piringa
1. (loan) (noun) spring.
He mea mahi anō tētahi piringa nui hei tīmata i tōna haere (TP 7/1909:4). / A large spring is also used to start it going.
See also piringi
2. (noun) resource, source.
Ko te raruraru nui ko te taha matatiki - matatiki tangata, matatiki pūtea, matatiki pukapuka (HM 4/6). / The main problem relates to resources - people resources, funding resources and resources of books.
kōanga
1. (stative) be spring.
See also aroaromahana
2. (noun) planting time, spring.
He takiwā whakangā nō tātau te ngahuru, te takurua, tae atu ki te tīmatanga o te kōanga (TTT 1/8/1929:1037). / Autumn, winter and the beginning of spring is a time for us to rest.
See also aroaromahana
piringi
1. (loan) (noun) spring.
Ko tā Pāteriki Kahikura te whare ngāwari rawa mō te hānihi paki, kīki, toki kāta, piringi kāta, terei, parau hoki, pēke tera hoki (TW 3/6/1876:223). / Patrick Kahikura’s is the convenient shop for pack harnesses, gigs, stock carts, spring carts, drays, ploughs and saddle bags.
2. (noun) spring season, warmth.
Ka waiho ngā kūmara ki ngā rua puta noa i te hōtoke. Ko ngā kūmara kāore i kainga, ka whakatōhia ā te aroaromahana ka whai (Te Ara 2015). / The kūmara were left in underground pits over winter. The kūmara that weren't eaten were planted out the following spring.
puna manawa whenua
1. (noun) spring from deep underground, unfailing spring.
Nā ka keri ngā pononga a Īhaka ki te awaawa, ā ka kitea e rātou i reira he puna manawa whenua (PT Kenehi 26:19). / And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
See also manawa whenua
piringi kāta
1. (loan) (noun) cart with springs, spring cart, sprung cart.
Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa, ka haere au ki te hopu i te hōiho, he rata, ka pārete mai ki te piringi kāta, ka whakamaumau i ngā kākahu, ka ārahi ki ngā ringaringa o te piringi kāta, ka pana whakamuri haere atu ki waenganui, ka whakarewa i ngā ringaringa ki ngā wāhi e tika ana (HP 1991:25). / In the mornings when I’d finished milking my cows, I let them out into their paddock and went to catch the horse, a placid one, and dragged it to the spring cart, put on the clothes, led it to the shafts of the spring cart, backed it between them, then raised the shafts to the right positions.
waiariki
1. (noun) hot spring, thermal pool (suitable for bathing).
Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.
2. (verb) to revolt, rebel, mutiny, rise up, riot.
3. (verb) to rush, charge.
Kātahi ka kōkiri te matua a Ngāti Raukawa. Ka motu mai ki te ara, ka haere te kaiwhakatakoto i te mānuka, i muri e whana atu ana te kaiwero - ko Kemene Piharau o Wairarapa (TWMNT 12/12/1872:150). / Then Ngāti Raukawa's army thrust forward. When they had moved some distance the man laying down the challenge stick went forward and after that the challenger, Kemene Piharau of Wairarapa, sprang forward.
4. (noun) jerking, recoiling, springing back.
Nō te otinga o ēnei mea katoa, kātahi ka homai e tōku kaihanga ki roto ki ōku pongaponga te manawa ora. Nō konā tonu i tīmata ai taku tokomauri mō taku tūpekepeke me te whana o ōku ringaringa me te koa o tōku ngākau (TPH 30/3/1901:3). / When all these things were completed, then my creator put the breath of life in my nostrils. As a result I began to hiccough, kick and my arms jerked and my heart rejoiced.
Synonyms: tūpanapana
5. (noun) revolt, rebellion, mutiny, uprising, riot, insurrection.
Porowhiua atu ana e te hunga whakawā te whakapae mō te whana i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:182). / The jury threw out the charge of sedition (DNZB 1996:446).
6. (noun) bow (archery).
awe kāpara
1. (noun) planting season, spring.
Nā runga i tō rātau aroha ki te manaaki i te kāwanatanga i Whakatāne, ka kore a Te Arawa i whakatupu kai i te mea kua hipa kē te awe kāpara. Tae rawa ki waenganui o te tau o 1866 kua tino mate i te kore kai (TTR 1990:158). / As a result of assisting the government in Whakatāne, Te Arawa had not planted crops because the planting season had passed. By the middle of 1866 they were desperately short of food.
peke
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to jump, leap over, leap, spring, hurdle.
Kātahi ka kohete i a au, 'He aha koe i pōrangi ai ki te peke ki runga i te rore?' (HP 1991:23) / Then she reprimanded me, 'Why were you so stupid to jump into the lorry?'
Synonyms: rei, mawhiti, mahiti, rēinga, rere, mokopeke, mahuta, mōwhiti, hūpeke, tūpeke, mokowhiti, mōwhīwhiti, tarapeke, tiapu, mokohiti
2. (noun) limb, forequarter.
He hōiho uha kōpurepure, kāhore te parani e tino kitea, i te peke mauī (TW 14/8/1875:149). / A piebald mare, the brand on the left leg cannot be seen very clearly.
3. (noun) humerus, upper arm.
Ko te pito runga o te peke e hono ana ki te pona o te pokohiwi, ā, mutu ana i te tuke (RP 2009:348) / The upper end of the humerus connects to the shoulder joint, and it ends at the elbow.
4. (noun) flipper.
Ka rokona e rātau ki te papā i waho i te moana, whēnā me te pū nā te papā. Ka mahara rātau he peke kewa e papaki ana i te moana (JPS 1901:89). / They heard a loud report out at sea, like that of a gun. They thought it was a whale flipper slapping the water.
