagram, figure, plan.
Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.
3. (noun) pitch of a roof.
Nā te aupiki o te hoahoa me te mārohi o ngā pakitara i tāpiritia atu he papa anō hei whakakaha, i tū tonu ai tōna whare ahakoa te whānui o te whakangaromanga, kāore i pērā i ētahi atu o ngā whare i reira (TTR 1994:25). / Due to high-pitched roof and the strength of the walls with extra timber to strengthen it, her house remained standing, despite the widespread destruction and unlike some other buildings there.
whakaaro
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to think, plan, consider, decide.
I roto i ā koutou tākaro, i te whutupaoro, i te hōkī, i te kirikiti, kāore he painga o te tamaiti e whakaaro ana ki a ia anake (TTT 1/8/1923:10). / In your sports, rugby, hockey and cricket, there is no benefit in a child thinking only as an individual.
Synonyms: kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, tītakataka
2. (noun) thought, opinion, plan, understanding, idea, intention, gift, conscience.
Nō mātou tonu te whakaaro kia hoatu he karahipi e £25 i te tau hei āwhina: ā, i te mea ka kitea kei te ranea he moni mō tēnei tau ka whakawhānuitia te āwhina kia horapa atu ki ngā minita Māori katoa puta noa i Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (TTT 1/8/1929:1036). / The idea to provide scholarships of £25 per annum as assistance was our own, and, because it has been found that there is an abundance of funding for this year, the assistance has been extended to include all Māori ministers throughout the North and South Islands.
Synonyms: huatau, kupu tūturu
whakakaupapa
1. (verb) (-tia) to institute, formulate, devise, plan, set up, establish, arrange in a coherent way.
I te wā e whakakaupapatia ana te Ture Kaunihera Māori me te Ture Whakahaere i ngā Whenua Māori o 1900, ko Tūreiti tētehi nā Timi Kara i akoako (TTR 1996:212). / At the time that the Māori Councils Act and Māori Lands Administration Act of 1900 were being formulated, Tūreiti was one person that James Carroll consulted.
Synonyms: whakatūtū, rahurahu, tikanga, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka, kaupapa, tātai
2. (noun) logic, planning, proposal, project, lay out.
Mārama tonu tana whakakaupapa i ana tohenga, ā, he wahapū tana whakatakoto i aua tohenga nei (TTR 1996:239). / His arguments were logical and eloquently stated.
Synonyms: whakatakoto, hoahoa, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, marohi, whakariterite, whakamahere, whakatakatū, pūrero, hingonga, hinonga, whakawhana, kounu, koutu, whakatakanga, kūmore, kūrae
whakariterite
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to make preparations, arrangements, perform prayers.
I muri tata iho ka tonoa hoki a Tā Rui Kawhakanari ki Kapūru ki te whakariterite i te raruraru (TP 12/1900:7). / Soon afterwards, Sir Louis Cavagnari was sent to Kabul to settle the dispute.
Synonyms: whārite
2. (verb) (-a,-hia) to regulate.
Ka pai rawa mehemea ka whakaaetia nuitia e ngā hapū ētahi tikanga hei āta whakariterite i ngā rohe o ngā whenua o tēnā hapū, o tēnā hapū (MM.TKM 31/7/1860:30). / It is very desirable that some general principles to regulate the boundaries of the lands of each subtribe should be generally agreed to by the subtribes.
3. (modifier) negotiating.
Ki a Rewi Maniapoto, me waiho taua aukati hei tikanga whakariterite kia whakahokia mai ai ētehi o ngā whenua o Waikato i murua rā e te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:71). / In Rewi Maniapoto's opinion, that border should have been used as a way to negotiate for the return of some Waikato land that had been confiscated by the government.
Synonyms: whiriwhiri, whakawhitiwhiti
4. (modifier) comparing.
He nui ngā āhuatanga whakariterite, whakatau, whakakotiti kōrero (TTR 1990:278). / There are many beautiful comparisons, analogies and digressions.
5. (noun) arrangements, planning, preparations.
