tau
1. (noun) ridge.
Ka huri mātau ki tua o tētahi tau, ka kitea atu e mātau ngā tēneti e mā mai ana me ngā wākena hoki, i te taha mauī o ngā tēneti e tū mai ana ngā pūrepo a te hoariri (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / We rounded a ridge and saw the the white of the tents and the wagons, with the cannons of the enemy standing to the left of the tents.
Synonyms: tārawa, tūtūātanga, io, tuatua, taukaka, parehua, ripa
2. (noun) range.
Ka tīmata i te awa o Whangaehu, haere atu i taua awa ki te tau o Te Ruahine, haere ngā tau o Te Ruahine, o Tararua, tae noa ki te puke o Paekākāriki ; haere whakatehauāuru i runga i Paekākāriki ki te moana, ā, haere i te taha moana (hui katoa te motutere o Kapiti) hono noa ki te tīmatanga (TKM.MM 13/3/1862:25). / It commences at the mouth of the Whangaehu River, from there by that river to the Ruahine Range, then following the Ruahine and Tararua ranges to Paekākāriki Hill, then westwards across Paekākāriki to the sea, and then by the coast (including the island of Kapiti) to join back up with the starting point.
paeroa
1. (verb) to lie broadside on.
I tōna taenga atu ki te kāinga nei, kāore ia i āta whakaaroaro he kāinga hara, me āta mahia ki te ritenga Māori, me haere ki te wahi kino paeroa ai (JPS 1946:121). / When he reached this village, he had not given due regard that it was a village beset with tapu, and that he should have done the Māori ritual. He should have gone to the latrine, and there lain broadside on.
2. (stative) south-east.
3. (noun) range of hills, mountain range - particularly a long even ridge.
I tapaina e ia te whare kei Mangatangi ko Tamaoho, ā, nāna i peitatia ai ki runga ki tētehi kānawehi rahi tonu nei ngā kōrero mō Tamaoho, me tōna hekenga mai i onamata i Maungakiekie mā te paeroa o Hūnua ki te rohe o Mangatangi (TTR 1996:47). / At Mangatangi she named the house Tamaoho, and had a great canvas painted telling the story of Tamaoho, and the migration of Ngāti Tamaoho long before from One Tree Hill through the Hunua Range into the Mangatangi area.
Synonyms: pae maunga
4. (noun) wind that blows along the shore.
taupae
1. (noun) ridge (of a hill or mountain), range.
Noho nei ka puta te rongo o Hōhepa hei kaiarataki piki maunga i Ngā Puke-māeroero, nō te mea ko ia te Māori tuatahi ki te kake i ētahi o ngā tihi o taua taupae maunga (TTR 1998:46). / Joe was to become a well-known climbing guide in the Southern Alps, because he was the first Māori to climb some of the peaks of that mountain range.
2. (modifier) generally, broadly, widely.
E whakaaetia whānuitia ana, i ahu mai ngā tīpuna tūturu o ngā tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te takiwā o Taiwana, kātahi ka heke ki te tonga, ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti (Te Ara 2013). / It is generally agreed that the ultimate ancestors of Polynesians originated in the area of Taiwan and then migrated south and south-east.
3. (noun) width, breadth, range.
Ā kāti, i taku ekenga atu ki runga, arā, he papa kē e toru tekau putu pea ina te whānui (HP 1991:57). / Well, when I got onto the top it was flat area probably thirty feet in width.
pae maunga
1. (noun) mountain range.
Huri noa, huri noa i te tuakaihau, he maunga, he pae maunga, he matuaiwi (HM 2/2009:10). / In all directions in the distance were mountains, mountain ranges and rows of hills.
Synonyms: paeroa
ripa
2. (noun) boundary, border.
Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.
3. (noun) row, rank, line.
He ripa kawau kei runga kei te taumata (M 2004:30). / A row of shags on the sky-line.
Synonyms: kōhangohango, nui, tūtira, tūnga, papanga, raina, rārangi, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe
4. (noun) furrow.
Ki te kotiti te tarakihana e kukume ana i te parau, ka kotiti anō ngā ripa i te whenua (PK 2008:775). / If the tractor pulling the plow goes crookedly the furrow in the ground will also be crooked.
5. (noun) fret (of a stringed instrument).
6. (noun) tab (computers).
taka
1. (verb) to range, roam at large, move about.
Kātahi ka kitea atu te rangapū tāngata nei e taka ana mai i raro i ngā rākau (NM 1926:10). / Then the group of people were seen moving about under the trees.
Synonyms: tahawhenua, nekeneke, whakatakataka, whēkoi, nukunuku, takiwātanga, taupae, tau, whānui, ripa, takataka
2. (verb) to come round - as a date or period of time.
Kei te taka mai ngā rā e mahia nuitia ai e te Pākehā te mahi whakamaroke me te mahi tini i te paramu me ērā atu huarākau (TP 12/1905:7). / The days are approaching when Pākehā will be busy drying and canning plums and other fruit.
3. (verb) to be completely encircled.
Ka awheo te marama ka taka (W 1971:25). / The moon is completely encircled by a halo.
takataka
1. (verb) to fall frequently or in numbers, drop, turn or roll from side to side.
Ka rutua te peka kia takataka iho ngā manu. Nā te kino rawa o te makariri ka taka noa ngā manu ki te papa (Te Ara 2013). / The branch would be knocked so that the birds just fell to the ground. The birds were often so cold that they simply fell to the ground.
2. (verb) to move, walk, range.
Ka whiwhi a ia i ngā mōhiotanga o te reo me te manawanui me te tau ōna ki te takataka haere i waenganui i ngā ao e rua, arā, o te Māori me te Pākehā (TTR 1996:120). / She acquired the language skills and confidence to move with aplomb between the two worlds of the Māori and the Pākehā.
Synonyms: takiwātanga, taupae, tau, taka, whānui, ripa, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, kaneke, rangaranga, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, whakangāueue, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori
3. (noun) head.
He tāne rou kākahi ka moea, he tāne moe i roto i te whare kurua te takataka (TTT 1/10/1922:12). / The husband dexterous at dredging freshwater mussels will be slept with, but the husband who sleeps idly in the house will have his head thumped. (A whakataukī stressing the value of hard work and a wife's appreciation of a good provider.)
2. (verb) to drip, trickle.
Ka hohō te wai i te tangere o te ipu, he pakaru, koia i hohō ai (W 1971:54). / The water trickled out from the bottom of the container, which was broken and that was why it trickled out.
3. (noun) lowest range of pitches possible on a kōauau.
