huripi
1. (intransitive verb) start off.
Synonyms: maranga
tīmatatanga
1. (noun) beginning, starting, introduction, start, commencement.
He mea tino nui rawa atu te mana o te kaupapa Karaitiana i taua takiwā, mai i te tīmatatanga tūturu o te whakapono i te tau 1827 (TTR 1996:115). / The influence of Christianity in the region was profound from the formal introduction of the faith in 1827.
tīmatanga
1. (noun) beginning, starting, introduction, start, commencement.
Heoi, tētahi parekura kaitā te tīmatanga mai (HP 1991:6). / And so that was the beginning of a major battle.
See also tīmatatanga
3. (noun) whistle - with a bent finger.
Mehemea ka korowhio te kiwi, pēnei me te korowhiti, ā he tāne tēnā (W 1971:146). / If the kiwi whistles, like the whistle through a bent finger, that's a male.
4. (noun) short flute, whistle.
Me whakatangi te korowhiti ki Tītīraupenga, hei a Te Momo (M 2007:68). / Play the flute towards Tītīraupenga where Te Momo is.
2. (verb) to be sudden, startled, shocked, surprised.
I ohorere katoa i a ia ngā iwi i Whakatāne i te pōwhiritanga i a Tā Perenata Whēkihana i te tau 1963 (TTR 2000:120). / He shocked everyone at the official welcome of Sir Bernard Fergusson in Whakatāne in 1963.
Synonyms: whakarihariha, whētuki, tumeke
3. (modifier) suddenly, unexpectedly, abruptly, without warning.
Hei utu i tēnei, i puta ohorere ake a Ngāti Apa ki te tuki i a Ngāti Toa i Waikanae (TTR 1990:246). / As revenge for this, Ngāti Apa appeared unexpectedly to attack Ngāti Toa at Waikanae.
4. (noun) surprise, shock.
Kāore hoki i ārikarika taku ohorere ki te mahi a ngā tamariki nei (HP 1991:290). / I was really shocked at what these children did.
Synonyms: whētuki, whakaanuanu, mōketekete, hiko, ohomauri, whiti, oho mauri
ohotata
1. (verb) to start, suddenly.
I Tīhema o te tau 1928, i ohotata tonu te whakatūnga i a Ngata hai minita Māori i te rironga ohoreretanga o te tāhuna o te pōti whānui, i te Rōpū Unaititi (TTR 1996:107). / In December 1928 Ngata was suddenly appointed native minister when the United Party unexpectedly won the general election.
2. (modifier) sudden, abrupt, impulsively.
He mate ohotata hoki; e toru anō ngā rā te pānga mai o tōna mate, ka moe, ā ohorere katoa ana a Te Arawa i te rongonga ai ki tēnei aituā (TWMNT 10/5/1874:113). / And it was a sudden death, as he had only been ill three days when he fell asleep (died), and Te Arawa were all astounded when they heard of this calamity.
Synonyms: whawhati tata
3. (noun) emergency.
I te wā o te ohotata kaua e mauri rere (Ng 1993:124). / Don't panic in an emergency (Ng 1993:124).
hiki
1. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to lift up, raise, carry in the arms, nurse (a baby), remove, take away, convey - in the passive form if the passive ending -na is used the first i is lengthened, i.e. hīkina.
I whakakīa te pēke hiraka ki te kāhi haitorotini, mā taua kāhi e hiki te pēke (TP 2/1900:4). / The silk bag was filled with hydrogen gas and that gas lifts the bag.
Synonyms: whakatāiri, riariaki, kōranga, riaki, tapuhi, whakatapuhi, nānā, mohimohi, nēhi, tiaki, morimori, nāhi, kāhaki, opeope, hura, hīkaro, unuunu, whakahorohoro, mākerekere, tauwehe, tango, maiki, tīhei, whakarewa, tiraki, tārewa, rangaranga, whakatairangaranga, huataki, hāpai, ararewa, whakamaranga, whakaikeike, whakakaurera, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, whakatū, whakaara, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakaaranga, hī, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu
2. (verb) (hīkina,-ngia,-tia) to shift (to another site), move.
