karakia whati
1. (noun) war preparation ritual - a karakia to prepare a warrior for battle.
See also karakia
whakataka
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to prepare (e.g. food).
I tukuna atu te waiata nei e Te Rauparaha ki a Te Āti Awa, i a ia e whakataka ana ki te pakanga (M 2007:106). / Te Rauparaha sent this song to Te Āti Awa when he was preparing for battle.
Synonyms: rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, rāwekeweke, tītakataka
2. (verb) (-a,-ia) to muster, assemble, gather.
Ka whakatakaia mai te taua a Waikato hei patu i te rangatira o Ngāti Ruanui (M 2007:152). / Waikato assembled an army to kill the chief of Ngāti Ruanui.
3. (modifier) preparatory.
He mea kura anō hoki a Tiaki ki tētahi kura whakataka, kura tūmataiti tae noa ki te wā i tekau mā whā tōna pakeke (TTR 1998:121). / Tiaki was educated at a private preparatory school until he was 14.
4. (noun) preparation.
He nui te whakataka a ngā Hāmoa mō te rā e tae atu ai a Smythe (TTT 1/2/1930:1985). / There was much preparation by the Samoans for the day that Smythe would arrive.
5. (noun) assembly, muster, gathering (e.g. of a war-party), expedition.
Kua kōrerotia i te whakaupoko te whakataka a Te Kakatarau (M 2004:106). / The raising of a war-party by Te Kakatarau is mentioned in the headnote (M 2007:107).
6. (noun) director, chief, administrator, controller, leader.
Ko wai hei whakataka mō tātou ka mate ana ngā rangatira o nāianei? (PK 2008:1131). / Who will be a leader for us when today's chiefs die?
Synonyms: wheao, tumuaki, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, amokura, ariki, ariki, manu taupua, kahika, tātarariki, tātarariki, poutoko, poutoko, amorangi, amorangi, hautū, hautū, ihorei, manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kaiārahi, kākākura, kākākura, pouwhenua, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, kaiwhakataki, wheao
7. (noun) whakataka, Corokia macrocarpa - a shrub or tree to 6 m tall with stout branches and dark, rough bark. Leaves are leathery and shiny on top with white tomentum underneath. Petals are bright yellow and drupes yellow, dark red to black.
takatū
1. (verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.
E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā huarākau katoa, arā, paramu, tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini huarākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are preparing to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plums, cherries, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.
Synonyms: whakareri, takataka, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika
2. (modifier) prepared, ready (of people).
E 6,000,000 ngā hōia a Rūhia kua noho takatū ināianei mō te haere ki te whawhai (TKO 9/1914:8). / There are 6,000,000 Russian soldiers sitting prepared now to go and fight.
3. (noun) preparations.
Kua tīmata te takatū o Nui Tīreni (TTT 1/10/1922:2). / Aotearoa/New Zealand's preparations have begun.
Synonyms: whakariterite, whakariteritenga
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
2. (noun) fermented food - food prepared by steeping in water.
He pūhā, he riki, he kuku i roto i te ipu. He whakamara tēnei, engari he kai tauhou ki a Okoroire (TWK 36:4). / Sowthistle, onions and mussels were in the bowl. This was fermented food, but an unfamiliar food to Okoroire.
whakareri
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to prepare, get ready, make ready.
I te toru o ngā hāora i te awatea o te rā reihi, ka whakareri ngā wāhine ki te hoe ki te tīmatanga o te whakataetae. / At 3 pm on race day, the women prepared to row to the start of the competition.
Synonyms: takataka, takatū, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu
2. (loan) (modifier) preparing, readying.
Kei te hui ngā manu whenua. He hui whakareri mō te pakanga (TWK 32:22). / The land birds are assembling. It is a gathering preparing for the battle.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakatakatū
3. (loan) (noun) preparation.
Ka hoki whakamuri ki te wā i mahue ai ko ahau hei miraka i ngā kau, ka hē te whakareri i te hapareita i rere kē ai ko te kirīmi ki ngā kāho a ngā poaka, ko ngā kai poaka ki roto i te kēna kirīmi (EM 2002:67). / I return back to the time when I was left to milk the cows and the preparation of the separator was done incorrectly whereby the cream flowed into the pigs' barrel while the pig food went into the cream can.
Synonyms: whakatikatika, whakatakanga, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai
whakatakataka
1. (verb) (-ina) to drop frequently, scatter.
Ka tae atu he taua ki reira, ka whakatakatakaina atu he kōhatu ki runga i a rātau (HP 1991:28). / When a war party reached that place, stones were dropped onto them.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakapirara
2. (verb) to prepare, get ready.
Ko Tienihini te pā huihuinga, ā, kei te whakatakataka mō te haere ināianei (HKW 1/8/1900:10). / Tianjin is the fort where they gathered and are now preparing for the journey.
Synonyms: whakatika, rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka
3. (verb) to move about, carry out manoeuvres.
Kei Waiōuru ngā hōia e whakapakari ana, e whakatakataka ana. / The soldiers are at Waiōuru doing exercises and manoeuvres.
