ui makihoi
1. (noun) rhetorical question, pointless question - a question asked not for information but to produce an effect.
Ehara tāku i te ui makihoi, whakateka rānei, engari he tino whakamatemate kē nei nōku kia tau mai he māramatanga ki a au, kia paku hīnātore noa mai rānei (HM 3/1995). / Mine is not a rhetorical question, or a fabrication, but a real concern of mine to obtain some enlightenment, or even a glimmer of light.
patapatai
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to question, enquire, inquire, provoke, challenge, interview.
I ētahi rangi nei kātahi ka hopungia tētahi tangata ki te herehere, ki te whakaaro he pōrangi. I tētahi rangi ake ka mauria ki te aroaro o te kaiwhakawā, ka patapataitia, rereke noa atu ngā whakahokihoki i ngā patapatai (TPH 30/8/1898:4). / In recent days a man was imprisoned and it was thought that he was mad. A day later he was taken before the judge and when he was questioned the answers to the questions were quite strange.
Synonyms: whakaui, whakanano, ui, uiui, urupounamu, pakirehua, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, hītaritari, eneene, whakapātari, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, pītari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri
2. (noun) question, questioning - a frequentive form of pātai.
Na, i konei ka mārama katoa ngā tāngata o waho o te whare wānanga ki ngā kōrero a Kupe, me ngā patapatai a ngā tohunga o te whare wānanga (JPS 1914:192). / And now all men outside the school of learning understood Kupe's teaching the questions asked by the priests of the school of learning.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiui, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, pātaitai
pātaitai
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia,-hia) to question, enquire, inquire, provoke, challenge.
Ka pātaitai rawa ia i tēnā, i tēnā, kia mōhio pai rawa ki ō rātau ingoa, nō hea rātau, he aha te mahi a ō rātau mātua, he aha ngā hāhi, he aha ngā akoranga kei te mauria e tēnā, e tēnā, me ētahi atu pātai huhua noa atu (HP 1991:51). / He questioned each one to ascertain their names, where they were from, what their parents did, what were their church denominations, what subjects each one had, and many other questions.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, whakaui, whakanano, ui, uiui, urupounamu, pakirehua
2. (noun) questioning, questions, enquiries.
Kāore i ārikarika ngā pātaitai a taku māmā ki a au, me te papaki i aku taringa (HP 1991:23). / My mother asked me a lot of questions and slapped my ears.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiui, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, patapatai
uiui
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to question, interrogate, investigate, cross-examine, examine.
I te tau 1948, kīhai i momoho te petihana a Heke ki te Pāremata, ko tana tono rā kia uiuia ai te poraka e te Kōti Whenua Māori (TTR 2000:27). / In 1948 Heke's petition to Parliament to have the Māori Land Court investigate the block was unsuccessful.
Synonyms: whakanano, whakaui, pātaitai, patapatai, ui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua
2. (stative) be inquisitive.
3. (noun) questioning, interrogation, question, cross-examination.
Kua mutu te uiui mō ngā Tiamani i oma nei i Motuihi (TKO 12/2/1918:5). / The interrogation of the Germans who escaped from Motuihi has ended.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
tūpātai
1. (noun) interrogative, question word - in Māori these words each belong to one of the different types of bases, e.g. aha, pēhea, āhea, wai, hea, hia, whia, nahea, tēhea.
Ko ēnei ētahi o ngā tūpātai o te reo Māori: aha, pēhea, āhea, wai, hea, hia, nahea, tēhea. / These are some of the interrogatives in Māori: aha (what), pēhea (how), ā hea (when will), wai (who), hea (where), hia (how many), nahea (when did), tēhea (which).
whakanano
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to discredit, disparage, disbelieve, question.
Otirā, i nui ā tāua matapakinga i tēnei take o te whakanano mai i te kupu kāore i te mōhiotia, o te kupu kāore i auau te rangona (HM 4/2009:3). / But, we've had a great deal of discussion about this subject of questioning words that aren't known and words that are not heard frequently.
Synonyms: whakaui, ui, uiui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua, patapatai, pātaitai
2. (noun) enquiry, query, question, inquiry.
Mēnā he huatau ōu, he pakirehua kē rānei āu e pā ana ki tēnei tātai whakatairanga reo Māori a te Taura Whiri, kia hohoro te whakapā mai, kia hau ai te rongo ki ngā tōpito o te motu (HM 4/1993). / If you have ideas or enquiries concerning this Māori language promotional plan of the Māori Language Commission, contact us urgently so that the information can be spread to all parts of the country.
Synonyms: whakaui, ui, urupounamu, pātai
uiuinga
1. (noun) questioning, investigation, interview, inquiry, consultation.
