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mārakerake

1. (verb) to be bare, clear, open, exposed to view, public.

Ka parautia taua whenua, mārakerake ana (EM 2002:208). / The land was ploughed and was bare.

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2. (modifier) bare, clear, open, exposed to view, public.


3. (noun) bareness, clarity, openness, exposure, public.

Nā te mea kīhai i tukua e Tāwhiao te katoa o tana toko ki te noho a Ngāti Tama i Poutama, me te mārakerake hoki o te mautohenga a ētahi o ngā taniwha o Ngāti Maniapoto, ka huri a Waitāoro me te maha ōna ki a Te Whiti‑o-Rongomai i Parihaka (TTR 1994:201). / Because Tāwhiao did not give his full support to Ngāti Tama's occupation of Poutama, and it was obvious that some Ngāti Maniapoto leaders made plain their opposition, Waitāoro and many of her people turned to Te Whiti-o-Rongomai at Parihaka.

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Synonyms: marake

hora

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina) to spread out, display, make public, scatter, lie scattered about, go, flee, escape.

He nui ngā kirikiri kua mauria mai i te whakatakere o te awa o Wharekahika mō ngā mahi raima, ā, hei hora haere ki runga i te huarahi (TTT 1/3/1928:746). / There is a lot of gravel that has been brought from the riverbed of the Wharekahika river for making concrete and to spread on the road.

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Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, , rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara


2. (verb) to lie prostrate (as a corpse).

Titiro ki te tangata e hora ana i tātahi (NM 1928:148). / Look at the man lying prostrate on the beach.

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3. (noun) spread, display.

Ahakoa kāore i tutuki te tono a te komiti, ko te mea nui i taea e Taiaroa ko te hora atu i ngā take a Ngāi Tahu ki mua i te Pāremata (TTR 1994:101). / Although the recommendation of the committee was not acted on, the important thing achieved by Taiaroa was the presentation of Ngāi Tahu claims before Parliament.

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4. (noun) wharawhara, Astelia banksii - a native plant related to the lily with silvery, grass-like, drooping leaves and small, cream flowers. Fruit is reddish purple. Grows on the ground or on rocks.

marae ātea

1. (noun) courtyard, public forum - open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors takes place and issues are debated. The marae ātea is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issue.

Kei te marae ātea te pōwhiri, he mahinga anō o te auahatanga o te ao i te wehenga o Papatūānuku rāua ko Ranginui (Te Ara 2011). / The pōwhiri takes place on the area in front of the meeting house and is a re-enactment of the creation of the world through the separation of Papatūānuku (Earth) and Ranginui (sky).

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marea

1. (verb) to be many.

A mea ana rātou, ko te kite kau koa o te kanohi i te āhua o aua moni £1500, he mea kia marea (TW 27/11/1875:390). / And they said that when they saw the actual money that is should be increased.

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Synonyms: te hanga a te, mahamaha, pio, tokomaha, maha, tuauriuri, wene, mahi, hia, takitini, nui, tini, tuarea, te mahi a te ...


2. (noun) multitude.

Tukua atu au kia rere rā, hai kata mā te marea (JPS 1897:45). / Let me move forward, to be laughed at by the multitude.

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Synonyms: mano, tini, hākerekere, nuipuku, mātinitini, tinitini, takitini, huhua, ngerongero, hira, ngero


3. (noun) common people, public.

Ka whai wāhi te marea ki te taha moana, taha awa rānei o te rohe o Taupō, kotahi tīni (22 iāri) te whānui huri noa (TTR 1998:198). / The public would have access to the shore of the lake or the river banks of Taupō one chain (22 yards) wide right around.

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Synonyms: marake, hapori whānui, pāpori, tūmatanui, mārakerake, iwi whānui

pānui

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to announce, notify, advertise, publish, proclaim.

He tika anō kia pānui utu kore mātou i taua pānui a Te Makeparena rāua ko Te Wiremu, he mea hoki, kua pānui utu kore ētahi o ngā nūpepa o ngā motu nei (TW 15/6/1878:298). / It's only right that we publish that notice of Messrs Macfarlane and Williams for no payment as some other newspapers of these islands have also published it free.

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Synonyms: whakaatu, whakamōhio, whakaputaputa, paki, kauwhau, kauhau, tauākī, whakaputa, perehi, whakakawenata,


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to read, speak aloud, narrate, recite.

