2. (noun) trial of skills in a game or a sport.
He rawe a Kurawhā mehemea ka tū ki te para whakawai (W 1971:262). / Kurawhā is excellent if trials of skill in games are held.
mahi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money).
Kei te taka mai ngā rā e mahia nuitia ai e te Pākehā te mahi whakamaroke me te mahi tini i te paramu me ērā atu huarākau (TP 12/1905:7). / The days are approaching when Pākehā will be busy drying and canning plums and other fruit.
Synonyms: whakatutuki, whakaakoako, parakitihi, haratau, whakawai, whakahāngai, whakaharatau, akoako, hangahanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, hanga, āhua, mea, waihanga, whakarite, tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, hahaka, haka
2. (noun) work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation, function.
Kei te taka mai ngā rā e mahia nuitia ai e te Pākehā te mahi whakamaroke me te mahi tini i te paramu me ērā atu huarākau (TP 12/1905:7). / The days are approaching when Pākehā will be busy drying and canning plums and other fruit.
Synonyms: umanga, whakatāuteute, whakahaerenga, whakahaere
3. (noun) abundance, lots of, many, heaps of.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)
Kua kapi taua wāhi i te mahi a te whare. / That place was covered with lots of houses.
I ētahi tau he tino kaha kē te hua o ngā piki nei, ā, he tino reka hoki mō te kai. I ētahi rā, i te haere kē mātau, hoki rawa mai kua pau ngā hua te kai i te mahi a te tamariki (HP 1991:13). / In some years these fig trees fruited prolifically and they were very tasty to eat. Some days, when we went elsewhere, when we returned the fruit had all been eaten by the many children.
See also te mahi a te ...
Synonyms: ngerongero, ngero, tokomaha, te mahi a te ..., tōnuitanga, maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, nui, makurutanga, hira, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, kaipukahu, harahara, te hanga a te, takitini, hia, wene, mahamaha, tuarea, marea, tuauriuri, pio, tini
whakawai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to divert, amuse, tempt, beguile, persuade, seduce.
Ka tāmaua a Pīhanga hei wahine mā Tongariro, heoi nā Taranaki a Pīhanga i whakawai (Te Ara 2013). / Pīhanga was betrothed as Tongariro’s wife, but she was seduced by Taranaki.
Synonyms: whakapakepake, whakawaiwai, whakakīkī, whakawherewhere, whakawhere, hīanga
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to entice, lure.
Kāore hoki tō rātou pā e taea ake; nā, ka whakawaia kia hekeheke iho (M 2004:328). / Their fortified position was impregnable; and thus they had to be enticed by deceit to leave and to descend.
Synonyms: poapoa, tīmori, kohinu, whakapoapoa, whakakonuka, maimoa, poa, pātoi
3. (verb) (-a) to practise, rehearse.
He kaha ki te whakawai, koirā i rerehua ai tana porotiti i te poi (RMR 2017). / It's because she practises so hard that her twirling of the poi is so appealing.
Synonyms: parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, haratau
4. (modifier) treacherous, deceitful, double-crossing, perfidious, duplicitous, underhand.
Ka haere nei a Te Maunu me te tamaiti iti; i te moana ka patua a Te Maunu rāua ko te tamaiti. He kōhuru whakawai e Ngā Puhi (JPS 1945:194). / Te Maunu and the little son departed and out at sea Te Maunu and the son were killed. This was a treacherous murder by Ngā Puhi.
5. (modifier) military training.
I muri mai ka whakatūria atu a ia hei kaingārahu kamupene mō te hokowhitu whakawai i te puni hōia i Papakura (TTR 1998:181). / After that he was appointed as a company commander for the training battalion at Papakura Military Camp.
6. (noun) amusement, temptation, distraction.
Nō te ekenga ki te Kaunihera Ture he kōrero kē hoki. Ka tūpato ētahi i a Taiaroa, ka mea ētahi kua riro ia i ngā whakawai a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:104). / After his appointment to the Legislative Council he was regarded differently. Some became cautious of Taiaroa and some said he had been been taken over by the temptations of the government.
7. (noun) weaponry practice.
Kua uru ia ki ngā whakawai riri (JPS 1911:18). / He had taken part in weaponry practice.
haratau
1. (verb) to be convenient, suitable, approved, relevant.
Ka roa e noho ana i reira, kāore i haratau a reira ki te noho, he kore tahora, he tuaranga nō te takoto o te whenua (JPS 1928:176). / After staying there for a considerable time it was found to be an unsuitable place to live, owing to the lack of open land and the rough nature of the country.
