tiata
1. (loan) (noun) theatre (probably showing lantern slides), show, gathering at a theatre (obsolete).
Meake ka tū tētahi tiata whakamīharo ki tēnei tāone (TW 14/9/1878:454). / Soon an amazing show will be opening in this town.
Synonyms: tohu, whakaatu, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakaatuatu, whakakite, tohutohu, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha
whakauwhi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to cover.
Ko te kai e kai nei tātou, ngā kahu e whakauwhi nei i a tātou, ngā whare e taumarumaru iho nei i runga i a tātou, mā te mahi anake e whiwhi ai (TWMNT 20/7/1875:164). / The food that we eat, the clothes which cover us, the houses which shelter us, will be obtained only by diligence.
See also whakauhi
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to entertain, show hospitality to, host.
Kua whakauwhia au e ngā tāngata o reira (W 1971:471). / I have been hosted by the people of that place.
Synonyms: whakauhi
3. (modifier) covering.
I te rā o te whānautanga o te Kuīni (24 o Mei) ka hurahia, i roto i te whare o te Miuhiama ki Werengitana nei, te kahu whakauwhi o te āhua o Tākuta Petitone kua mate nei (TWMNT 5/6/1877:152). / On the Queen's birthday (24th of May), in the Museum at Wellington, the cloth covering of the image of the late Dr Featherston was removed.
2. (noun) gleam, glow, shine.
Ātaahua ana ō rātou kākahu hākinakina, muramura ana, me te titiwha anō o te waitohu o runga, ko mātou ia, he tīhāte mā noa iho te haere (HJ 2015:107). / Their sports clothes were beautiful, bright with the gleam of the logo on them, but ours, we're just going white T-shirts.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
popore
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to desire, wish anxiously for, want, show favour to, treat kindly.
Heoi anō, nā te hiahia tonu o Timi Kara ki te puri i ngā whakahaere, ka tohua e ia he tiamana ki ngā poari e popore ana ki te rīhi (TTR 1994:13). / However, because of James Carroll's desire to hold onto control, he appointed chairmen to the boards who favoured leasing.
tararere
1. (verb) to trace a single line of descent from an ancestor without showing marriages.
Me tīmata noa i a Porourangi, ina hoki ōna kupu o mua, ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te wai, ko Ngāti Porou te iwi. He uri nō Porourangi. Me tararere noa kia mama ai (JPS 1950:286). / Let me begin with Porourangi because this is a well-known saying: Hikurangi is the mountain, Waiapu the river, Ngāti Porou the tribe. He is a descendant of Porourangi. Let me just trace the genealogy in a single line so that it is simplified.
nini
1. (verb) (-a) to glow, show brightly.
Ko te tangata nāna aua kura ko Tamatekapua; he mea whiu ki te moana he kitenga mai i te rātā e nini ana (TP 1/2/1902:9). / The person that those red feather headresses belonged to was Tamatekapua; they were thrown into the sea when he saw the rātā flowers showing brightly.
tītohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to show, display.
Āpiti atu ko tētehi poupou, he tōpū māhunga e tītohu ana, he mea whakaahua ka whakaurua ki 'Māori Art', he pukapuka nā Ākuhata Hamutana (TTR 1996:274). / A post displaying a group of heads was added and a photograph was used in Augustus Hamilton's book 'Māori Art'.
Synonyms: tohu, tiata, whakaatu, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakaatuatu, whakakite, tohutohu, hura, mataraharaha
2. (noun) scale (music).
Ko te āwhata he huinga oro e raupapa mai ana te piki, te heke rānei o ngā oro (RTP 2015:50). / A scale is a set of musical notes arranged in ascending or descending order (RTP 2015:50).
whakaariari
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to show, expose to view.
Tēnei te pūtiki nei kuhuna iho ki ō maikuku hei whakaariari haere mau i ngā pito e whā o te motu nei (KO 20/1/1888:3). / Here is a bundle being placed at the tips of your fingers for you to show in the four quarters of this country.
Synonyms: tohu, tiata, whakaatu, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakaatuatu, whakakite, tohutohu, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha
2. (noun) scenery.
