pōkē
1. (verb) to be dark, gloomy, sullen, sad, depressed.
Pōkē ana a Māka i te rongonga kua hinga tana kuia (PK 2008:656). / Mark was sad when he heard that his grandmother had died.
Synonyms: pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha
2. (noun) dark cloud, darkness.
poke
1. (noun) American axe.
Kua pāhekeheke rawa tēnei te papa o raro o te taiepa i te toto o te pea i ōna motu i te tapatapahanga a te kōtiro ki te mata o tana poke (TWMNT 30/5/1876:128). / The floor of the pen had become slippery with the bear's blood from its cuts from the girl's attack with the edge of the American axe.
See also toki poke
poke
1. (verb) (-a) to swamp, overcome, inundate.
I a rāua e kawea ana ki tātahi, ka pokea te poti e te mahi a te ngaru (TTR 2000:8). / As they were being transported to shore, the boat was swamped by many waves.
Koia nei te mate o taku mahi, ka pokea au e te mahi. / That's the problem with my job, I get inundated with work.
Synonyms: kake, where, pāpā, wikitōria, whakatina, tārū, hinga, poko, raupatu, tae, takapapa, pārure, whakatūoi, mate, whara
poke
1. (stative) to be soiled, dirty, sordid, foul, squalid, sleazy, filthy, polluted, infected.
Synonyms: whakamate
2. (modifier) soiled, dirty, sordid, foul, squalid, sleazy, filthy, polluted.
Ko te tino tautauhea o ngā Māori o reira, tutū ana te puehu i a rātou i runga i ngā tikanga poke o te waipiro (KO 15/12/1884:3). / The Māori there are quite debauched, and they cause disturbances due to the sordid effects of liquor.
whēterotero
1. (verb) to poke out the tongue repeatedly.
Nāwai rā i tawhiti atu te hākui nei, kua tae tonu atu ki te roro o te whare e noho mai rā a Te Whatu-i-āpiti rāua ko Te Huhuti; e pūkana ana, e whēterotero ana te arero; e ngau ana ōna niho ki a Te Huhuti (JPS 1926:34). / After a time when this elderly woman was some distance away, she came along to the front of the house where Te Whatu-i-āpiti and Te Huhuti were sitting, and she was grimacing, poking her tongue out and gnashing her teeth at Te Huhuti.
2. (noun) poking in and out of the tongue.
Hei aha te whēterotero o te arero, te tīkorokoro o ngā karu, te whatiwhati i te hope (HKW 1/6/1901:6). / Never mind the poking out of the tongue, the rolling of the eyes, and the moving of the hips from side to side.
hurahura
1. (verb) (-hia,-ina,-tia) to uncover, poke around, probe, investigate, research.
I te hurahura au i ngā pukapuka onamata, ā, kitea ana e au he nui ngā whenua o Heretaunga i hokona e Tānara Mākarini, arā te whenua e tū ana a Nēpia ināianei (TP 2/1906:5). / I was researching in old books and I discovered that there was a large amount of Heretaunga land purchased by Donald McLean, namely the land on which Napier now stands.
Synonyms: tīkarokaro, rangahau, tūhuratanga, haurapa, toro, pākiki, toromoka
poka
1. (verb) (-ia,-ina) to make a hole in or through, bore, pierce, cut out, appear, poke.
Kei tētehi wāhi o tēnei marae tētehi rārangi pouaka tekau mā tahi, ā he mea poka te kōhao ki te taupoki o ia pouaka, o ia pouaka hei tukunga moni iho ki roto (KO 15/1/1884:15). / In one part of this courtyard is a line of eleven boxes and each one has a hole poked into the lid as a place to donate money.
2. (verb) (-ia,-na) to operate on (medical), undertake surgery, castrate, geld, spay, neuter.
He kokoti anō tāna mahi i ngā hōiho, he poka i ngā raho o ngā tāriana (TTR 2000:246). / He also performed surgery on horses and gelded stallions.
3. (verb) to make one's way, strike a path.
I poka tonu mai a Te Arawa mā te taha o Whakaari, pā rawa mai Moehau (JPS 1893:222). / Te Arawa made its way past White Island, to Cape Colville.
4. (verb) to appear, come into view.
Nā, i te poka whakatata ki te whakaeroero ngā whetū i te ata hāpara, ka wehewehe ngā matua e toru nei, he rau tōpū ki te matua kotahi (JPS 1919:124). / So, when the stars were about to disappear at dawn, the three divisions of the army, each one of two hundred, separated.
5. (noun) hole, pit, well, puncture, dungeon.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
Synonyms: wero, rua, kōruarua, kōrua, pārua, pōpokorua, pokopokorua, pokorua, hāpoki, pokere, waro, mārua, kororua
6. (noun) operation (medical).
