2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to guarantee, assure, promise, pledge.
Ko tō rātou hiahia he noho i tā te Māori nei tūturu tikanga noho; kia kaua rātou e raweketia, ā, ki te whakamahi i ā rātou rawa tuku iho i taurangitia mai rā ki a rātou e te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1994:185). / They wanted to live as Māori without interference, and to make use of their traditional resources as guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Waitangi.
See also kī taurangi
Synonyms: taunaha, takoha, oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi
3. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to grieve for.
4. (verb) to be unsettled, changing, changeable.
Nā tōna kūware mārika anō tana kaihewa nō ēnei tau noa nei i āhua taurangi ai te noho a te Māori, engari nō mai rā anō tērā āhua, nō tērā rautau kē (HM 2/1993:4). / Because of her absolute ignorance she is deluded into thinking that it is only in recent years that Māori have become somewhat unsettled, but that situation is long-standing, from last century.
5. (modifier) grieving, mourning.
Ngā mihi taurangi ki a koe, e Ngata, mō āu tino hanga pai ki tō iwi Māori (JPS 1950:331). / We pay tribute of mourning to you, Ngata, for your many achievements for the Māori people.
6. (noun) promise (often in the phrases kī taurangi and kupu taurangi).
Nāna anō hoki te moni taurangi i tukuna mai ai a Tītokowaru i te whare herehere i te marama o Hūrae 1882 (TTR 1990:45). / He also stood bail for Tītokowaru when he was sent to prison in July 1882.
Synonyms: taunaha, oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, kī taurangi, kupu taurangi
7. (noun) variable.
Ko te taurangi: Ko tētahi rahinga, tētahi āhuatanga rānei ka rerekē haere, ka taea rānei te whakarerekē (RP 2009:396). / A variable: A quantity or characteristic that changes, or is able to be changed (RP 2009:396).
8. (noun) algebra.
ngutu kau
1. (modifier) hypocritical, two-faced.
Ka unga ia e ahau ki te iwi ngutu kau (PT Ihaia 10:6). / I will send him against an hypocritical nation.
See also noho ngutu kau
2. (noun) mere talk, just talk, empty promise, one who makes an empty promise.
Nā, mō te taha ki a Tā Hōri Kerei. Kua maha noa ngā mea pai i kīia e ia kia tukua ki ngā Māori, engari kāore anō i mana noa tētahi o ana kupu, arā tētahi o ngā mea i whakaae ai ia; nō konei ko ngā Māori i āhua whakapono ki a ia i mua ai kua mōhio ināianei he ngutu kau āna kōrero, kāore he tinanatanga, he wairua kau (TWMNT 25/1/1879:257). / With regard to Sir George Grey, he has said many good things would be given to the Māori but not one of his promises have been fulfilled; even the Māori who were inclined to believe him, now know that his words are mere talk, nothing tangible can be expected.
Synonyms: kai ā-waha
kupu taurangi
1. (noun) promise, oath, guarantee, pledge.
Nā Rātana te kupu taurangi ki te Rōpū Reipa i muri tata i te pōtitanga i a Eruera, ka whakapaua e te kaupapa Rātana ō rātou kaha ki te mahi tahi me Reipa (TTR 1996:157). / Shortly after Eruera's election, Rātana promised the Labour Party that the Rātana movement would expend their energy working together with Labour.
See also taurangi
Synonyms: kohukohu, oati, whakaoati, oatitanga, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, takoha, whakataurangi, kirihipi
oati
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to swear an oath, swear in, promise, pledge, guarantee, vow, swear, assure, undertake.
Koia nā te haere a Te Wānanga nō te mea i oatitia ia i runga i te ritenga o te Ture o ngā Perēhi i Nui Tīreni (TW 5/8/1874:1). / Thus will the Wananga be run because it was sworn in according to the provisions of the New Zealand Press Law.
2. (loan) (modifier) of promise.
Ki te kī koe kia tukua taua tono a Ngāti Toa, kia puta i runga i ngā kupu oati a Te Mākarini, he kupu oati nei hoki (TW 23/11/1878:591). / If you say that that request of Ngāti Toa should be allowed to come about due to McLean’s words of promise, there are other words of promise to consider.
3. (loan) (noun) promise, guarantee, pledge, word, bond, vow, commitment, undertaking, assurance, oath.
Kua takoto kē te oati ā-waha a te Pirimia, a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Maniapoto i te tau 1885, kia whakatapua te waipiro ki te Rohe Pōtae (TTR 1998:89). / A verbal promise had been made to Ngāti Maniapoto in 1885 by the Premier, Robert Stout, whereby liquor was banned from the King Country.
Synonyms: kohukohu, whakaoati, oatitanga, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kupu taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, takoha, whakataurangi, kirihipi
kai ā-waha
1. (noun) one who makes empty promises, just talk.
He kai ā-waha - he tere ngā ngutu ki te kōrero, ko te tinana ia, whētōtō ana (HJ 2017:13). / She's just talk - she's quick to make promises, but when it comes to fulfilling them, she procrastinates.
Synonyms: ngutu kau
kī taurangi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to promise, guarantee, vow, make an oath, pledge, assure, swear an oath.
I te tukunga o te patu i te tau 1865, ka kī taurangi a Kerei me Te Mākarini, ka tohua ngā whenua o Ngāti Porou ki a rātau anō (TTR 1990:40). / When weapons were laid down in 1865 Grey and McLean promised that Ngāti Porou land would be preserved for the tribe's own use.
Synonyms: oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kirihipi, kupu taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, takoha
2. (noun) promise, guarantee, vow, oath, pledge, word, word of honour, assurance.
