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hua whakawhiti

1. (noun) cross product.

hinu makawe

1. (noun) hair cream, hair product.

hua

1. (verb) to bear fruit, originate, be abundant, accrue.

Ehara i te mea ko te takaro te hē, engari ko te whakaputa kē i te takaro hei huarahi e peau kē ai te tangata ki te mahi hē, ina hoki he maha ngā hē e hua ana i te kanikani (TP 2/1907:2). / It's not as if the recreational activity is the problem, but the emergence from the activity of an avenue whereby a person can be diverted into wicked deeds because there are many transgressions resulting from dancing.

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Synonyms: putu, whakapūranga, tipu, pūtake, take, tupu, , mahamaha, maha, ngahoro, makuru, ngerongero, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro


2. (verb) to flower, bloom, blossom.

Ka hua te rātā, ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua poki te rua kūmara, arā, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua (White 4 1889:115). / When the rātā flowers and the Pleiades set in the west, autumn has arrived and the kūmara storage pit is covered over, that is the kūmara crop is all in the storage pit.

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3. (verb) to be full (of the moon).

Ā te 4 o ngā rā kōwhiti ai te marama. Ā te 19 o ngā rā hua ai te marama (TMT 1/10/1861:16). / On the 4th day the new moon appears. On the 19th day is the full moon.

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4. (noun) product, fruit, berry, roe, egg, progeny, value, finding, result, outcome, asset.

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.

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Synonyms: otinga, anaterope, whakataunga, putanga, tukunga iho, keakea, tātea, uri, aitanga


5. (noun) benefit, gain, asset.

Ahakoa te whakahāweatanga o te tangata ki te haere a Hirini Taiwhanga ki Ingarangi, he hua nunui kua puta mai i tana haere (KO 15/1/1883:6). / Despite people's intolerance towards Hirini Taiwhanga's journey to England, many benefits resulted from his trip.

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pakatiti

1. (adjective) (manufactured products) sub-standard.

tōnui

1. (verb) to be prosperous, prolific.

Ka mahi a Te Whatahoro ki te tuhi i ngā tikanga Māori, tōnui ana ngā mahi i oti i a ia (TTR 1990:21). / Te Whatahoro became a prolific writer on Māori traditions and customs.

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2. (modifier) prosperous, prolific, productive, flourishing, thriving, successful, affluent.

He mea hanga e ia i reira he teihana tōnui, hei whakatipu hipi, whakatipu kau (TTR 1996:149). / He developed a prosperous sheep and cattle station there.

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Synonyms: houkura, taurikura, ngaruru, hāwere, māpua, haumako, oho


3. (noun) prosperity, affluence, productivity.

Nō te murunga o ō rātau whenua tino tōtika, tauheke ana te tōnui, tauheke ana te ora o te iwi (TTR 1994:5). / When their most productive lands were confiscated their prosperity and life declined.

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Synonyms: houkura, tōnuitanga, taurikura

haumako

1. (verb) to be rich, fertile.

Ko te takune, kia tau katoa mai ērā momo kupu kia haumako ake ai te papakupu Māori e āhei mai ana tātou katoa (HM 1/1994:4). / The intention is that all those types of words will enrich the Māori dictionary that we will all be able to access.

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2. (modifier) fertile, rich, productive.

He whenua haumako tērā e mahue atu rā, matomato ana te tipu mai o ngā rākau. / That was a fertile land we were leaving where the plants grow vigorously.

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Synonyms: oho, māpua, tōnui, mōmona, whairawa, rangatira, rari


3. (noun) fertility, richness.

I tana hokinga ki Hawaiki ka kōrero a Kupe mō te haumako o ngā oneone i Aotearoa (Te Ara 2014). / When Kupe returned to Hawaiki he spoke of the richness of the soils in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: matū, mōmona

otinga

1. (noun) conclusion, end, completion.

I muri i te otinga o tērā mahi kātahi anō ngā tāngata ka haere atu ki uta (JPS 1957:231). / After the completion of that task then at last the people went ashore.

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2. (noun) result, solution, product, quotient, answer.

Hei whakatauira, me whakarōpū ngā ākonga o te kura i runga anō i ō rātou pakeke ka tahi, ka whakarōpū i runga anō i te tae o ngā kanohi ka rua, ka whakaatu ai i ngā otinga o ēnei whakatairitenga e rua ki ngā momo whakaaturanga e tika ana (Pa 1996:145). / As a model, firstly, the pupils of the school should be grouped according to their ages and, secondly, group them according to the colour of the eyes. Then show the results of these two comparisons with appropriate types of presentations.

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Synonyms: hua, tukunga iho

oho

1. (verb) (-kia) to wake up, start (from fear, surprise, etc.), awake, arise, rear up.

Kua kite te hōiho i te tāpōrena i muri o te paki e tārewarewa ana, ka oho te hōiho o tō rātau paki, ka tahuri tō rātau paki (TJ 6/4/1899:14). / When the horse saw the tarpaulin dangling at the back of the buggy their buggy's horse reared up and their buggy rolled over.

