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korowhanake

1. (noun) steam.

See also mamaoa

koromamao

1. (noun) steam.

He tikanga tā Ngāti Porou ki te tango i te hinu mai i ngā kākano o te parapara mā te koromamao, te paopao me te penupenu i ngā kākano (Te Ara 2012). / The Ngāti Porou tribe had a practice of extracting the oil from the seeds of parapara by steaming, pounding and pressing them.

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korohū

1. (noun) steam.

Ko te mea kawe mai i te korohū he paipa he mea whakatoro mai i te tima ki tēnā kāho, ki tēnā kāho (TP 4/1911:1). / The thing conveying the steam is a pipe extending from the steamer to each drum.

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See also koromamahu, koromamao

koromamahu

1. (noun) steam.

Kitea ai te koromamahu i te wā ka huraina te hāngī. / Steam is seen when the hāngī is uncovered.

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See also koromamao

mamaha

1. (noun) steam.

E whā ngā kōhua mamaha hei huri i ana wīra (KO 15/1/1883:7). / There are four steam boilers to turn the propellers.

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pūmāhu

1. (verb) to be hot.

Kei nga rangi mākū me tahu he ahi ki roto ki te wharau, ko aua ahi me whakapongere, arā, me kānoti kia āhua pūmāhu te wāhi e tare ai te tupeka, kia tupato anō ia kei mura aua ahi, nō te mea ka mura aua ahi, ka tino werawera ngā tupeka (TW 5/2/1876:71). / On wet days fires should be lit in the shed and those fires should be smothered, that is they should be covered with earth so that the place where the tobacco is hanging becomes somewhat hot, but be careful in case those fires flare up, because if those fires do that the tobacco will become very hot.

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2. (noun) steam.

He whare rūnanga Māori te whare o taua kura, he whare haumākū a roto, he pōuri, kāore he putanga hau kia ngaro ai te pūmāhu me te mōrūruru (TWMNT 31/8/1875:195). / The school building was a Māori meeting house, which was damp and dark inside with no vents to allow the steam and odour of human sweat to escape.

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3. (noun) heat.

E rua tonu ngā rā i haere ai i taua whenua kino kua matemate ētahi o ngā Pāniora, kua kore e kaha ki te haere, —he mate i pā mai ki a rātou nō te pūmāhu me te haunga o ngā repo, me te mahi kuhu haere i roto i ngā ngāherehere ururua (TWMNT 2/5/1976:102). / For two days they travelled in that terrible land and some of the Spaniards became sick until they no longer had the strength to proceed, with sickness affecting them because of the heat and the stench of the swamp and of forcing their way through the thick forest.

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koromāhu

1. (noun) steam.

Ka utaina ngā peka mākū o te whau me te karamu ki runga i te ahi, ko te koromāhu hei rongoā mō ngā poroiwi kua whati (Te Ara 2012). / Wet branches were thrown on a fire with whau and karamū, to make steam as treatment for broken bones.

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koroahu

1. (noun) steam.

Ka noho mai i reira, heoi anō te mahi, he tatari kia kite iho i te koroahu o ngā hāngi kai a Te Pahipoto i Te Kupenga, kua heke iho kia tae mai ki te hākari (EM 2002:320). / He lived at that place and what he did was wait until he saw the steam of the hāngi food of Te Pahipoto at Te Kupenga and then come down to attend the feast.

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korohehengi

1. (noun) steam.

Ka hukea te hāngī, ka puta mai te korohehengi. / When the hāngī was uncovered, the steam appeared.

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korowhetengi

1. (noun) steam.

See also mamaoa

umuroa

1. (noun) steam oven.

Ka whakamahia te kawakawa ki te umuroa mō te rūmātiki me ētahi atu mate (Te Ara 2012). / Kawakawa was used in the umuroa, an oven or vapour bath for those with rheumatism or other complaints.

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whakamamaoa

1. (verb) (-tia) to steam (something).

He pai tonu te whakamamaoa i te tuatahi ki te purukamu, arā kia 15 meneti e taupoki ana (TTT 12/12/1921:5). / It is fine to first steam some eucalyptus, covering for 15 minutes.

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ngepaki

1. (noun) steam oven.

See also hāngī

tokakawa

1. (noun) perspiration, sweat, steam, damp.

Heke ana te tokakawa i a mātou i te mahinga i te moni, hei utu i ngā kākahu e mau nei i ō mātou kiri (TK 1/8/1842:33). / The perspiration flowed from us in working for money to pay for the clothes that we wear on our skin.

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Synonyms: kakawa, tōhau, tōtā, werawera, mōtuhi

atua whiowhio

1. (noun) railway train, steam engine, locomotive, train.

Nā ka kite anō iho aku kanohi i muri i a au e makenu ana te pāwhatitanga o te huarahi o te atua whiowhio haere o te Pākehā (Redemption Songs 1995:277). / My eyes will see after you traces of the broken branches on the pathway of the travelling railway train of the Pākehā.

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Synonyms: tima rerewē


2. (noun) whistling atua.

Ko ngā whakamārama a te Pākehā mō ngā atua whiowhio, mō ngā atua kōrero o te Māori, ko te mahi a te Pākehā e huri nei, e panga nei i te reo, arā he 'ventriloquism' (TKO 12/5/1918:8). / The Pākehā explanation for the 'atua whiowhio', the speaking atua of the Māori, is the practice of the Pākehā to transform, to throw one's voice, which is called ventriloquism.

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tima

1. (loan) (noun) ship, steamer, ferry.

E rere tonu ana tēnei tima, atu anō i Nēpia ki Te Wairoa, ka paki te rangi te rere ai (TW 3/6/1876:224). / This steamer travels from Napier to Te Wairoa, when the weather is fine.

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Synonyms: motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere


2. (loan) (noun) steam engine, train, sawmill.

Ko te take i pēnei ai he rerekē tōna tima, he tāpaina (TP 10/1904:10). / The reason it is like that is that its steam engine is different, being a turbine.

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Synonyms: mira kani rākau

kua pau [te] hau

1. run out of oomph, given up the ghost, run out of steam, exhausted, used up - an idiom used to indicate that a person has run out of energy or something no longer works.

Kua pau te hau o taku waea pūkoro. / My cellphone has given up the ghost.

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Synonyms: pau [te] hau

mamaoa

1. (noun) steam, vapour.

I te ata rawa ka kitea te wai e kōkiri ake ana i te moana, ā i kapi katoa taua wāhi i te mamaoa (TWMNT 11/8/1874:206). / In the morning the water was seen rising above the sea and that place was covered with vapour.

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See also koromamahu, koromamao

pau [te] hau

1. be exhausted, out of breath, run out of steam, worn out, tired, used up.

Ka tau mai ki ngā kura reo, e pau ana te hau, ka hoki atu e hikohiko katoa ana te ngākau (HM 4/2008:3). / I arrived at the language learning gathering worn out and when I returned home I was enthusiastic.

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Synonyms: kua pau [te] hau, hēmanawa, pukā, tūngāngā, ngaengae, naenae, hē te manawa

mīhini korohū patu witi

1. (loan) (noun) steam threshing machine.

Nāna anō hoki i whakahaere ngā kaiwhiwhi pāmu o te wā kāinga ki te hoko i tētahi mīhini kokoti witi, mīhini korohū patu witi rānei mā rātou (TTR 1994:77). / He also organised the local farming community into buying a reaper and a steam threshing machine.

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