kimikimi
1. (verb) (-hia) to seek, look for, search for, seek out, hunt for (of a number of people).
Ko ngā tamariki pēpe e moemoe ana i taua wā kātahi ka whakaarahia, ka pōkaikaha noa iho rātau ki te kimikimi i ō rātau pūtu me ō rātau kahu mahana, i te mea e rere ana te puaheiri i taua wā, me te hau hoki e pupuhi ana (TPH 10/1/1906:3). / The young children were asleep at that time when they were made to get up and they hurriedly looked for their boots and warm clothes because the snow was falling and the wind blowing.
Synonyms: pōrangi, ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, rapu, hāhau, takitaki, puretumu, rangahau, kimi, hīnana
2. way-out, way off-beam, fanciful, figment of the imagination, made-up, amazingly stupid, full of hot air, putting it on, pretender - used idiomatically to state that what someone has said is untrue, is an unlikely reason or is pure speculation. It sometimes implies that the person's response is not taking the question seriously or that somebody has plucked an idea out of the air.
I kī mai a Mihi i takea mai a Ngāi Tahu i Te Taitokerau. Tēnā kimikimi! I heke kē mai rātou i Te Tai Rāwhiti. / Mihi said that Ngāi Tahu originated from Northland. What a way-out story. They actually migrated from the East Coast.
puretumutanga
1. (noun) obtaining redress, seeking satisfaction, seeking compensation.
Nā ēnei mate me te noho ngākau kore a tōna iwi, nāna a Mahuta i āki ki te rapu i tētehi puretumutanga mō ngā whenua o Waikato i murua rā i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (TTR 1996:86). / These weaknesses and the dispirited state of his people forced Mahuta to seek redress for the Waikato lands which were confiscated in the 1860s.
rapa
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to seek, look for.
I whakapaua te kaha o ngā tāngata ki te rapa i tēnei tamaiti o ngā hapū o Ruātoki (TTT 1/12/1924:147). / The people searched energetically for this child of the hapū of Ruātoki.
Synonyms: kimi, ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, takitaki, puretumu, rangahau, hīnana, pōrangi
rapu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.
Synonyms: pōrangi, kimikimi, hāhau, takitaki, kimi, whai, puretumu, rangahau, hīnana, ārohi, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha
2. (modifier) seeking, searching.
Ahakoa ngā ture hanga tiaki i te whenua o te tau 1896, i āhei tonu te mahi rapu ōpapa i aua whenua, ahakoa te kore e whakaae a Tūhoe (TTR 1996:176). / Despite the law of 1896 protecting land, prospecting for minerals was still occurring on those lands even without the consent of Tūhoe.
rapurapu
1. (verb) (-a) to seek (in a variety of places), look for.
whakamomoka
1. (verb) (-tia) to move stealthily, obtain by stealth, stalk, shadow, creep up on, tail, track, seek secretly.
Kia pō ka whakamomoka atu ai ki te tahutahu i ngā waka o Ngāti Parau (TTR 1990:161). / When it was night they crept up to set fire to the canoes of Ngāti Parau.
See also whakamokamoka
Synonyms: koropuku, whakahengi, whakamokamoka, ninihi, whakaninihi, whakatōkihi, whakakoko, kōruru, taumaru, taumarumaru, ataata, atarau, maru, ātārangi
2. (modifier) stealthily, covertly.
Kātahi ka haere whakamomoka taua tangata ki tētahi wāhi e tino mārama ai tana titiro atu ki te mahi a taua tangata (TPH 30/3/1900:5). / Then that man went covertly to that place so that he could see clearly what that man was doing.
3. (noun) stalking, tracking.
Nā tōna whakamomoka i tōna whāea, ka tūtaki mai ia ki tōna matua ko Makea-tūtara (Te Ara 2014). / By stalking his mother he finally met his father, Makea-tūtara.
2. (modifier) hunting, seeking.