Synonyms: whaitake
2. (verb) to be dexterous, deft, adroit, adept.
3. (verb) to practise, rehearse, refine.
Engari nā te noho tonu ki te haratau, nāwai rā, nāwai rā kua tīmata ngā kupu ki te noho ki roto i te hinengaro me te poho o te hunga e tū ana ki te whakamātautau i ngā mahi haka (Milroy 2015). / But by continually practising, after a time the words begin to settle into the minds and hearts of the people standing to perform.
Synonyms: whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai, parakitihi, whakapai ake, whakamahine
4. (modifier) dexterous, deft, adroit.
He tangata haratau ki ngā rākau a Tū (RMR 2017). / An adept person with Māori weaponry.
5. (noun) convenience, suitability, relevance.
He mea whakairo hoki, he mea kōwhaiwhai, he mea tukutuku, hei pupuri i te ātanga, i te wehi, i te haratau o ērā taonga a ō tātau tīpuna i roto i tēnei o ngā whare o te Atua (TTT 1/12/1925:336). / And it was carved and decorated with rafter paintings and lattice-work to retain the beauty, awesomeness and relevance of those treasures of our ancestors in this particular house of God.
Synonyms: hāngaitanga, whaitake
6. (noun) practice, craft, dexterity.
Kāore i rerekē mai tāna momo minitatanga i te haratau o ngā minita Māori Mihinare (TTR 1996:117). / His style of ministry was no different from the practice of the Anglican Maori clergy.
whakatū rākau
1. (verb) to practise with weapons, show weapon skills.
Ka tahuri atu a Te Whata-karaka ki a Te Iwi-tuaroa, ka mea ko ia e tū atu ki te whakatū rākau, i te mea hoki ko tērā kē o rāua te mea tino mōhio ki te mau taiaha (NIT 1995:359). / Te Whata-karaka turned to Te Iwi-tuaroa and told him to to demonstrate his weapon skills, because he was the one who knew how o wield a taiaha.
2. (noun) weapon skill practice, weapon skill demonstration.
Mutu rawa tona whakatū rākau, kātahi ka tahuri atu ki te iwi, ka puta i konei ona kupu poroporoaki (TTT 1/12/1929:1940). / When he finally finished demonstrating his weapon kills he turned to the people and this as when he delivered his farewell speech.
akoako
1. (verb) to consult together, give or take counsel, rehearse, practise, train, teach.
Ko ngā mahi i reira he akoako mō te whawhai, arā, kia mōhio ai ina heipū he whawhai ki Niu Tīrini (TP 2/1906:1). / What they were doing there was training for battle so that they would be prepared when war might occur in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: haratau, parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
parakitihi
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to practise, drill, train, rehearse.
Me parakitihi kia pai ake ai tō tākaro tēnehi. / You should practise so that your tennis player will improve.
Synonyms: haratau, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
2. (loan) (modifier) practice.
Ko te poti o Piaha he mea hanga mō ngā reihi, ko tō ngā Māori he poti parakitihi (TP 9/1903:11). / Pearce's boat had been built for racing, whereas the Māori's one was a practice boat
3. (loan) (noun) practice.
Heoti anō te mea pai, he tēpara; ko āna tamariki, ko Te Rongotewihana, ko Te Matepekeihana, ko tō Parakitihi (TKP 5/11/1857:4). / Well, the best thing is tables, its children are Long Division, Multiplication and Practice.
whakaakoako
1. (verb) (-na) to teach, learn, practise.
Kei waenganui i te mātotorutanga o te iwi Māori te tokomaha o ngā āpiha toko-i-te-ora e noho ana, e takataka ana mā rātou e tirotiro haere ngā rōpū kei te whakaakoako i ngā mahi Māori (H 1992:23-24). / Many of the welfare officers are living amongst the Māori people, so it falls on them to observe the groups teaching Māori activities.
See also whakaako
Synonyms: ako, haratau, parakitihi, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
2. (modifier) instructional, educational.
He mea tautoko tonu e Huiatahi ngā mahi whakaakoako pakeke Māori; ka riro hoki nāna i whakahaere ētehi kura waiata (TTR 1998:8). / Huiatahi supported Māori adult education, tutoring classes in waiata.
3. (noun) teaching, training, instruction.
