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rautaki tohatoha ōrite

1. (noun) equal sharing strategy.

He ara te rautaki tohatoha ōrite e oti ai tētahi whakawehenga māmā. Arā, ka tohaina ngā mea e whakawehea ana kia ōrite te maha ki tēnā rōpū, ki tēnā rōpū (TRP 2010:237). / The equal sharing strategy is a method for solving simple division. The things being divided are distributed so that there are an equal number in each group (TRP 2010:237).

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wāhanga

1. (noun) section, chapter, division, part, clause, share, place, faculty, semester, compartment, allocation.

I kōwhiria a Hēnare rāua ko tana kaihana, ko Terei Ngātai mō te wāhanga Māori o te ope hōia o Aotearoa i haere ki te koroneihana o Kīngi Eruera Te Tuawhitu i te tau 1902 (TTR 1996:63). / Henare Kohere and his cousin Terei Ngātai were selected as members of the Māori section of the New Zealand contingent which attended the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 (DNZB 1996:266).

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Synonyms: tekihana, tekiona, rārangi, tūtanga, pīhi, whiti, wehenga, tūāporo, tiri, tohatoha, hea, wakawaka, tuari, toha, kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wae, taha, wawae, kōwai, taiwhanga, whiu, whakatakoto, whakanohonoho, whakanoho, whakatū, panga, makamaka, maka, whiuwhiu, kopou

wāhi

1. (verb) (-a) to break, split, break open, rend, break through, cut (a pack of cards).

Ā i pūhia anō hoki e ia tana raiwhara ki aua Māori, he mea pupuhi ake e ia i roto i te kaipuke, anō ka puta te matā i te papatakahi o te kaipuke, mate rawa atu te tangata i ngā maramara o ngā papa i wāhia ake e te matā o tana pū (TW 6/4/1878:152). / And he also fired his rifle at those natives, firing it inside the ship and the bullet came out on through the deck of the ship, and the splinters of the boards smashed by the bullet of his gun killed a man.

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Synonyms: tīhaehae, tīhae


2. (verb) (-a) to partition, subdivide.

Mehemea kāore e whakaae katoa ngā tāngata nō rātou tētahi whenua, me tuku tonu atu e te Kōmihana ki te Tumuaki o te Kōti te rārangi ingoa o ngā tāngata e hē ana, me te tono hoki kia wāhia te whenua (RT 2013:100). / If the people who own a piece of land do not all agree, the Commissioner should submit the list of names of the people disagreeing to the Chief Judge with the request that the land be subdivided.

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Synonyms: tararua, wāwāhi, wāwāhanga



4. (noun) location, locality, place, part, piece, portion, section, share, segment, allocation.

E rua ngā kōti tēnehi, me tētahi wāhi purei hōkī, otirā he wāhi motuhake mō ngā tini tākaro a ngā tamariki (TTT 1/12/1930:2201). / There were two tennis courts and a place to play hockey, indeed a special place for the many children's games.

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Synonyms: taiwhanga, whiu, whakatakoto, whakanohonoho, whakanoho, whakatū, panga, makamaka, maka, whiuwhiu, kopou, piriri, pīhi, ngota, maramara, tūtanga, hea, tiri, tauwāhi, porohanga, mara, anganga, tapahanga, tekiona, kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, moka, kōihi, wae, wāhanga, taha, wawae, kōwai, tūāporo, tekihana, wehenga, whiti, rārangi, tohatoha, toha, tuari, wakawaka

wakawaka

1. (noun) share, division, division of a harvesting area - a descent group's division of a harvesting area and may be on land, river or sea. Wakawaka may be a few yards wide or several miles, depending on the resource. They are always named.

Ko tētahi tauira mai i a Ngāi Tahu kīia ai ko te wakawaka, ngā paenga rohe tauranga ika i waenganui i ngā hapū (Te Ara 2013). / An example from Ngāi Tahu is the wakawaka, the boundaries of fishing grounds between hapū.
Mō te wakawaka. Tōna tikanga, he wāhanga whenua ki ngā whānau o te iwi. Ko tēnei kupu ko te māra, ko roto i te wakawaka (BFM 2013:341). / Concerning the wakawaka. This refers to land divisions for the extended families of the tribe. The garden is within a wakawaka. (The Māori statement written in June 1917 by Hari Hēmara Wahanui, a chief of Ngāti Maniapoto.)