Kua oti hoki ngā whakariterite mō te whakaara i tētahi whare takotoranga wūru (TTT 1/2/1928:733). / The arrangements for erecting a building to store wool have also been completed.
Synonyms: whakamahere, whakatakatū, whakakaupapa, takatū, whakariteritenga
tītakataka
1. (verb) to turn over and over, move about irregularly, wobble, flit about.
Nā, kia mōhio tātou, ko ngā tīwaiwaka e tītakataka nei ka hura rā hoki ngā hukumaro ki runga, ka riro ko te upoko ki raro (TTT 1/10/1929:1086). / Now, we should know that fantails flit about opening their tail feathers up and with their head going down.
Synonyms: hūkokikoki, tītaka
2. (verb) to be indecisive, wavering, vacillating, uncertain, dithering, in a quandary, in a dilemma.
E tuhi ana ahau ki ngā tāngata kei te tītakataka ngā whakaaro hei whakatau i ō rātou ngākau (TP 1/9/1899:2). / I am writing to the people who are in a quandary to set their minds at rest.
3. (verb) to prepare, organise, plan, put things in order.
Kāore i roa i muri mai, kua nekehia au ki tētahi wāhi kē, kua tītakataka mō te hoki ki te kāinga, ki Nūhaka (HP 1991:221). / Not long after that I was transfered to another place in preparation for the return home to Nūhaka.
Synonyms: whakarite, whakahaere, whakatakoto, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke
4. (noun) fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa - a small, friendly, insect-eating bird of the bush and domestic gardens which has a distinctive tail resembling a spread fan.
See also tīrairaka
Synonyms: tīrakaraka, tītīrairaka, tīraureka, pīrakaraka, pīrangirangi, pītakataka, wakawaka, tīrairaka pango, kōtiutiu, pīwaiwaka, tīwakawaka, tīrairaka, hīwaiwaka, hīrairaka, pīwakawaka, pīrairaka, tīwaiwaka
tātai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to measure, arrange, set in order, plan, recite (genealogies).
Ka tīkina ngā whetū, ka tātaitia. Ka whakamārōkia Te Ika-o-te-rangi (Tr 7:33). / The stars were fetched and arranged. The Milky way was stretched out.
Synonyms: whakapai, ine, mehua, mēhua, meiha, rūri, whakatātūtū, whātau, kaupapa, tikanga, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to calculate.
Tātaihia te horahanga o te māra (TRP 2010:264). / Calculate the area of the garden.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia) to adorn, deck out, beautify.
Kātahi te tamāhine ka tahuri ki te tātai i a ia, nā ka heru i a ia, nā ka rākei i a ia ki ōna kaitaka, ka tia hoki i tōna māhunga ki te raukura - ko ngā raukura he huia, he kōtuku, he toroa, ka oti (NM 1928:198). / Then the daughter set about adorning herself, placing a comb in her hair, dressing herself in fine kaitaka cloaks, and placing feather plumes in her hair - feather plumes of huia, white heron and albatross feathers, and then she was finished.
4. (noun) lineage, line of ancestry, genealogy.
I te hononga o Tūrongo rāua ko Māhina-a-rangi ka hono hoki ngā tātai nunui o te Tai-rāwhiti ki ngā tātai o ngā iwi o Tainui (NIT 1995:73). / When Tūrongo and Māhina-a-rangi married they united the chiefly lineages of the East Coast with those of the Tainui tribes.
Synonyms: kāwei, kaha, kāwai, kākano, whakapapa, kauhou, kauwhau, kauhau
5. (noun) purpose, plan, tactics.
Mēnā he huatau ōu, he pakirehua kē rānei āu e pā ana ki tēnei tātai whakatairanga reo Māori a te Taura Whiri, kia hohoro te whakapā mai, kia hau ai te rongo ki ngā tōpito o te motu (HM 4/1993:2). / If you have ideas or enquiries concerning this Māori language promotional plan of the Māori Language Commission, contact us urgently so that the information can be spread to all parts of the country.
