2. (noun) fart, flatulence, flatus.
māika
1. (modifier) quietly, quiet.
He tangata māika noa a Te Rangihau ki te kōrero, engari nā te mea he ngākau pono, he tino mōhio nōna, ka kīia he momo anō, ā, me ka noho mai te tangata ki tana taha, manarū noa ana ia i a ia (TTR 2000:173). / Te Rangihau was quite quietly spoken, but because of his integrity and wisdom he was said to be an impressive individual and if one sat with him he had a spellbinding effect on one.
Synonyms: kōmuhu, mōhū, mārie, mārika, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, maho, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata, mārire, hū, rangimārie, māhaki, nohopuku
mārire
1. (particle) exactly, absolutely, unequivocally, positively, seriously, essentially, indubitably, for the most part, in the main, deliberately, intentionally, carefully, really, gently, quietly, silently, completely, thoroughly, well and truly, actually, in fact, quietly, peaceably, peacefully, just, merely, very - a word to intensify and add emphasis, often translated by one of the above. Where mārire follows a verb in the passive it will take a passive ending also, usually -tia.
Te reka mārire o te merengi nei. / This melon is really sweet.
Ka kimikimi te Whare ki ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te taha Māori, he tika kia āta whakaarohia mariretia aua tikanga (TWMNT 13/2/1877:27). / The House is considering matters affecting Māori, and it is only right that those matters be considered very carefully.
Synonyms: puku, mārika, mārie, mōhū, kōmuhu, māika, mōrukaruka, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, rukaruka, ehara ehara, pū, anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., tahi, heipū, tōkeke, noa ake, tonu, ia, ia rā, noa iho, tinana, koa, katoa, rawa, i neki, inā, ata, rā anō, rā pea, rānō, tino, kau, noa, tou, tika, tata, ake, kē, koia, koia
2. (verb) to be peaceful, quiet, fortunate, appeased.
Ko te kōhuru mā te pāwera, mā te hae, mā te ohorere o te ngākau, mā te mamae, tēnā ko te tāhae whenua he mea āta whakaaro mārire, he mea āta rūnanga rawa he kōrero parau, ehara i te hara ohorere nā te ohonga o te ngākau, kāhorehore, engari he hara he mea āta waihanga mārire, i whakamahia e te tangata tōna hinengaro ki te āta whakatakoto, kāhore i mahia i runga i te pāweratanga o te ngākau, engari i te ngākau anō e mārire ana (TP 3/1909:2). / Murder is done because of passion, jealousy, impulsively, or because of pain, but stealing land is something that is carefully planned and thought out with deception, it's not an impetuous sin, no, but it is a sin that is carefully devised and planned, not done on the spur of the moment, but when one's emotions are calm.
Synonyms: houkura, hūmārie, aumārire, tō, mārie, hūmārire, whakaaio, rangimārie, ukiuki, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, ngehe, āio, maho, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata
3. (noun) softness (of sound).
Ko te kahaoro te tīwerawera, te mārire rānei o te oro (RTP 2015:59). / The volume is the loudness or softness of the sound.
mārie
1. (particle) exactly, absolutely, unequivocally, positively, seriously, essentially, indubitably, for the most part, in the main, deliberately, intentionally, carefully, really, gently, quietly, silently, completely, thoroughly, well and truly, actually, in fact, quietly, peaceably, peacefully, just, merely, very - a word to intensify and add emphasis, often translated by one of the above. Where mārie follows a verb in the passive it will take a passive ending also, usually -tia.
Ko te whenua ka takoto mārie, taihoa ka tupuria e te otaota, e te māheuheu (HJ 2015:101). / Land just left will in time be overgrown by weeds and scrub.
Synonyms: puku, mārire, mārika, mōhū, kōmuhu, māika, kē, koia, koia, tinana, koa, katoa, rawa, i neki, noa iho, tōkeke, noa ake, tonu, ia, ia rā, heipū, tata, ake, kau, rānō, tino, inā, ata, rā anō, rā pea, tika, tou, noa, piropiro, ehara ehara, puru, pohapoha, mōrukaruka, tahi, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., rukaruka, hāwerewere, moruka, anō, pū
2. (verb) to be peaceful, friendly, harmonious, amicable, composed, abate.
