Rata
1. (loan) (personal name) Russell.
…Te Makianaru, Hoani Nahe, Te Ōmana, Te Roritana, Kāpene Rata… (TW 10/8/1878:397). / …Hon Macandrew, Hon Hoani Nahe, Mr Ormond, Mr Rolleston, Captain Russell...
Synonyms: Kororāreka
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
rata
1. (noun) doctor.
Heoi, ka meatia e ngā rata he paraehe mō tōna māhunga (HP 1991:8). / And so the doctors made headgear for his head.
See also tākuta
rātā
1. (noun) rātā, Metrosideros robusta (Northern), Metrosideros umbellata (Southern) - large forest tree with crimson flowers and hard red timber. The Northern rātā is a strangling hemiepiphyte that sends roots from the canopy that thicken and fuse into an independent trunk, which eventually becomes a tall free-standing tree.
Ka tino purotu te puāwai o te rākau, arā, o te kōwhai, o te hutukawa, o te rātā, o te heketara, o te rangiora (TTT 1/4/1929:972). / The flowers of the trees were quite beautiful, that is of the kōwhai, the pōhutukawa, the rātā, the tree daisy and the rangiora.
2. (noun) scarlet rātā vine, Metrosideros fulgens - a native vine with orange-red flowers, mainly during winter.
Synonyms: whakatangitangi, akatawhiwhi, amaru, kāhikahika
rata hauora hinengaro
1. (noun) psychiatrist.
Synonyms: tākuta hauora hinengaro, mātanga mate hinengaro
koro
1. (noun) bay, cove, inlet.
Ko Pōmare te rangatira o Matauwhi, he koro ki te tonga o Kororāreka (TTR 1990:114). / Pōmare was chief over Matauwhi, a cove south of Russell.
Synonyms: whanga, tāwhangawhanga, awhenga, kopanga, korutanga, kowhanenga, kokoru, koko, kokorutanga
2. (noun) noose.
Ka oti, kei te hanga i ngā koro o te rore (NM 1928:13). / When that was completed, he made the nooses of the trap.
Synonyms: kono, kōpeti, koromāhanga, tari, karu māhanga, māhanga, naha, reti, kaha, tāwhiti
3. (noun) white rata, climbing rata, Metrosideros perforata - woody long-climbing vine. Leaves more or less circular, dark green above, pale green below, both surfaces covered in fineglandular spots (especially evident on leaf undersides). Flowers white (rarely pink) in dense, terminal, fluffy, clusters.
See also akatea
Synonyms: whakapiopio, akatoki, torotoro, akatea, akatorotoro, aka
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.
