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1. (noun) spear - for killing birds and was about 10 m long.
Kātahi a Marutūāhu rāua ko tana rōpā ka haere mai, haere mai anō rāua me te here wero manu anō; i haria mai ai taua here e rāua hei haha kai mā rāua (NM 1928:114). / Then Marutūāhu and his servant came, and they came with a spear for spearing birds, which they brought to procure food for themselves.
karamea
1. (noun) speargrass, Aciphylla squarrosa and Aciphylla colensoi - plants which provided an exudation used as a scent. The plants have a tuft of spear-like leaves, each up to 1 m long, and a large flower-stalk up to 2 m high, the head of which is covered with long sharp spikes.
Synonyms: taramea, tūmatakuru, kurikuri
2. (noun) red ochre.
Ka tohua te tokorua rā e tētahi tohunga kia pania ō rāua kiri ki te kōkōwai (te karamea kua kōroria ki te hinu mango) (Te Ara 2015). / A tohunga instructed the couple that their skin should be smeared with kōkōwai (red ochre mixed with shark oil).
Synonyms: hōrua, tākou, hōrū, pōrakaraka, kōkōwai
2. (noun) spear - a long spear pointed at both ends.
Ko ā rātou rākau patu tangata, he koikoi, he huata, he taiaha, he tewhatewha, he hoeroa; he mea tārai ki te toki pounamu, ki te toki kōhatu (JPS 1899:179). / Their man-killing weapons were spears, lances, taiaha, tewhatewha and long whale-bone weapons fashioned with greenstone and stone adzes.
2. (noun) baby carrier, baby sling.
3. (verb) (-na,-tia) to parry (spear thrusts) - by clasping the spear in the hands.
Kua uru tonu ia ki ngā whawhaitanga nui, kua puta tonu ia ki te kainga ahi, kua okooko i ngā rākau (JPS 1911:18). / He had continued to take part in the serious engagements; he had gone into the very heat of the battle; he had parried the weapons.
4. (noun) wooden scoop - for scooping up earth.
wero
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia) to pierce, spear, challenge, stab, poke, jab, bite, puncture, sting (of an insect), inject.
Ko tētahi mea hē rawa, ko te raweke a ētahi o ā rāua tamariki i ngā kēne whurutu, arā, he mea wero ngā tini, kātahi ka unumia te wai, ka whakahokia ki runga i ngā whata (TTR 1996:60). / One problem was that some of their children would meddle with the cans of fruit, that is they would puncture the tins, drink the juice and put them back on the shelves.
2. (noun) piercing, stabbing, injection, spine (of a stingray).
E kīia ana ka mutu te wero ki te peneti ka hurihia ko ngā raparapa o ngā pū hei patu haere i te hoariri (TKO 8/1915:4). / It is said that when the stabbing with the bayonet ended the guns were reversed to kill the enemy with the butt of the gun.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, werowero, tīwharawhara, pākinakina
3. (noun) bite, sting (of an insect, etc.).
E te mate kei hea tōu wero? (PT I Koroniti 15:55). / O death, where is thy sting?
4. (noun) challenge.
Hei ētahi wā anō hoki kua kuhuna he kōrero hei whakakata i ngā kaiwhakarongo, engari, he wero anō kei roto i ngā kōrero (Rewi 2005:64). / And sometimes a story was added to make the listeners laugh, but there would be a challenge in the words.
5. (noun) challenge at a pōhiri.
Kei te haere te ruri, ka kōkiri a Nehe Te Wehi o Tūranga me te wero ki te Kuīni (TWK 19:31). / While the short song was being performed, Nehe Te Wehi darted forward with the challenge to the Queen.
2. (noun) dart, short spear (for throwing).
I āta whakamākūtia te kahupeka kia pupuhi ai te harakeke, kātahi ka tino pai rawa atu ki te kaupare i te tao, i te tārerarera (PK 2008:182). / The protective vest was thoroughly moistened so that the flax would expand, then it was excellent to ward off spears and darts.
mātia
1. (noun) spear, wedge for tightening (as in helving an axe).
