rapu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.
Synonyms: pōrangi, kimikimi, hāhau, takitaki, kimi, whai, puretumu, rangahau, hīnana, ārohi, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha
2. (modifier) seeking, searching.
Ahakoa ngā ture hanga tiaki i te whenua o te tau 1896, i āhei tonu te mahi rapu ōpapa i aua whenua, ahakoa te kore e whakaae a Tūhoe (TTR 1996:176). / Despite the law of 1896 protecting land, prospecting for minerals was still occurring on those lands even without the consent of Tūhoe.
miki
1. (loan) (verb) to mix up, mix, combine - a colloquial usage. Sometimes as miki rapu.
Me miki te ngāwhā ki te hopi ngohengohe (TTT 1/8/1927:641). / The sulphur should be mixed with soft soap.
Synonyms: tāranu, konatu, pāhekoheko, whakahanumi, whakawhēranu, whāranu, natu, konanu, kōnatunatu, ranu, whakauruuru, whakananu, kōnanunanu, kōrorirori, whakaranu, kōmitimiti
2. (loan) (noun) mixture, combination.
Ka uia rātou ki tō rātou iwitanga Māori, Pākehā, aha atu, miki rapu noa rānei (Te Ara 2016). / They were asked whether they were Māori, Pākehā, another ethnic group, or a combination of these.
Synonyms: whakawhēranu, pokepoke, ranu, ranunga, whakaranu