Māku e pānui ngā whakaritenga ki te rōpū (PK 2008:581). / I will read out the arrangements to the group.

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Synonyms: rīti, kōrero, whakahua, whakataki, tātaku, kauwhau, kauhau, taki, tapa, whakahuahua, takitaki


3. (noun) public notice, announcement, poster, proclamation.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 197-205;)

E ngā tāngata e tuku mai ana i ā koutou pānui kia pānuitia ki te 'Tiupiri' hei mātakitaki mā ngā motu e rua nei, kia mārama tā koutou tuku mai me te tuhituhi (TJ 21/12/1899:11). / The people who are submitting notices to be published in the 'Jubilee' for these two islands to see, please write clearly.

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Synonyms: pānui whakaahua, pukapuka, pānuitanga

pānuitanga

1. (noun) announcement, notice, publication, reading, proclamation, advertising.

Nāna ake te pānuitanga o ngā menemana a te Kotahitanga, i tuhia ki te reo Pākehā, mō te ture whenua Māori a te pirimia, a Te Hētana, i huakina rā e ia i te tau 1898 (TTR 1996:91). / He published an English version of the Te Kotahitanga amendments to Premier Richard Seddon's proposed 1898 native lands legislation.

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Synonyms: whakaaturanga, kupu whakaatu, pukapuka, pānui, whakaputa, tānga

pāparakāuta

1. (loan) (noun) tavern, hotel, public house, pub.

I ngā wā o mua, e tuku nui ana ngā toakīpa me ngā tāngata pāparakāuta, me ētahi atu Pākehā, i te nama ki ngā Māori (TW 12/2/1875:1). / In former times, the storekeepers, publicans, and other Pākehā gave large credit to the Māori.

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Synonyms: hōtēra, pāparakauhe

pukapuka pāremata

1. (loan) (noun) parliamentary publications.

putanga

1. (noun) emergence, appearance, entrance, opening, escape.

Te putanga mai o tētahi poroka i roto i tōna whare raupō i waenga repo, ka pānuitia e ia ki ngā manu katoa ka taea e ia te whakaora ngā mate katoa (Popi 1887:53). / A frog emerged from inside of his raupō house in the middle of the swamp and announced to all the birds that he was able to cure all diseases.

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Synonyms: wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, pūahaaha, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, whakatuhera, puta, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi


2. (noun) exit, way out.

Ki te titiro iho koe ki te putanga o te rua nā, ka kite koe i ngā rapirapitanga o te manu kōkā (HW 1969:120). / If you look down at the exit of that hole you will see the scratchings of the mother bird.

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3. (noun) gate, outlet, vent.

Kia tūpato koutou ki ō koutou whare he mea whakakikī puru ki te tangata, hore he putanga mō te hau haunga, hore he tomonga mō te hau ora e noho tawhio ana i waho o ō koutou whare (KO 16/3/1888:7). / You should be careful with your houses when they are crammed full of people and there is no outlet for the stale air, no inlet for fresh air which is located around the outside of your houses.

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Synonyms: pūahatanga, waha


4. (noun) edition, issue (publication).

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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5. (noun) symptom.

Ko te pūputa te putanga o te pāpaka, ki ngā ngutu o te tangata, ki ōna taihemahema rānei (RP 2009:311). / Blisters on a person's lips or genitals are the symptom of herpes.

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6. (noun) outcome.

Ko te putanga te hua ka puta i tētahi pāpono tūponotanga. Hei tauira, ko te 1, te 2, te 3, te 4, te 5, te 6 rānei ngā putanga e taea ana ina pīrorihia he mataono tau (TRP 2010:214). / The outcome is the result of a probability event. For example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 are the possible outcomes when a dice is rolled (TRP 2010:214).

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Synonyms: tukunga iho, whakataunga, hua

tohu-ā-kupu

1. (transitive verb) (publication) index.

tūmatanui

1. (modifier) open, public, without disguise.

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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kāhiti

1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-tia) to publish in a gazette, publicly notify.

Kua kāhititia te Tiuka o Ioka (te mokopuna a te Kuīni, mea ake nei tae mai ki Niu Tīreni) hei Atimira (TP 1/1901:8). / The Duke of York (the grandson of the Queen, said to be coming to New Zealand) has been gazetted as an admiral.

