2. (verb) to be responsible, reliable.
Mēnā kei te haepapa ngā kōrero e rongo ake nei tātou, ākene pea kei te ora tonu te moa (HM 2/1993:7). / If the accounts that we are hearing are reliable, perhaps the moa is still alive.
Synonyms: noho haepapa, tūtika
3. (modifier) straight, correct.
4. (noun) responsibility.
Ko te haepapa matua ki ngā mātua ki te ārai i te kino i ā rātou tamariki (RT 2013:6). / The main responsibility for parents is to protect their children from anything bad.
Synonyms: takohanga
takohanga
1. (noun) responsibility.
I muri i te whakataunga kia whakamatea ia, e ai ki te rīpoata a ngā rata mate hinengaro, he āhua iti kē ake nei te takohanga o Te Whiu mō āna nei mahi i te hunga taiohi noa nei ngā tau, me te tohu tonu atu hoki i te rawakore ōna i a ia e tipu ake nei (TTR 2000:224). / After he was sentenced to death, according to the psychiatrists, Te Whiu was rather less responsible for his conduct than would be the young man of his years, and pointed to his deprived background.
Synonyms: haepapa
2. (noun) obligation, commitment.
E whakamārama ana tēnei pepa whakamārama i ō takohanga tāke mehemea kei te tango moni whiwhi koe mai i tētahi mana Māori, i te Kaitiaki Māori rānei (RT 2013:72). / This information paper is explaining your tax obligations if you are taking money from a Māori authority or the Māori Trustee.
Synonyms: taumahatanga, kawenga taumaha, utanga, kawenga, herenga, tāpae toto, here
whakarata
1. (verb) (-tia) to pacify, tame, subdue, appease, make amenable, make responsive, control.
He roa te wā i whakarata ai a Kāpene Kuki i ngā Māori o Tūranga o Uawa, ā ka rata (TP 1/1911:5). / Captain Cook spent a long time placating the Māori of the Gisborne and Tolaga Bay areas before they were friendly.
Synonyms: whakararata, whakaratarata, whakamāriri, whakamāhaki, whakamāria, whakamārire, whakaepaepa, whakangehe, whakamārie, whakamahuru, whakarangimārie
2. (noun) dummy, pacifier, soother.
3. (modifier) taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in.
Ka tukua te taika ki waho, ka haere atu te tangata whakarata, ka kuhua tōna māhunga ki roto i te māngai o te taika, ngaua ana, riro ana tētahi taha o te kanohi (HTK 21/1/1894:2). / When the tiger was let out the tamer went and put his head into the tiger's mouth, and it bit him taking one side of his face.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakararata
4. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication.
Ko te mea tuatahi māna, ko te whakarata i ngā hōia a te Karauna (TTR 1990:354). / The first task for him to do was the placation of the Government's troops.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakararata, whakamauru
2. (noun) response, reply, answer.
Ki te huia katoatia ngā urupare e tohu ana i te kaha o ngā hua o te maramataka me ngā pānui whakaahua, he 7.29 te tau wawaenga (HM 3/1991). / If the responses are all collated they indicate the value of the almanac and the posters, a medium tally of 7.29.
Synonyms: utu, whakahoki, whakahokihoki, whakautu, paremata, kātoitoi, kupu paremata
2. (modifier) responding, answering, replying.
Ko te tono a Māui Pōmare ki a Kīngi Te Rata rāua ko Tupu Taingākawa i te rangi i ū mai ai rāua ki Ākarana, kia whakaaetia mai ngā Māori kia haere ki te whawhai ki ngā iwi nunui o te ao e whawhai mai nei. Ko te kupu whakautu a Kīngi Te Rata rāua ko Tupu, "Waiho, me kawe ake ki te iwi. Kei te iwi te tikanga." (TMP 16/12/1895:1). / Māui Pōmare's request to King Te Rata and Tupu Taingākawa on the day that they landed in Auckland was that the Māori be permitted to go to fight against the great nations of the world who were at war. The response by King Te Rata and Tupu was, "Well, it must be taken to the people. The people will decide."
Synonyms: utu
3. (noun) answer, response, reply, riposte.
Ko te whakautu tēnei a Nuku i te waiata a Te Haeata (M 2007:24). / This was Nuku's response to Te Haeata's song.
