2. (noun) north-west, north-west wind.
Ko taua tāone e tū ana i te taha moana i te pūaha o te awa i huaina e te Pākehā ko te Kerei. Ka rua tekau mā rima pea māero te pāmamao o taua tāone i te taha ki raro mai o Hokitika, i te taha kapekape o te moutere o Ngāi Tahu, arā, o Te Wai Pounamu (TWMNT 21/2/1872:47). / That town is situated on the coast at the mouth of the river that the Pākehā call the Grey. That town is approximately twenty-five miles to the north of Hokitika, on the north-west side of the Ngāi Tahu's island, that is the South Island.
Synonyms: kōtiu, tapātiu, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera
kape
1. (transitive verb) (-a) to pass by, leave out, exempt.
Ka whaimana te Kāwana i roto i tōna Kaunihera ki te kape i tētahi whenua Māori ki waho i ngā tikanga o tēnei Ture (RT 2013:23). / The Governor in his Council has the authority to exempt a particular piece of Māori land from the provisions of this Act.
Synonyms: tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakatipi, kopa
2. (transitive verb) (-a) to reject, refuse.
He pirau kai mā te arero e kape (NP 2001:109). / Rotten food will be rejected by the tongue. (A whakataukī saying that eventually evil will be rejected.)
Synonyms: kapurangi, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, huru, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, tohe, opa, whakarere, whakareretanga, ākiri, parahako
3. (transitive verb) (-a) to move with the point of a stick, hook out, rake out, separate out.
Ka wera ngā kōhatu, ka kapea mai ngā ngārehu, ka taona atu ngā rīwai iti nei, 12 te nui (TTR 1994:148). / When the stones were hot, the embers were raked out, and 12 small potatoes were cooked.
4. (noun) stick for moving or stirring.
Kimihia mai he kape hei kōrorirori i te peita nei (PK 2008:209). / Look for a stick to stir this paint.
rakaraka
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to harrow, rake, scratch, scrape.
I mahi tētahi tangata i tana māra, i parautia e ia, i rakarakatia (TP 2/1909:4). / A man worked his garden, which he ploughed and harrowed.
Synonyms: purau, rakuraku, rapirapi, haehae, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, hae, rapi, rarapi, hārau, raraku, tīwani, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, kowani, kaku, waku, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro
2. (noun) harrow, rake.
Kaua e waiho roa te whenua, me takataka tonu te rakaraka i runga hei whakangāwari, hei patu i ngā taru (TTT 1/10/1922:5). / Don't leave the land too long, the harrow must be made ready to soften it and to kill the weeds.
rakuraku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scratch, scrape, rake, harrow.
Ka rakurakuhia, ka puta te tarawai, ka toto, ka pirau (TTT 1/8/1927:641). / When they're scratched the pus appears and they bleed and become infected.
Synonyms: rakaraka, purau, rapirapi, haehae, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, hae, rapi, rarapi, hārau, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, waku, kaku, kowani, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro, raraku, tīwani
2. (noun) scraper.
I a ia e keri ana ka pā tana rakuraku ki tētahi mea mārō i te one (TWMNT 9/2/1875:36). / While he was digging his scraper struck something hard in the sand.
3. (noun) guitar.
