2. (modifier) dry, dried up.
Otirā he tau raki tēnei ki ngā wāhi katoa o te ao, kātahi anō te raumati i tino pūkākā ai te rā ki Ingarani, ko tēnei (MM.TKM 31/12/1859:6). / But this is a dry year throughout the world. In England, this has been one of the hottest summers ever.
4. (noun) drought.
Otirā ināianei kua tīmata anō rātou ki te hanga waikeri hei kawe mai i te wai o ngā maunga hei whakamākūkū i ngā māra ina ka puta he raki ki te whenua (KO 20/11/1886:5). / But now they have again begun to build canals to bring the water of the mountains to irrigate the gardens when droughts occur.
5. (noun) north.
I te ngutuawa o Waihao ki te raki tā rātou hōpuni mahinga tuna (TTR 1990:200). / At the mouth of the Waihao River, to the north, was their eeling camp.
hau raki
1. (noun) northerly wind - also as one word, i.e. hauraki.
Synonyms: tiu
pito raki
1. (noun) northern end.
Synonyms: pito whakararo
Pito Raki, Te
1. (location) North Pole.
Ko te 90° ki te raki te ahopae o Te Pito Raki (RP 2009:157). / The North Pole has a latitude of 90° north.
Synonyms: Tōpito Whakararo, Nōta Pōra, Pito Whakararo o te Ao, Te
raki-mā-rāwhiti
1. (noun) north-east.
See also -mā-
Synonyms: rāwhiti-mā-raki, whakarua, marangai-mā-raro, kārapu, pāwhakarua
uru-mā-raki
1. (noun) north-west.
Ka whakatika tana iwi ki te whakahoki i tana tinana ki Taupō; nō te taenga ki Kaiwhā, i te uru-mā-raki o te moana o Taupō, ka whakatakotoria atu te tūpāpaku ki roto i tētahi ana (TTR 1990:183). / His people set out to return his body to Taupō. When they reached Kaiwhā, on the north-west side of Lake Taupō they lay the body in a cave.
See also -mā-
Synonyms: tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, kōtiu, raki-mā-uru, hauāuru-mā-raki, tapatapa-aitu, tapātiu, kapekape
raki-mā-uru
1. (noun) north-west, nor'-west.
He nui ngā raruraru e pā ana ki Moroko, he kīngitanga māori kei te raki-mā-uru o Awherika (TP 7/1907:6). / There are a lot of troubles in Morocco, a native kingdom in the north-west of Africa.
Synonyms: kōtiu, tapātiu, kapekape, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, tapatapa-aitu, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki
hauāuru-mā-raki
1. (noun) north-west wind, north-west.
Ki te taha ki te hauāuru-mā-raki o taua tāone ko te ngahere. / To the north-west of that town is a forest.
Synonyms: tūpātiu, hauātiu, parera, tapatapa atiu, tapatapātiu, māuru, kōtiu, raki-mā-uru, uru-mā-raki, tapatapa-aitu, tapātiu, kapekape
rāwhiti-mā-raki
1. (noun) north-east.
Ko Rangitahua he moutere kei te rāwhiti-mā-raki o Te Ika a Māui. / Raoul Island is to the north-east of the North Island.
Synonyms: whakarua, marangai-mā-raro, kārapu, raki-mā-rāwhiti, pāwhakarua
Hāwea, Wiha Mohi Penetito
1. (personal name) (?-2009) Ngāti Awa. A fluent speaker, translator and promoter of Māori language, Wiha was a teacher for 15 years at pioneering Huntly immersion school Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga. She was a contributor to the Māori language dictionary, He Pātaka Kupu and a lead translator on the Māori Google project. More recently she was a language coach on Vincent Ward's film Rain of the Children, which was co-produced by her husband Tainui Stephens. Also known as Wiha Te Raki Hāwea.