I whakahoahoa rātou ki ngā Pākehā i runga i te wawata ka mārie tā rātou noho tahi (TTR 1990:77). / They were friendly towards the Pākehā in the hope that their existence together would be peaceful.
3. (verb) fortunately, it was fortunate, luckily.
Ka mea atu ngā tama, "Mārie anō kia haere mai koe!" Ka mea atu te koroheke, "Ki te aha?" Ka mea atu rāua, "Ki te karakia i ā māua māra." (NM 1928:170). / The boys said, "It was fortunate that you have come!" The elderly man said, "What for?" They said, "To recite ritual chants for our gardens."
Synonyms: marenganui, mokori anō, maringanui, māringanui, mokori
4. (modifier) peaceful, friendly, harmonious, amicable, composed.
He tangata mārie, whakamōwai a Rāni Erihana, i ngākau pono nui ki tana kamupene me tōna whānau (TTR 2000:59). / Rāni Ellison was a quiet, unassuming man who was devoted to his company and his family.
Synonyms: ngehe, rangimārie, ukiuki, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, āio, houkura, hūmārie, aumārire, tō, mārire, hūmārire, whakaaio
5. (noun) peace, calm, tranquility, calmness, peacefulness, serenity, composure, harmony, geniality.
Ko te mātau, ko te mārie nui i kitea ki tōna mata (MM.TKM 1/12/1855:13). / Intelligence and geniality could be seen in his countenance.
Synonyms: mahurutanga, marino, whakamārietanga, rongo, rangimārie, maungārongo, rongomau, waikanaetanga, whakaaio, āio, houkura, houhanga a rongo, hūmārie, aumārire, māriri, hūmārire
mārika
1. (particle) exactly, absolutely, unequivocally, positively, seriously, essentially, indubitably, for the most part, in the main, deliberately, intentionally, carefully, really, gently, quietly, silently, completely, thoroughly, well and truly, actually, in fact, quietly, peaceably, peacefully, just, merely, very - used following the word it relates to, to intensify qualities, including bad ones, or to follow āe. It can be used to show approval or disapproval.
Tō tere mārika! / Gee you're quick!
I takoto mārika ia ki te whatitoka o tōna whare (HP 1991:19). / She lay right by the doorway of her house.
Engari te tīma tāne nāku mārika i whiriwhiri (HP 1991:250). / But the men's team I selected myself.
Ehara mārika i a Mahuta ake aua kaupapa o 1894 me 1895 nei (TTR 1996:86). / The plans of 1894 and 1895 were not Mahuta's personal work.
See also āe mārika
Synonyms: puku, mōhū, mārie, mārire, kōmuhu, māika, tahi, mōrukaruka, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, ehara ehara, rukaruka, pū, anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., katoa, rawa, i neki, inā, rā anō, rā pea, rānō, tino, ata, kau, ake, tata, tika, tou, noa, noa iho, tōkeke, noa ake, tonu, ia, ia rā, heipū, kē, koia, koia, tinana, koa
2. (modifier) dumb, quiet, not talkative, silent, mute, reserved, quiet.
He tangata wahangū ki te kāinga, engari ka puta ana ki wāhi kē, he waha papā (Te Ara 2013). / A person who keeps quiet at home but talks a lot when they’re out.
Synonyms: whakangū, hāngū, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui, tāpui, whakatōngā, konekone, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, mārire, rarata, maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, nguengue, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, whakaroau
3. (noun) dumbness, deaf mute.
Kua whakaorangia te kāpō, te turi, te wahangū, te pararūtiki, te kopa, te ngoio, te hūkiki, me ērā atu mate (TTT 1/7/1923:13). / Blindness, deafness, dumbness, paralysis, being crippled, asthma, epilepsy and other illnesses have been healed.
nguengue
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to be quiet, silent, reserved, placid.
Nei rā te wao tapu ka nguengue (HM 1/1998:1). / Here the sacred forest is silent.
