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mātātuhi

1. (noun) written literature.

I te tau 1930 ka tuhi te Kaiwhakahaere Mātauranga a T. B. Strong, ‘Kāore he mātātuhi tō te reo Māori.' (Te Ara 2016). / in 1930 the Director of Education T. B. Strong wrote, ‘The Maori language has no literature.'

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2. (noun) print, print image, imprint.

Ko te mātātuhi he whakaahua ka whakaputaina mā te whakairo me te uhi i tētahi papa ki te waituhi, me te pēhi atu ki te pepa, ki te papanga rānei (RTA 2014:115). / A print is an image that is produced by pressing a plate that has been carved and covered with ink onto paper or cloth (RTA 2014:115).

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Synonyms: kāone, perehi, , hāraunga, whakakawenata

kāone

1. (loan) (noun) gown, print - printed cotton fabric.

He kāone rīnena mangu tōna. / She has a gown of black linen.

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Synonyms: mātātuhi, perehi, , hāraunga, whakakawenata

perehi

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to press, publish, print.

He mea tuku ki te pāremata o te tau 1877, ā he mea kī kia perehitia (TW 22/6/1878:314). / Released to the 1877 parliament with instructions to be printed.

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Synonyms: kāone, whakakawenata, hāraunga, , mātātuhi, pānui, paki, whakaputa, whakaputaputa, nonoi, romi, kuene, ao pāpāho, kāuto, whakakuene


2. (loan) (noun) printing press, press, newspaper.

He perehi tēnei mō te motu katoa, mō ngā tāngata Māori, kua huaina tōna ingoa ko 'Te Wananga' o ngā iwi katoa ināianei (TW 5/8/1874:1). / This is a press for the whole country, for all Māori people, which has been called 'Te Wananga' of all the tribes now.

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Synonyms: nūpepa, pukapuka, pepa, niupepa

taiapa

1. (verb) (-tia) to fence off.

Ka hoki mai au mā runga i te taramukā ki te wāhi kei reira e taiapatia ana ngā kararehe mohoao (HP 1991:224). / I returned on the tram to the place where the wild animals are fenced off.

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2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, field, enclosure - any fenced off area.

Kātahi ka kitea atu e tipu ana, e matomato ana i te taha o te taiapa tētahi āpure pūhā (TWK 57:8). / Then she found a lush patch of pūhā growing beside the fence.

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See also taiepa

Synonyms: pātiki, taiepa


3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.

I konei kua whakamahia he momo taiapa atu anō, he taiapa pewa pēnei nā ( ) (HKK 1999:10). / Here a type of parentheses is used, they are round brackets like this ( ).

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taiepa

1. (verb) (-tia) to fence off.

I tōna mananui ka whakatapua taua wāhi; ka taiepatia ki te kōhatu kia kore ai e takatakahia, e whakatipungia rānei ki te kai (TTR 1990:7). / So great was Heke's mana that the site became tapu. It was fenced off with stones so that it would not be trampled on or used for growing crops.

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2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, garden, enclosure - any fenced off area.

Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa (HP 1991:25). / When I finished milking my cows in the morning, I let them into their paddock.

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Synonyms: taiapa, pātiki


3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.

See also taiapa

tiro tānga

1. (noun) print preview (word processing).

whakaitāriana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to italicise, print in italics.

perehitanga

1. (loan) (noun) issue (publishing).

He nūpepa tēnei mā te iwi katoa, Māori, Pākehā, e tāia ana i Pākōwhai nei, e rua ngā perehitanga i roto i te marama kotahi (TW 12/2/1875:12). / This is a newspaper for everyone, Māori and Pākehā, printed here in Pākōwhai, with two issues each month.

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2. (loan) (noun) printing.

Heoi anō āku kupu, kei hōhā koe ki te tuku i ēnei kōrero ki 'Te Wananga', erangi whakaaturia mai te moni mō te perēhitanga i ēnei kōrero ki 'Te Wananga' (TW 31/8/1878:439). / And so this is all I have to say, in case you are tired of me sending these articles to 'Te Wananga', but please let me know the cost for the printing of these accounts in 'Te Wananga'.

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whakakawenata

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to publish, print, bind in a volume, make a covenant.

Ki te hiahiatia kia whakakawenatatia ā koutou pepa, me tuku mai, kāore he utu mō te kawenatatanga (TJ 6/10/1898:15). / If you want your papers bound in a volume, send them in, there is no cost for the binding.

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Synonyms: kāone, mātātuhi, perehi, , hāraunga, paki, whakaputa, whakaputaputa, pānui

1. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to dump, strike, beat, thump, throw down, tackle.

Ka tāia ia ki raro, ka mekea te whatu, ka natia te kakī, heke ana mai te toto i te ihu, i te waha (TP 9/1911:11). / He was thrown down, punched in the eye, strangled and blood flowed from his nose and mouth.

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See also tānga


2. (verb) (-ia) to apply moko, tattoo.

