2. (modifier) distant, remote, far-off.
He whenua nawa - tekau mā ono hāora i te waka rererangi e tae atu ai (PK 2008:493). / A distant land - reached after sixteen hours on a plane.
3. (interjection) used at the end of stanzas with no apparent meaning, often in the forms i nawa, mā nawa, mau nawa, kai mau nawa.
Kaea: Auē! Nō wai te motokā e topa mai ngā rori? Katoa: Auē! Nōu nei Kāwana tika mai nei tāua, i nawa! (VC 1943:8). / Leader: Whose is the motor car speeding hither along the highway? All: It is thine, O Governor, coming direct to me (VC 1943:9).
pāmamao
1. (verb) to be distant, remote.
I tae ai te rongo o tēnei whenua ki tētahi wāhi ko Uru te ingoa, kei uta kei te tuawhenua, kei te pāmamao atu i Irihia (JPS 1927:351). / The fame of this land reached a certain place named Uru, situated in the interior of the mainland far distant from Irihia.
2. (noun) distance.
E 200 iāri te pāmamao atu o taua rākau i te whare o Te Moi (TWMNT 8/2/1876:36). / The distance of that tree from Mr Moys's house was 200 yards.
2. (location) the distance, a long way away.
He hangariki ngā whetū ki te titiro atu, nā te mea e noho ana ki tawhiti (PK 2008:74). / Stars appear to be small because they are situated a long way away.
3. (modifier) from abroad, foreign, exotic, introduced.
I te pānga o te urutā taru tawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / When the introduced epidemic of 1918 struck the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
4. (noun) distance, distant locality.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64;)
Mai i taua wāhi ki te tari o te Kānara, e whitu māero pea te tawhiti (HP 1991:180). / From that place to the Colonel's office was approximately seven miles distance.
2. (modifier) misplaced, mislaid.
I takaroa ahau nā te mea e kimi ana au i aku kī kōkēi. / I was late because I was looking for my mislaid keys.
3. (noun) distance.
Me piki tāua i te puke rā kia kite ai tāua pēhea te kōkēi o te onepū (PK 2008:288). / We should climb up that hill so that we can see how far away the beach is.
pārera
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs. Distinguishable from the female mallard by having a green speculum without white edges.
Ko ngā kai o Ngāruawāhia i tukua mai mā Te Kāwana, he poaka, he rīwai, he rohi, he pīpipi, he pārera, he heihei (TPM 10/2/1863:8). / The food of Ngāruawāhia presented to the Governor was pork, loaves of bread, turkey, duck and chicken.
karakahia
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs.
See also pārera
māunu
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs. Distinguishable from the female mallard by having a green speculum without white edges.
See also pārera
