porch - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

kopa pākai

1. (noun) porch.

Kopa pākai: Ko te whakamahau o te whare, e ārai atu ana i te tangata (M 2006:186). / Porch: The verandah of a house, where a person can be shut out and prevented from entering the building.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, hōpua

whakamahau

1. (noun) porch, verandah.

Ka mea te iwi ki a Tā Hōri Kerei, kia haere ki te whakamahau o te whare o Te Mānihera kia harirū rātou (TW 20/4/1878:180). / The people asked Sir George Grey to go to the verandah of Mr Maunsell's house so that they could shake hands.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai, hōpua

roro

1. (noun) brain, marrow, spongy matter.

Nō reira tētahi o ngā tāngata nei, te mea e haere ana i runga paihikara, e tuohu ana, e kaha ana te panapana o tōna manawa, me te kaha o tana haere ka kaha atu hoki te rere o ngā toto ki roto i te roro o tōna māhuna (TP 2/1905:3). / One of the men from that place was riding a bicycle, bent over with his heart pounding and because he was cycling so energetically the flow of blood in the brain of his head was also pumping hard.

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2. (noun) front end of a meeting house, verandah, porch, lobby.

Nō te hāwhe pāhi i te tahi o ngā hāora ka kawangia te whare, i tū katoa te iwi ki te roro o te whare (TPH 5/1/1903:5). / At half past one the house opening ceremony was performed and the people all stood in the verandah of the house.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, kopa pākai, hōpua

kōihi

1. (noun) porch, open front of a house, covered entrance (of a house), portico.

Ka puta ngā kaumātua onamata ki te kōihi o te whare puni, ka pāinaina atu ki te rā (W 1971:128). / The elders of olden times came out to the porch of the sleeping house and basked in the sun.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai, hōpua

haurangi

1. (verb) to be drunk, intoxicated, mad, deluded.

Anā te hē ko te haere ki ngā reihi hōiho petipeti ai, haurangi ai (TP 9/1903:4). / But the fault is in going to horse races to gamble and get drunk.

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Synonyms: pōrewarewa, pōrangi, pōrewharewha

2. (modifier) drunk, intoxicated.

Tē mōhio te tangata haurangi ki ana mahi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:17). / A drunk person does not know what he's doing.

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3. (noun) drunkenness.

Tē kitea te haurangi, te putanga rānei o te tahumaero (TTR 1996:. / Drunkenness or any outbreak of disease were not seen.

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4. (noun) drunkard.

E tapu ana ō mātou kāinga; e kore e tae mai te haurangi ki roto (TWMNT 25/7/1876:181). / Our settlements are tapu; drunkards will not be allowed into them.

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hōpua

1. (stative) be depressed (like a cup or trough), lying in pools, lying in puddles.

He pai atu te kāri mehemea he wai kei roto e rere ana, engari me tuku kia rere, kaua e waiho kia hōpua ana i roto i te kāri (TP 4/1908:11). / It's better if the garden has running water, but it must be flowing, don't let it lie in pools in the garden.

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Synonyms: tāpuapua, pūroto, pūrotoroto

2. (noun) pool of water, swimming pool, diving pool, puddle.

I a ia e keri ana ka kitea taua hōpua wai nei, 14 putu i raro o te whenua (TWMNT 6/4/1875:80). / While he was digging he discovered that pool of water which was 14 feet below ground level.

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Synonyms: hāpua

3. (noun) porch, verandah.

Ka whakarongo te matua ki te wahine e tangi rā kei te hōpua o te whare e tangi ana (JPS 1894:98). / The father listened to the woman crying in the porch of the house.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai

tupehau

1. (noun) calf (of the leg), shin.

Ka kite iho au kua motu te kiko o te tupehau o taku waewae (HP 1991:21). / I saw that the flesh of the calf of my leg had been cut.

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Synonyms: tāhau, kauangāwai, tā

2. (noun) porch, verandah.

Synonyms: mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai, hōpua

3. (noun) stopbank.

Nō muri mai i āna mahi whakahaere i tētahi o ngā ope a tōna matua e hanga tupehau ana mō te taha awa o Tūtaekurī (TTR 1998:104). / After his managerial work on one of his father's gangs he built stopbanks for the Tūtaekurī river.

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mahau

1. (noun) porch, verandah.

I ngā hōtēra o Ingarangi tērā ētahi tohu kei runga i ngā mahau tomokanga atu e piri mai ana (TTT 1/10/1921:5). / With the hotels of England there are some signs attached above the entrance porches.

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Synonyms: tupehau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai, hōpua