matakēkē
1. (noun) step-parent, step-mother, step-father.
He kore i tau nō te noho a Hōri i te taha o tōna pāpā me tana matakēkē, noho kē mai ana ia i te taha o tana kuia, arā, o te whaea o tana whaea (TTR 1998:118). / Because George could not settle with his father and stepmother, he went to live with his maternal grandmother.
2. (noun) uncle, aunt.
I te matenga o tana māmā, ka riro mā tētahi o ana matakēkē a ia e whakapakeke (PK 2008:420). / When his mother died one of his aunts raised him.
hīkoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to step, stride, march, walk.
Ka tū au ki runga ka tīmata au ki te hīkoi (HP 1991:23). / I stood up and began to walk.
Synonyms: whīkoi, rangatū, tāwhaiwhai, hīkoikoi
2. (noun) step, march, hike, trek, tramp, trip, journey, stepping (netball).
Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.
pīkarikari
1. (verb) to prance about, quick shuffling steps in execution of the wero - a term used for the dramatic way the challenger advances on the marae with quick, abrupt, jumping movements and quick shuffling steps, doing the pūkana, whēterotero, making yelp-like noises and brandishing his taiaha or other long weapon.
Nō te haerenga o ngā reo whakatau o ngā kuia ka puta ōna tore kai huruhuru me ā rātou taiaha ki konā pīkarikari ai, whakapātaritari ai i te tira whakaeke (HM 2/1994). / When the elderly ladies' welcome calls went out the young warriors with their taiaha came forward to prance about and to challenge the approaching party.
Synonyms: hīteki, hītekiteki, pīkari
2. (noun) prancing about.
Ko te hunga mātakitaki kei te warea noa iho ki ngā pekepeke, ki ngā pīkarikari engari kāore ngā taringa i te āta whakarongo ki ngā kupu (HM 2/1994). / The audience are merely concerned with the jumping and prancing about but are not listening carefully to the words.
2. (noun) wide step.
He mea hanga tēnei kaupapa i muri mai i te huatakitanga mai o Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, he kitenga nō ētahi he whānui rawa te tīkei a te tauira ka puta i ngā akoranga reo o roto kē o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa o taua wā rā ki Te Panekiretanga (HM 1/2010:11). / This programme was created after the commencement of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), because some realised that the step for the student emerging from the language courses in Te Wānanga o Aotearoa of that time to Te Panekiretanga was too wide.
whakaangi
1. (verb) to float, move easily, move freely, sail along.
Ka ū rawa ngā matikuku me te ngutu o te īkara rā ki tāna kai, kātahi ka hikitia ake ka whakaangi haere i runga ake o te whenua, e toru, e whā putu te mataratanga ake (TWMNT 6/10/1874:258). / With the claws and beak of that eagle firmly fixed on its food, it then raised her up and sailed along at three to four feet above the earth.
Synonyms: angi
2. (verb) to fall through the air, hurl oneself.
Nā, ka mutu tana waiata, kātahi ia ka whakaangi i taua toka nei ki te whakamōtī i a ia (NM 1928:198). / Then, when she had finished her song, she hurled herself off that rock to destroy herself.
3. (modifier) step relationship - e.g. matua whakaangi, stepfather. Tamaiti whakaangi is also used for 'nephew' or 'niece'.
I kōrerotia atu anō e tō mātou pāpā ki a ia kua kōhurutia e ia tō mātou whaea whakaangi (HTK 3/3/1894:3). / Our father had actually told him that he had murdered our stepmother.
See also tamaiti whakaangi, tamāhine whakaangi, pāpā whakaangi, tama whakaangi, matua whakaangi, whaea whakaangi, tamariki whakaangi
4. (noun) stepchild.
Koirā te tamaiti whakaangi, ko ngā tamariki nā te wahine, engari ka heria mai ka uru ki roto ki te whānau, he whakaangi ērā (Milroy 2015). / That's what a stepchild is, the children of the wife but ones she has brought into the family, those are stepchildren.
tāwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch out, step out, pace, stride, move the limbs alternately.
Kaua hai titiro ki raro rā anō, engari ki ō waewae noa iho i a koe e tāwhai haere atu ana (HP 1991:58). / Don't look at the bottom, but just at your feet as you stride along.
Synonyms: whetoko, tāwhaiwhai
2. (verb) (-tia) to travel over, traverse.
Ka tāwhai atu i Tīoripātea ki roto o Murihiku (TTR 1990:368). / They traversed Haast Pass and into Southland.
3. (verb) (-tia) to imitate, impersonate, mimic.
Taea ai e te tūī te tāwhai ngā reo o ētahi atu manu, tae rawa ki te tangata (Te Ara 2014). / Tūī can imitate the sounds of other birds and people.
Synonyms: whakahuahua, whakatau
4. (verb) (-tia) to trace, copy.
Whakatakotoria he pepa angiangi ki runga ake o te pikitia e hiahia ana koe ki te tāwhai, kia kitea tonutia ai te whakaahua i raro iho, ka tuhi ai i te hua ki te pepa o runga ake (HJ 2012:195). / Lay thin paper on top of the picture that you are wanting to trace, so that the image can be seen, then draw the outline onto the paper on top.
5. (verb) to rival.
E kore e taea te tāwhai te whare o Ngāti Toa (W 1971:407). / It's not possible to rival Ngāti Toa's house.