He mea pai anō hoki ki a Kia te mahi a te rōpū Rīpeka Whero o Niu Tīreni, ka riro nā rātou i whakarite te whakaakoako i a ia i te pūtahi o Waitaha whaka-te-raki (TTR 2000:183). / Kia was also attracted to the New Zealand Red Cross Society, which provided her with training at the North Canterbury Centre.
whakaharatau
1. (verb) to practise, acquire dexterity, rehearse.
I riro nā tōna whaea tonu a ia i akiaki ki te whakapakari i tōna reo Māori, whakaharatau ana ia i te reo ki ana hoa taitamariki (TTR 2000:49). / His mother encouraged him to improve his Māori, and he practised it with his young friends.
Synonyms: haratau, parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakahāngai, whakawai
2. (noun) practice.
Ina hoki i kaha anō tana kōkiri i ngā whakaharatau me ngā mahi mātātoa a ngā tohunga (TTR 1996:66). / He was also energetic in attacking the practices and activities of tohunga.
2. (stative) be striped white.
Nā ka wehea e ia i taua rangi ngā koati toa, ngā mea whakahekeheke, me ngā mea purepure, me ngā koati uha e whai tongitongi ana, me ngā mea purepure, ngā mea he mā tētahi wāhi, me ngā mea pākākā o ngā hipi (PT Kenehi 30:35). / And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep.
3. (noun) surfing.
Kīhai i roa kua eke a Tama-taku-tai ki runga i te waka, e hoe ana i te whakahekeheke i runga i te tai, arā, ki te whakapūpū ngaru (JPS 1905:65). / It was not long before Tama-taku-tai climbed into a canoe and paddled out to surf, that is to ride on the waves.
whakatoihara
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to disparage, belittle, deride, denigrate, be racist, prejudge, practise discrimination, be bigoted.
Ahakoa kāore ia i whakahē i te āhua o te mahi tākaro i waenganui i te Māori me Āwherika ki te Tonga, i rongo tonu te rau i tana whakaatu rā i te kaha o te mahi whakatoihara i te Māori i ngā hōtēra o Ākarana, whakatoihara hoki i te mahi whiwhi whare, whiwhi mahi rānei (TTR 2000:140). / Although he did not protest against sporting contacts between Māori and South Africa, he revealed how rife racial discrimination was in the hotels of Auckland and discrimination in housing or employment.
Synonyms: kaikiri
2. (modifier) discriminatory, prejudiced, bigoted, inequitable, intolerant, racist, xenophobic.
Ko tētahi o ngā tino whāinga a Eruera ko te whakakore i te mahi whakatoihara i te iwi Māori, ko te whakatū kaupapa e ōrite ai ngā iwi (TTR 1998:221). / One of Eruera's main aims was the abolition of discrimination against the Māori people and the establishment of racial equality.
Synonyms: ngākaukino
3. (noun) prejudice, bigotry, racism, intolerance, discrimination, xenophobia.
I te wā i a ia i te Pāremata, karawhiua ana e ia te whakatoihara iwi ahakoa he aha te hanga, te āhua rānei (TTR 1998:221). / Throughout his parliamentary career he attacked racism no matter what form it took.
Synonyms: ngākaukino, whakahāweatanga, whakatakētanga, kōaro, kaikiri, aukati iwi
kaiaka
1. (adjective) be adept, proficient, skilled, able, accomplished, expert, masterful, practised, skilful.
He tamaiti ātaahua a Arapata, he mōhio ki te mau patu, he kaiaka ki te patu kurī mohoao (TW 6/7/1878:337). / Albert was a handsome boy who knew how to wield weapons and was adept at killing wild animals.
Synonyms: te kino kē hoki, tohunga, ringa rehe, Kei a ... mō te ..., matatau
2. (noun) athletics, athletic pursuits.
Nā te taka i te motupaika i a ia e whakataetae ana, ka whara, ka mutu te kaiaka (TTR 1998:171). / He fell off his motor-cycle and was injured, which ended his athletic pursuits.
3. (noun) athlete.
Kotahi te kaiaka o Aotearoa i toa i āna mahi kaipara, e rua atu i tuatoru (HJ 2015:160). / One athlete won her athletic competition, two were third.
whakahāngai
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to lie something across, at right angles, astride.
Ko te pūwerewere. He tāruarua te noho whakahāngai o ētahi hahae e toru, e whā rānei, ki roto i tētahi awaawa āhua whānui nei (RTA 2014:210). / The pūwerewere carving design. A repetition of three or four cuts lying at right angles in a quite wide groove.