I a ia e taiohi tonu ana, ka whakangungua ki ngā mahi a te ngahere, ki ngā kawa o te patu manu, ki ngā wāhi pupuhi manu, whai poaka, whakarapu tuna o Te Urewera, o Ngāti Tāwhaki me ērā atu o ngā hapū o Ruatāhuna (TTR 2000:218). / During his youth he was trained in forest lore and bird hunting, and the places to shoot birds, hunt pigs, and hunt eels belonging to Te Urewera, Ngāti Tāwhaki and those other hapū of Ruatāhuna.
Synonyms: rapu
puretumu
1. (verb) to seek redress, obtain satisfaction.
Nā Mahuta i tautoko ngā whakamātau a Taingākawa ki te whakakaupapa i tētehi petihana i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, hei puretumu i ngā mamaetanga (TTR 1996:88). / Mahuta supported Taingākawa's attempts to set up a petition under the Treaty of Waitangi to seek redress for the grievances.
Synonyms: kimi, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, raparapa, haha, hīnana, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, pōrangi
2. (modifier) seeking redress.
Kātahi ka whakatika katoa a Ngāti Whakaue ki te taua puretumu i Maketū (JPS 1990:25). / Then all Ngāti Whakaue organised the war party to seek redress at Maketū.
3. (noun) compensation, redress.
Nō te tau 1884 ka haere ia ki Ingarangi me ētehi atu ōna ki te kimi mai i a Kuīni Wikitōria te puretumu (Te Ara 2016). / In 1884 he travelled to England with some others to seek redress from Queen Victoria.
Synonyms: whakaoranga, whakaora
whakamokamoka
1. (verb) (-tia) to stalk, move stealthily, obtain by stealth, shadow, creep up on, tail, track, seek secretly.
Ahakoa tokorua, tokotoru, ka haere ia ki te whakamokamoka tūpāpaku māna (JPS 1990:11). / Despite having taken two or three victims, he continued to take victims stealthily.
See also whakamomoka
Synonyms: koropuku, whakahengi, whakamomoka, ninihi, whakaninihi, whakatōkihi, whakakoko, kōruru, taumaru, taumarumaru, ataata, atarau, maru, ātārangi
2. (modifier) stealthily, covertly.
See also whakamomoka
3. (noun) stalking, tracking.
I ngā wā i wātea ake ia, pārekareka rawa atu ki a ia te whakamokamoka tia, te pupuhi pārera me te whakangau poaka (TTR 2000:3). / In his spare time he enjoyed deer stalking, duck shooting and pig hunting.
See also whakamomoka
haha
1. (verb) (-ina,-ngia,-tia) to seek, look for, search.
Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.
Synonyms: paraketu, hīnana, hure, rapunga, puretumu, rangahau, pōrangi, hāhau, kimi, takitaki, ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, kimikimi, rapu
2. (verb) (-ina,-ngia,-tia) to procure, obtain, hunt for.
Kātahi a Marutūāhu rāua ko tana rōpā ka haere mai, haere mai anō rāua me te here wero manu anō; i haria mai ai taua here e rāua hei haha kai mā rāua (NM 1928:114). / Then Marutūāhu and his servant came, and they came with a spear for spearing birds, which they brought to procure food for themselves.
3. (noun) enquiry, search.
Ko te haha rā a te tangata ki a Pāoa, "Ko wai rā tēnei tangata?" (NM 1928:161). / The man's enquiry of Pāoa was, "Who is this person?"
kimi
1. (verb) (-hia) to look for, seek, search, hunt for.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
Synonyms: ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, takitaki, paraketu, hīnana, hure, rapunga, puretumu, rangahau, pōrangi
2. (noun) quest, search, hunt.
He maha ngā āhuatanga hou ki te Māori i te nekenga ki ngā tāone, ko te kimi mahi, ko te kimi whare, ko te whai mātauranga (Te Ara 2015). / Many new aspects faced Māori in the move into the cities, including the quest for employment and housing, and the pursuit of education.
rangahau
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to seek, search out, pursue, research, investigate.
