2. (noun) quarter.
Ina wehea tētahi inenga, tētahi huinga, tētahi āhua rānei ki ētahi wāhanga ōrite, koia ērā ko ngā hautau. Mehemea e whā ngā wāhanga ōrite, ka kīia ia wāhanga he hauwhā (TRP 2010:114). / When a measurement, a shape, or a set is divided into equal parts, this is called a fraction. If there are four equal parts, they are called quarters (TRP 2010:114).
Synonyms: koata
3. (noun) quartile.
Ko te hauwhā he ine tauanga e hāngai ana ki te raraunga tau. Ina raupapahia tētahi huinga raraunga mai i te iti ki te rahi: ko te hauwhā runga te raraunga kei waenganui pū i te tau waenga me te mōrahi; ko te hauwhā raro te raraunga kei waenganui pū i te tau waenga me te mōkito (TRP 2010:116). / A quartile is a statistical measure relating to number data. When a data set is put in order from the smallest to largest: the upper quartile falls directly in the middle between the median and the maximum; the lower quartile falls directly in the middle between the median and the minimum (TRP 2010:116).
wāhi noho
1. (noun) address, home address, living quarters, accommodation.
Nā te mea he tino hē rawa atu te nuinga o ngā wāhi noho o ngā kaikuti hipi Māori, i ngangahau ai a Tūtaki ki te whakapai ake i te āhuatanga noho o aua wāhi (TTR 1996:263). / Because the living quarters of the Māori shearers was so abysmal, Tūtaki was active in working to improve the living conditions of of those places.
Synonyms: wharenoho
2. (noun) charge, face to face combat.
Ka whakahokia mai ko te āpititū, ka mate i reira he tini ki te tahua (M 2006:414). / You retaliated in face to face combat, and they died there in myriads in a heap for the feast.
āpiti
1. (particle) as well as, in addition.
Āpiti atu ki tēnei e kore rawa e whai wāhi ki te kura i a ia anō, te tukunga iho ka heke haere tōna pai mō te mahi minita (TKO 30/4/1920:11). / Added to this is that he will never be able to educate himself, with the result that his value as a clergyman will diminish.
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to add, put together, place side by side, supplement, annex, append.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to attack, fight at close quarters.
Mai i te tau 1829 ka tīmata ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu ki te taitonga ki te hokohoko whenua kia riro mai anō ai he pū, he kariri mā rātou. Kua āpititia hoki a Kaikōura e Te Rauparaha i taua wā (TTR 1990:135). / From 1829, the chiefs of southern Ngāi Tahu began to trade land to obtain more guns and ammunition. At that time Kaikōura had been attacked by Te Rauparaha.
4. (modifier) confined, steep-roofed.
He whare āpiti te nuinga o ngā whare karakia tawhito (PK 2008:26). / The majority of old churches are steep-roofed buildings.
5. (noun) supplement, extra, schedule.
He āpiti ki 'Te Pīpīwharauroa' (TP 1/8/1899:9). / A supplement to 'Te Pīpīwharauroa'.
Synonyms: hōtaka, kupu āpiti
6. (noun) friend, companion.
7. (noun) narrow pass, gorge, canyon, chasm, gap, gulch, gully, ravine, cleft.
Ko Arapuni he āpiti kei te awa o Waikato (TTT 1/5/1928:780). / Arapuni is a gorge in the Waikato River.
8. (noun) radius, outer forearm bone.
Ko te āpiti te kōiwi o mua o te kikowhiti, he poto ake i te kōwhiti (RP 2009:348). / The radius is the bone at the front of the forearm and is shorter than the ulna.
kuata
1. (loan) (noun) quart - an imperial liquid measurement equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints.
Synonyms: koata
kī-o-rahi
1. (noun) a traditional ball game - played with a small round flax ball called a kī. Two teams of seven players, kaioma and taniwha, play on a circular field divided into zones, and score points by touching the pou (boundary markers) and hitting a central tupu, or target. The game is played with varying rules(e.g. number of people, size of field, tag ripping rules, etc.) depending on the geographic area it is played in. It is played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of kīoma and taniwha at 1/2 or 1/4 time.
pārenga
1. (loan) (noun) farthing - a coin and monetary unit once worth a quarter of a penny.
Ko te utu i tae ki te ono kapa me te hēpene mō te pāuna, ko ētahi wūru pai i tae ki te iwa kapa me te kotahi pārenga mō te pāuna (TW 16/11/1878:578). / The price reached 6 1/2 pence per pound, and some fine wool reached 9 1/4 pence [nine pence and a farthing] per pound.
See also pātene