Tika tonu mātou ki te whare hei kākahutanga i ō mātou kahu Māori, e takatū ana mō te haka, rawa te kanohi ki te moko (TP 1/12/1902:3). / We went straight to the house to change into our Māori costumes, prepare for the performance and apply the moko to our faces.

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3. (verb) (-ia) to paint.

Ka wehi taua iwi ki ōna kanohi ānō i tāia ki te tākou te whero (NM 1928:11). / The tribe was afraid of his eyes, it was as if they had been painted red with red ochre.

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Synonyms: waituhi, muru, pani, panipani, peita


4. (verb) (-ia) to print, publish.

I tāia anō te waiata nei i te tau 1856 e Shortland ki tana pukapuka: 'Traditions and Superstitions' (M 2004:112). / This song was also published by Shortland in his book: 'Traditions and Superstitions'.

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Synonyms: kāone, mātātuhi, perehi, hāraunga, whakakawenata, paki, whakaputa, whakaputaputa, pānui


5. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to carve, cut, etch, fashion.

He pounamu, he aurei, i hoatu e te tangata ki te tohunga kia tāia, arā kia hangā hei matau (W 1971:354). / Greenstone and cloak pins were given by the person to the expert to be carved, that is to be made into fish hooks.

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6. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to whip (a spinning top).

E kī ana a Te Matorohanga i tākaro rawa hoki ngā atua, i pōtaka, i neti, i whai, i tākaro i ērā atu tākaro (TTT 1/9/1923:8). / Te Mātorohanga says that the atua also played games, whipping tops, toy darts of flax strips, string games and other games.

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7. (verb) (-ngia) to bail (water out of a canoe).

Tāngia te riu o te waka (W 1971:354). / Bail out the bilge of the canoe.

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8. (verb) (-ia) to be overcome (by sleep) - only used in the passive form.

Ka tāia te koroheke e te moe. / The elderly man was overcome by sleep.

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9. (noun) tattooing.

He toka tapu a Pōhaturoa nō Ngāti Awa, he tūāhu tuku iho mō ngā karakia mō te whakawhānau tamariki, mō te mate, mō te pakanga, mō te moko me ētahi atu tikanga whai hua ki a Ngāti Awa (TTR 1998:178). / Pōhaturoa was a sacred rock where ceremonies of birth, death, war, tattooing and other important matters to Ngāti Awa were performed.

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10. (noun) whip for a spinning top.

Ka whakamahia he miro harakeke ki te takahurihuri i te pōtaka. Ka kīia tērā taputapu, he . Ka tākaitia te pōtaka ki te , ā, ka hihiko te kukume, koirā hei takahurihuri i te pōtaka. Kātahi ka tāia haerehia kia hurihuri tonu (RMR 2017). / Flax strands are made to spin the spinning top. That piece of equipment is called a . The whip is wound around the spinning top and then it is pulled energetically. That is what rotates the spinning top. Then the top is whipped so that it continues rotating.

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11. (noun) maul, mallet.

Ko te me ngā whao ngā tino taputapu a te kaiwhakairo (PK 2008:801). / The mallet and chisels are the main implements of the carver.

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Synonyms: kuru, ketuketutanga, kaunuku, mōro

whakatautika mauī

1. (transitive verb) (printing) left justify.

whakatautika katau

1. (transitive verb) (printing) right justify.

miramira

1. (verb) to give prominence to, highlight (text), emphasise.

Nāna i miramira ngā painga o te whakaakoranga Pākehā e tuku rā kia ōrite te kaha o te Māori ki te tātāwhāinga ki tērā o te Pākehā (TTR 1994:96). / He emphasised the advantages of a European teaching methods in allowing Māori children to compete equally with Europeans.

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2. (verb) to be red hot.

Ka roa te kainga a te ahi, nā, miramira kau ana te rino (W 1971:202). / After being in the fire for a long time the iron was red hot.

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3. (modifier) bold (of print, etc.).

Ko te kīwaha tonu te mea tuatahi e noho miramira mai ana ki te pae tuatahi (HKK 1999:9). / The idiom itself is the first thing sitting in bold on the first line.

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4. (noun) uvula - the fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.

Kei roto i te korokoro tō miramira e tāwerewere ana (W 1971:202). / Your uvula hangs down in the throat.

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hāraunga

1. (noun) impression, print, imprint, indentation.

Ko ngā hāraunga, ko ngā wheua, ko ngā toenga para rānei o tētahi rauropi o neherā, kāore i popo, engari kua mau ki ngā toka o Papatūānuku. Koia nei ngā mātātoka (RP 2009:280). / The impressions, prints, bones or remains of living things from long ago that have not decayed, but have been preserved in the rocks of the Earth. These are fossils.

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Synonyms: kāone, mātātuhi, perehi, , whakakawenata

āta tuhi

1. (transitive verb) (lettering) print.

kōwaiwai papanga

1. (noun) screen print.

nuku

1. (noun) (printing) indent.

1. (noun) (printing) character.


2. (noun) (mathematics) power.

rahi

1. (noun) (printing) point size.

tohu tiorea

1. (noun) (printing) circumflex.

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