Ka hīkina te whare o Makarita ki rāwāhi atu i te huarahi ki te marae (EM 2002:206). / Makarita's house was shifted across the road to the marae.
Synonyms: onioni, tīkape, kaneke, hūnuku, konikoni, mū, whakakorikori, panuku, paheke, neke, korikori, koni, tākiri, kori, ngatete, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, ngeungeu, ngatē, neneke, takataka, rangaranga, whakangāueue, kareu, oreore
3. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to adjourn (a meeting or hui), recess, suspend, postpone.
Kua hīkina te whakawā i a Tame Iti mō te pupuhi i tana pū i te wā o te pōhiri a te iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe ki Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki te 20 o Mahuru. / The judicial hearing against Tame Iti for shooting his gun at the time of Ngāi Tūhoe's welcome ceremony to the Waitangi Tribunal has been adjourned to the 20th of September.
Synonyms: tinaku, whakatārewa
4. (verb) (hīkina,-tia) to raise, end, lift (a rāhui).
Ko tētahi mahi a Rangiheuea me tōna iwi, ia tau, mō te kotahi marama i te wā e tika ana, he kokoti i te tōrea hei huahua mā rātau. Ka ngata ō rātau hiahia i taua marama, kua whakatauria he rāhui, kia tae rā anō ki te wā tika i te tau o muri mai, kātahi anō ka hīkina te rāhui (EM 2002:157). / A task that Rangiheuea and his people did each year for one month at the appropriate season was snaring oyster catchers for preserving in their own fat for food. When their needs were satisfied in that month a rāhui (temporary ritual prohibition) was set in place and it wasn't until the next season that the rāhui was lifted.
5. (verb) to start, jump (from surprise, etc.).
6. (verb) to slip up, skip - when reciting a karakia, etc. Traditionally considered to be a bad omen.
He aituā tō tāua, i hiki taku karakia (NM 1928:22). / We have a mishap because I slipped up with my ritual chant.
7. (noun) recess.
Synonyms: koko
8. (noun) seam, join - join between two widths of a floor mat, etc.
Ko te hiki te ingoa o te rārangi tuitui e hono ana i ētahi papanga e rua (RTA 2014:192). / The hiki (seam) is the name of the line of sewing joining two layers.
Synonyms: maurua, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, kuhukuhu, whakauru, tāpiri, pāhekoheko
9. (noun) charm for raising anything from the water, or to cause people to migrate, or to free the hands from tapu.
Kātahi ia ka hāpai ake i tana hiki ake mō tana ika kia maiangi ake (N 1928:16). / Then he began his hiki charm for his fish to be raised it up.
oho mauri
1. (verb) to jump into action, start suddenly, startle, astonish, astound, shock. Sometimes the two words are separated in the sentence, as in the second example below.
Ka oho mauri ngā hōia o Peretānia ka rere, ka taui (TTR 1990:126). / The British soldiers were surprised and retreated.
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.
See also ohomauri
Synonyms: ohomauri, mōketekete, whiti, ohorere, whētuki, whakaanuanu, hiko
hāpai
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to take up, support, shoulder.
Ka roa kātahi ka tahuri a Ngā-tokowaru ki te whakatūtū i tana ope taua, ā, ka eke ki te mano āna toa hei hāpai i tana pakanga ki a Ngāti Hikairo (NIT 1995:347). / After some time Ngā-tokowaru set about raising his war party, and his warriors numbered a thousand in support of his war against Ngāti Hikairo.
Synonyms: tarapakihiwi, pokowhiwhi, pokihiwi, pokohiwi, pakihiwi
2. (verb) (-a,-na,-nga,-ngia,-tia) to lift up, lift, elevate, raise, mete out.
Kātahi ka hāpainga au e Rihimona ki runga, ka pangaia au ki roto i te awa (HP 1991:20). / Then Rihimona lifted me up and tossed me into the stream.