Ka oti i a ia te kī taurangi a Ngata, arā, mehemea e utua ana e te Māori he utu nui mō tō rātou rangatiratanga tangata, me whiwhi hoki rātou i ngā tino painga (TTR 2000:15). / He honoured Ngata’s promise that if Maori paid the price of citizenship they would receive its rewards (DNZB 2000:30).
See also taurangi
Synonyms: kohukohu, oati, whakaoati, oatitanga, whakaoatitanga, kupu taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, whakataurangi
awhero
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to hope for, desire.
I tāna pūrongo o te tau 1949, ka kī ia he nui rawa ngā Māori e awhero noa ana, ka mahue te mahi pau kē ana ngā kaha ki te kōrero (TTR 1998:176). / In his report in 1949, he stated that there were too many Māori with ambition, but without hard work, and they were using up all their energy with talk.
2. (modifier) promising.
He maha tonu ngā kaiwhakatangitangi awhero kai roto i te karaehe (Ng 1993:360). / There are quite a number of promising musicians in the class.
3. (noun) hope, desire, ambition.
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.
pare ā-waha
1. (noun) empty words, empty promise, lip service, not a serious proposition.
Ko te waiata nei he whakautu nā Irihāpeti Rangiteapakura i te tono a Toihau, he kupu tuku noa mai i te takiwā, kāore i haramaitia ā-tinanatia; koia te ‘pare ā-waha’ (M 2004:20). / This song was Irihāpeti Rangiteapakura's reply to Toihau's proposal, which was sent through the air and not made in person, it was just empty words.
2. (noun) someone who makes empty promises.
Kaua e aro atu ki āna kōrero, he pare ā-waha, kei ngā ngutu noa te kōrero. / Don't take any notice of what she says, she's someone who makes empty promises, it's just lip service.
2. (loan) (modifier) swearing in.
I muri iho o te 12 o ngā hāora ka tīmata te karakia whakaoati, i te marae o te whare o te Kāwanatanga (TW 10/12/1874:56). / The service of swearing in commenced shortly after twelve o'clock, in front of Government House.
3. (loan) (noun) oath, pledge, sworn statement, promise.
I runga i taua tikanga tirotiro e āhei ana ia ki te whakarongo kōrero i runga i te whakaoati tikanga, pērā rānei, me te tuhi i te pukapuka whakaatu ki te Kāwana (TW 20/7/1878:362) / Under that investigatory brief, he is able to hear evidence under oath, or under a similar procedure, and write an explanatory document to the Governor.
Synonyms: kohukohu, oati, oatitanga, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kupu taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, takoha, whakataurangi, kirihipi
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to betroth, promise in marriage.
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 tempted by Taranaki.
taunaha
1. (verb) (-tia) to claim land by naming, annex - by identifying the various land marks with parts of the chief's body or that of his offspring, title to those areas was fixed and acknowledged.
Ka kite atu a Tamatekapua ki te kūmore o Maketū, ka taunahatia atu e ia ko te kūraetanga o tōna ihu (JPS 1956:214). / When Tamatekapua saw the point at Maketū, he claimed it as the tip on the end of his nose.
2. (verb) (-tia) to pledge, promise, set aside.
Ko tēnei whenua hoki kai roto i te rohe nā Mōkena Kōhere me ērā anō o ngā rangatira i taunaha i te tau 1874 kia pupuritia i raro i ngā tikanga whenua ā-iwi (TTR 1996:68). / This land was in the area that Mōkena Kōhere and other chiefs had set aside in 1874 to be retained under customary communal title.
Synonyms: taurangi, takoha, oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi, tārewa, motuhake, tahi, wehe, whakatārewa, tāpui, tīkape, tauira
3. (verb) (-tia) to claim.
Ka āhei te Poari ki te nama i ētahi moni i te Kāwanatanga, neke ake i te £5,000 i roto i tētahi tau, hei whakaea i ngā mōkete i ētahi i atu taunaha rānei i tau ki runga ki ngā whenua (TJ 12/4/1898:3). / The Board is able to borrow money from the Government of more than £5,000 per year to pay for mortgages and other claims related to the lands.
whakataurangi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to pledge, assure, promise, vow.
Nō te marama o Hepetema o te tau 1947 i tae ake ai te Pirimia – ko ia anō hoki te Minita Māori – a Pita Pereiha ki Hūpēnui, ka whakataurangi nei ia, heipū tonu te tere o te taenga ake o tētahi āwhina rahi tonu nei hei pūtea whakaahu mā ngā kaipupuri i tō rātou poraka (TTR 2000:27). / In September 1947 Peter Fraser, as both prime minister and native minister, visited Greytown and promised speedy and substantial assistance to the owners to develop their block of land.
2. (noun) pledge, assurance, promise, vow.
Nā tēnei hui i hanga mai te Kawenata o Kohimaramara. He whakataurangi tēnei i te tangata kia piripono tonu ki te mana o te Kuīni (TTR 1990:365). / As a result of this meeting the Kohimarama covenant was made. This was a pledge of allegiance by the participants to the Queen's authority.
Synonyms: taunaha, taurangi, takoha, oati, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi
Mohi
1. (loan) (personal name) Moses (c.14th-13th centuries BC) - Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites away from servitude in Egypt to the Promised Land. Wrote the Ten Commandments on stone tablets.
Ko Mohi: Nāna a Iharaira i whakaputa atu i Īhipa (Ma 1844:15). / Moses: who brought Israel out of Egypt.
he ngutu kau
1. it's just paying lip service, hypocrite - an idiom for someone who doesn't fulfil a promise.
I kī mai a Rūkahu ka whakahokia mai taku kāmera inatahirā. Tērā pea he ngutu kau noa. / Rūkahu said he would return my camera the day before yesterday. It was probably just paying lip service.