Synonyms: kātoitoi, kupu paremata, urupare, whakahoki, whakahokihoki
whakahokihoki
1. (verb) (-tia) to return repeatedly, return (to a variety of places), return (at different times).
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to answer (a number of questions).
Hei a Hepetema ka whakahokihokia ai ngā pātai (HKW 1/8/1898:7). / In September the questions will be answered.
3. (noun) answer, response, reply, riposte.
I ētahi rangi nei kātahi ka hopungia tētahi tangata ki te herehere, ki te whakaaro he pōrangi i tētahi rangi ake ka mauria ki te aroaro o te kaiwhakawā, ka patapataitia, rerekē noa atu ngā whakahokihoki i ngā patapatai, kātahi ka tino tuturu te pēnei he pōrangi, kātahi ka tonoa he tākuta (TPH 30/8/1898:4). / Some days ago a man was taken prisoner and it was thought that he was crazy when he was taken before the judge and questioned a day later, but the responses to the questions were quite strange and then he was really thought to be mad and so a doctor was sent for.
Synonyms: utu, urupare, whakahoki, whakautu, paremata, kupu paremata, kātoitoi
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to alternate speakers between tangata whenua (hosts) and manuhiri (visitors) on the marae.
See also tau whakautuutu
3. (modifier) to fill up gaps (in anything).
He māra whakautuutu ki te rangatira, he māra tiria; he māra mate ki te ware, e kore e tiria (TP 9/1908:7). / A chief's garden planted without gaps is a well cultivated garden; a commoner's garden dies because it won't be cultivated. (A whakataukī referring to a leader who sets an example by his industry.)
4. (modifier) reciprocal.
He kaihaukai whakautuutu i waenganui i Te Whānau-a-Apanui, i a Te Whakatōhea, ā kāore i ea i a Te Whakatōhea (M 2006:142). / Reciprocal feasts between Te Whānau-a-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea, but Te Whakatōhea were unable to reciprocate.
Synonyms: tau huripoki
5. (noun) responses, answers, replies.
Ko te tāhū o ngā kōrero pōhiri me ngā whakautuutu eke katoa atu ki runga i te pouaru a Timi (TTT 1/9/27:651). / The main theme of the welcome speeches and the responses all related to the widow of James [Carroll].
nohoanga
1. (noun) seat, chair, seating, dwelling place, abode, encampment.
Ko te nohoanga o Tangaroa-mihi kei te taha hau-waho o Moe-rangi maunga (JPS 1909:205). / Tangaroa-mihi lived outside of Moerangi Mountain.
Synonyms: tūru, nōhanga, nohonga, pae noho, tāwhanawhana, whakanohonoho
2. (noun) session, sitting, hearing.
Ka whakaritea e Taiaroa te kamupene rōia o Izard rāua ko Bell hei āwhina i a ia i ngā nohoanga o te kōmihana o Smith rāua ko Nairn (TTR 1994:102). / Taiaroa arranged for the legal firm of Izard and Bell to assist him at the Smith–Nairn commission's hearings.
3. (noun) position of responsibility, position.
Ahakoa te noho a te rōpū Riwhōma hai kāwanatanga ā tae noa ki 1928, i tino kaha rawa atu te mau o te awe o Ngata, inā rā, i te nohoanga ake ko Te Kōti hai minita Māori i 1921, ā, hai pirimia i 1925 (TTR 1996:106). / Although the Reform party remained as the government until 1928, Ngata had a great deal of influence, especially after Gordon Coates gained the position of native minister in 1921 and prime minister in 1925.
noho haepapa
1. (verb) to be accountable, responsible.
Ka noho haepapa tonu te Karauna ki te tiaki, ki te whaktairanga anō hoki i te reo Māori hei taonga, hei reo mana o Aotearoa (Māori Party 2014). / The Crown has an ongoing responsibility to protect and promote the Māori language as a treasure and as an official language of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
matemate-ā-one
1. (verb) to die and become like soil.
Kāore a Hinenui-te-pō i whakaae, ko tana whakautu ki a Māui, ‘E kāo ka whakamatea e au te tangata i te ao i te pō, kia tangihia ai ō koutou mate, kia matemate-ā-one ai koutou ki a koutou anō.’ (Te Ara 2011). / Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of the underworld, did not agree and her answer to Māui was, 'No, I will kill people day and night so that our dead will be cried over and become like soil.
