2. (intransitive verb) slip.
2. a child's toy.
3. (intransitive verb) move along, glide.
paheke
1. (verb) to move, slip, slip by, slide, be slippery.
Kōrimurimu ana ngā kōhatu, ka paheke (W 1971:142). / When the rocks are covered in seaweed they're slippery.
Synonyms: neke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori
2. (verb) to fail, decline.
I ōna tau whakamutunga, ka paheke haere te hauora o Hepi Te Heuheu, ka pāngia nei ia e te matehuka me ōna pōauautanga (TTR 2000:215). / In his last years Hepi Te Heuheu’s health was failing as he was affected by diabetes and related complications.
3. (verb) to trickle, flow - of any running discharge.
Ka motu koe ko tawhiti, ka rau aku mahara mō te roimata rā, e paheke i aku kamo (M 2004:346). / You are cut off at a distance. leaving a hundred memories for the tears that flow from my eyes.
4. (noun) decline, failure.
Tērā pea nō te urunga mai o ngā kurī a te Pākehā i te tōmuatanga o te rau tau 1800, ka tīmata te paheke o te kurī Māori (Te Ara 2016). / With the entry of the dogs of the Pākehā from the early 1800s the disappearance of the Māori dog began.
6. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly onmāhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
2. (stative) be slippery.
E hoa mā, kia tūpato, kua mania te auheke nei i te ua. / My friends, be careful, this slope is slippery from the rain.
3. (stative) be soft, smooth, silky - of hair.
4. (noun) Pacific gecko, brown gecko, Dactylocnemis pacificus - previously called Hoplodactylus pacificus. The markings on this species may often be brighter and with greater contrast compared to the common gecko. Widespread throughout the North Island and offshore islands in the north. Nocturnal, hiding during the day, and rarely seen basking. Lives on the ground, but will climb trees. Found in a variety of habitats.
See also teretere
Synonyms: pāpā, ngārara pāpā, teretere
tō
1. (verb) (-ia) to drag, haul, pull, open or shut (a sliding door or window).
Ka hopukina au, kātahi ka tō haeretia ki te awa (HP 1991:20). / I was caught and then dragged along to the stream.
Synonyms: kumekume, kāhakihaki, kukume, kume
2. (verb) (-ia) to drag (computers) - move an item on the screen by touching the item on a screen and then sliding the finger across the screen or by pressing and holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
3. (verb) (-ia) to open or shut (a sliding door or window).
4. (noun) dragging, pulling.
Kāre tahi kā tākata o te kāika i mahara, ē he hoariri tēnei. Heoi, ka whanatu rātau ki te mau neke atu kia pai ai te tō mai i kā waka ki uta, me te whāwhai atu anō ō rātau ki te tō i kā waka ki uta (JPS 1901:89). / The people of the place had no idea that this was a hostile party, and therefore they proceeded to take down skids in order to facilitate hauling the canoes ashore, and hastened to assist in dragging them up.
5. (noun) portage.
E kī ana te kōrero i tōia te waka mā te tō waka kei Tāmaki i mua i te haerenga ki Hokianga mā te takutai moana (Te Ara 2013). / It is said that the canoe was dragged across the Auckland isthmus via the canoe portage before travelling along the coast to Hokianga.
Synonyms: tōanga waka
whakareti
1. (verb) (-tia) to slide.
I taua whakahau, kua piri te waewae mauī ki te mea katau, i taua wā anō kua kumea mai te pū e te ringaringa matau, kia piri tonu mai ki te taha katau o te tinana o te hōia, ka whakareti whakararo i te ringaringa katau (HP 1991:113). / On that command, the left leg was moved beside the right one and at the same time the gun was pulled with the right hand so that it was right beside the right side of the soldier's body while the right hand slid down.
rere
1. (verb) (-a) to fly, flow, flee, leap, escape, go into action (any gliding movement), rush, run, race, descend.
I te mea ka tae mai te ahi ki reira, kātahi te tangata nei ka rere ki roto i te taika wai rāua ko tētahi atu tangata, ka whakamākūtia hoki he paraikete mō rāua (TPH 10/1/1906). / When the fire reached that place then this man and another one fled into the tank of water and they doused blankets with water.
Synonyms: teretere, horo, takanga, oma, omaoma, takaniti, whakatūkawikawi, hīrere, patiko, oioi, rere tārewa, wakewake, takawhiti, tūpou, rērehi, iwi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, mātāwaka, momo, tuoma, rēhi, peo, karapetapeta, whakataetae, matawaka, tarapeke, tūpeke, rēinga, peke, mahiti, mokowhiti, mawhiti, mokopeke, mokohiti, rei, tiapu
2. (verb) (-a) to sail.
Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63). / Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.
3. (verb) (-a) to descend, get down, slide into.
Nā, ka tae ia ki te wai, ka marere ōna kākahu, ka rere ki te wai (TP 1/1913:7). / Now, when she reached the water she took off her clothes and got into the water.
