porotaka
1. (modifier) round (in shape), circular.
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
Synonyms: porotakataka
2. (noun) circle.
Ko ngā mea hei whakaako i ngā kanohi, he mea porotaka kara, he mea porowhā, he pirepire me ērā atu mea (TP 1/1906:2). / The things to train the eyes are coloured circles, squares, tablets and other such things.
3. (noun) roundness.
Kotahi anō te rā me te pō o tērā wāhi ka huri te tau, e ono marama e pōuri ana, e ono marama e mārama ana. I pēnei ai nā te porotaka o te Ao (TP 4/1903:3). / There is just one day and night in that place over a year, for six months it's dark and for six months it's light. It's like that because of the roundness of the Earth.
hanga
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to make, build, fashion, create.
Kāore i roa i muri mai ka tae mai ngā hōia, ka whakaaratia anō e rātau taua pou haki, ka kaha atu hoki te mahinga i tō mua hanganga, arā, ka hangaia ki te maitai (TPH 30/6/1903:4). / Not long after that the soldiers arrived, that flag pole was re-erected and it was built stronger that that of before, that is it was built of steel.
Synonyms: hangahanga, mea, waihanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, mahi, āhua
2. (-a,-ia) to enact, draft, execute - especially of legislation.
I te tau 1947 ka tangohia te pukapuka ture o Westminster (i whakamanahia e te pāremata o Peretānia i te tau 1931) e Aotearoa. Nā tēnei mahi ka pūmau ki te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa anake te mana ki te hanga ture mō Aotearoa (Te Ara 2015). / In 1947 New Zealand adopted the Statute of Westminster (passed by the British Parliament in 1931). This confirmed that the New Zealand Government alone had the power to enact laws for New Zealand.
3. (noun) build, stature, shape.
Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 1996:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 3:493).
Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, āhua
5. (noun) group (of people).
Kei roto te hanga tautoko e pakipaki ana, e umere ana, kei waho te hanga mautohe e kaioraora ana (PK 2008:73). / The supporters were inside clapping and applauding, while outside the protestors were acting menacingly.
Synonyms: tētahi tangata, iwi, nuinga, hunga, tāngata, pori, ētahi tāngata
2. (noun) geometry - the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relationships of lines, angles, curves and shapes.
Ka kitea nuitia te āhuahanga i roto i ngā mahi raranga me ētahi atu mahi toi (PK 2008:6). / Geometry is often evident in works of weaving and other arts.
ōrite te āhua
1. (adjective) similar in shape.
He ōrite te āhua o ēnei tapatoru. He ōrite ngā koki roto o tētahi me ngā koki roto o tētahi, engari he rerekē te rahi o tēnā tapatoru, o tēnā (TRP 2010:183). / These triangles are similar in shape. The angles within each are the same, but the size of each triangle is different.
2. (noun) curve, crescent shaped.
Ko te marama taha niko, he tohu mō te ao hōu (Te Ara 2016). / The crescent moon is a portent of a new world (Te Ara 2016).
auaha
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to shape, create, form, fashion.
Whakamahia anō ngā angaanga hei kanohi mō ngā whakairo. Ko te kōngutu o te angaanga ka auahatia hei mahi pā kahawai (Te Ara 2012). / The shells are used for the eyes in carvings, and the lip of the shell was fashioned into a fishing lure.
Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, hanga, āhua
2. (modifier) creative, innovative.
Ki tāna, he hua nui kei roto i te taha mākohakoha, whakahoahoa hoki o te Māori i tana noho, tāpiri atu hoki ki ana pūkenga auaha me tana manaaki i te tangata, he painga mō te motu kei te katoa o ēnei āhuatanga (TTR 2000:71). / In his opinion, there was great value in the relaxed and friendly nature of the Māori lifestyle in addition to their creative skills and hospitality for the benefit of the country as a whole.
3. (noun) shape, form.
Ka tāraia, ka waihangahangatia kia puta rawa te auaha kātahi ka toroa kia pai ai te āta whakarākai, te whakapaipai (TTR 1994:62). / The relief of the figures was shaped and then smoothed, ready for detailed ornamentation.