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Synonyms: tohatoha, toha, tiri, tuari, wāhi, moka, wāhanga, hea


2. (noun) fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa - a small, friendly, insect-eating bird of the bush and domestic gardens which has a distinctive tail resembling a spread fan.

whai pānga

1. (verb) to have a share, have a place, have an interest.

Ka kōrero te pirihimana e iwa ngā tāngata e whai pānga ana ki tētahi pito whenua i Hakanui (TPH 30/5/1912:5). / The policeman said that nine people had interests in a plot of land at Hakanui.

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hea

1. (loan) (noun) share, portion.

I mate wira kore hoki taua kaumātua, e kī ana ētahi o ngā mea e āhua tata atu ana ki taua kaumātua kia tukua ki te Kōti, kia kōtitia ngā rawa kia taka ki te hea tika (TW 20/7/1878:366). / That elder died without a will and some of the people who were rather close to that elder say that it should be submitted to the court so that his wealth can be judged so that it is shared properly.

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Synonyms: tiri, wāhi, maramara, moka, taha, pīhi, tūtanga, tohatoha, toha, tuari, wāhanga, wakawaka

tiritiri

1. (verb) (-a) to plant, till (the soil), cultivate.

Kei te tiritiri te wahine i te one. / The woman is tilling the soil.

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Synonyms: tipu, rumaki, tiri, kōkō, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri, tanu, pou, rākau, tou


2. (verb) to apportion, share out, allocate, allot, distribute.

Kei reira rāua e tiritiri ana i te pūhanga ika i mau ki tā rāua kupenga (PK 2008:694). / There they were distributing the pile of fish caught with their net.

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whaipānga

1. (verb) to have a share, have a place, have an interest, possess a claim, possess a right.

Whakatūria ai e te Kōmihana mō ngā Tari Kāwanatanga ēnei wānanga ia marama mō ngā kaimahi kāwanatanga, ko ngā kaupapa e whakahaeretia ana e whaipānga ana ki a rātou (HM 4/1990:1). / The State Services Commission holds these symposiums each month for government employees and the topics scheduled are of interest to them.
Nā tōna whaipānga ki ngā iwi huhua, ka haria mai hoki ō rātau raruraru māna e wānanga, māna hoki e whakatau (TTR 1994:143). / Because of her connections with many tribes, disputes were brought to her to consider and settle.

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Synonyms: whaitake

inati

1. (noun) portion, share (especially of food or a fund).

Mea ake pea hoki ka whiwhi inati ngā iwi e tohe nei kia whakaarohia tō rātau mate i ngā raupatu o mua (TTT 1/8/1923:4). / Perhaps soon the tribes who are persisting that their problem from the past confiscations be considered will obtain a share.

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Synonyms: inati

moka

1. (noun) end, extremity.

Nuku atu i te 2000 maero, mai i tētahi pito ki tētahi moka te roa o te pīhopatanga o Merenīhia (TTT 1/10/1929:1087). / The diocese of Melanesia is more than 2000 miles from one end to the other.

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2. (noun) bit, piece, share, scrap, portion, fragment, part, place.

Kāore i tino kitea te patupaiarehe. Noho ai rātou ki ngā takiwā o Waikato, o Rotorua, o Te Urewera, tae atu ki ētahi moka ki Te Wai Pounamu (Te Ara 2016). / Patupaiarehe were seldom seen. They lived in places in Waikato, Rotorua and in the Urewera mountains and in some places in the South Island.

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Synonyms: kuha, tiri, hea, tūtanga, wae, wāhanga, kōwaewae, kōwai, kaupeka, kōwae, taha, wawae, wāhi, kōihi, whakatakoto, whiu, taiwhanga, tohatoha, toha, tuari, wakawaka, porohanga, mara, maramara, ngota, pīhi, piriri, kopou, whiuwhiu, maka, makamaka, panga, whakatū, whakanoho, whakanohonoho


3. (noun) leafroller caterpillars of various species.

See also tīkopa

Synonyms: tīkopa

pānga

1. (noun) shares, interest (in land, etc.), connections with, related to, association with.

Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.

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2. (noun) affliction, afflicted.

Ka toru ngā tau o te pānga mai o tana mate rūmātiki ki a ia (HKW 10/1898:4). / He was afflicted with rheumatism for three years.

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3. (noun) function, relation.