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2. (loan) (noun) gazette.

Hāunga hoki ngā kaunihera, kei tō tātou minita te karanga ki a koutou, tēnā kei roto i ngā kāhiti e haere ana (TP 1/1902:6). / Apart from the councils, our minister will summon you, in the gazettes that are going out.

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marake

1. (verb) to be bare, clear, open, exposed to view, public.


2. (modifier) bare, clear, open, exposed to view, public.

E 3200 eka o te tāone kei te tū marake i te kainga a te ahi (HKW 1/5/1900:9). / 3200 acres of the town stand bare having been destroyed by fire.

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3. (noun) bareness, clarity, openness, exposure, public.

Synonyms: mārakerake

pāpori

1. (modifier) communal, community, public, social.

I pūmau tonu ia ki āna kaupapa tōrangapū, kaupapa pāpori (TTR 2000:238). / He continued to adhere to his political and social views.

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2. (noun) social, society, public - of or relating to society or its organisation.

He mea tuku atu e ia i taua wā he pūrongo ki te Tari Māori e whakarāpopoto ana i ngā āhua e taea ai te whakatika ake te mātauranga, te hauora, te pāpori me te ōhanga o te hunga Māori o Te Wairarapa (TTR 2000:77). / At this time he presented a report to the Department of Māori Affairs, summarising ways to improve the educational, health, social and economic position of Wairarapa Māori.

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Synonyms: marake, marea, iwi whānui, mārakerake, tūmatanui, hapori whānui

pāparakauhe

1. (loan) (noun) public house, pub, tavern.

...otirā i ngā rā o te hōtoke, i ngā rā o te āwhā, me te ua, he manaaki tā taua tū tangata ki ngā whare pāparakauhe (TW 17/8/1878:411). / ...but when the wet and stormy weather comes on in winter that type of person frequents the public house.

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Synonyms: pāparakāuta, hōtēra

rā whakatā ā-ture

1. (noun) statutory holiday, public holiday.

E 11 ngā rā whakatā ā-ture i te tau (Te Ara 2013). / There are 11 statutory holidays each year.

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hautaka

1. (noun) journal, periodical (publication).

Maringanui kua iri mai te whakakotahitanga o ngā hautaka onge nei ki te ipurangi (HJ 2015:10). / Fortunately, the collection of these precious journals has been put on the Internet.

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Synonyms: pukapuka pitopito kōrero, pukapuka putaputa, pukapuka rātaka

tānga

1. (noun) circumstance, time or place of striking, beating, etc.


2. (noun) edition, publication, hard copy.

Ko te aronga e whāia ana e rātou, ko te puta o te tānga hou o te Paipera hei tauira tino tōtika tonu mō te reo Māori, me te whakahoki mai anō i te reka o te waiata, i te tangi, i te whiti, me te rangirangi o te reo ki roto i te Paipera (TTR 1998:131). / Their aim was that the new edition of the Bible would be a standard work on the Māori language and would put back into the Bible the sweet musical tone and cadence, rhythm and poetry of the language.

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Synonyms: whakaputa, pānuitanga

whakaputa

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia) to begin to come out, cause to emerge, express, utter, publish, announce, issue, grant, produce.

Nō te rā whānau o te Kīngi (Hune 3) ka whakaputaina ngā hōnore ki ngā tāngata nunui o tana emepaea (TTT 1/6/1927:610). / On the birthday of the King (June 3) the honours for the important people of his empire were announced.

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Synonyms: whakaputaputa, perehi, pānui, whakakawenata, whakatupu, , paki


2. (modifier) expressing, articulating.

Ka tū ana te tangata ki te whaikōrero, ka whakahua ia i ngā rākau me ngā tipu hei kupu whakarite, hei kupu whakaputa whakaaro (Te Ara 2014). / When a man stands to make a speech, he mentions trees and plants as similes and as words to articulate ideas.

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3. (noun) appearance, emergence, publication.

Nō muri o te whakaputa i te pukapuka a Smith ka rahi ngā pukapuka i whakaputangia e whakapae ana ko ngā heke o ngā tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i ahu mai i te rāwhiti, i te whenua rahi o Āhia (Te Ara 2014). / After the publication of Smith’s book there was a proliferation of texts claiming that the people of the Pacific came from the east, from the continent of Asia.

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Synonyms: pānuitanga, tānga

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