Pāti Māori, Te
1. (personal noun) The Māori Party - a political party led by Tāriana Tūria, Peter Sharples and Whatarangi Winiata established to promote Māori issues in the 2005 election.
See also Tōrangapū Māori, Te
-ranga
1. A suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns, and the usual ending for verbs that take the passive ending -ria. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
Ka tōmuri au ki taku akoranga i te whare wānanga. / I will be late for my class at university.
rīriri
1. (verb) (rīria) to quarrel, fight.
Ka tukua te taonga pounamu hei tohu mō te rongomau i waenganui i ētahi e rīriri ana (Te Ara 2013). / Valuable greenstone heirlooms were given to establish peace amongst some who were fighting.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (noun) fighting, warfare, warring, hostility.
Kīhai i taea e rāua te whakamutu te rīriri a ngā iwi o Taranaki ki ā rātou anō (TTR 1990:17). / They were unable to end the warfare within the Taranaki tribes.
tūmahi hāngū
1. (noun) passive verb - a word that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
I te rerenga kōrero 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', ko te 'horoia' te tūmahi hāngū. / In the sentence 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', 'horoia' is the passive verb.
See also pīmuri whakahāngū
Synonyms: hāngūtanga
hāngūtanga
1. (noun) passive verb - a word that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85;)
Synonyms: tūmahi hāngū
pīmuri whakahāngū
1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
Ko ia te tangata whai mana o tēnei marae o Pehiaweri, he tangata hoki ia i arohaina nuitia e ōna iwi ake, me ōna hoa Pākehā hoki (TP 10/1903:6). / He was the person who had authority of this marae, Periaweri, and was a person greatly loved by his own tribes and also by his Pākehā friends.
See also pīmuri
Synonyms: hiku whakahāngū, kūmuri hāngū
kūmuri hāngū
1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
See also tūmahi hāngū
Synonyms: hiku whakahāngū, pīmuri whakahāngū
