2. (modifier) pleasurable, entertaining, interesting, engaging.
Hei whakatinana i tērā ka puta ngā kōrero whakarekareka mō te hītori o tēnei motu (Te Ara 2014). / To implement that engaging accounts appeared about the history of this country.
Synonyms: rēhia, harakoakoa
3. (noun) pleasantness, appeal, sweetness, attractiveness.
Ko ēnei momo kōrero he whakarekareka i te taringa (TTR 1994:90). / These types of accounts are pleasant to listen to.
Synonyms: makuku
2. (modifier) indistinct, just audible.
Rongo hīrea ake ahau ki te tangata e karanga mai nei (W 1971:53). / I could just hear the man calling.
3. (noun) faint sound, slight sound, faint smell, faint odour, whiff.
Ka ngaro te hīrea o te waka (W 1971:53). / The faint sound of the canoe was no longer heard.
2. (verb) to chirp, chatter, cackle - of birds.
Koekoe ai te tūī, ketekete ai te kākā. / The tūī chatters and the kākā cackles.
Synonyms: kotokoto
3. (verb) to be annoyed, disappointed, frustrated, astonished.
Kotahi ia te mea e ketekete nei mātou ko te iti o te witi e kawea mai ana (MM.TKM 30/6/1859:6). / But there is one thing that we are disappointed about and that is the small amount of wheat being brought here.
4. (noun) astonishment, amazement, consternation.
Ka kī koe i te haurangi, i te pōuri, i te kapu o te ketekete, o te whakangaromanga, i te kapu a tōu tuakana, a Hamaria (PT Ehekiera 23:33). / Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
5. (noun) chattering - of the teeth from the cold.
Ko te ketekete o ngā niho tētahi tino tohu o te kōpiri, o te werohia e te mātao (HJ 2017:28). / The chattering of the teeth is an important sign of the effect of the piercing cold.
tīrango
1. (noun) sound-pitching instrument - swung around the head like a pūrerehua. Made by bending a thin piece of kareao (supplejack stem) in the form of a bow and fastening to its two ends as a bowstring a strip of the base of a raupō leaf. A short cord is attached to one end of the bow and when the tīrango is swung through the air it produces the sound from the vibration of the thin edge of the raupō leaf. The sound is similar to that of the rango (blowfly), hence the name.
iere
1. (noun) sound of voices, singing.
Kāhore hoki he waiata i ngā māra wāina, kāhore he iere harakoa (PT Ihaia 16:10). / And in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be joyful voices.
See also hiere
kaha
1. (verb) to be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
Kia kaha te mahi! / Work energetically!
Kua tino kaha kē tana hokohoko i waenganui i ngā kaipuke o ngā Pākehā; i kaha anō tana hiahia kia noho mai ngā Pākehā ki tōna takiwā (TTR 1990:116). / He was already heavily involved in trading with the ships of the Pākehā, and had a strong desire for Pākehā to settle in his area.
2. (verb) to be loud.
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.
Synonyms: tīwerawera, pākinakina, rarahi, tiori, hoihoi
3. (adjective) be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.
He wahine ātaahua, he kaha ki te mahi (HP 1991:24). / She was a beautiful woman, who worked hard.
4. (modifier) sheer, utter, constant, overwhelming - used to intensify or add emphasis to the quality or action when it is placed before another base, usually a verb or adjective. Does not usually follow immediately after a verb.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-66;)
I te kaha mamae o tōna waewae, ka totitoti haere te kuia ki te rata. / Because her leg was so sore, the elderly lady limped off to the doctor.
Synonyms: pōngerengere, taparere, hūkere
5. (noun) ability, power, strength, energy, stamina, intensity, volume (sound), magnitude.
I tino whakamihi a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Porou mō tō rātou kaha ki te whakapai i ō rātou whenua, ki te whakatupu hipi, mō te papai o ā rātou teihana hipi, o ā rātou wūruheti (TP 12/1907:11). / Mr Stout gave great praise to Ngāti Porou for their energy in improving their land, raising sheep and for the good state of their sheep stations and woolsheds.