Synonyms: whakamōwai, māhuruhuru, mākoha, kōratarata, aungāwari, rarata, māhaki, konekone, whakatōngā, tāpui, rāhui, memeke, whakaroau, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, mārire, whakamārie, wahangū, tōngā, nohopuku, māika, rangimārie, maho, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū
2. (modifier) quiet, silent, reserved, placid, inhibited.
He tangata pakupaku noa nei tōna hanga, he tangata nguengue, huna nei te āhua, engari me ka tū mai ana ia i te whatārangi, tū mai ana he tangata rerekē (TTR 2000:98). / He was small in stature, a quiet and private person, but if he stood up on the stage, he was a different person.
rangimārie
1. (modifier) quiet, peaceful.
Mutu rawa ake te tau 1866, kua riro mā Tītokowaru te ope Hauhau e ārahi; ā, nō tōna kitenga tērā rātou ka mate i te hiakai, kātahi ka whakahuangia te tau 1867, ko 'te tau o te rēme' he wā rangimārie (TTR 1990:271). / By the end of 1866 Tītokowaru had obtained the leadership of the Hauhau and realising that they were starving, he pronounced 1867 as 'the year of the lamb', a time of peace.
Synonyms: ukiuki, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, ngehe, āio, houkura, hūmārie, aumārire, tō, mārie, mārire, hūmārire, whakaaio, maho, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata
2. (noun) peace, peacefulness, harmony.
Nā ngā taumau ka tau te rangimārie (Te Ara 2016). / Betrothals brought peace.
Synonyms: marino, rongo, maungārongo, rongomau, waikanaetanga, whakaaio, āio, houkura, houhanga a rongo, hūmārie, aumārire, mārie, māriri, hūmārire, whakamārietanga
rarata
1. (verb) to be pacified, placid, docile.
Ko te iwi o tēnei moutere kua rarata (TP 8/1910:3). / The people of this island are docile.
Synonyms: māhaki, māhuruhuru, mākoha, nguengue, kōratarata, aungāwari
2. (verb) to be tame, quiet - plural form of rata.
Ki tā rātou kī, kua rarata ngā kau puihi, me ngā poaka puihi (TWM 21/1/1865:3). / According to what they say, the wild cows and wild pigs have been tamed.
Synonyms: maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, mārire
3. (adjective) be familiar with, friendly.
He rarata nōna ki a Hakipia, koia i harakoa ai a Wiremu Pārete ki te pānuinui pitopito kōrero mai i ngā mahi whakaari, me te whakatūnga anō hoki i ngā wāhi pai ki a ia (TTR 2000:17). / Because he was keen on Shakespeare, Bill Barrett enjoyed reciting passages that he liked from plays and acting parts.
4. (modifier) tame, docile.
Ko Te Karini o Nēpia nei e pīrangi ana ki tētahi kākā rarata nui hei mōkaikai mā ana tamariki (TWM 20/1/1870:1). / Mr Grindle of Napier wants a very docile kākā as a pet for his children.
5. (noun) docility.
Ko ētahi e aua manu ka nui te rarata (TPH 30/12/1900:5). / Some of those birds are very docile.
rata
1. (verb) to like, warm to, take a liking to, take to.
I te tīmatanga, kīhai te Māori i rata ki te whakatipu witi, he rerekē hoki nā te hātepe whakapaipai, he rerekē hoki te āhua o te witi ki ērā ngā tipu a te Māori (Te Ara 2013). / At first, Māori did not take to growing wheat because it required processing, and was different from the traditional crops of the Māori.
Synonyms: matareka, riterite, manako, me, ōrite, pai, ānō, pīrangi, rite, tairite, ānō nei, enanga, kei
2. (modifier) friendly, quiet, tame.
Ko aua pōtiki, he tohorā rata (HP 1991:11). / Those pets were tame whales.
Synonyms: maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata, mārire
tō waha
1. don't interfere! shut up! be quiet! watch your mouth! - an idiom used to advise someone to keep their opinions to themselves and not to make comment.
Synonyms: kōpani, whakakōpani, āpuru
turituri
1. (verb) to be noisy, rowdy.
I konei ka turituri rawa te hui (TWMNT 7/12/1878:164). / At this point the gathering became very noisy.