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to apply, implement, put into practice, practise, update, make relevant.
I te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua ko Rotohiko tonu tētehi o ngā kaihanga o te kaupapa a Te Meihana ki te whakahāngai ake i te Ture Kaunihera Māori (TTR 1998:69). / During the Second World War, Rotohiko himself was one of the architects of Mason's scheme to update the Māori Councils Act.
Synonyms: haratau, parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakawai
whakawaiwai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to divert, amuse, tempt, beguile, persuade, seduce.
Ko ia ki te whakawaiwai i te tangata kia whakauru mai ki te pēne mehemea he wāhi wātea, waiata ake rānei i te taha o te pēne (TTR 1998:173). / He encouraged people to join the band if there was a vacant place, or to sing with the band.
Synonyms: hīanga, whakawai, whakapakepake, whakawhere, whakawherewhere, whakakīkī
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to practise, train (use of weapons, etc.).
Uru: He aha ō mahi i ēnei wiki nei i penei rawa ai te hauora o tō āhua? Pare: He whakawaiwai mō ngā whakataetae waka ama ā-motu. Uru: Aaa, inā ake anō! (HJ 2012:48). / Uru: What have you been doing these past weeks to make yourself look so well? Pare: Practising for the national canoe competitions. Uru: Ah, that's the reason!
moe tokomaha
1. (verb) to practise polygamy - having more than one wife or husband.
Kāti e mau tonu ana taua tikanga i nāianei, mehemea ka moe tokomaha te tangata i te wāhine, e tāhae ana ia i ngā wāhine a ētahi atu tāngata (TPH 15/5/1905:4). / Well, that custom is still being practised now, and if a man has many wives he is stealing the wives of other men.
2. (noun) polygamy.
E kī ana a Paora Hopere ko te take i whakaaetia ai e te Atua te moe tokomaha i te wahine he torutoru nō ngā tāne he tokomaha rawa nō ngā wāhine (TP 6/1905:5). / Paora Hopere is saying that the reason that God agreed to polygamy is because there were few men and many more women.
2. (loan) (noun) doctor.
Nā te kaha o ngā tākuta Māori, o W. Maihi, ka hoki mai tōna wairua ora (TW 12/2/1875:8). / It was by the strength of the Māori doctors, and W. Marsh, that her living spirit returned.
3. (loan) (personal noun) Doctor - title for a doctor.
Hangaia ana e ia he whare haumanu ki te taha anō o te toa, kia tarea e ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi o te kaupapa whakaora a Tākuta G.M. Smith o Te Hokianga, ngā tūroro nei te tirotiro (TTR 2000:39). / She built a clinic alongside the store, where patients could be seen by doctors and nurses as part of Doctor G.M. Smith's Hokianga health service (DNZB 2000:113).
2. (verb) to practise sodomy.
3. (noun) sexual attraction.
Takakautanga - ka rongo pea te tangata i te pohane engari kāore e ai i runga i ōna anō whakaaro, i ngā whakaa ā-whakapono rānei. (F 2019: 45) / Celibacy - where someone may experience sexual attraction but choose not to have sex for personal or faith-based reasons.
4. (verb) to expose the bum.
Ko te kau a te manu i runga i te wai, ka tūpou ka pohane ā ka maranga ake (M 2004:36). / The swimming of a bird on the water, it ducks down with the hind end up and then rises up.
5. (noun) love, affection, desire, lust.
Ka mate au i te pohane ki taku hoa (PK 2008:648). / I earnestly desire my friend.
Synonyms: mate kanehe, kūata, kūwata, aroha, taupuhi, kanehe, ipo, murimuri aroha, whakaipo
Paimārire
1. (noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.
See also Pai Mārire
Pai Mārire
1. (personal noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.
Nō te tau 1864, ka ūwhia te īngoa o Tāwhiao ki runga ki a ia e Te Ua Haumēne, te poropiti o Pai Mārire (TTR 1994:131). / In 1864 Te Ua Haumene, the Pai Mārire prophet, bestowed on him the name Tāwhiao.
See also Paimārire
waia
1. (verb) to be accustomed to, familiar with, used to, practised.
Nāwai rā kua waia noa te tangata ki a ia e haere atu ana i Ōkiwi ki tana wāhi mahi mā runga i tētahi o ngā motukā tuatahi i kitea ai ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara (TTR 1994:19). / After a time people became familiar with him commuting to his work from Eastbourne in one of the first motor cars seen in Wellington.