2. (noun) deep affection, profound affection for one's land and people, condition or state that elicits certain cultural responses from indigenes.
Ka kite ia i tōna kuia, ka pupū ake te matemate-ā-one ki tana ūkaipō. / When she saw her grandmother the deep affection for her real home welled up.
whakararata
1. (verb) (-tia) to tame, subdue, make amenable, make responsive, control.
Hei ētahi wā ka whakapuakina e te tangata i muri i ana kōrero tapu tētahi whakataukī, tētahi kōrero paki rānei māna hei whakatau i te iwi, i te hunga e noho ana i reira hei whakararata, hei unu mai i te tapu o ana kōrero (Wh4 2004:117). / Sometimes after his formal words the man will utter a whakataukī, or a joke, perhaps to settle the people sitting there, to make them amenable and to remove the tapu of what he has said.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata
2. (modifier) taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in.
Ka puta te pānui whakararata a Kerei (TTR 1990:8). / Grey's pardon notice was issued.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata
3. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication.
Ko tētahi o ngā tini mea whakamīharo o roto i ēnei rā, koia tēnei, ko te whakararata hōiho (TKP 15/11/1858:2). / One of the many amazing things these days is the breaking in of horses.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata, whakamauru
kua riro māna
1. it's up to him, it's up to her, the ball's in her court, the responsibility is hers - an idiom.
Kua riro māna anō āna hipi e katikati, kua kore i haria ki te teihana i Ōpoho (TTT 1/2/1928:733). / It is up to him to shear his sheep, no longer can they be taken to the station at Ōpoho.
kupu paremata
1. (noun) retort, response.
Otirā, kua puta te taniwha i tōna rua, ā, e tika ana kia werohia, kia patua hoki mēnā ka taea. Nō reira, anei aku kupu paremata, ahakoa poto nei, ki tērā momo kōrero (HM 2/1993:4). / But the monster has emerged from its lair and it's appropriate to challenge it and kill it if it's possible. So here is my response, although short, to that type of talk.
Synonyms: kātoitoi, urupare, whakahoki, whakahokihoki, whakautu
nohonga
1. (noun) seat, seating, dwelling place, position of responsibility, position - derived from the word noho.
Nōku ka hoki ki taku tūranga i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ko ia i noho mai i tō te Toihau nohonga (HM 4/1997:2). / While I returned to my position at The University of Waikato, he sat in the seat of the Commissioner.
Synonyms: nōhanga, tūru, pae noho, tāwhanawhana, whakanohonoho, taunga, tūranga, tū, nohoanga, takotoranga, tūnga
tūtika
1. (verb) to be upright, responsible.
E tamariki tonu ana a Mēpara, kitekite ana ia i ngā pakeke e taki hautū, e tūtika ana (TTR 1998:101). / As a child Mabel saw the adults showing leadership and being responsible.
Synonyms: noho haepapa, haepapa
2. (modifier) erect, upright.
I taua hui ka haere te kōrero mōna, he tangata tāroaroa, he koroheke, he rangatira pai, he tangata tūtika (TTR 1994:31). / At that gathering he was described as a tall man, a fine elderly chief, an erect man.
whakahoki
1. (verb) (-a) to take back, return, give back, receive (tennis, etc.), put back.
2. (verb) (-a) to answer, reply, respond.
Ka kite mai a Ngāheu i tōna hoa, i a Tāwhaki, ka tīwaha mai, "E hoa Tāwhaki, e haere ana koutou ki hea?" Ka whakahoki a Tāwhaki, ka mea, "E haere ana mātou ki te tāone, ki Rotorua." (TWK 1:4). / When Ngāheu saw his friend, Tāwhaki, he called out, "Hey Tāwhaki, where are you going?" Tāwhaki replied saying, "We're going to town, to Rotorua."
Synonyms: utu, urupare, whakahokihoki, whakautu, paremata, ō, kātoitoi
3. (noun) return.
Koia nei te mahi a taua rōpū, arā, ko te whakahoki i ngā Hūrai ki Parihitini (TKO 30/9/1920:12). / This is the task of that group, namely the return of the Jews to Palestine.