Synonyms: take, kaupapa, tikanga, aronga, hoaketanga, whāinga, koronga
6. (noun) arithmetic.
E tika ana kia ako ngā tamariki ki te tātai (Ng 1993:18). / It's right that children should learn arithmetic.
kaupapa
2. (noun) topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, purpose, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme, issue, initiative.
I tuhi a Rōpiha i ētahi pūrongo i 'Te Ao Hou', ā, i āwhina atu hoki ia ki te ārahi i ngā kaupapa a te maheni nei i ōna tau tuatahi (TTR 2000:188). / Rōpiha wrote articles for 'Te Ao Hou', and he also helped guide the magazine’s policies in its early years.
Synonyms: aronga, kaupapa here, hōtaka, marohi, hoaketanga, whāinga, koronga, kakai, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
3. (noun) raft.
Ka mahia te kaupapa raupō ... ka hoea taua kaupapa ki te au o te awa punga ai (White 5 1888:68). / The raupō raft was made and then it was paddled into the current of the river to anchor it.
See also kahupapa
4. (noun) main body of a cloak.
Ka whakamaua atu ngā huruhuru kiwi ki te kaupapa o te kahu (PK 2008:238). / The kiwi feathers were fixed to the body of the cloak.
whakatakatū
1. (verb) (-ria) to prepare, get ready.
Nō taua pō i pae mai ai te ruru ki runga i te tuanui o te mahau o Tūtāwake i te marae o Whitianga, e tiro kau iho ana ki ōna whanaunga e whakatakatū ana i te haringa whakamutunga atu o Mōnita ki tana haukāinga (TTR 2000:56). / That night the morepork landed on the porch roof of Tūtāwake, at Whitianga marae, watching his kin preparing for Mōnita's last homecoming.
Synonyms: whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, rahurahu, raweke
2. (modifier) preparing, planning.
He pire whakatakatū tikanga mō ngā heke o ngā Hainamana ki tēnei motu (TWMNT 26/7/1879:468). / A bill regulating the immigration of the Chinese to this country.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakareri, whakakaupapa, whakariterite, whakamahere
3. (noun) preparation, planning.
Nō te hēnga o ngā whakahaere ki te whakarau noa i a Rua, kātahi ka kaha rawa atu ngā whakatakatū hei āta karawhiu i a ia (TTR 1996:180). / Because the operations to arrest Rua were faulty, the preparations were escalated to use force.
Synonyms: whakatakanga, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, whakatikatika, whakareri
whakatakoto
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to set down, lay down, place, submit.
Me kōrorirori ēnei katoa, me whakatakoto ki te kāpata kia kotahi hāora; hei reira ka riringi ki roto kia kotahi panikena wai āhua werawera (KA 1/1/1862:30). / These should all be stirred and then placed in a cupboard for one hour; then pour in one pannikin of quite hot water.
Synonyms: makamaka, maka, moka, panga, whakatū, wāhanga, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, whiu, taiwhanga, wāhi, kopou, whiuwhiu
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to lay out, determine, set in place.
Ka wehe a Tau-wheoro ki te pito whakawaho, ka whakatakotoria te rohe ki Makauri; ko Tau-wheoro ki te pito whakawaho, ko ngā tungāne ki te taha whakauta (M 2006:398). / Tau-wheoro separated off to the outer end and a boundary was determined at Makauri; and her brothers occupied the inland part.
3. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to organise, plan.
Kua whakatakototia e kā rakatira a Kāi Tahu kā matua; he matua kē ki tātahi, he matua kē ki roto ki te awa, he matua kē ki te wāhi e heke mai ana te matua a Te Kaurepa (MT 2011:77). / The Ngāi Tahu chiefs had organised the divisions; a division on the beach, another in the river and another to the place where Te Kaurapa's army was coming from.
Synonyms: tītakataka, whakarite, whakahaere, mahere, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu
4. (modifier) presented, laid down.
