2. (verb) to be distant, faraway, far-off.
E kino koutou ki te noho tahi mai, ka tōriki ki tawhiti (TTT 1/5/1925:226). / You did not want to live together, but at a distance.
3. (modifier) faint, indistinct, ill-defined.
Ka rangona te reo tōriki e karanga āwhina ana (Ng 1993:144). / A faint voice was heard calling for help (Ng 1993:144).
2. (noun) little shag, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos - the smallest shag. All have short stubby bills, but plumage can vary from black to pied.
Ka mea atu a Mahuru ki a Teoteo, "He aha te manu pai hei tohu mā tāua." Ka kī mai a Teoteo, "He kōtare (HKW 1/4/1899:3)." / Mahuru (September) said to Teoteo (little shag), "What's a good bird as a symbol for us." Teoteo said, "A kingfisher."
See also kawaupaka
2. (verb) to be distant, faraway, far-off.
3. (modifier) faint, indistinct, ill-defined.
2. (verb) to be distant, faraway, far-off.
3. (verb) to be faint, indistinct, ill-defined.
Tōrikiriki ana te tangi mai i tawhiti (M 2007:118). / The crying in the distance is faint.
meroiti
1. (verb) to be small.
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
2. (noun) plankton.
He rauropi mōkitokito te meroiti e noho ana i te kārewa o te wai tai me te wai māori (RP 2009:287). / Plankton are microscopic organisms living in the surface of sea water and fresh water.
moroiti
1. (modifier) small.
Kātahi te wahine rā ka here i a ia ki te timuri o te whare, me te awhi tonu i tana tamaiti moroiti ki tōna uma, ki reira wiri ai rāua i te makariri (TWMNT 21/6/1899:16). / Then that woman tied herself to the chimney of the house, while holding her infant to her breast, and there they remained shivering from the cold.
See also meroiti
2. (noun) micro-organism, microbe.
He rauropi tino ririki te moroiti, kāore e kitea e te karu tangata, mā te karu whārahi kē e kitea ai (RP 2009:292). / A micro-organism is an extremely small organism that cannot be seen by the naked eye, but is visible under a microscope (RP 2009:292).
rikiriki
1. (modifier) in small fragments, into small pieces, into smithereens - indicates that something has been shattered into many small parts.
Ko te waka whakairo nei kua pāea ki te ākau, kua pakaru rikiriki (TP 4/1909:11). / This carved canoe had been wrecked on the rocky coast and it had broken up into small pieces.
He iti te matakahi, pakaru rikiriki te tōtara (TTT 13/12/1921:18). / A wedge may be small but it can break up the tōtara tree into fragments. (A whakataukī pointing out that sometimes by the clever use of equipment a huge task can be achieved with a minimum of effort.)
2. (modifier) altogether, exceedingly - an intensifier especially following words involving pain, painful emotions or the senses.
Tēnei tētahi kōrero pōuri mō te matenga o tētahi tangata ko Hāmuera Rīwai o Tikokino i kai i te waipiro i ngā rā tīmatanga o Āperira, ā, haere ana ki te mīhiini patu witi e mahi ana, ākina ana tōna ringaringa ki te taramu, naomia mai ana e te taramu kongakonga rikiriki tōna ringaringa, ā, mate tonu iho i te ata o tētahi rangi (TW 28/5/1875:91). / This is a sad story about the death of Samuel Rīwai of Tikokino who drank liquor at the beginning of April, and he went to the wheat threshing machine when it was operating and he shoved his arm into the drum and when the drum grabbed it his arm was cut up into exceedingly small bits and he died on the morning of the next day.
Kai rikiriki ai te aroha i au ki te iwi rā ē, ka tokona ki tawhiti (M 2004:212). / Sorrow is utterly consuming me for the tribe separated afar off.
2. (noun) small part, small portion.
I te tau 1867, ka whakakorea te raupatu hāunga tētahi wāhi iti nei, i uru atu ai ētahi maramara o te poraka o Kauhouroa (TTR 1998:214). / In 1867 the confiscation had been withdrawn, save for a relatively small area, which included portions of the Kauhouroa block.
3. (noun) minor, slight.
He wāhi iti nei ngā whakatikatika i ngā kupu o te waiata nei kia hāngai ai ki te kaupapa a Ngāti Ruanui (M 2004:366). / There have been some minor alterations in the text to make it agree with the Ngāti Ruanui version.
Synonyms: korokororiki, mātāmuri, itinga, hauiti
2. (noun) small calabash, vessel, small container.
2. (noun) small basket, small net.
Ko te kokori he kupenga iti, he kete rānei (M 2006:274). / The kokori is a small net or basket.
pakupaku
1. (verb) to be dry, parched.
Kia mea atu mātou, he nui nō te werawera o tērā whenua, ka tīkākā te whenua i te rā, ā kotia rawatia ake ngā witi, ka pakupaku (MM.TKM 27/11/1856:3). / We may say that because that country is very hot, the land is burnt by the sun and when the wheat is finally cut it is dry.
2. (verb) to be small, little, minute, tiny, diminutive.
Ka ngangautia e ia kia ngāwari, kia pakupaku, ka āta whakapiritia ki te mamae, hāware katoa atu nō te mea he pai tonu hoki te hāware mō te whakaora (HP 1991:23). / She chewed it until it was soft and small and carefully applied it to the sore part. It had saliva throughout because saliva is quite good for healing.
3. (modifier) small, little, minute, tiny, diminutive.
Kua rongo ake au, e Ihowā, ki ngā mahi hē, kino hoki a Hītera, i tāmia ai e ia ngā iwi pakupaku o te ao (HP 1991:100). / I have heard, Jehovah, of the mistaken and evil deeds of Hitler, who oppressed the small nations of the world.
Synonyms: mataririki, mōkitokito, matariki, nohinohi, paku, kauriki, whito, mākari, tātakimōri, koroiti, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau, iti, muimui, mahake, pota, nonohi, riki
4. (modifier) very, extremely - used as an intensifier for maroke.
I te ata e pai ana te āhua o te witi, i te ahiahi ka haere te kaingaki ki te moe, hari anu tōna ngākau ki te matomato o tana witi, ki te āta haere o te tupu, oho rawa ake i te ata ka memenge kau, maroke pakupaku (MM.TKM 27/11/1856:3). / In the morning the condition of the wheat is fine, and in the evening the husbandman goes to bed happy about the healthy growth of his wheat, but when he wakes up in the morning it has all shrivelled up and is extremely dry.
5. (noun) smallness, small size.
Ka tuhi a Joseph Banks mō ngā Māori o Pēwhairangi e kata ana i a rātou mō te pakupaku o tō rātou kupenga i te 'Endeavour': ‘Ka mutu tā rātou kata i te pakupaku o tā mātou kupenga, ka whakaaturia mai tō rātou kupenga, e 9 mita te hōhonu, me te roa! (Te Ara 2016). / Joseph Banks wrote about the Māori of the Bay of Islands that they were laughing about the small size of their net on the 'Endeavour': ‘After laughing at how small our net was they showed us their net which was 9 metres deep, and really long!’