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2. (verb) to be roused (including of feelings), awakened.

Ka oho ake te aroha o Ngātoro ki te waha o te tangata, o te wahine, o te tamariki e auē ana, e tangi ana (NM 1928:62) / Ngātoro's affection was roused when the men, women and children were wailing and crying.

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3. (modifier) fruitful, productive.

He tau oho (W 1971:238). / A fruitful year.

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Synonyms: māpua, haumako, tōnui

whātuinga takirua

1. (noun) cartesian product (maths).

Ko te whātuinga takirua te huinga o ngā takirua katoa ka hua mai i te hononga o ngā huānga o tētahi huinga me ngā huānga o tētahi (TRP 2010:333). / A cartesian product is the set of all pairs resulting from the joining of the elements of one set with the other (TRP 2010:333).

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whakaaturanga mataora

1. (noun) live performance, live stage production.

Ko te mahi a te pūkenga oro, he hopu, he rāwekeweke, he whakanikoniko, he whakaputa i te puoro. He wā anō, ko tāna mahi he whakarite, he whakahaere i ngā oro mō tētahi whakaaturanga mataora ki te atamira o te whare whakaari. Ko te āhua o ngā oro hei whakaū i te wairua o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / The role of a sound engineer is to record, manipulate, embellish and reproduce music. Another role is in arranging and controlling the sound for a live stage production. The nature of the sound helps establish the mood of the production (RMR 2017).

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reo whakaputa

1. (noun) productive language.

hua

1. (noun) (education) answer.


2. (noun) (mathematics) solution.


3. (noun) (mathematics) product.

whakaaturanga

1. (noun) exhibition, television programme, expo, demonstration, pageant, production, publicity, display, presentation, performance, show, exhibit.

I tū te whakaaturanga reo Māori a He Huia Kaimanawa ki te whare tapere o Te Rauparaha i Porirua i te 15-16 o Whiringa-ā-nuku 2009 (HM 4/2009:5). / The Māori language expo, He Huia Kaimanawa, was held at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on the 15-16 October 2009.

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Synonyms: whakawhiwhinga, tuku, tāpaetanga, whakatakotoranga, whakaputanga, whakatairanga, haka, purei, whakatangitangi, whakakite, tohu, tiata, whakaatu, whakaariari, whakaari, whakaatuatu, tohutohu, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha


2. (noun) notice, notification.

He mihi ake nō mātou ki tō whakaaturanga mai i te haupū moni mō ngā pīhopa e rua (KO 15/6/1885:4). / We thank you for your notification of the fund of money for the two bishops.

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Synonyms: pānuitanga, kupu whakaatu, whakaatu, whakamōhio


3. (noun) testimony, evidence, description.

E mārama noa atu ana ngā whakaaturanga, mai i ngā tuhituhinga a Tā John Gorst o te tau 1864 (RT 2013:106). / The evidence from the writings of Sir John Gorst in 1864 is absolutely clear.

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kaiāwhina hanga hōtaka

1. (noun) production assistant.

kaiwhakahaere hanga hōtaka

1. (noun) production manager.

tira hanga hōtaka

1. (noun) programme production team.

tira hanga hōtaka taiwhanga

1. (noun) studio production team.

māpua

1. (verb) prolific, bearing an abundance of fruit, productive.

Mehemea kei te ora rawa atu te ngahere, ka kīia e te Māori he matomato he māpua tōna āhua (Te Ara 2011). / If the forest is very healthy the Māori says it is lush and productive.

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Synonyms: oho, haumako, tōnui, ngaruru, hāwere


2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.

See also kawau

whakaputanga

1. (noun) edition, production.

I te putanga o te kape tuatahi me ngā whakaputanga o muri mai, ka whakamāramatia e Īhāia te tino whāinga a 'Huia Tangata Kotahi', arā, ki te whakakotahi i te iwi Māori mā te pānui i ngā āhuatanga e whakataumaha ana i a rātou i ngā moutere e rua (TTR 1994:30). / Īhaia explained in the first and subsequent editions of 'Huia Tangata Kotahi' that its aim was to create unity among Māori by carrying to both islands news of their common misfortunes.

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Synonyms: whakaaturanga


2. (noun) expression, manifestation.

Ka haehaea ki te kiri o te tangata, o te wahine, tārere ana te toto, ngā tohu o tā te Māori whakaputanga i te aroha (TP 4/1910:7). / The skin of men and women is lacerated and blood flows copiously, the Māori symbols of the expression of affection.

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Ōtāne

1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-sixth night (sometimes the twenty-seventh night) of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twelfth night of the lunar month. A productive day on both land and sea .

Ko ēnei mea katoa e kōrero ana mō te āhua o Ōtāne (WT 2013:37). / All these things refer to the nature of Ōtāne (the twelfth night after the full moon).

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