I ēnei rangi kua hori ake nei, i te uiuinga i te take o te mate o tētahi tamaiti i mate ki Tamihana Tiriti, Pōneke, kitea iho ko te take o te mate, he mate hukihuki (TPH 1/11/1898:4). / In recent days the investigation as to the cause of death of a child in Thompson Street, Wellington, has found that the reason for the death was epilepsy.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiui, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
2. (noun) Questionnaire.
ui
1. (verb) (-a) to ask, enquire, query, disengage, unravel, disentangle.
I ui a Rātana mehemea kua kite taua rūruhi i te raiti (TKO 30/6/1921). / Rātana asked if that elderly woman could see the light.
Synonyms: whakaui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua
whakahokihoki
1. (verb) (-tia) to return repeatedly, return (to a variety of places), return (at different times).
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to answer (a number of questions).
Hei a Hepetema ka whakahokihokia ai ngā pātai (HKW 1/8/1898:7). / In September the questions will be answered.
3. (noun) answer, response, reply, riposte.
I ētahi rangi nei kātahi ka hopungia tētahi tangata ki te herehere, ki te whakaaro he pōrangi i tētahi rangi ake ka mauria ki te aroaro o te kaiwhakawā, ka patapataitia, rerekē noa atu ngā whakahokihoki i ngā patapatai, kātahi ka tino tuturu te pēnei he pōrangi, kātahi ka tonoa he tākuta (TPH 30/8/1898:4). / Some days ago a man was taken prisoner and it was thought that he was crazy when he was taken before the judge and questioned a day later, but the responses to the questions were quite strange and then he was really thought to be mad and so a doctor was sent for.
Synonyms: utu, urupare, whakahoki, whakautu, paremata, kupu paremata, kātoitoi
pākiki
1. (verb) (-tia) to question frequently, inquire, probe.
He kūaretanga nō te tangata, ana, ka pākiki a ia, "He aha te pai o te keha, o te ngaro, o te waeroa, me te toke i hangā ai e Te Atua?" (KO 14/9/1882:10). / It's because a person is ignorant that he asks continually, "What is the value of fleas, blowflies, mosquitoes and worms made by God?"
Synonyms: toromoka, tūhuratanga, hurahura, haurapa, toro
2. (verb) to beg, plead for, petition, petition.
Ināianei kua rawakore, kua hemo i te kai, ka haere noa ki te Kāwanatanga pākiki noa ai i tētahi kai hei oranga (TWMNT 5/10/1875:219). / Now they are impoverished and starving, and have to go to the Government to petition for food for their well-being.
Synonyms: pitihana, pukapuka, petihana, pukapuka inoi
3. (modifier) inquisitive, inquiring, curious, questioning, analytical, probing.
Tirohia ko te taha matatau ki te reo, matatau ki te whakaako i te tangata, āhei hoki ki te whakaoho i te wairua pākiki o te tamaiti (HM 3/1995). / Look at the fluency in the language, knowledge of how to teach people and the ability to stimulate the child's inquisitive nature.
Synonyms: uiui, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
2. (noun) mussel shell - used for separating the muka from the harakeke leaf.
3. (noun) barbed point (of a spear).
Ko te mākoi o tōna here he pounamu (W 1971:171). / The point of his spear was of greenstone.
4. (noun) pointed question.
Kāore te Minita e whakautu i ngā mākoi a Hoani Kemara. / The Minister would not answer the pointed questions of John Campbell.
5. (noun) comb.
See also heru
2. (noun) question, enquiry, query.
Ka rere te whakaui a te tangata, “Kāore rānei koutou i kite i taku rākau?” (JPS 1925:318). / The man's question was delivered, “Have you not seen my stick?”
Synonyms: ui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua
pātai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to ask, question, enquire, cross-examine, provoke, challenge.
Ko te take i pātai ai au he āhua tāruturutu, kōtiutiu nō te haere a te waka nei (HP 1991:315). / The reason why I asked was because the vehicle was going somewhat jerkily and was swerving about.
Synonyms: whakaui, ui, uiui, urupounamu, pakirehua, whakanano, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pītaritari, pātari, hītaritari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, pītari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro
2. (noun) query, question, enquiry.
Ka tū a Te Aotaki ki te mihi ki te iwi. Ka mutu, kātahi anō ia ka whaikōrero ki a Tū-whakairi-ora, me te pātai ki te pūtake o tōna haramai ko ia anake (JPS 1911:19). / Te Aotaki stood up to greet the tribe. When that ended, he next made a speech to Tū-whakairi-ora, with the question as to the reason that he had come alone.
Synonyms: whakaui, ui, urupounamu, pakirehua
2. (noun) enquiry, query, question.
Nō nā tata ake nei tau mai ai te urupounamu: "He aha rā ngā whakaaro o te Taura Whiri mō te āta whakatomokia atu o te reo Pākehā ki roto i ngā kura kaupapa Māori?" (HM 1/1993:9) / Recently the query arrived: "What are the ideas of the Māori Language Commission about the introduction of English into primary schools operating under Māori custom and using Māori as the medium of instruction?"