Mā te rorohiko me te tukuata e whakaatu ngā whakaariari ki te tuarongo (RMR 2017). / The computer and projector show the scenery on the backdrop.
tohutohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to instruct, advise, save the life of, spare, preserve, conserve, show, point at, point out, guide, direct.
Nā Māhutonga i tohutohu mai ō koutou tūpuna, me te nui hoki o tō rātou māia, kia whakawhiti ora mai rātou i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ki tēnei whenua (TP 7/1911:10). / It was the Southern Cross that guided our ancestors and with their bravery they were able to cross the Pacific Ocean safely to this country.
Synonyms: tohu, tuhi, rarawe, whakaatu, tūtohu, rongoā, whakauka, whakatote, rokiroki, whakapounamu, tūtohi, whakahahaki, whakaatuatu, arataki, hura, mataraharaha, whakaariari, tiata, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakakite, tītohu
2. (verb) (-a) to indicate.
4. (noun) direction, advice, instruction, recommendation.
I ngā wā katoa e pā atu ana ōna ringa ki te tūroro, me horoi ōna ringa ki te wai nei i muri iho. Kauaka tēnei tohutohu e takahia (TRA 1/3/1929:950). / At all times when one's hands touch the patient one must wash one's hands with water afterwards. Do not flout this instruction.
Synonyms: kupu tohutohu, taunaki, marohi, tūtohunga, kupu whakatau
whakakite
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to reveal, disclose, display, show, exhibit.
Mā te Kāwana e tono tētahi Pākehā tika hei rūri i taua whenua: māku ia ngā rohe e kotikoti; ka oti te rūri me tā ki te nūpepa hei whakakite ki ngā Pākehā, ki ngā tāngata Māori anō hoki. Kia toru ngā marama kia whā e whakakite ana (MM.TKM 31/7/1860:58). / The Governor should send an appropriate Pākehā to survey that land, but I will set out the boundaries, and when the survey is completed it should be published in the newspaper so that it is revealed to the Pākehā, and also the Māori. Let it be displayed for three or four months.
Synonyms: whakaatu, whakapuaki, whāki, whāwhāki, puaki, whakakakau, tuwhiri, tohu, tiata, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakaatuatu, tohutohu, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha
2. (modifier) revealing, enlightening, informing, showing.
I te Tūrei, te 21 o Hānuere kua hori nei, i te kāinga o Henere Kata i Waipukurau, ka tū te mahi whakakite i te mātauranga o ngā kaimahi ki te mahi pērā (TWM 6/2/1868:1). / On Tuesday, 21 January just passed, a demonstration of the workers' skills in occupations like that was held.
Synonyms: whāwhāki
3. (noun) revelation, demonstration, performance, display, exhibit, exhibition.
Heoi tā mātau ko te whakakite atu ki a koutou nga mahi a te Pākehā o mua (TWM 3/10/1863:2). / And so what we have to do is reveal to you what the Pākehā did in former times.
Synonyms: tūhuratanga, whakakitenga, whāki, whākinga, whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, haka, purei
tohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to instruct, advise, save the life of, spare, guide, direct, instruct, appoint.
E tino maumahara ana au ki taua pō e inoi ana tō mātau koroua ki Te Atua kia tohungia mātau (HP 1991:14). / I well remember that night when our grandfather was praying to God that we be spared.
Synonyms: tohutohu
2. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to point out, show, indicate, point at, gesticulate.
E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa (JPS 1911:22). / He was gesticulating before the army divisions as if the taiaha would break in his hands.
Synonyms: whakakite, tiata, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha, tuhi, tohutohu, whakaatu, tūtohi, whakahahaki, whakaatuatu, arataki, tūtohu
3. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to preserve, conserve.
I te tukunga o te patu i te tau 1865, ka kī taurangi a Kerei me Te Mākarini, ka tohua ngā whenua o Ngāti Porou ki a rātau anō (TTR 1990:40). / When weapons were laid down in 1865 Grey and McLean promised that Ngāti Porou land would be preserved for the tribe's own use.
Synonyms: rokiroki, whakapounamu, tohutohu, rarawe, rongoā, whakauka, whakatote
4. (verb) (-a) to perform a ritual.
Tohua ana a Hēnare ki te tikanga pure o te karaka whati, he tikanga whakatakataka i te toa mō te pakanga (TTR 2000:70). / Hēnare underwent the ritual of karaka whati, a practice preparing a warrior for battle.