Synonyms: pākinakina, manioro, makekeno, māniania, kurupākara, nganangana, hoihoi, haunene, tīhoihoi
3. (interjection) hush! be quiet!.
Pānuitia ki Parani kāore aku hara. Engari ko ngā whakahoki mai i taikaha. I karanga mai te tangata, "Turituri!" (HKW 1/10/1899:4). / Inform France that I'm innocent. But the response was harsh. The man called out, "Be quiet!"
hāngū
1. (verb) to be dumb, mute, quiet, incommunicative, not talkative, silent, taciturn, passive, still.
Ko ana tikanga e rite ana ki tā mātou titiro ki te tangata i kīia e te iwi he tino tangata, ā hāngū tonu iho (TW 26/7/1875:112). / In our opinion his career is like the man who the people said was wise, but was mute.
2. (modifier) dumb, mute, quiet, incommunicative, not talkative, silent, taciturn, passive.
Mā tana noho hāngū ka kīia ai e te iwi he tika te kōrero tūtara mōna (TW 11/8/1877:322). / Because he remained silent the people said that the rumour about him was correct.
Synonyms: wahangū, whakaroau, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, rarata, mārire, maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, nguengue
3. (noun) mute.
I whakapai nei i ngā tamariki i mauria atu ki a Ia; i whakaora nei i ngā matapō, i ngā taringa kua turi, i ngā hāngū, i ngā kopa, i ngā repera (THM 1/4/1889:5). / He blessed the children brought to Him; cured the blind, the deaf, the mute, the lame and the lepers.
4. (modifier) passive - a grammatical term for passive sentences (rerenga hāngū) when the subject undergoes the action of the verb, i.e. is passive not active. In Māori, verbs used in passive sentences usually take a passive ending and the agent of the action is preceded by e.
He rerenga hāngū tēnei: Ka tukuna atu e mātou he karere ki a Rua i Matahī, kia haere mai ki te āwhina i a mātou (TTT 1/5/1925:227). / This is a passive sentence: A message was sent by us to Rua at Matahī to come to assist us.
See also pīmuri whakahāngū
2. (modifier) silent, quietly, silently.
He kaha ia ki te akiaki i te rangatahi kia aro nui ki te whai i te mātauranga, kai reira anō hoki ia e hono mōhū ana i te mahi whakapiri o te Pākehā rāua ko te Māori, whakahau hoki i te kōrero punenga (TTR 2000:131). / He encouraged young people to consider furthering their education and he quietly promoted contact between Māori and Pākehā, and urged for intellectual discussion.
Synonyms: puku, kōmuhu, mārie, mārika, mārire, māika, nohopuku, noho ngutu kau, ngū, nguengue, whakakeke, hū, haumūmū, hāngū, whakaroau, wahangū, mū
whakamāria
1. (verb) (-tia) to calm, pacify, appease, propitiate.
See also whakamārie, whakamārire
Synonyms: whakaturi, whakawhere, whakawherewhere, whakarangimārie, whakamahuru, whakamārie, whakamāriri, whakamāhaki, whakamārire, whakaepaepa, whakangehe, whakarata
whakamārire
1. (verb) (-tia) to calm, pacify, appease, propitiate.
Nā te mea he taonga te pounamu nā te rangatira, he taonga hoki hei whakamārire i te riri, he mana nui, he tapu nui te pounamu (Te Ara 2014). / Because greenstone is a possession of chiefs and a treasure to make peace, it has great mana (status) and tapu (sacredness).
See also whakamārie
Synonyms: whakaturi, whakawhere, whakawherewhere, whakarangimārie, whakamahuru, whakamārie, whakamāriri, whakamāhaki, whakamāria, whakaepaepa, whakangehe, whakarata
2. (modifier) quiet, gentle, appeased, peaceful, calming, placatory.
I Hune ka tae a Tiemi Make, te kōmihana ā-iwi, me ngā rangatira o ētahi atu rohe ki te hui whakamārire i Te Hokianga (TTR 1994:166). / In June James Mackay, the civil commissioner, and chiefs from other areas came to Hokianga to mediation meeting.