Ko ēnei mea nui katoa kei roto i te Paipera Tapu; mā te tangata e kimi, e rangahau, ka āta kitea ai (TKO 6/1915:4). / All these important things are in the Bible; it is for one to search and seek them out whereby they will be discovered.
Synonyms: whakataki, hurahura, pōrangi, raparapa, haha, hīnana, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, puretumu, kimi, whakarapu, rapa, whaiwhai, aruaru, aru, whai, tauaru, rei
2. (noun) research, survey.
Pērā anō tana mahi whakakotahi mai i ngā rangahau tūturu me ētehi mahi he moemoeā kē nei, te āhua o ngā kōrero mō Māhinārangi me te wahine toikupu rā, me Puhiwahine (TTR 1998:72). / Similar blending of factual research and what must be regarded as fancy is evident in the accounts about Māhinārangi and on the poetess Puhiwahine.
whakapupuni
1. (verb) to crouch, lurk, hide oneself.
Nā, ka haere, ka tae ki kō tata atu anō, ka peka ki tahaki, ka whakapupuni mai i roto i ngā pūreirei (NM 1928:43). / Now, they went off and when they reached a little way further on they branched off to one side and hid in the 'Carex secta' grasses.
Synonyms: taiwhanga
2. (noun) hide and seek- a children's game.
hāhau
1. (verb) (-ria) to seek, look for, search for, hunt.
Kua tau te whakaaro o tēnei whakamenenga, kia hāhauria atu he tikanga mō ngā tāngata Māori e mate i ngā kino e ahu mai ana i ngā wai whakahaurangi (TWMNT 25/5/1875:110). / This meeting has decided that a system should be sought for Māori people afflicted by the evils arising from the use of intoxicating drinks.
Synonyms: pōrangi, ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, kimikimi, rapu, takitaki, puretumu, rangahau, kimi, hīnana
2. (verb) to search, seek.
Hīnana ki uta, hīnana ki tai (Te Ara 2015). / Search the land and sea. (The name of an elaborately carved storehouse of Ngāti Tūwharetoa built by Iwikau Te Heuheu. Also the name of a hui held at Pūkawa when the Kīngitanga was being set up.)
Synonyms: kimi, paraketu, haha, hure, rapu, rapunga, puretumu, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, raparapa, kimikimi, hāhau, pōrangi
3. (modifier) angry-looking.
Ko wai ka pīrangi whakahoahoa atu ki te tangata mata hīnana (HJ 2012:268). / Who wants to make friends with a person with an angry-looking face.
2. (modifier) stingy, covetous, miserly, self-seeking.
Ka huna te tamaiti tūmatarau, ka kai i ana rare, kātahi anō ka puta ki te tākaro ki ana hoa (PK 2008:1001). / The covetous child hid and ate her sweets, then emerged to play with her friends.
3. (noun) miserliness, meanness, stinginess, covetousness, tightfistedness, parsimony.
Kāore e ware ōna kanohi, ka titiro tonu atu ki ngā mahinga a ētahi tāngata, koinā te tūmatarau, tōna tino tikanga he matapiko (W 1971:453). / Her eyes are never off their guard, and she continually looks at what other people are doing, that's what parsimony is, its real meaning is miserliness.
tauhunahuna
1. (verb) to play hide and seek - a children's game.
Ia pō, whewheo ana te rere ki ngā kokona katoa o te rangi, ki reira tauhunahuna ai i waenganui i ngā whetū maha o Te Mangōroa (TWK 35:15). / Each night they whizzed off to all corners of the sky, there to play hide and seek amongst the many stars of the Milky Way.
2. (verb) (-a) to seek solace.
Haere, haere atu e ngā kaumātua, ki te mano, ki te tini kua rūpeke atu rā ki te pō, waiho te iwi, māna e mae noa (TP 3/1904:2). / Farewell, my elders, go to the multitudes who have gathered in the world of the dead and leaving the tribe to vainly seek solace.
3. (noun) phobia.