Synonyms: whakatāiri, kōranga, riariaki, riaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, tārewa, tiraki, whakarewa, tīhei, whakaikeike, whakamaranga, ararewa, huataki, rangaranga, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakaaranga, hī, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, whakaara, whakatū, mairanga, whakapakeke, whakatupu
3. (verb) (-a,-nga,-ngia,-tia) to begin (a song, karakia, etc.).
Ka eke ki runga i te peka rākau ka hāpai i tana waiata (NIT 1995:363). / He climbed onto a tree branch and began his song.
4. (verb) (-a,-nga) to set out, set off, start out, get under way (of a journey, etc.) - especially when used with the passive ending.
I te ata ka hāpaia te ope, ā, moe rawa atu i Te Kainga-pipi - kei Wai-ngaro (NIT 1995:257). / In the morning the party set off and they finally slept at Te Kainga-pipi - at Wai-ngaro.
5. (verb) to rise (of heavenly bodies), dawn.
Rā te haeata e hāpai ana mai (JPS 1948:66). / There behold the dawn's rising.
6. (verb) to carry, bear (weapons and tools).
Ko ōna mātua he toa katoa ki te hāpai rākau (TPH 15/12/1899:5). / His father and uncles were all warriors who took up arms.
7. (noun) carrier, bearer, porter.
Te amorangi ki mua, te hāpai ō ki muri (JPS 1904:76). / The priests are in front, the bearers of provisions in the rear. (A whakataukī said of an army where everybody should be in their place. It is also explained as the 'amorangi' being the spiritual side and the 'hāpai ō' as the physical needs, thus implying that the spiritual aspect should not be neglected.)
huataki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to raise, lift, begin, lead.
Huatakitia atu tēnā pito o te rākau, kia kitea te māmā (W 1971:66). / Lift that end of the timber to see how light it is.
Synonyms: tārewa, tiraki, whakarewa, tīhei, whakaikeike, whakamaranga, ararewa, hāpai, rangaranga, whakatairangaranga, hiki, konumatā, taki, matā, whakahaere tikanga, kaea, whakahaere, ārahi, arataki, tātaki, tā, whakataki, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakatū, whakaara, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hī, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki
2. (verb) (-hia,-na,-tia) to begin, start, commence.
Hei huataki i ngā wānanga hei huarahi ako, ka arotahi ki ngā wānanga Māori i te tuatahi, kātahi ka tirotiro ki ngā whare wānanga Pākehā (Rewi 2005:34). / To commence the deliberations on the methods of learning I will focus on Māori wānanga first and then look at Pākehā universities.
hapa
1. (verb) to be passed over, missed out, omitted, passed by, miss out, past by.
Kāore i hapa tā Te Whitu, tuku ana te wahine i a rātou kia romiromitia, kia mātakitakitia e te hātana, ā, kia takakinotia i te nui o tō rātou whakapono ki ngā mahi tohunga (TP 10/1904:2). / Nothing that Te Whitu had said was missed, the women allowed themselves to be massaged and gazed at by the heathen and to be abused because of their belief in the witchcraft.
2. (noun) false start, fault, error, omission, foul, infringement, mistake, miscue.
oho
1. (verb) (-kia) to wake up, start (from fear, surprise, etc.), awake, arise, rear up.
Kua kite te hōiho i te tāpōrena i muri o te paki e tārewarewa ana, ka oho te hōiho o tō rātau paki, ka tahuri tō rātau paki (TJ 6/4/1899:14). / When the horse saw the tarpaulin dangling at the back of the buggy their buggy's horse reared up and their buggy rolled over.
2. (verb) to be roused (including of feelings), awakened.
Ka oho ake te aroha o Ngātoro ki te waha o te tangata, o te wahine, o te tamariki e auē ana, e tangi ana (NM 1928:62) / Ngātoro's affection was roused when the men, women and children were wailing and crying.
3. (modifier) fruitful, productive.