Whāia te whakapono tika hei tohutohu, hei whakangungu-rākau ki ngā mātia muramura a te rēwera, kia tipu ai tāua hei iwi kaha ki te ao (TTT 1/9/1925:292). / Pursue the true faith for instruction and as a shield against the blazing wedges of the devil, so that we develop as a strong people for the world.
kōtaha
1. (modifier) sideways, askance.
Ohooho ana ngā kau, ina whakatuwhera ia i tō rātou taiepa, piri ana te hiore o tana kurī ki waenganui o ngā waewae ka titiro kōtaha mai, mehemea nei e whakaaro ana kei te riri rānei tana ariki, kei te pēhea rānei (TH 1/12/1859:3). / The cows are alert when he opens their paddock and his dog's tail is between its legs and it looks sideways to see whether his master is angry or how his mood is.
2. (noun) sling (for throwing stones), shanghai.
Heoi he kōtaha, he kōhatu tā Rāwiri, ā hinga ana i a ia te Pirihitini, patua ana e ia, mate rawa (PT 1Hamuera 17:50). / So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him.
3. (noun) spear propelling sling - a sapling of the hard mānuka wood, about seven metres long, roughly smoothed and pointed. The hinder end of this dart, the pere, was stuck lightly in the ground inclined at an angle towards the enemy. A short whip with a handle about half a metre long and a lash of thin string about a metre long was wound round the dart so that it would readily come untwisted. The operator, standing a little in front of the lash, with a powerful jerk dragged the dart out of the ground, which then flew a great distance. It was also used to propel darts carrying lighted material to set fire to roof thatch of houses in besieged pā.
He tokomaha te hunga mōhio o te iwi o Rongo ki te hāpai kōtaha; nā reira, hinga ana te taua i a ia (JPS 1911:104). / There were many of Rongo's people who knew how to cast the sling-spear, consequently he defeated the war party.
4. (noun) base of a chief's head-dress in which feathers were stuck.
Ka haere a Marutūāhu ki te uku i tōna māhunga ki te wai, hoki mai, e heru ana. Ka mutu te heru, e tia ana, ka herea te kōtaha, e rima tekau o ngā kākā, maka iho te kōtuku, te huia, hei whakapaipai mōna (NM 1928:115). / Martūāhu went to wash his hair with water and returned to comb it. When he had finished combing, he stuck feathers in and tied the base of the head-dress with fifty kākā feathers, putting in place white heron and huia feathers, to adorn himself.
5. (noun) profile, side view.
Ka kitea e koe i konei ngā kōtaha rohe pōti mō ia rohe pōti Māori e whitu (NZP 2017). / You can see here the electorate profiles for each of the seven Māori electorates.
Synonyms: whakaritenga
2. (noun) forked spear (for catching fish).
I mau e ngā tauhou nei te maha o ngā kaimoana mā te kupenga, te matarau, te matau (Te Ara 2011). / These strangers caught much sea food with nets, spears and hooks.
3. (noun) polyhedron.
He āhua ahu-3 te matarau, ko ōna mata katoa he taparau. E whā, nui ake rānei ngā mata. He maha ngā momo matarau, ka tapaina ki te maha o ngā mata, arā, he matawhā, he matarima, he mataono, mata hia kē atu rānei. Mēnā he matarau rite, he ōrite te āhua me te rahi o ngā mata katoa, he taparau rite hoki ngā mata (TRP 2010:165). / A polyhedron is a 3-dimensional shape whose faces are all polygons. It has four or more faces. There are many types of polyhedra which are named after the number of faces they have. In regular polyhedra all faces are the same shape and size, and the faces are regular polygons. (TRP 2010:165).
2. (loan) (noun) hook, billhook, gaff.
He toki, he pīhuka, he kākahu aku mea i hoatu ai (TP 12/1910:6). / Axes, billhooks, and clothing were the things I gave.
2. (loan) (noun) lance, spear, harpoon, dart.
Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.
Synonyms: tao