Synonyms: whakamauru, mārie, mārire, hūmārire, whakaaio, rangimārie, ukiuki, whakamārie, whakamāria, ngehe, āio, houkura, hūmārie, tō, aumārire, maho, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata
kōmuhu
1. (verb) (-a) to whisper, murmur.
I tētahi Rātapu, kikī tonu tō rātou whare karakia i te tangata. I a Te Teira e inoi ana, ka puta mai ki te whare karakia te kaimataara i oma ake i te awa, ka kōmuhu atu ki te taringa o te tangata i te tatau tonu, "Ē, kei te rere te kahawai!" (TWK 16:5). / One Sunday their church was full of people. Reverend Richard Taylor was saying a prayer when the lookout, who had run from the river, appeared at the church and whispered in the ear of the person just at the the door, "Hey, the kahawai are running!"
See also kōmuhumuhu
Synonyms: kowhete, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, warowaro, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, kōhetehete, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete
2. (verb) (-a) to do quietly, do without fuss, unobtrusively.
Ehara ia i te tangata whai kia rangona tōna ingoa, engari mahi kōmuhu noa ai ia (TP 11/1910:2). / He isn't a person seeking fame, but just works quietly.
kōkuhu
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to insert, introduce, intrude (into a series or company).
Ki te kīia tō reo e te reo kōkuhu he ngoikore, i te mea kāore e taea e ia te ao hou te kōrero, me kī atu koe, "Aua atu. Hei aha mā mātou." (HM 2/2009:10). / If it is stated by the introduced language that your language is weak, that it's not able to talk about the modern world, you should say, "So what. That doesn't matter to us."
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) give secretly, give quietly, give surreptitiously - used of giving koha in person directly and unobtrusively to the rangatira or a member of the bereaved family at a hui or tangihanga.
I ētahi wā kua heria hunatia atu te whakaaro ki te wharemate. Ko tērā whakaaro mā te kirimate. Kāore he whaipānga atu o te marae ki tērā whakaaro. I ētahi wā kua kōkuhutia atu te whakaaro ki roto i te ringa o te rangatira o te tangata whenua i te wā e ohaoha ana, e rūrū ana rānei (TWK 39:16). / Sometimes the gift is taken secretly to the people in the place where the body lies. That gift is for the bereaved family. The marae has no claim on that gift. Sometimes the gift is given surreptitiously into the hand of the leader of the local people at the time when they are each other or shaking hands.
See also koha
3. (modifier) surreptitiously, furtively, secretly, covertly.
Kāore rānei ngā Māori kōpūrua e haere kōkuhu atu ki taua takiwā tapu ki te hari atu i ana hani whakamate? (KO 15/1/1885:8). / Will the vacillating Māori go surreptitiously to that area of prohibition to take his destructive weapon?
Synonyms: tārehu, torohū, toropuku, whakamokeke, muna, ngaro, tōngā, hū, puku
4. (noun) insertion, insert.
Ka taea anō te whai i te tikanga o ngā tauira o runga ake nei, me te kōkuhu atu i te ‘kore’ ki roto (HKK 1999:83). / The use of the pattern above can also be used with the insertion of 'kore'.
tōngā
1. (modifier) restrained, reserved, reticent, retiring, quiet.
He tangata ngākau tōngā nei tōna, rerekē noa atu i tana wahine, i a Mere (TTR 1998:9). / He was a reserved man, in contrast to his wife, Mere.
Synonyms: memeke, rāhui, tāpui, whakatōngā, konekone, whakamōwai, pūihi, moke, tikumu, whakakumu, rikarika, ārikarika, hāngū, rarata, mārire, maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue
2. (modifier) secretly, secretive, in secret.
hūnguengue
1. (modifier) retiring, unpresuming, quiet, reserved, reticent, unassuming, self-effacing, plebeian.
Ehara ia i te pākiwaha, he tangata hūnguengue kē ia. / He isn't boastful, but is a self-effacing person.
Synonyms: moke, pūihi, whakakumu, tikumu, mahimahi, hauhauā, kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauhea, tautauwhea, whakatōngā, konekone, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui, tāpui, whakamārire, hū, rata, hāngū, rarata, mārire, māika, māhaki, rangimārie, nohopuku, maho, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria
