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hoehoe

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to paddle about, make repeated trips (in a canoe or boat).

He hoehoe waka te mahi a ngā tamariki nei (W 1971:55). / The activity of these children is paddling a canoe about.

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2. (modifier) paddling, rowing.

I te tūnga o taua waka hoehoe kaipara ka tae a Te Kāraerae, te waka o Whātonga rāua ko te irāmutu, ki waho o te ngutuawa ki te moana (JPS 1928:178). / When that canoe-paddling contest was held the canoe of Whātonga and his nephew, 'Te Kāraerae', passed out through the entrance to the ocean.

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inaki

1. (verb) (-tia) to crowd one upon another.

Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to overlap, cover with overlapping layers, cover with overlapping rows.

Ko ētahi o ngā whenua e inaki ana; ko ētahi anō e hia kē nei ngā hokonga (TTR 1990:369). / Some of the land blocks overlapped; some were also sold a number of times.

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Synonyms: kōnumi, īnakinaki


3. (verb) (-tia) to cut short another speaker - by beginning to speak before he has concluded.

Tē tukua tāku kōrero kia tau ki raro; inaki tonu mai koe (W 1971:77). / My speech wasn't over before I sat down when you cut in.

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4. (verb) (-tia) to fall back on forces in the rear, come up to reinforce an advanced force.

Ka inaki ki runga ki ngā matua (W 1971:77). / They fall back onto the army divisions.

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whakarārangi

1. (verb) (-tia) to arrange in a line or row, catalogue.

Nā kātahi ngā wāhine rā ka whakarārangitia puta noa ki tō rātou waka, matatira tonu tō rātou tū (NM 1924:30). / Then those women were lined up right to their canoe, standing in a row.

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2. (modifier) ordered, listed, itemised, enumerated, catalogued, hierarchical.

Hāngai katoa ana te kāwai whakarārangi o tōna Hāhi tae atu ki ngā whakaakoranga me ngā karakia ki tō te Hāhi Mihinare (TTR 1996:128). / The hierarchical structure of his church including the teachings and services all reflected the Church of England.

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Synonyms: nahanaha


3. (noun) list, inventory, roll, listing, catalogue.

Heoi anō me pēnei noa ake te whakarārangi haere o ngā wāhi i tae ai au me ngā kōrero i rongo ai au (HM 4/1993:2). / However, this is the way I should list the places I went to and the information I received.

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Synonyms: kōpiupiu, pīrori, rōra, rōru, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, takahuri, hurihuri, pukapuka, whakaraupapa, whakatūtira, tītaha, honga, rārangi, tūtira


4. (noun) line-out (rugby).

Synonyms: rārangi ki waho

whakakaka

1. (noun) carving pattern of a row of regular notches.

matatira

1. (verb) to be in a row.

Nā kātahi ngā wāhine rā ka whakarārangitia puta noa ki tō rātou waka, matatira tonu tō rātou tū (NM 1928:30). / Then those women were lined up right to their canoe, standing in a row.

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aroākapa

1. (noun) front rank (of a kapa haka, etc.), front row.

Unuhia i te rito o te harakeke, ka tū i te aroākapa (M 2005:10). / Plucked like the centre shoot of the flax, as you stood in the foremost rank (M 2005:11).

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rārangi

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to list, arrange, itemise.

Rārangitia ngā kupu kei raro iho nei i raro i te whakaupoko e tika ana (Te Māhuri Pukapuka Tātaki 2004:54). / List the words below under the appropriate heading.

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Synonyms: whakarārangi, tūtira, honga, tītaha, whakaraupapa, whakatūtira


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to line up.

E tāwhirowhiro ana ngā rau o ngā pūrere kapohau e rārangi mai ana i te pae maunga (PK 2008:910). / The blades of the wind turbines lined up along the mountain range are spinning.

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Synonyms: tūtira, raina


3. (noun) line, rank, row, queue, list, catalogue.

Me haina i runga i te rārangi iraira (Ng 1993:111). / You must sign on the dotted line.

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Synonyms: tūtira, kōhangohango, tūnga, nui, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, ripa, papanga, raina, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe


4. (noun) clause, section.

Ki tāku titiro he rārangi tika te rārangi toru o te Pire nei (RT 2013:63). / In my opinion the third clause of this Bill is correct.

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Synonyms: tūāporo, kaupeka, tekihana, wāhi, tekiona, wāhanga, wehenga, whiti, taha, pīhi, tūtanga


5. (noun) line (maths).

Ko te rārangi te ara kei waenganui i ētahi pūwāhi e rua. He torotika ētahi rārangi, he kōpikopiko ētahi. He ahu-tahi te rārangi, ka taea tōna roa te ine, engari karekau he whānuitanga o te rārangi (TRP 2010:221). / A line is the pathway between two points. Lines can be straight or curved. A line is one dimensional, its length can be measured but it has no width (TRP 2010:221).

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mākiukiu

1. (noun) spear with two or more rows of barbs on the head.

matuaiwi

1. (noun) main range of hills, row of hills.

Huri noa, huri noa i te tuakaihau, he maunga, he pae maunga, he matuaiwi (HM 2/2009:10). / In all directions in the distance were mountains, mountain ranges and rows of hills.

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whakanehenehe

1. (verb) to quarrel, squabble, clash, row.

Nō reira hoki, tēnei whakataukī a Waikato, e ka whakanehenehe a Ngāti Whakaue ki a ia (JPS 1990:167). / So, therefore, too, there is this whakataukī of Waikato if and when Ngāti Whakaue is quarrelling with them [Waikato].

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2. (noun) quarrel, squabble, clash, row, quarrelling, squabbling.

Te Wīwī rāua ko Tiamana: E kī ana ngā nūpepa o te 20 o Noema, 1883, e pōngurunguru ana ēnei rangatiranga e rua ki a rāua; e whakatara ana tētahi ki tētahi, nui atu te wene, te whakanehenehe (KO 15/1/1884:4). / The French and Germans: The newspapers of 20 November are saying that these two nations are at loggerheads; each is challenging the other and there is much resentment and quarrelling.

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Synonyms: tararau, kapa, hoe, ripa, tūtira, rārangi, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, pākani, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, taute, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga

ripa

1. (noun) ridge, range, horizon, grain.

Tērā te kōtuhi auahi ana ia i te ripa o Tautari i raro (M 2004:148). / There are the hazy smoke clouds rising from the peak of Maungatautari mountain.

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Synonyms: whānui, takataka, taka, tau, taupae, takiwātanga, taukaka, parehua, tārawa, tūtūātanga, io, tuatua


2. (noun) boundary, border.

Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.

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3. (noun) row, rank, line.

He ripa kawau kei runga kei te taumata (M 2004:30). / A row of shags on the sky-line.

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Synonyms: kōhangohango, nui, tūtira, tūnga, papanga, raina, rārangi, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe


4. (noun) furrow.

Ki te kotiti te tarakihana e kukume ana i te parau, ka kotiti anō ngā ripa i te whenua (PK 2008:775). / If the tractor pulling the plow goes crookedly the furrow in the ground will also be crooked.

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5. (noun) fret (of a stringed instrument).


6. (noun) tab (computers).

pūkiore

1. (noun) narrow paths between rows of kūmara.

raumoa

1. (noun) harakeke variety - from Taranaki. Tall, soft but strong leaves. Tomato red keel and margins on all blades. Plenty of heavy, tall seed heads. Exquisite raranga flax for whāriki and kete.


2. (noun) silvery sand grass, Spinifex sericeus - a native plant of the sand dunes with silvery, grassy leaves covered in silky hairs. Seeds are on large spiky balls which are released from the female plants in late summer.


3. (noun) ridge dividing the rows of pākati carving pattern.

tararau

1. (verb) to make a loud noise, make a din.

Whakarongo, e tama, ki te waha e tararau mai rā (TW 24/10/1874:28). / Listen, son, to the voice making a din.

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Synonyms: pehu


2. (noun) din, row, racket, commotion, uproar.

Whakarongo atu ki te tararau e puta mai ana i te wharekai. / Listen to the din coming from the dining hall.

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Synonyms: rārangi, hoe, ripa, tūtira, kapa, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, manioro, matioke, tātākī, whakatioro

aroaro-ā-kapa

1. (noun) front rank of the kapa haka, front row.

E ai ki te mahara ake o tētehi o te minenga ki a Mere e wani mai ana i te whatārangi kia tū ai ki te aroaro-ā-kapa, ki reira haka tahi atu ai me rātau me te puta o te ihi, o te wana (TTR 1998:1). / One member of the audience remembered Mere gliding across the stage to stand in the front row of the haka group to join them in the haka with great excitement and gusto.

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hoe

1. (verb) (-a) to paddle, row.