Ahakoa i utua ētehi o āna haere e te Poari Kaitiaki, ko ngā koha whakatakoto ki ngā marae nō tōna pūkoro tonu (TTR 1998:200). / Although some of his travel expenses were paid for by the Trust Board, the gifts presented to the marae were from his own pocket.
5. (noun) plan, proposal, strategy.
He whakatakoto tikanga, ā, whakaaro anō hoki, ki mua i te Kāwanatanga e puta ai hei painga mō te iwi Māori (TTT 1/10/1931:61). / A strategy and ideas are before the Government that will bring benefits for the Māori people.
Synonyms: kaupapa, marohi, whakakaupapa
6. (noun) laying out, arrangement, configuration, composition, structure, pattern, format.
Ehara tēnei i te waiata tohunga rawa te whakatakoto o ōna kupu (M 2006:380). / This song is not of a priestly character in its composition (M 2006:381).
Synonyms: tauira
whakatakotoranga
1. (noun) laying down, placement.
Nō te whakatakotoranga atu a Tamainu-pō i te patu me te kākahu kura, kātahi anō a Māhanga ka whakaae kua mate tana hoariri, a Kōkako (NIT 1995:121). / When Tamainu-pō laid down the club and the red feather cloak, then Māhanga finally agreed that his enemy, Kōkako, was dead.
Synonyms: whakanoho, whakanohonoho
2. (noun) structure, grammatical structure.
Ka mārama ki te ākonga ngā kōrero e mau nei ngā whakatakotoranga uaua, me te pakari anō o tana tū i ngā horopaki huhua noa (TRM 1996:34). / The learner understands language containing difficult structures and is confident in a wide range of contexts.
3. (noun) plan, prophecy.
He tohunga nō Te Whakatōhea, he matakite. Nāna te whakatakotoranga i mate ai a Ngāi Tai i Te Riri-a-te-atua (M 2006:136). / He was a tohunga from Te Whakatōhea and a prophet. It was he who prophesied the defeat of Ngāi Tai at Te Riri-a-te-atua.
Synonyms: poropiti, matakite, poropititanga, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakaaro, tītakataka, kaupapa, tikanga, whakangārahu, tātai, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere
4. (noun) presentation.
I mua i te whakatakotoranga tuaruatanga o te pire, ka whakakāhoretia (TTR 1994:36). / Before the second presentation (reading) of the bill it was discharged.
Synonyms: tāpaetanga, whakaaturanga, whakawhiwhinga, tuku
hoa
1. (verb) (-ina) to lay out, plan arrange.
Kua takoto ngā matua kua hoaina rā ngā matua (W 1971:54). / The army divisions that laid out as planned.
Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, hoahoa, tahora, rora
2. (noun) pitch (of a roof).
Poupou tonu te hoa o te whare nei (W 1971:54). / The pitch of the roof of this house is quite steep.
kara
1. (noun) secret plan, conspiracy, plot, intrigue.
Kei te whakatakoto kara mō Te Horo kia patua (W 1971:97). / They are planning a plot to kill Te Horo.
Synonyms: kōpure, kaikaiwaiū, whakangārahu, kakai
2. (noun) request for assistance in war - either orally or materially.
Ka whiua ngā kara ki a Te Whānau-a-Apanui rāua ko Te Whakatōhea. Ka tapaina te ingoa a taua patu ko Te Whiu, mō te whiunga o ngā kara (W 1971:97). / The request for fighting assistance was placed before Te Whānau-a-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea. The name given to that weapon conveying the request for the assistance was Te Whiu.
whakangārahu
1. (verb) (-tia) to devise, plot, strategise, conspire, plan, scheme.
E whakangārahu ana te tangata kino mō te tangata tika (PT Nga Waiata 37:12). / The wicked plotteth against the just.
Synonyms: kara, kōpure, kaikaiwaiū, kakai, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka
2. (noun) intrigue, plot, scheme, conspiracy, plan.
Kī tonu te kaunihera ā-rohe i te whakangārahu (Ng 1993:237). / The district council is full of intrigue.