4. (noun) creation, formation.
Kei tēnā iwi, kei tēnā iwi ā rātou kōrero mō te auaha o te tangata mai i te whenua, pērā i a Hineahuone te wahine tuatahi ki te ao i pokepokea i te one o Papatūānuku (Te Ara 2014). / Each of the tribes have their narratives of the creation of humans from the land, including the fashioning of Hineahuone, the first woman in the world, from the soil of Papatūānuku.
ahuahu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to tend, foster, fashion, shape.
Ko te raku he momo mahi uku i takea mai i te whenua o Hapanihi. I te nuinga o te wā, he ahuahu ā-ringa i te taonga uku, ā, kāore i te pērā rawa te hahana o te whakapaka (RTA 2014:143). / Raku is a type of pottery making originating from Japan. Usually the pottery is shaped by hand and is fired at lower temperatures.
Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, hanga, āhua
taratahi
1. (modifier) intermittent, isolated, alone.
I haere tonu tana mahi tuhituhi atu i wāhi taratahi ki te nūpepa tae atu ki ngā whakakapi, ki 'Te Kōpara' me 'Te Toa Takitini' hoki (TTR 1996:67). / From this isolated spot he continued writing to the paper and its successors, 'Te Kopara' and 'Te Toa Takitini'.
2. (noun) triangular shaped kite.
Ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai; te potonga o ngā kai ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka, ko te pōtēteke, ko te taupiripiri, ko te mū tōrere, a te whai, a te pānokonoko, o te tararī, a te kīkīporo, a te pākuru, a te tārere, a te kūī, a te kūrapakara, a te rere moari, me ērā atu mea katoa (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / When Vega rose the harvesting of the food began; and when that was done the activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, tobogganing, the displaying of food, the exchanging of gifts between hosts and visitors, feasting and presenting food, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops, doing somersaults, racing arm in arm, playing draughts, performing string games, playing the pānokonoko string game, playing the jewsharp, beating the time to songs with pieces of wood held against the cheek, playing the mouth resonator, swinging, calling kūī, playing kūrapakara, swinging on the moari, and all those other games.
2. (noun) karapapa, Alseuosmia macrophylla - a shrub found in forest undergrowth from North Cape to the upper South Island that grows to about 2 m, with red-brown branches and dark green foliage. It has alternating glossy leaves with widely spaced teeth. The tubular flowers are 2.4-4 cm long and highly scented. They vary in colour from dark red to cream. Fruit is crimson.
See also karapapa
3. (noun) Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia - endemic bushy slender shrub up to 1 m tall of Northland forests from Kaitaia to about Kaiwaka. Often associated with kauri. Leaves vary, much longer than wide, green, margin smooth. Small creamy yellow flowers, tubular, dropping in September - December. Fruit fleshy, red.
2. (noun) pointed paddle-shaped implement - to loosen soil for cultivation, earthworks, etc.
Anō nei te rite o te ketu ki te hoe iti; ko tāna he whakapāpako i te oneone. Ko ētahi atu ingoa ko te pīnaki me te wauwau (Te Ara 2016). / The ketu is like a small paddle, used for loosening the soil. Other names are the pīnaki and the wauwau.
tārai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to fashion, shape, sculpt, dress - especially of working timber with an adze.
He wāhi tērā ka wāwāhitia ngā rākau, ka poroporoa pea, kātahi ka tāraitia hai rākau mō ngā taha o tō mātau whare (HP 1991:12). / That was a place where the trees were split and probably cut into lengths, then dressed as timber for the sides of our house.
Synonyms: whakairo, āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārei, hanga, āhua
āhua
1. (verb) (-tia) to form, make.
Ka āhua te pā, ko Rangitawhi (W 1971:4). / The pā was made, which was Rangitawhi.
Synonyms: mahi, mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, hanga
2. (noun) shape, appearance, condition, character, likeness, nature, figure, form.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-7, 13-20, 94-96, 150-154;)
3. (noun) it looks as though, looks like it, it would seem - in the idiom te āhua nei.
See also te āhua nei
Synonyms: te āhua nei