Ka hoe mātau ki te ngutuawa (HP 1991:16). / We paddled to the river mouth.

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Synonyms: hīrau, tararau, kapa, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, ripa, tūtira, rārangi


2. (verb) (-a) to push away.

Tōna pānga atu ki a ia ka hoea mai (W 1971:55). / When he touched her he was pushed away.

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Synonyms: whakatāuke


3. (noun) paddle, oar.

Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.

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tatauranga

1. (noun) quarrel, fight, row, strife, altercation, battle.

Kua tae mai hoki a Ihowa o nga mano ki tana kāhui, ki te whare o Hura, kua mea i a rātou hei hōiho ātanga mōna i te tatauranga (PT Hakaraia 10:3). / For the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

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Synonyms: tararau, kapa, hoe, ripa, tūtira, rārangi, parekura, putakari, kawe a riri, kakari, kakaritanga, riringa, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, nguha, matawhāura, tatau, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka

kapa

1. (noun) team, group, company of people.

I āhua ōrite ngā kapa i te weheruatanga, engari, i te haurua tuarua, ka puta ngā hautipua o Aotearoa ki te kawe i a rātou ki te taumata angitu. / The teams were pretty even at half-time, but in the second half the stars of New Zealand emerged to take them to the successful outcome.

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2. (noun) rank, row, line.

He momo pātengi raraunga te ripanga, he tūtohi, he rite ki te tukutuku te āhua, arā, he kapa ōna, he pou hoki (TRP 2010:241). / A spreadsheet is a type of database, a chart that looks like a grid, that is it has rows and columns.

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Synonyms: tūnga, tūtira, nui, kōhangohango, papanga, raina, rārangi, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, io, hoe, tawhā, aho, ripa

taparere

1. (verb) to be cut short, truncated, restricted, limited, constrained.

He aha te pai o te whakatupu i te kai kotahi, kia taparere ai ki te taewa anake, te kānga anake rānei? (TWMNT 21/3/1876:70). / What good is it in growing just one crop, so that you are restricted to only potatoes or only corn?
He mea tuhi taua pitihana ki te reo Pākehā, i tino taparere ki ngā kupu rōia (TWMNT 11/1/1879:233). / The petition was written in English, and was restricted to legal phraseology.

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Synonyms: tūpā, kōpiri, ārikarika, tapu, apiapi, rāhui


2. (modifier) sheer, steep, perpendicular, precipitous.

He ana nui kei raro i taua hiwi i te tatūnga iho o te pari taparere kei te taha moana (NIT 1995:85). / There is a large cave beneath the ridge at the base of the sheer cliff.

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Synonyms: torotika, poupou, poutū, kaha, hūkere, tāhekeheke, kānihinihi, kaninihi, ninihi, tūparipari


3. (noun) kapa haka formation with alternate rows standing in the gaps.

Ko te taparere: He rite ki te matua, engari he hohoko te tū o ia rārangi ki ngā āputa kei waenganui i ngā kaihaka i te rārangi o mua (RMR 2017). / The taparere formation: It's similar to the traditional formation, but the positions of each line alternate with the gaps between the performers in the line in front.

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tūtira

1. (verb) to line up, form a file, queue.

I kī atu a Te Whākumu, “Ko te haere, me tūtira te haere, kia kotahi rau tōpū te matua ki mua, me tāne anake; kia kotahi rau tōpū te wahine e maka ki waenganui." (JPS 1919:130). / Te Whāumu said, "When we go we should line up in file with two hundred in the main division at the front; and two hundred women placed in the middle."

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Synonyms: raina, rārangi


2. (noun) row, file, rank, queue.

Ka hāngai te tūtira ki te kēti o te Pāremata ka kite i ngā reta i runga i te kēti (TPH 30/12/1900:7). / When the rank were opposite the gate of Parliament they saw the letters on the gate.

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Synonyms: ripa, kapa, tūnga, rārangi, nui, kōhangohango, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe


3. (noun) list.

Ki tō mātou whakaaro kia pēnei te tūtira o ngā mea hei whakaarotanga mā te tangata, arā: (1) Wairua; (2) Tinana; (3) Hinengaro; (4) Whenua; (5) Ērā atu taonga (HKW 1/6/1899:2). / In our opinion, the list of the things for a person to consider should be like this: (1) Spirituality; (2) Body; (3) Mind; (4) Land; (5) Other treasures.

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Synonyms: rārangi, tītaha, whakaraupapa, whakarārangi, whakatūtira, honga

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