4. (noun) reply, answer, response.
I pātai ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu mehemea kei te haere ake tana pāpā ki te tuki i a rātou. Kotahi anake te whakahoki a Tāmihana, "E kore taku pāpā e haere mai, nā te mea ko au tēnei e hohou nei i te rongo kia mutu ai ngā pakanga." (TTR 1990:303). / Some of the Ngāi Tahu chiefs asked if his father was coming back to attack them. Tāmihana's reply was always, "My father will not come, for I am here to make peace so that the wars stop."
Synonyms: whakautu, whakahokihoki, urupare, kupu paremata, kātoitoi
2. (noun) response.
I te wā i whakaarahia ake ai ngā marama o Tūhoe hei whāinga mā Te Taura Whiri, i tāoro atu me te kī atu anō ki te kore e matarekatia mai, tēnā homai ō koutou ake ingoa, ā, mā konei e pāho atu ki te 'Muka'. Anei e whai ake nei te kātoitoi a tētahi, arā ko ngā ingoa kaupeka o Te Wairarapa (HM 1/1993:4). / When the Tūhoe months were raised for the Māori Language Commission to use, it was announced and stated that if they weren't liked, then you should provide your own names and these would be published in 'Muka'. Here following is the response of one person, namely the names of the lunar months of Wairarapa.
Synonyms: kupu paremata, urupare, whakahoki, whakahokihoki, whakautu
whakaratarata
1. (verb) to tame, subdue, make amenable, make responsive, control, placate, reduce tension.
Ko Ngāti Hauā me Waikato e hiahia ana ki te whakaratarata atu ki te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:310). / Ngāti Hauā and Waikato wanted to reduce tensions with the government.
Synonyms: whakararata, whakarata, whakarangimārie, whakamārie, whakaepaepa
2. (modifier) tame, docile, compliant.
He tangata hauora, he wairua whakaratarata; he hihiko rawa atu ia mō te ako ki te tuhituhi kōrero (TTR 1990:25). / He was a lively person with a friendly disposition and very interested in learning to write.
3. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication, mediation.
Nā runga i ngā whakaratarata a Robert Graham i te marama o Hune, ka whakatūria te Komiti Nui o Rotorua hei kimi rongoā mō ngā whenua e raruraru ana (TTR 1990:159). / Because of the mediation of Robert Graham in June, the Great Committee of Rotorua was set up to seek solutions to land disputes.
Synonyms: takawaenga, whakararata, whakarata, whakamauru
tautitotito
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to sing songs in response to one another, reciprocate with songs, recite alternatively (verses or parts of a song).
Ko tēnei pātere, ko ngā pātere e rua e whai tata i muri iho i tēnei, he mea tautitotito i waenganui i a Titoko, o te Whakatōhea, i a te Waiu-rangi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui. He mea nui tera ki neherā, te tautitotito (M 2006:138). / This pātere, and the two which immediately follow on, were composed as competing verses between Titoko of te Whakatōhea and Te Waiu-rangi of Te Whānau-a-Apanui. It was an outstanding achievement in olden days to be able to compose competing verses.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to compose, make up, invent (stories).
Kei te J. 3/31 ētahi kōrero nā Hoani Nahe e rereke ana te kaupapa o te waiata nei me te tangata nāna i tautitotito (M 2004:164). / In J. 3/31 there are comments by Hoani Nahe that give a different origin for this song and the person who composed it.
3. (noun) song-in-reply.
Ko tētahi tēnei o ngā waiata tautitotito a Tokoahu i tāia ki te pukapuka a Hōne Waiti W 5/98 (Māori) (M 2007:98). / This is one of the songs-in-reply published in John White's book W. 5/98 (Māori).
kupu whakahoki
1. (noun) respose.
Nō te taenga ki taku kāinga ka kite atu ahau ko te whare kua pakaru me ngā mea katoa o reira, heoi ka noho ahau ki te karanga kia mōhio ai ahau tērā rānei he tangata e ora ana i raro, otirā kāhore he kupu whakahoki mai (TWMNT 8/6/1875:126). / When I arrived at my house, I found that it was smashed along with everything in it. However, I called out to ascertain if there was anyone alive underneath, but there was no response.