Synonyms: āheitanga, āhei, āheinga, mana whakahaere, kōmārohi, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, pū
kakū
1. (verb) to make a harsh grating sound.
Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.
2. (noun) murmur.
Synonyms: warowaro, tāwara, kotete, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara
kokorutanga
1. (noun) bay, indentation of the coast, cove, bight, sound.
Nō te 8 o Ākuhata i te tau 1874 i whānau ai a Tuiti Makitānara ki te pūau o Kaituna ki ngā kokorutanga o Te Wairau (TTR 1998:99). / Sweet MacDonald was born on 8 August 1874 at the mouth of the the Kaituna river (Havelock) in the Marlborough Sounds.
Synonyms: kopanga, korutanga, kowhanenga, kokoru, koko, whanga, koro, tāwhangawhanga, awhenga
kotokoto
1. (verb) to squeak, cackle, make an inarticulate sound.
Nō te wā i pakeke ake ai aua pī rakiraki, ka kite i te awa, i te repo rānei, haere atu ana aua pī ki te hōhonutanga o te wai mānu haere ai ka mahue iho te kātua heihei nei ki uta kotokoto ai ki ana pī kia hui mai ki raro i ana parirau, ā, kore kau noa iho (TP 4/1904:3). / At the time when those ducklings grow up, when they see a stream, or a swamp, those ducklings go off to the deep water and float about leaving the hen on the shore clucking for her chicks to gather under her wings, but none do.
2. (verb) to sob, weep, howl, bawl.
He tini ngā tamariki o Īharaira i Hiruhārama, i tangi kotokoto mō tō rātou temepara - mō te whare i noho ai rātou ki te whakamoemiti, ki te whakaaroha ki te Atua (TP 8/1906:3). / Many were the children of Israel, weeping for their temple - for the building where they praised and showed their love of God.
2. (noun) one-stringed bow-like instrument - played by tapping with a stick while using the mouth cupped over the string as a modifying resonator. It was made of supplejack with a muka string, which was also plucked and scraped.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 166;)
Nā, ka tae te mahi, he kū, he pākuru, he tō, he pūtōrino, he kōauau, he tōrehe, he tī papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka - kāore a Kae i kata (JPS 1928:270). / So they tried playing kū, pākuru, tō, pūtōrino, kōauau, tōrehe, hand-clapping, porotiti, and kaupeka - but Kae did not laugh.
kukū
1. (verb) to make a grating sound.
Synonyms: ngakeke
2. (noun) grating sound.
I te waka rā anō e tōia ana, ka rongo a Kupu i te kukū o te takere o te waka rā (NM 1928:27). / When that canoe was being dragged Kupe heard the grating sound of the canoe's hull.
2. (noun) Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis - a duck with a wide flat bill, living in shallow lowland wetlands and muddy wetlands.
See also kuruwhengi
mita
1. (loan) (noun) rhythm, intonation, pronunciation and sound of a language, accent, diction, elocution, dialect, register.
Ehara ahau i te poropiti mō ngā mita o te reo (HM 4/2008:5). / I am not an advocate for the accents of the language.
Synonyms: tohu whakahua kupu, manawataki, ūngeri, whakataki, ia, momo reo, rēhita, pukapuka rēhita, whakatapoko
ngakeke
1. (verb) to creak, make a grating sound, rasp.
Ngakeke ana tō rātou poti i runga i ngā kōhatu nei (TWK 15:29). / Their boat creaked on top of these rocks.
Synonyms: kukū
2. (noun) creak, grating sound, rasp.
Kāore a au e rata ki te ngakeke a te maikuku i runga i te papa tuhituhi (Ng 1993:375). / I cannot stand the rasp of fingernails scratching a blackboard.
māhia
1. (noun) indistinct sound.
Nāwai rā, ā, ka pō, me te whai tonu atu te waka rā i te māhia o te waha o te kurī rā (NM 1928:102). / In due course it became dark, with that canoe continuing to follow the indistinct sound of the barking of that dog.
See also wawara