4. (verb) (-a) to fly about.
Kaua e tahitahi maroketia te rūma o te tūroro, engari me tīehuehu ki te wai kia kore ai e rere te puehu (TTT 1/7/1922:11). / Do not sweep the invalid's room when it's dry, but you should splash it with water so that the dust will not fly about.
5. (verb) to run out, let down (of a line).
Ka mounu anō ngā tāngata o runga i ngā waka rā i ā rātau matau; ka rere anō ngā aho ki te wai (JPS 1913:107). / The men on those canoes baited their fish hooks again and ran out the lines into the water again.
6. (verb) rise or set (of stars, etc.).
I te mea ka mōhiotia ngō pō e puta ai a Whānui ka whakapaia ngā rua, ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / Because the nights when the star Vega appeared where known, the storage pits were prepared and when Vega rose the harvesting of the food began.
7. (modifier) quickly, hurriedly, suddenly, completely, well and truly - used an adverb (i.e. to modify a verb) to indicate immediacy or to intensify.
Whiua reretia atu ana te pōro ki te paihau, kotahi atu ki te kokonga (HJ 2015:121). / The ball was passed quickly to the wing who headed straight for the corner.
Synonyms: kimonga kanohi, tere, wawe, tangetange
8. (noun) flight.
Pēnā tonu te rere a te kererū i te wā e mau ana tēnā kākano, ā, tata noa ki te horonga o tērā kākano, o te whanake (JPS 1895:132). / The flight of the New Zealand pigeon is like that during the time that the fruit lasts and until just before the seeds of the cabbage tree falls.
9. (noun) attack, charge, rush.
Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.
10. (noun) waterfall.
Ka kite ia i te rere, he nui te tiketike. Ka oho tōna mauri, e kore ia e eke ki runga (JPS 1905:200). / He found a waterfall, which was very high. He was startled, for he thought he would not be able to ascend it.
kiriata
1. (noun) film, movie, photographic slide.
Ka whakahautia anō e ia he kiriata poto hei whakaatu i tana pēne, engari nā te tino hē o te kiriata, kāore i utua e ia te kamupene nei a Filmcraft, mō tā rātau mahi nei (TTR 1998:172). / He also commissioned a short film to promote his band, but the quality was so poor he refused to pay the company, Filmcraft Limited, for their work.
pihanga
1. (noun) window, sliding slab of the traditional window of a wharenui.
Ka rapurapu noa ia i tētahi maro, i tētahi tū mōna, nōwhea hoki i kitea? Kātahi ia ka rere atu ki te kukume mai i ngā puru o te pihanga, o te whatitoka; kukume rawa mai, anana, kua tīkokekoke noa ake te rā o waho (NM 1928:8). / She searched everywhere for a maro , a girdle for herself, but could she find one anywhere? Then she rushed to pull out the plugs in the window and door, and when she finally pulled them out, low and behold the sun outside was high in the heavens.
2. (verb) to slip, slump, slide (of earth).
I horopu tonu i runga puta noa ki raro (JPS 1926:244). / It slipped from the top right down to the bottom.
3. (modifier) staunch, genuine, steadfast, loyal, firm, dependable.
Nāwai ka whai mana ētahi o tēnei minenga ki ngā tōrangapū o te rohe, tae atu ki te toa horopū tauā o Ngāti Porou i a Rāpata Wahawaha rātou ko te mema pāremata mō te Tai Rāwhiti i a Wī Pere, ko Ānaru Mātete hoki, tērā i tahuri ki te whakapono Pai Mārire me te mau pū mō Te Kooti (Te Ara 2015). / Some of this gathering later became major figures in the politics of the region, including the staunch fighter of Ngāti Porou, Rāpata Wahawaha, MP for Eastern Māori, Wī Pere, and Ānaru Mātete, who converted to the Pai Mārire religion and become an armed follower of Te Kooti.
Synonyms: pirihongo, ngākau pono, piripono, tōmau, pirihonga, pirihonge
2. (noun) sledge, toboggan, luge.
Synonyms: kōneke
kōpani
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to cover with a lid, shut up, shut in, shut off, close up, close off, enclose, conclude - e.g. with a lid or door fitting into an opening, but not used for a sliding cover or a cover turning on hinges.
Synonyms: āpuru, haupunu, whakakōpani, tō waha, hamaruru
2. (noun) lid, cover, trap door.
He kōpani i ngā taringa kei rongo i ngā kōrero o te ao katoa (TWMNT 6/2/1877:46). / It's a covering of the ears in case we hear the news of the whole world.
3. (noun) shutter (of a camera).
Ko te kōpani tētahi atu wāhanga o te arotahi, ko tāna mahi, he tuku, he aukati rānei i te aho (RTA 2014:81). / The shutter is another part of the focus, and its job is to let in, or restrict, the light.
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
