ā-rohe
1. (modifier) local, regional.
Riro ana nā Ānaru rātau ko Te Reiwhati Vercoe, ko Mana Pere te mahi ki te whakatūtū haere mai i ngā kaunihera ā-rohe mō ngā rōpū whakahaere ā-iwi (NTR 2000:1). / It was Ānaru, Te Reiwhati Vercoe and Norman Perry who set up the district councils of tribal executives.
rohe
1. (verb) (-a) to set boundaries, set apart.
Kāore rawa i whakatūria te kura ki Porirua, engari ko te wāhi whenua i rohea atu i ērā tau e toru tekau kua taha nei (TWMNT 30/10/1875:236). / The school at Porirua has never been established, although the piece of land was set apart thirty years ago.
2. (noun) boundary, district, region, territory, area, border (of land).
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
Ko te rā tuarua tēnei, arā, ko te 24 o Whiringa-ā-nuku o te tau 2009, mai i te hokinga mai i te uhunga ki a Mate Huatahi Kaiwai i te marae o Mangahānea, i paku kō atu i Rua-a-Tōrea, i te rohe o Ngāti Porou (HM 4/2009:1). / This is the second day, the 24 October 2009, since returning from the funeral of Mate Huatahi Kaiwai at Mangahānea marae, a little beyond Rua-a-Tōrea in Ngāti Porou territory.
2. (noun) time, period, season.
Ā pau noa ngā rā tekau mā tahi me ngā pō hoki e tinei ana i te ahi, kore rawa e taea, i tēnei takiwā kua tata tonu te ahi ki te wāhi e takoto ana ngā pāka paura (HTK 8/7/1893:7). / And for eleven days and nights we were fighting to extinguish the fire without success and at this time the fire was quite close to the place where the boxes of gunpowder were lying.
Synonyms: tau, wā, kaupeka, houanga, mate wahine, mate marama, tahe
3. (noun) space.
I te wā i oti ai ngā mea katoa te hanga i runga i te mata o te whenua i roto i te whenua, i te takiwā, i roto i ngā wai, ka ui atu rātou me pēwhea te whakaputa i te ira tangata ki te ao (TTT 1/6/1924:63). / At the time all things were being created on the face of the land and in the earth, in space and in the waters, they asked how should the human element be created in the world.
4. (noun) setting.
Ko te takiwā o te whakaari, ko te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao ki Karipori (RMR 2017). / The setting of the play is the Second World War in Gallipoli.
Synonyms: tautanga, rerenga, whakanoho, whakanohonoho
whaitua
1. (noun) side, region, space, designated area, territory, domain.
Ka puta mai ngā mokopuna, noho tonu ana ko Huiatahi rāua ko Huihana hei kokoro, hei kuikui rānei, arā hei kaumātua mō te whaitua o Waitomo (TTR 1998:8). / When the grandchildren were born, Huiatahi and Huihana were recognised as the patriarch and matriarch of the Waitomo area.
whakatakiwā
1. (verb) (-tia) to separate into regions.
Ko ngā hui take kore me whakamutu, ko ngā tuku taonga ki ngā uhunga me te tikanga pākūhā me whakangāwari, ā, me whakatakiwā ngā hui nunui (HKW 1/9/1901:13). / The pointless meetings should cease, the sending of gifts to funerals and wedding ceremonies should be modest, and large gatherings should be separated into regions.
kaunihera ā-rohe
1. (loan) (noun) regional council, district council.
He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.
pae
1. (verb) (pāea) to be cast ashore, aground, stranded, wrecked, lie across, surround with a border, horizontal.
Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.
Synonyms: tarapiki
2. (verb) (pāea) to demolish, throw down.
Ka pāea te whare, ka tahuna te whare (Tr 1874:49). / The house was demolished and burnt.
3. (verb) (pāea) to measure the circumference (of a tree).
Ka pāea te rākau rā (W 1971:245). / The circumference of that tree was measured.
4. (noun) horizon, perch, rest, orators' bench, orators, transverse supports of the floor of a canoe, step (of a ladder or staircase), shelf, bar (computer) - anything horizontal.
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
Synonyms: tau, paenga, pae, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, taupua, tā, whakamatua, tāoki, okioki
5. (noun) range (series of mountains).
Kia tae koe ki te whā o ngā pae, ka noho ki te whakatā i tō manawa (TP 6/1909:5). / When you reach the fourth range, sit down and rest.
6. (noun) region, direction, vicinity, area.
Ka hemo i te kai, ka haere ki ngā pae o ngā umu rā, hamuhamu ai, ka kite i te mānga aruhe e takoto ana, ka noho, ka kai (TP 6/1909:3). / Being hungry she went to the vicinity of those ovens to scavenge food and when she saw the leftover fern-root lying there, she sat down and ate.