Synonyms: tautētete, wheinga, kātata, hoa kakari, tauwhāinga
6. (noun) stepping, striding.
Ka haere atu māua ki te taiapa pōkaikai haere, tūtū, arā, kua meatia e ngā tāngata nei ki runga i taua pōkai waea takitaki, e rua ngā papa, pai noa iho tā rātau tāwhai atu ki runga i ngā papa, ka tāwhai atu ki waho (HP 1991:172). / We went to the roll of fencing where these men had placed two boards on the rolls of fence wire so that their stepping on the boards and walking out was a simple matter.
2. (noun) bridge.
Ko te arawhata i Ōmāhu me tērā i Te Pakipaki kua riro i te wai (TWMNT 25/1/1876:20). / The bridge at Ōmāhu and that at Pakipaki have been washed away by the water.
3. (noun) steps, stairs.
I ēnei rā, tū ai te whare karakia Mihinare o Whakatū ki runga o Cathedral Hill, ā, kake ai koe ki runga mā tētahi arawhata raima (Te Ara 2015). / These days, Nelson’s Anglican cathedral stands at the top of Cathedral Hill, and you climb up to it via some concrete steps.
2. (noun) hopscotch.
whetoko
1. (verb) to step, pace, stride.
I te karangatanga atu i tōna ingoa ka whetoko whakamua mai a Hīroki (TTR 1994:28). / When his name was called Hīroki stepped forward.
Synonyms: tāwhaiwhai, tāwhai
2. (noun) pace, step (measurement) - a traditional measurement.
He āhua rite te roa o te mita ki te whetoko kotahi (TRP 2010:171). / One metre is about equivalent to the length of one pace (TRP 2010:171).
whīkoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to step, stride, march, walk.
Synonyms: hīkoi, rangatū, tāwhaiwhai, hīkoikoi
2. (noun) step, march, hike, trek, tramp, trip, journey.
Kei te taha mauī ia o tēnei whakaahua me ōna hoa haere i tēnei whīkoi o te tau 1914 (Te Ara 2017). / He is on the left side of this photograph with his travelling companions on this trip in 1914.
2. (verb) (-a) to step across, astride.
Tino tūpato rāua kei hāngaia ā rāua aho, ka pūhere (TWK 5:2). / They were very careful not to step over their lines and render them useless.
3. (modifier) perpendicular (maths).
Ina pūtahi ētahi rārangi e rua, ā, e 90º te koki, ka kīia he rārangi hāngai. E whā ngā koki hāngai i te huringa kotahi. E 90º te rahi o tētahi o ngā koki o te tapatoru hāngai (TRP 2010:105). / When two lines intersect and form an angle of 90º, they are said to be perpendicular lines. There are four right angles in a revolution. One of the angles in a right angled triangle is 90˚ (TRP 2010:105).
pae
1. (verb) (pāea) to be cast ashore, aground, stranded, wrecked, lie across, surround with a border, horizontal.
Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.
Synonyms: tarapiki
2. (verb) (pāea) to demolish, throw down.
Ka pāea te whare, ka tahuna te whare (Tr 1874:49). / The house was demolished and burnt.
3. (verb) (pāea) to measure the circumference (of a tree).
Ka pāea te rākau rā (W 1971:245). / The circumference of that tree was measured.
4. (noun) horizon, perch, rest, orators' bench, orators, transverse supports of the floor of a canoe, step (of a ladder or staircase), shelf, bar (computer) - anything horizontal.
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: tau, paenga, pae, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, taupua, tā, whakamatua, tāoki, okioki
5. (noun) range (series of mountains).
Kia tae koe ki te whā o ngā pae, ka noho ki te whakatā i tō manawa (TP 6/1909:5). / When you reach the fourth range, sit down and rest.
6. (noun) region, direction, vicinity, area.
Ka hemo i te kai, ka haere ki ngā pae o ngā umu rā, hamuhamu ai, ka kite i te mānga aruhe e takoto ana, ka noho, ka kai (TP 6/1909:3). / Being hungry she went to the vicinity of those ovens to scavenge food and when she saw the leftover fern-root lying there, she sat down and ate.
7. (noun) circumference - measured by māro with the arms extended.
He rākau nui, e toru te pae (W 1971:244). / A large tree measuring three fathoms in circumference (W 1971:244).
8. (noun) gums (of the mouth).
Ki te kore e āta horoia ngā niho me ngā pae, tērā pea ka pā he mate ki ngā pae - ka pupuhi, ka wherowhero, ka mamae, ā, ka keha anō te hā (HJ 2012:262). / If the teeth and gums aren't cleaned properly, problems might occur with the gums - they'll swell, become red and painful, and the breath will be foul-smelling.
tāwhaiwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch out, step out, pace, stride, march.
Ka mātakitaki i a mātau e tāwhaiwhai haere ana (Ng 1993:187). / They watched us marching along.
See also tāwhai
2. (modifier) imitation, artificial.
See also tāwhai
3. (noun) marching, striding.
Pai katoa aku mahi mō te whakamau pēneti, mō te whakatūtū, mō ngā tāwhaiwhai, mō te pupuhi (HP 1991:43). / I was good at fixing bayonets, standing at attention, marching and shooting.
See also tāwhai