Ko te poka i whakaritea ki te Hōhipera o Whanganui, kīhai i whakahaeretia nā te mea kāore i kitea te ngira (TTR 1996:150). / The planned operation at Whanganui Hospital did not eventuate because the needle could not be located.
wero
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia) to pierce, spear, challenge, stab, poke, jab, bite, puncture, sting (of an insect), inject.
Ko tētahi mea hē rawa, ko te raweke a ētahi o ā rāua tamariki i ngā kēne whurutu, arā, he mea wero ngā tini, kātahi ka unumia te wai, ka whakahokia ki runga i ngā whata (TTR 1996:60). / One problem was that some of their children would meddle with the cans of fruit, that is they would puncture the tins, drink the juice and put them back on the shelves.
2. (noun) piercing, stabbing, injection, spine (of a stingray).
E kīia ana ka mutu te wero ki te peneti ka hurihia ko ngā raparapa o ngā pū hei patu haere i te hoariri (TKO 8/1915:4). / It is said that when the stabbing with the bayonet ended the guns were reversed to kill the enemy with the butt of the gun.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, werowero, tīwharawhara, pākinakina
3. (noun) bite, sting (of an insect, etc.).
E te mate kei hea tōu wero? (PT I Koroniti 15:55). / O death, where is thy sting?
4. (noun) challenge.
Hei ētahi wā anō hoki kua kuhuna he kōrero hei whakakata i ngā kaiwhakarongo, engari, he wero anō kei roto i ngā kōrero (Rewi 2005:64). / And sometimes a story was added to make the listeners laugh, but there would be a challenge in the words.
5. (noun) challenge at a pōhiri.
Kei te haere te ruri, ka kōkiri a Nehe Te Wehi o Tūranga me te wero ki te Kuīni (TWK 19:31). / While the short song was being performed, Nehe Te Wehi darted forward with the challenge to the Queen.
2. (noun) stabbing, piercing, poking.
Ka whakataetae ki te huri haere i ngā pōwhā rarauhe kia tata atu ki te pā; kore rawa i tata atu i ngā tāngata o roto o te pā te werowero mai ki te mānuka tarere mai i runga i ngā pūwhara o te pā (JPS 1919:93). / A contention ensued in the rolling of bundles of bracken fern close to the fort, which did not reach them, so energetic were the men in the fort in poking mānuka spears from the elevated stages of the fort.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, wero, tīwharawhara, pākinakina
3. (noun) challenge.
Haere tonu āna werowero ki te kāwanatanga mō ngā kerēme a Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:103). / He continued to challenge the government on Ngāi Tahu claims.
whātero
1. (verb) to protrude, poke out the tongue, shoot out (especially of the tongue).
2. (noun) poking out the tongue.
Ko te whātero te pana whakawaho i te arero. Ko te tāruarua hohoro i te whātero, ka kīia tērā ko te naki (RMR 2017). / The whātero is poking out the tongue. Rapid repeating of poking out the tongue is called the naki.
whāterotero
1. (verb) to protrude, poke out the tongue, shoot out (especially of the tongue).
Ka kino te kuia rā i te rongonga i te ingoa o Te Huhuti, ka mau ki te toki pounamu, ka hāmama te waha, ka pūkana, ka whāterotero te arero, ka ngau ōna niho ki a Te Huhuti (M 2006:280). / The elderly lady was angry when she heard the name of Te Huhuti and she grasped the greenstone adze, yelled out, grimaced, poked out her tongue and gritted her teeth at Te Huhuti.
Synonyms: whātero, whētero, koure, tiko, whererei, kōture, kounu
whētero
1. (verb) to protrude (especially of the tongue), poke out the tongue.
Ka whiwhi kai te tamaiti, ka kite atu tētehi kāore ana kai. Ko reira puta ai ngā kupu whakatoi whakakīia te tamaiti e kai ana, ka pūkana ngā kanohi, ka whētero te arero (TKO 31/3/1921:10). / When a child has food and sees another has no food, then the child who has food teases, does the pūkana and pokes out her tongue.
Synonyms: whātero, whāterotero
2. (noun) protruding tongue.
Ara mai ana ngā taua a ētahi hapū noa atu, tū ana ki runga pūkanakana ai ngā karu me te whētero o te arero, tūpeke ngā waewae, aroarohaki ngā ringaringa (TWMNT 30/11/1875:283). / Hostile bands of other distant subtribes rise up, dilating their eyes, protruding their tongues, jump about and their hands tremble.
paetai
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
waikure
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