5. (noun) sign, mark, symbol, emblem, token, qualification, cue, symptom, proof, directions, company, landmark, distinguishing feature, signature.
Kua tae mai ō tohu aroha ki a au, arā ngā aikiha me te neketai i tukuna mai nei e koe (TKO 15/1/1916:5). / Your tokens of affection have arrived, that is the handkerchiefs and tie which you sent.
Synonyms: tūtohi, tohutohu, haina, hāponotanga, whakatūturu, whakatūturutanga, tuhinga ingoa, hainatanga, mokotā, waituhi, mātānawe, matohu, nawe, kōiraira, māka, waitohu, whaitohu, tūtohu
6. (noun) advice, suggestion, guidance.
He tohu kūare tēnei, he hua nō te whakaaro horihori (TP 1/5/1901:1). / This is uninformed advice, a result of incorrect opinion.
whakatuanui
1. (verb) (-tia) to be overbearing, show arrogance, domineer.
He wahine kāore i mataku ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro, he wā anō ka whakatuanui, ka whakatopatopa (TTR 2000:164). / A woman who wasn't afraid to express her views, and was at times dogmatic and domineering.
Synonyms: ngarengare, tuanui, hākiki
2. (modifier) overbearing, arrogant, domineering, dogmatic, authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial.
Kīhai a Wiremu i mataku ki te taupatupatu i ngā tikanga whakatuanui, tikanga whakatūpehupehu hoki (TTR 2000:143). / Wiremu was not afraid to debate dogmatic traditions and strictures.
3. (noun) domination, dominance, arrogance, dogmatism, autocrat, dictator.
Ka tae ki ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1880, mau tonu tana whakatuanui engari kua māuiuihia (TTR 1990:173). / By the late 1880s he was still an autocrat, but had become ill.
whakatīkai
1. (verb) (-tia) to show disrespect, insult, put-down, make jibes, slight.
Synonyms: tīkai, whakaparanga
2. (modifier) disrespectful, impertinent, insolent, insulting, impudent, contemptuous.
Ka hāparangi atu te tama whakatīkai ki tōna matua (Ng 1993:105). / The disrespectful son shouted at his father.
3. (noun) disrespect, presumption, irreverence, impertinence, discourtesy, cheek.
Ko te ikeiketanga tēnei o te tapu o te whakatīkai i te tangata pokanoa (TWK 46:23). / This is the ultimate in the formal way of insulting an inconsiderate person.
Synonyms: tīkai
2. (stative) be bright, aglow, bold.
He harakeke iraira, he mumura te kākāriki o ngā whā, he kōwhai ngā tāekaeka, he karaka ngā tapa me te tuaka, he mā, he mōhinuhinu te muka o tēnei harakeke (PK 2008:603). / A variegated flax, with bright green leaves, yellow stripes, orange edges and midrib, while the fiber of this flax is white and shiny.
3. (noun) inflammation, redness, blush.
Ka whiua koe e Ihowa ki te kohi, ki te kirikā, ki te mumura, ki te toronga nui, ki te hoari, ki te tauraki, te hōpurupuru (PT Tiuteronomi 28:22). / You will be punished by Jehovah with consumption, with a fever, with inflamation, with extreme burning, with the sword, with drought and mildew.
Synonyms: pūwhero, tūtutupō, pākurakura
atawhai
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to show kindness to, care for.
Ka mauria a Ruatara ki tōna kāinga, ā, ka tiakina te tūroro, ā, ka atawhaitia a Ruatara, ora noa (TAH 14:10). / Ruatara was taken to his home where the patient, Ruatara, was looked after and received kind attention until he was well.
See also atawhaitanga
2. (modifier) kindly, kind, generous, benevolent, hospitable.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
3. (noun) kindness, generosity, liberality, kindheartedness, benevolence.
He pai nōna, he aroha, he atawhai, he hūmārie, he pono nō āna kōrero. Kāore ana kōrero whakapatipati, kāore he kōrero rūpahu ((TTT 1/6/1925:239). / His good qualities were of compassion, generosity, affability and speaking the truth. He did not flatter or tell lies.
Synonyms: tauwhirotanga, ngākau aroha, manaakitanga, ngāwari
