shop - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

papa hokohoko

1. (noun) shopping centre.

2. (noun) shopping plaza.

pūtia

1. (loan) (noun) butcher's shop, butcher.

Ko ngā tiriti o tērā tāone kapi tonu i ngā tū āhua waka o te Pākehā, mai i te hōiho kawekawe mīti a te pūtia tae noa ki ngā tū āhua katoa o te taramukā (TP 10/1909:3). / The streets of that town are full of all sorts of vehicles of the Pākehā, from the horse carrying the butcher’s meat to all sorts of tramcars.

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toa

1. (loan) (noun) shop, store.

He kore utu mai nā te Pākehā, me te Māori, i āku mea i namā e rātou, i mea ai ahau me hoko taku toa me aku taonga (TW 3/6/1876:223) / Due to non-payment by Pākehā and Māori for my things which are owed by them, I have decided that I must sell my shop and goods.

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Synonyms: whare pūkainga taonga, whare hokohoko

toa hoko kākahu

1. (noun) clothing shop.

toa tārai uku

1. (loan) (noun) pottery shop.

whare hokohoko

1. (noun) general store, shop.

Mā te moni ka riro mai he parau i te whare hokohoko o te Pākehā (HP 1991:14). / With the finances, a plough could be obtained from the Pākehā store.

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Synonyms: whare pūkainga taonga, toa

kāta hoko

1. (loan) (noun) shopping cart.

whare rongoā

1. (noun) pharmacy, chemist shop.

Tokorua ngā tamariki o Te Aute kei roto i tētahi whare rongoā i Whanganui e ako ana (HKW 1/2/1899:4). / There are two students of Te Aute who are training in a pharmacy in Whanganui.

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Synonyms: kēmehi, kēmihi

piha

1. (loan) (noun) butcher shop, butchery.

He tini anō aua hipi hei mahi mā ngā piha patu hipi anō hoki (TW 28/8/1875:183). / There is a good supply of those sheep for the butcher shops that slaughter sheep.

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ninipa

1. (modifier) awkward, unskilful, uncoordinated, clumsy, unfortunate, unskilled.

Mā te kaimahi ninipa tērā mahi. / That work is for an unskilled worker.

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2. (noun) clumsy person, blunderer, bull in a china shop, bumbler, bungler, butter fingers.

Ehara au i te ninipa pēnā i tō hoa. / I'm not a bungler like your friend.

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whare pūkainga taonga

1. (noun) warehouse, shop.

Ko ngā whare pūkainga taonga e 59 (TJ 15/3/1898:5). / There were 59 warehouses.

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Synonyms: toa, whare hokohoko

pae utu

1. (noun) counter (in a shop where one pays), checkout.

Me haere tāua ki te pae utu ināianei. / We had better go to the checkout now.

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kaihoko

1. (noun) shop assistant, shopkeeper, seller, retailer, vendor, buyer.

He kaiwhakakākahu, he kaihoko pūeru tāne a David Asher i Tauranga (TTR 1996:125). / David Asher was a clothier and men's clothing retailer in Tauranga.

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Synonyms: kaihoko whakamutunga, kaihokohoko