mātoretore
1. (modifier) rough.
Ka mitia taku ringa e te arero mātoretore o te ngeru (PK 2008:438). / My hand was licked by the rough tongue of the cat.
Synonyms: tuahuru, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
tunuhuruhuru
1. (verb) (-tia) to do violence, ill-treat, offend, injure, mistreat, abuse, brutalize, handle roughly, maltreat, rough up - probably should be written as two words, i.e. tunu huruhuru, as evidenced in the second example sentence.
Nā ngā Hūrai i tīmata te whawhai, he tunuhuruhuru hoki nā tō rātou kāwana (TH 1/7/1859:3). / It was the Jews who began the fighting because of the mistreatment by the governor.
He kaiwhakaako kura te wahine rā me te tangata i tunua huruhurutia rā (KO 15/4/1884:7). / That woman was a school teacher as was the man who was attacked.
Synonyms: muhani, muheni, hara, whakakino, whakamanioro, takahanga, takahi, tūkino, maukino, takakino, whakakinokino, kangakanga, whakamania, pārure, hunuhunu, marure, rurerure
pūhungahunga
1. (stative) be rough, unfinished, deficient, roughly made, imperfect.
I te tīmatanga ka kōkau, ka pūhungahunga rānei i te korenga i ū engari nāwai rā, nāwai rā i roto i te wā ko tōna otinga mai he taonga e whakamiha ai, e monoa ai te tangata i te kaha o te waiwaiā mai (HM 1/1997). / Initially it is imperfect or deficient because it is not firmly established but eventually in time it finally becomes something that one can admire and appreciate for its beauty.
Synonyms: kōkau, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuahuru, mātoretore, pūtiotio, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua, tuaranga, māngonge, matara
2. (noun) roughness.
Synonyms: tuahuru, hīngarungaru
tuaranga
1. (stative) be broken, rough (of the surface of the land).
Ka roa e noho ana i reira, kāore i haratau a reira ki te noho, he kore tahora, he tuaranga nō te takoto o te whenua (JPS 1928:176). / After staying there for a considerable time it was found to be an unsuitable place to live, owing to the lack of open land and the rough nature of the country.
See also tuarangaranga
Synonyms: tuahuru, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
tuarangaranga
1. (verb) to be unsettled, perplexed, rough, boisterous (of the sea).
Ka hoki kōmuri mai te titiro ki te pae maunga o Tararua, kei tōna take nei ko ngā wai rahopē i ētahi wā, tuarangaranga i ētahi wā, o Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara e papaki nei ki ōna takutai huri noa, huri noa i tēnei whanga (H 1992:4). / Looking back at the Tararua mountain range, at its base are the sometimes calm waters, at other times rough, of Wellington, breaking on its coast right around this bay.
Synonyms: pōrahurahu, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, raumahara, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua, tuahuru
2. (adjective) be broken, rough (of the surface of the land).
I te taenga atu o Kupe ki Rangiātea, ka ui mai a Ngātoto ki a Kupe, “E Kupe! he aha te āhua o te whenua i kite nā koe? He raupapa rānei, he tuarangaranga rānei; he onetai, he onematua rānei te one.” (JPS 1913:115). / When Kupe reached Rai'atea, Ngātoto asked Kupe, “Kupe! What is the nature of that land you have discovered? Is it flat land, or rough land? Is the soil alluvial soil, or a loamy soil?”
Synonyms: tuaranga
3. (modifier) broken, rough (of the land surface).
Ka hia marama a ia e ārahi ana i tana ope i ngā wāhi tuarangaranga katoa o te waoku i te raki o Mareia (TTR 2000:154). / He led his company for many months on end in some of the roughest jungle in the north of Malaya.
4. (noun) boisterousness, turbulence.
Engari kia maumahara tātou ko te wā o te āiō tēnei, taihoa anō te tuarangaranga, te whenewhene o Hinemoana! (HM 2/1989:1). / But we should remember that this is a time of calm, in the future the turbulence and roughness of Hinemoana will occur again!
2. (verb) (-a) to be rough (of the sea).
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, karekare, tū, kōrawarawa
3. (modifier) boggy, miry, marshy.
Otiia e kore e waimāori ngā wāhi oru o reira (PT Ehekiera 47:11). / But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed.
Synonyms: reporepo, ngaeki, kōreporepo, pōwharuwharu
4. (noun) bog, quagmire, mire, deep hole.
Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hōhonu, ki te wāhi kāore nei he tūnga (TPH 15/6/1900:5). / I sink into a deep quagmire, a place where there is nowhere to stand.
Synonyms: kene, wharu, hū, poharu, pōharuharu
5. (noun) heart, midst, thick (of a crowd).
Ka haere i roto i te oru o te tangata (W 1971:242). / She went into the midst of the crowd.
6. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
See also whai
7. (noun) koru, colensoa, Colensoa physaloides - a shrubby plant found in shady areas and stream banks in Northland and on northern offshore islands. The attractive soft, dark green, large leaves are prominently veined and serrated. Deep blue, tubular flowers occur for several months from spring. The berries are also dark blue.
ātete
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to oppose, resist, treat roughly, afront.
Nā ngā mahi ātete ā-tinana i ngā kairūri i roto i Te Urewera, i tau ai te mōrearea ki runga i ngā take whenua (TTR 1994:11). / In the Urewera physical resistance to the surveyors engendered a sense of alarm over the land issues.
2. (modifier) resistant, anti, opposing, unwilling.
Kua kitea mai ōna tāngata whakauaua, ōna tāngata ātete i ā tātou kaupapa reo Māori (HM 4/1994:11). / His reluctant and resistant people to our Māori language cause had been revealed.
Synonyms: turi, tautētete, tauwhāinga, whakakāhore, whakatete, mautohe, tāwari
3. (noun) resistance.
Ko te take i whakakaokao ai he haere ki te āwhina i te ātete a Waikato i ngā hōia a te kāwanatanga e urutomo ana i tō rātau rohe (TTR 1994:152). / The reason that they gathered together was to go to assist Waikato's resistance against government forces invading their territory.
karekare
1. (verb) to be rough (of the sea), choppy, agitated.
Karekare kau ana te tai ki Mānuka (MM.TKM 31/7/1856:11). / The sea at the Manukau Harbour are agitated.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
2. (noun) surf, waves.
I kauhoe atu a Hūria Mātenga rātou ko ana hoa tokorua i roto i te karekare o te moana ki te kawe i ngā kaimahi ki uta (TTR 1990:48). / Hūria Mātenga and her two companions swam out into the surf to bring the crew ashore.
2. (noun) coarse mat.
Uhia te hāngī ki te rautao, ki te hipora (W 1971:52). / Cover the earth oven with leaves and the coarse mat.
3. (noun) rough basket for cooking eels.
4. (noun) jute.
Synonyms: hutu
huakau
1. (noun) rough, unhewn club or staff used as a weapon.
Synonyms: tuahuru, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, whekewheke, tupangarua
2. (modifier) inclement, severe, rough (of the weather).
Ko wai e whakatō i te kōanga katopō? (Ng 1993:222). / Who will plant in the inclement spring?
kauhoro
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to scrape, rub with anything rough, rasp, grate.
I kauhorotia a Hoani e te rākau (W 1971:106). / John was scraped by the tree.
Synonyms: ngakeke, kuoro, hikahika, okoi, weku, kowani, kaku, waku, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro, rakaraka, raraku, tīwani, honihoni, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, rakuraku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru
kōrawarawa
1. (verb) rough, agitated (of the sea).
Kōrawarawa te ngaru, ka rere te nehu (W 1971:140). / The waves are rough and the spray is flying.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, karekare, tū, oru
māngonge
1. (verb) to be hard, rough.
He māngonge te tākaro a ngā tamariki (Ng 1993:403). / The children were playing a rough game.
Synonyms: tuahuru, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
2. (modifier) hard, rough.
He tangata tino pukumahi, he ringa raupā, he ringa māngonge (PK 2008:402). / A very industrious person, a person with calloused, rough hands.
matara
1. (modifier) prickly, rough.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, taratara, tiotio, tuatete, mākinakina, korotiotio, pūtiotio, tuahuru, māngonge, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tūpā, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
2. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
2. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
whekewheke
1. (verb) to be rough, scabby, scabrous, scaly.
Ka pāngia e te pākewakewa, ka whekewheke katoa te kakī me te kanohi. Te mutunga o te pākewakewa he kirihoko (W 1971:252). / When afflicted by syphilis the neck and face are all scabby. The result of syphilis are patches of white skin.
Synonyms: tuahuru, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, tupangarua
2. (verb) to be rough, disturbed (of the sea).
Ka heua ā rātou karakia e pohepohe ai ngā wai o te whanga e kore ai e taea e te taua o Ngāmotu te whakawhiti atu (Te Ara 2016). / They performed incantations, making the waters of the harbour too rough for the war party of Ngāmotu to cross.
Synonyms: whenewhene, karekare, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
3. (verb) to be dazzled, blinded.
4. (modifier) rough, disturbed (of the sea).
He rite te waka hourua ki te waka ama. He tere, he ngāwari ki te hautū, taea noa te whakatere i ngā moana pohepohe (Te Ara 2016). / Double-hulled canoes were similar to outrigger canoes. They were fast and easy to manoeuvre, and could sail rough seas.
5. (noun) roughness (of the sea).
Nā te pohepohe o ngā wai o tōna takutai, he uaua te hī ika (Te Ara 2016). / Because of the roughness of the waters of its coast fishing was difficult.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pukepuke