Ko te pānga te hononga i waenga i ētahi taurangi e rua. Mā te kupu, mā te tūtohi, mā te whārite, mā te takirua raupapa, mā te kauwhata rānei e whakaatu te pānga i waenganui i ngā taurangi (TRP 2010:192). / The function/relation is the connection or relationship between two sets of variables. A relation can be shown in words, in a table, with an equation, with a set of ordered pairs, or with a graph (TRP 2010:192).

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Synonyms: pākanga, karawa, waiū, whanaunga, huānga

tiri

1. (verb) (-a) to plant (root crops, etc.), throw one by one, place one by one.

Ko ētahi whenua e maharatia ana e rātou kia tiria ki te rākau ko ngā wāhi onepū (TTT 1/8/1930:2116). / Some lands they are considering planting in trees are the sandy places.

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Synonyms: marotiritiri, tanu, pou, rākau, tou, tipu, rumaki, tiritiri, kōkō, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa


2. (noun) planting (of root crops).

Kāore e roa te tiri ka pau ngā purapura, heoi anō ka haere te rongo ko te waerenga a mea kua oti te kōiri (TPH 12/8/1905:2). / They weren't planting for long when the seed potatoes were all used up, and then the news went out that planting of so-and-so's garden had been completed.

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3. (noun) share, portion.

toha

1. (verb) (-ina) to spread around, spread out, spread abroad, spread, scatter, share, distribute, allocate.

Tohaina atu rā ēnei maioha, ēnei kupu whakamihi āku, a Te Taiti Te Tomo, ki ngā iwi o Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTT 1/4/1930:2035). / Distribute these affectionate greetings, these words of thanks of mine, of Te Taite Te Tomo, to the peoples of the East Coast.

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Synonyms: tiri, tuari, wāhi, moka, wāhanga, wakawaka, hea, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, maheu, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, rui, korara, tohatoha, kaihora, , rure, rauroha


2. (noun) spread, distribution, allocation.

Ko te rā ki muri nei he hēra; ko te tukupū mō te whānui o te toha o taua rā (M 2006:352). / The sail is now called 'hēra'; 'tukupū' is the broadness of the spread of that sail.

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tohatoha

1. (verb) (-ina) to spread around, spread out, spread abroad, distribute, share, deal (cards).

Kātahi ka tahuri te manuhiri rā ki te tohatoha i tana kai, ka mutu te tohatoha, e kai ana (NM 1928:140). / Then the visitors set about distributing its food, and when the distribution was finished they eat.

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Synonyms: toha, tiri, tuari, wāhi, moka, wāhanga, wakawaka, hea


2. (verb) to disperse, scatter, spread.

He maha anō hoki ō rātou hōia kua tohatoha haere i runga i ngā maunga (TJ 18/1/1900:1). / Many of their soldiers have dispersed on the mountains.

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Synonyms: whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, maheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, heuheu, korara, toha, kaihora, , rure, rauroha, whakaehu


3. (noun) distribution, allocation, sharing.

Kātahi ka tahuri te manuhiri rā ki te tohatoha i tana kai, ka mutu te tohatoha, e kai ana (NM 1928:140). / Then the visitors set about distributing its food, and when the distribution was finished they eat.

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tuari

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to serve (food, etc.), share, distribute, present, dispense, deal out, allocate.

I tōku taenga atu ki uta i runga i te tima i tō tātou hokinga mai i Waiapu rā, ka tuaritia e au ngā raiwhara (TWM 9/9/1865:2). / When I I landed on the ship on our return from Waiapu, I distributed the rifles.

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Synonyms: kōparepare, hākari, koha, onāianei, whakaari, whakawhiwhi, whakahiku, tāpae, perehana, tuku, whiu, tohatoha, toha, tiri, wāhi, moka, wāhanga, wakawaka, hea


2. (loan) (noun) steward, barman, butler, barista, waiter.

Ko ngā mea e whakawākia ana mō ngā tautohe o aua reihi, mā ngā tuari, ā mā ngā tāngata e kīia ana e ngā tuari aua tautohe e tino whakaoti (TW 23/11/1878:595). / Appeals on those races will be determined by the stewards or persons designated by the stewards.

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Synonyms: tuari mahi kawhe


3. (loan) (noun) distribution.

Ka whakaaturia te tuari o ngā raraunga ki te kauwhata, ki te tūtohi rānei (TRP 2010:295). / The distribution of data can be shown on a graph or a table (TRP 2010:295).