7. (noun) circumference - measured by māro with the arms extended.
He rākau nui, e toru te pae (W 1971:244). / A large tree measuring three fathoms in circumference (W 1971:244).
8. (noun) gums (of the mouth).
Ki te kore e āta horoia ngā niho me ngā pae, tērā pea ka pā he mate ki ngā pae - ka pupuhi, ka wherowhero, ka mamae, ā, ka keha anō te hā (HJ 2012:262). / If the teeth and gums aren't cleaned properly, problems might occur with the gums - they'll swell, become red and painful, and the breath will be foul-smelling.
wā
1. (noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration.
Me utu ngā mema o te poari (ngā Pākehā me ngā Māori) ki ngā utu tau me ērā atu utu hoki e whakaaetia e te pāremete i ia wā, i ia wā (TJ 12/4/1898:1). / The members of the board (both European and Māori) should be paid an annual stipend, and other payments to be agreed on by Parliament each time.
See also tāima
2. (noun) area, region, definite space.
Ko te hopehope he moko i tāia ki muri o te tuarā ki te wā ki te hope (M 2004:392). / The hopehope pattern was tattooed on the back in the area of the waist.
tūwāhi
1. (noun) locative, locative noun, location word - those words which follow immediately after i, ki, hei or kei in the sentence. When they are the subject of the sentence they are preceded by a. Names of places, mountains, regions, rivers, marae, etc. are included in this class. Also included is a small group of words which designate place, e.g. runga, mua, tātahi, tāwāhi, uta and waho.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 15, 121; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55;)
Me haere tātou ki tātahi. / Let's go to the beach.
Anei ētahi tūwāhi o te reo Māori: runga, muri, tua, waho, konā, uta (PK 2008:1024). / Here are some locatives of Māori: runga, muri, tua, waho, konā, uta.
kōpī
1. (noun) karaka, Corynocarpus laevigatus - tree with dark green, very glossy, large leaves and orange berries containing seeds which are poisonous unless roasted. Cultivated by Māori. Found on coastal regions.
korikori
1. (noun) hairy alpine buttercup, mountain buttercup, Ranunculus insignis - a very large and beautiful native buttercup, with glossy leaves, found in pools of water in subalpine to low alpine regions. Leaves are heart- or kidney-shaped, thick and leathery with brown hairs fringing their toothed margins. Flowering stem is branched and carries numerous bright yellow flowers, 2-5 cm in diameter. Usually five to seven petals.
Whakaruruhau, Te
1. (personal name) Magellanic Clouds - diffuse luminous regions of the southern sky now known to be galaxies containing millions of stars.
Synonyms: Ngā Pātari
hiwi
1. (noun) inanga, whitebait, Galaxias maculatus - a small silvery-white native fish with a slender body. Found in streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and pools throughout the coastal regions of Aotearoa/New Zealand up to 215 km inland. Forms small to large schools. Maximum size 190 mm. Adults mature at 1 year and migrate downstream on new or full moons to spawn when the spring tide floods marginal vegetation. Eggs are left amongst the vegetation out of the water and hatch at the next spring tide.
See also inanga
Manakotea
1. (personal noun) Light Magellanic cloud, one of two diffuse luminous regions of the southern sky now known to be a galaxy and a satellite of the Milky Way containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.
See also Pātari-rangi, Tīoreore
2. (modifier) clumsy, awkward, inept, bumbling, uncoordinated, blundering, ham-fisted.
Kāore hoki i ngaro i te huhua o te iwi o te wā kāinga me te hunga tōrangapū whānui tonu, te rerekētanga i waenganui i ngā mahi pakihawa a Wī Pere ki ō rātau whenua i raro i te kamupene i pakaru rā, me āna mahi ki te whakanui haere i ōna whenua me ōna tōnuitanga (TTR 1994:85). / The contrast between his blundering with their land in the defunct company and his activities to increase his own land accumulation and rising fortune was not lost on many local people, nor on the political community generally.
3. (noun) pectoral fin - the most anterior of the paired fins, situated in the breast region of the fish.
Te okenga i oke ai te pane me te hiku, me ngā urutira, me ngā pakihawa (NM 1928:16). / They cut the head, the tail, the gills and the pectoral fins.
pāpapa-kōura
1. (noun) willowherb, Epilobium microphyllum - an endemic tufted, creeping herb with woody bases, and numerous ascending, wiry, purple-black or black stems. White petals and flowers from December - February. Found from about Kāwhia and East Cape south, locally abundant around the Cook Strait region, thence mainly easterly in the South Island in gravelly or shingly riverbeds, flats and outwash plains from sea level to 1,200 m.