Synonyms: nukunuku, tahawhenua, nekeneke, taka, whēkoi
4. (verb) to roll about.
Whakaahuareka ai taua kurī ki te whakatakataka ki roto ki te paru (TKM.MM 16/12/1862:26). / That animal takes pleasure in rolling about in the mud.
Synonyms: whakatīkorokoro, hurori
5. (verb) to set anyone on their way.
6. (modifier) preparing.
Tohua ana a Hēnare ki te tikanga pure o te karaka whati, he tikanga whakatakataka i te toa mō te pakanga (TTR 2000:70). / Hēnare underwent the ritual of karaka whati, a practice preparing a warrior for battle.
Synonyms: whakareri, whakatakatū
7. (noun) movement, action, preparation.
Ko te awhero nui o mātou, ka kaha ake te whakatakataka o tēnei kaupapa i ēnei marama e whā e tū mai nei (HM 4/1994:11). / Our primary desire is to strengthen the action on this project in the next four months.
Synonyms: whakareri, whakatakanga, whakatakatū, whakatika, whakapai, whakatikatika, whakaoreore, nekehanga, nukunuku, korikori, whakanekeneke, kori, hikohiko
8. (noun) dispatch.
I a ia i Parani i te tau 1918, ka ūhia atu hoki ki te pānui i roto i ngā whakatakataka (TTR 1996:247). / When he was in France in 1918 he was mentioned in dispatches for his services.
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to correct, edit, solve, fix, rectify, amend, rectify, tune.
Ka kitea e ia ngā hēnga, ka whakatikaia, ka whakahokia anō ki ngā kaitā perehi, kātahi ka mahia tikatia e rātou (TWM 13/6/1863:2). / When the mistakes are found they are corrected, returned to the printers and then they make the corrections.
Synonyms: whakamaene
3. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-ria) to rise up, set out (on a journey).
Ka whakatika atu a Te Whitimoa me ngā hōia Pākehā, me te rau kotahi o Te Arawa, me ngā kūpapa kotahi rau e whā tekau, ko Te Keepa te meiha o aua kūpapa (TWM 22/4/1869). / Whitmore and the Pākehā soldiers set off with one hundred Te Arawa and one hundred and forty allies led by Te Keepa who was the major of those collaborators.
Synonyms: tīeke, riro, whakatikatika, matike, whana, maiengi, ara, hihiri, puea, whātika, totō, maiangi, maranga
4. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia) to prepare.
I te mutunga o te kai, ka whakatika ngā hunga nei ki te haere (TWK 28:23). / When the meal ended, these people prepared to go.
Synonyms: tītakataka, takataka, whakaute, raweke, whakareri, rahurahu, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke
5. (modifier) correcting, straightening out.
Tāpiri atu ki tēnā ko te mahi whakatika ake hoki i te taha parukore (TTR 1998:41). / In addition to that was the work of correcting the sanitation.
6. (noun) solution, correction.
7. (noun) preparation.
Ka nui kē nei te pai o tana whakatika i a ia mō tēnei mahi uaua (TTR 2000:101). / His preparation of himself for this difficult task was excellent.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakapai, whakareri, whakatikatika, whakatakanga, whakatakatū
whakatikatika
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-ria) to straighten, set out, stand up, arise, correct, solve, prepare.
He take tēnei hei mahi māna, arā, ki te whakatikatika i ngā kōrero parau a te tangata (TTR 1996:187). / For him this was a duty, that is to correct people's erroneous accounts.
Synonyms: tīeke, riro, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina) to prepare.
Kua tae atu te rongo ki a Whare-tīpeti mō te ope taua, ā, e hoki mai ana ki te whakatikatika i mua i te huakanga o te pakanga a Maoa (NIT 1995:285). / News about the war party had reached Whare-tīpeti and he was returning before the Maoa's attack to prepare for it.
3. (noun) solution, correction, preparation.
Ko ētahi o ēnei e pā ana ki ngā whakamārama kāore i oti i a Tā Āpirana: ko ētahi he whakatikatika noa iho i ngā wāhi i hapa i te kaipatopato (M 2007:viii). / Some of these relate to the explanations not completed by Sir Āpirana: others are just corrections in the places where the typist made errors.
Synonyms: whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, whakareri, whakatakanga
2. (noun) shredded leaves, left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax.
Kaku. He kuka nō te harakeke kua tākirihia te whītau, te muka (M 2004:372). / Shredded leaves. The waste fibre of the flax after the woody parts have been removed to obtain muka (fibre used in weaving, etc.) (M 2004:373).
Synonyms: pūkaha
para
1. (noun) refuse, rubbish, waste, trash.
Makaia atu ai ngā para me ngā aha noa iho o ngā kāinga ki reira. / Rubbish and any old thing from the homes is discarded there.
See also parakore
Synonyms: parahanga, rāpihi, kohe, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, kapurangi, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, huru, kape, tohe, whakahoe, whakakāhore
2. (noun) sediment.
