kōrero
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to tell, say, speak, read, talk, address.
Ko tētahi o ngā take nui o te Pāremata ināia tata nei, ko te tautohetohe o ngā mema mō te Paipera kia whakaaetia kia kōrerotia i roto i ngā kura Kāwanatanga o te motu (TTT 1/10/1927:695). / One of the important topics of Parliament recently was the members' debate concerning the Bible that it be allowed to be read in the public schools of the country.
Synonyms: pānui, rīti, mea, pepeha, hamumu, wani, whakahua, kīkī, puaki, kī
2. (noun) speech, narrative, story, news, account, discussion, conversation, discourse, statement, information.
Ko tētahi kōrero i rongo anō mātou i te hui, ko te kōrero mō tētahi tikanga o nehe (HM 2/2009:10). / An account we heard at the conference was about a custom from ancient times.
Tā te rangatira tāna kai he kōrero, tā te ware he muhukai (NP 2001:362). / The chief's sustenance is discussion, but that of the commoner is inattention.
Synonyms: pakiwaitara, kaute, whakamārama, pūtea moni, pire, rongorongo, pitopito kōrero, rongo, kawepūrongo
pānuitanga
1. (noun) announcement, notice, publication, reading, proclamation, advertising.
Nāna ake te pānuitanga o ngā menemana a te Kotahitanga, i tuhia ki te reo Pākehā, mō te ture whenua Māori a te pirimia, a Te Hētana, i huakina rā e ia i te tau 1898 (TTR 1996:91). / He published an English version of the Te Kotahitanga amendments to Premier Richard Seddon's proposed 1898 native lands legislation.
Synonyms: whakaaturanga, kupu whakaatu, pukapuka, pānui, whakaputa, tānga
pānui
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to announce, notify, advertise, publish, proclaim.
He tika anō kia pānui utu kore mātou i taua pānui a Te Makeparena rāua ko Te Wiremu, he mea hoki, kua pānui utu kore ētahi o ngā nūpepa o ngā motu nei (TW 15/6/1878:298). / It's only right that we publish that notice of Messrs Macfarlane and Williams for no payment as some other newspapers of these islands have also published it free.
Synonyms: whakaatu, whakamōhio, whakaputaputa, paki, kauwhau, kauhau, tauākī, whakaputa, perehi, whakakawenata, tā
3. (noun) public notice, announcement, poster, proclamation.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 197-205;)
E ngā tāngata e tuku mai ana i ā koutou pānui kia pānuitia ki te 'Tiupiri' hei mātakitaki mā ngā motu e rua nei, kia mārama tā koutou tuku mai me te tuhituhi (TJ 21/12/1899:11). / The people who are submitting notices to be published in the 'Jubilee' for these two islands to see, please write clearly.
Synonyms: pānui whakaahua, pukapuka, pānuitanga
tohutoro
1. (noun) reference - source of information or quote and where someone can read the original words.
Nā te kairangahau i whakarārangi ngā tohutoro i te wāhanga whakamutunga o tana pūrongo. / The researcher listed the references in the last section of her report.
Synonyms: reta tautoko
pae tīhau
1. (noun) Twitter - an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read short text messages, called 'tweets'.
See also tīhau
