kaiwhakamarumaru
1. (noun) protector.
Ko tētahi whakamāramatanga mō te ingoa nei mō 'Kōhere' e hāngai ana ki a ia ka tū hei kaiwhakamarumaru mō te iwi me te whenua (TTR 1990:37). / An explanation of the name 'Kōhere' relates to him being a protector of the people and the land.
Synonyms: ruruhau, whakaruru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, parepare
whakamarumaru
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to shade, shelter, protect.
Nā Whakatau i whakamarumaru ngā umanga a Ngāi Tahu i te takiwā ki Kaikōura (TTR 1994:38). / Whakatau protected Ngāi Tahu interests in the Kaikōura district.
Synonyms: maru, marumaru, taumarumaru, araarai, parahau, rauhī, whakaruruhau, tiaki, manaaki, rī, whakaruru, whakahaumaru, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakamauru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū
3. (noun) shade, shelter, protector.
Ka nohonoho haere mātou i raro i ngā whakamarumaru kia kore ai ō mātou māhunga e paoa e te rā (HM 2/2009:10). / We sat about under the shade so that our heads would not be pounded by the sun.
Synonyms: parepare, whakaruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, ruruhau, whakaruru
whakaruru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to afford shelter, shelter, protect.
I te pō o te 10 o Hune 1886, arā, i te pō o te hū, e 62 ngā tāngata i whakaruruhia e Te Paea i tōna whare i Te Wairoa (TTR 1994:25). / On the night of 10 June 1886, that is the night of the eruption, Sophia sheltered 62 people in her house at Te Wairoa.
Synonyms: whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakahaumaru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, taumarumaru, whakamauru, maru, piringa, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, tāwharau, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū
2. (modifier) affording shelter, sheltering, protecting.
Ka whakataua e Whitmore me ruru a Te Urewera, kia kore ai e whai wāhi whakaruru, wāhi whakarato taonga, wāhi taritari ope rānei a Te Kooti me ngā mōrehu kaiārahi i te Hauhau (TTR 1990:384). / Whitmore decided that the Urewera would have to be invaded, so that Te Kooti and the surviving Hauhau leaders wouldn't have a sanctuary and a supply of goods or a recruitment area.
Synonyms: whakahaumaru, ruruhau, whakawhare, tīhoka, whakamarumaru, tāwharau
3. (noun) screen, shelter, protector.
Nō te mea ko ia tō rātou whakaruru, ka whakatūpato atu a Te Whatanui kia kaua e haere (TTR 1990:335). / Because he was their protector, Te Whatanui warned them not to go.
Synonyms: parepare, ruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, rī, tauārai, mata, pā, ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei
4. (noun) facial gesture in kapa haka where the enlarged eyes stare in one direction and the tongue protrudes in the opposite direction.
Ko te whakaruru, koia te tiro korotaha o ngā whatu nunui, me te whātero ki taha kē (RMR 2017). / The whakaruru facial gesture is where the enlarged eyes stare sideways and the tongue protrudes in the opposite side.
whakaruruhau
1. (verb) (-tia) to protect, shield, shelter.
He kai tere te kānga ki te tipu, ko ngā kānga hei whakaruruhau mō ngā paukena (TTT 1/10/1922:6). / Maize grows quickly, so it shelters the pumpkins.
Synonyms: puapua, ārei, pukupuku, hīra, pākai, ārai, whakapuru tao, whakangungu rākau, kahupeka, whakangungu, taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakamaru, pare, whakamaurutanga, tīhokahoka, tāwharau, piringa, maru, whakamauru, taumarumaru, pātūtū, tūrutu, pāruru, pātakitaki, ruruhau
2. (modifier) sheltered, protected, safe.
Oma tika tonu mai tana iwi ki a ia i tō rātau kitenga kua hinga a ia, ā, nā rātau i mau ki tētahi wāhi whakaruruhau (TTR 1990:393). / When they saw he had fallen, his people ran straight to him and carried him to a safe place.
Synonyms: kokohu, haumaru, marutau, ora, punanga, maru, ruru, pāruru, marumaru
3. (noun) protector, adviser, mentor.
Kai taku whakaruruhau i ngā hau kino o te wā, i ngā tao tāwai, i ngā tao rangirangi, i ngā tao whakarōriki, tīraha rā! (HM 4/2009:3) / My protector from the evil winds of the time, from the taunts, from the annoying criticisms, and the disparaging jibes, lie there in state!
Synonyms: kaiārahi, whakamarumaru, parepare, ruruhau, whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru
4. (noun) governing body, authority.
Kua whakaritea mai anō hoki tētahi apārangi hei whakaruruhau mō te reo (HM 3/1993:6). / A group of experts has also been organised as a governing body for the language.
ruruhau
1. (modifier) sheltering.
I tēnei wā ka meinga te pāmu a Meihana hei kāinga ruruhau mō te tini o ngā Māori, e pōhara, e kore mahi ana (TTR 1998:32). / At this time Meihana's farm was made a shelter for many destitute and unemployed Māori.
Synonyms: whakawhare, whakaruru, tīhoka, whakamarumaru, tāwharau
2. (noun) shelter, refuge, protector.
Synonyms: whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, parepare, tuohunga, whakamaurutanga, piringa, punanga, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū, taumarumaru, whakamauru, maru, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru
parepare
1. (verb) (-a) to turn aside, ward off, divert, go to one side, avoid.
Na, ka pangā nei e tātou ngā paraire ki ngā māngai o ngā hōiho, kia rongo ai rātou ki a tātou; ā pareparea ana e tātou tō rātou tinana katoa (PT Hemi 3:3). / Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
2. (noun) enticing movement of a woman’s hips (in haka).
Ko tētahi wāhanga o tā te wahine whakatautau, ko te parepare i tōna hope hei whakapoapoa i te hunga mātakitaki (RMR 2017). / A part of a woman's movement in an enticing way is the movement of her hips to charm the audience.
3. (noun) fortification wall, breastwork, parapet - protective wall of earth.
E toru ngā parepare o taua pā, i roto tētahi, i waho mai e rua, puta noa ki tētahi taha ki tētahi taha e taiāwhio ana i te pā te teitei o ētahi o aua parepare tekau mā rua putu (TWM 11/2/1862:1). / There were three fortification walls of that pā, one inside and two outside, going right around the sides of the pā with the height of some of those fortification walls being twelve feet.
4. (noun) defender, protector.
I muri rawa mai, ka noho ko ia te parepare mō tōna whaene i tōna hokonga i a Kaitarakihi me tā rātou pāmu (TTR 2000:31). / Much later he was the defender for his mother and her wish to sell Kaitarakihi and their farm.
Synonyms: ruruhau, whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau