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tuha

1. (verb) (-ina) to spit, spit out, expectorate, eject.

Kaua e tuhatuha haere, engari me tuha ki roto i tētahi ipu, pounamu rānei (KO 11/1920:6). / Don't spit all over the place, but expectorate into a container or a bottle.

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2. (verb) (-ina) to distribute, apportion.

Ka tū ngā tuari ki te tuha i taua kai ki ngā tāngata o te hui (TW 19/1/1878:33). / The waiters stood up to distribute the food to the people of the gathering.

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3. (verb) (-ina) to ejaculate, emit semen.

Ina rongo te hiahia ki te ai, ka rere te toto, ka tora te ure (arā, ka tū) e taea ai te kuhu ki te tara o te wahine. Ka tuhaina, ka whakawhitia he tātea ki te tara (RP 2009:383). / When the desire to have sexual intercourse is felt, the blood flows, and when the penis become erect it is able to enter the vagina of the woman. When semen is ejaculated it is transferred to the vagina.

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paeāhua

1. (noun) Instagram - an online mobile photo-sharing, video sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook and Twitter.

aka

1. (noun) vine of any climbing plant, long and thin roots.

Ko te hīnaki aka anō te mea pai ake ki te hopu tuna, i tā te Pākehā HP 1991:15). / The eel pot made from vines is a better one to catch eels than that of the Pākehā.

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2. (noun) small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata, large-flowered rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora - vines with white, fluffy flowers. A number of climbing plants have aka- as a prefix to their names.


3. (noun) Vine - a short form video-sharing service that allows users to record and edit six-second long video clips, which can be then published through Vine's social network and shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Usually Te Aka.

hapū

1. (verb) to be pregnant, conceived in the womb.

Kei Te Autereti tonu a Eruera e mahi ana, kei Hekerangi tonu e noho ana, ka hapū anō tō mātau whāea (EM 2002:49). / While Eruera was at Te Autereti working, and still living at Hekerangi, our mother became pregnant again.

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Synonyms: āhua, ngahae


2. (modifier) pregnant, expectant, with child.

Ki te kai te wahine hapū i te hikareti, ka kai tahi te pēpe e noho ake rā i roto i a ia (TP 1/1908:4). / If a pregnant woman smokes cigarettes, the baby that is inside her partakes too.

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3. (noun) kinship group, clan, tribe, subtribe - section of a large kinship group and the primary political unit in traditional Māori society. It consisted of a number of whānau sharing descent from a common ancestor, usually being named after the ancestor, but sometimes from an important event in the group's history. A number of related hapū usually shared adjacent territories forming a looser tribal federation (iwi).

Ko tōna ingoa hapū i reira ko Te Whānau o Tūwhakairiora, koia nei hoki te hapū tūturu ake o Wharekahika (HP 1991:24). / His hapū name there was Te Whānau o Tūwhakairiora, and that was the true hapū of Wharekahika.

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Synonyms: matawaka, iwi, pūtoi, hapori, mātāwaka

kaiponu

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to keep to oneself, withhold (especially of things which should be shared, including knowledge), refuse to let go.

Nō reira, e ngā whanaunga, e ngā pūkōrero, kaua e kaiponutia ngā taonga a ō tātou tūpuna (TP 10/1907:9). / Therefore, my relations, the spokespeople, do not withhold the precious knowledge of our ancestors.

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2. (modifier) avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, grasping, miserly, mercenary.

Ehara a Te Mātorohanga i te tangata kaiponu. He tangata tuku i āna kōrero ki ngā tāngata e aro atu ana (TTR 1994:148). / Te Mātorohanga was not a covetous person. He shared his knowledge with people who showed an interested.

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Synonyms: hao, apo, haohao, tūmatarau, matapiko, kaihākere, hākere


3. (noun) avaricious person, acquisitive person, covetous person, grasping person, miserly person, mercenary person, miser, skinflint.

Ko te take tuatoru i kore ai te Maori e tohu taonga he wehi nō te Maori kei kīia ia he hākere, he matapiko, he kaiponu (TP 7/1907:4). / The third reason that the Māori would not accumulate possessions is the fear that they might be said to be stingy, mean and covetous.

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Synonyms: pitokite, kaikoropeke, ringa poto, matapiko, kaihākere, makitaunu, porokaihākere, atuapo

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