E rite ana ngā uaua toto o te tinana ki te kōrere wai. Ka mahea ana te kōrere, pai ana te rere o te wai. Ka putu ana he para ki roto i te kōrere, kua iti haere te rere o te wai. Mehemea ka purutiti i te para, kati tonu atu. Pērā tonu te āhua o te rere o te toto i ngā uaua ki te manawa (Wh3 2003:121). / The arteries of the body are like water pipes. When the pipe is clear, the water flows well. When sediment collects in the pipe, the flow of water diminishes. If it is clogged up with sediment, it is blocked. The flow of blood in the arteries to the heart are exactly the same.
3. (noun) left over pieces stripped off in preparing harakeke (New Zealand flax).
See also kaku
pūkaha
1. (noun) left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax.
Synonyms: kaku
whakariteritenga
1. (noun) preparations, arrangements.
Hei aha māna, ka haere tonu ngā whakariteritenga a Te Rata (TTR 1996:228). / It didn't bother him and Te Rata's preparations went ahead.
Synonyms: whakariterite, takatū
kōkau
1. (verb) to be unfinished, roughly made, imperfect.
I te tīmatanga ka kōkau, ka pūhungahunga rānei i te korenga i ū engari nāwai rā, nāwai rā i roto i te wā ko tōna otinga mai he taonga e whakamiha ai, e monoa ai te tangata i te kaha o te waiwaiā mai (HM 1/1997). / Initially it is imperfect or deficient because it is not firmly established but eventually in time it finally becomes something that one can admire and appreciate for its beauty.
Synonyms: pūhungahunga
2. (verb) to be slim, lean (of the human figure).
Ka kōkau te tipu, ka rahirahi, ka ngāwari te waitohu o tēnā wahine hapū (JPS 1929:262). / If of slim, lean build then the signs of such a pregnant woman are easily noted.
3. (adjective) be carelessly done, without the usual preparations, slapdash, slipshod.
Ka kōia te kūmara ki rō oneone, kāore he kirikiri, he kōkau tēnā (W 1971:129). / The kūmara are planted in soil with no gravel, that's slapdash.
5. (modifier) slim, lean (of the human figure).
He iwi kōkau te tipu, he nunui ngā iwi o te tangata, he takoto ngā turi, he paraha te āhua o te kanohi, he kanae ngā mata, he tiro pīkari, he pātiki te ihu, ko te pongare he kaupararī; he makawe torotika, he mahora ētahi, he kiri pūwhero waitutu, he iwi kiriahi, he māngere (JPS 1913:169). / They were a thin, upright, tall people, a people with big bones, and their knees were prominent. Their faces were broad; the eyes were big with side-long glances. The nose was flat and the ridge of the nose was narrow, with the nostrils bulging out. The hair was straight, and some had lank hair. Their skins were reddish black. They were a people who kept close to the fire and were lazy.
6. (modifier) carelessly done, without the usual preparations, slapdash, slipshod.
E ai ki ētahi Māori kore moko, ko te moko he tuhituhi kōkau (Te Ara 2015). / According to some Māori without tattoos, the moko of others as scribbles.
mataahi
1. (noun) spit (for roasting), food prepared on a spit.
Nō te ata haere mai ngā tāne. Ka tae mai ki te kāinga i noho ai a Tāne. Ka homai i te mataahi. Kāhore a Tāne kia hiahia atu ki taua mataahi (TP 1/1913:3). / In the morning the men came. When they reached the village where Tāne lived they gave him food prepared on a spit, but Tāne did not want that food prepared on a spit.
tūngārahu
1. (verb) to prepare for war - sometimes as two words, i.e. tū ngārahu.
I te marama kua pahure ake nei, i tae mai ngā rongo, i te wā e tūngārahu ana a Piriniha Arekahānara o Purukēria me ana hōia, haere mai ana ētahi atu hōia eke hōiho nō Rūhia ki waenga, hopukia ana taua piriniha (KO 16/9/1886:2). / Last month news arrived that at the time Prince Alexander of Bulgaria and his troops were preparing for war, some other mounted troops from Russia came amongst them and captured the prince.
2. (modifier) parading, performing military exercises.
E hia rānei mano hoki i noho kia kite i ngā mahi tūngārahu a ngā hōia i te pāmu i te taha o te whare o te Kāwana (KO 15/6/1885:8). / Many thousands remained to see the military parade on the farm beside the Governor's residence.
Synonyms: whakatūtū
3. (noun) war dance - haka in which the men are armed and jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārehu, tūtū waewae and whakatū waewae.
See also tūtū ngārahu
mō
1. (particle) for, about, concerning, for the benefit of, on account of, for the use of, in preparation for, at, on - indicates future possession. Used when the possessor will not have control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed. Mō is pronounced short before te.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 64-65, 140-141; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 9-10;)
muka
1. (noun) prepared flax fibre.
He harakeke iraira, he mumura te kākāriki o ngā whā, he kōwhai ngā tāekaeka, he karaka ngā tapa me te tuaka, he mā, he mōhinuhinu te muka o tēnei harakeke (PK 2008:603). / A variegated flax, with bright green leaves, yellow stripes, orange edges and midrib, while the fibre of this flax is white and shiny.
