whatu
1. (noun) eye, pupil of the eye, anchor, kernel (of fruit).
Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 1996:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 1996:493).
Synonyms: kau o te kanohi
2. (noun) hailstone, hail.
Nō te 10 o ngā rā o te marama nei i te rua o ngā hāora o te awatea, ka ua tētahi ua, 10 meneti i ua ai. Kātahi ka rere he whatu (he nganga ki ētahi reo) (TKO 1/11/1917:9). / On the 10th of this month at 2 pm, it rained for 10 minutes. Then some hail fell.
3. (noun) initiation stone - a stone swallowed by the pupil (tauira) during his initiation as a tohunga.
Ko te whatu he kōhatu, ko te kōhatu, arā ko te hira o te hua rākau, o te karaka, etc. Ko te whatu e whāngaitia ana ki te tauira ako i te mahi tohunga; ka waiho hei ingoa mō te tauira (M 2006:198). / The 'whatu' is a stone and 'kōhatu' is the used for the abundance of fruit, of the karaka tree, etc. A stone (whatu) was fed to the scholar in priestly activities; and as a result it was used as a name for the scholar.
4. (noun) stone.
Ko te whatu i te pou tuarongo te wāhi tapu, ko te Kura a Tangaroa, he kōwhatu āhua pūwhero nei, he kōwhatu nō te kei o 'Kurahaupō' (JPS 1925:307). / The stone deposited at the rear post of the house marked the tapu spot and it was the Kura a Tangaroa. It was a reddish stone, being a stone belonging to the stern of 'Kurahaupō'.
5. (noun) rāhui stone - a stone invested by the tohunga with powers for rendering a rāhui effective. Karakia are recited and the whatu is hidden away from the pou rāhui.
2. (noun) native drill, drill (tool).
He maha ngā tūmomo whao whakairo. Ko ngā ripi me ngā kota ngā taputapu pounamu tahito rawa a te Māori. Arā anō ngā taputapu me ngā taonga ka mahia i te pounamu – hei matau, pākuru, hōrete, tara o te tao huata, aha atu (Te Ara 2014). / There were many types of carving chisels. Knives and scrapers are among the oldest greenstone Māori artefacts. Other items made from greenstone were fish hooks, stone hammers, drill points, bird spear points and other things.
2. (noun) stone of a reddish or brown colour brought by the kākā in its crop from Hawaiki.
Kai hea taku manatawa, taku manapou? He kupu whakahau ēnei mō te hunga kua taka ki roto i te waimeha o te whakaaro, ki te anuhea o te ngākau, ki te ngoikore o te tinana (Tikanga 1997:49). / Where is my manatawa and my manapou? These are words of encouragement for people who have become lackadaisical, unenthusiastic and listless.
pōwhatu
1. (noun) stone.
Ka tangi a Kupe ki ōna irāmutu, whero tonu iho ki te pāua, ki te pōwhatu, ki te ika, aranga tonu iho a konā ko Tangihanga-o-Kupe (JPS 1927:276). / Kupe cried for his nephews, hence the pāua, stones, and fish of that place were stained red, and the place became known as the Lamenting of Kupe.
2. (noun) stone.
Ka tū tētahi pōhatu ki roto o Nūhaka hei whakamaumahara ki a Whaanga (TTR 1990:395). / A stone was erected in Nūhaka as a memorial to Whaanga.
2. (verb) Climb.
3. (noun) Dinornis gigantea and other species; extinct birds of the order Dinornithi-formes.
4. (verb) Lay in a heap.
5. (noun) A stone often found in spherical masses, some compound of iron , also called moamoa.
2. (noun) a sort of flint found embedded in the stone known as hinewaiapu.
matarehu
1. (verb) to see unclearly, dark.
I te matarehu, kāore i mōhiotia mēnā he tangata, he tia rānei tērā e tū rā i te wao (PK 2008:427). / Because it was dark, it was not known if it was a person or a deer that was standing in the forest.
Synonyms: whēkitekite, whēkite
2. (adjective) be misty, obscure, not clearly seen, visually impaired.
Āe, he matarehu, he matarua tēnei mea te kīwaha, engari he matareka tonu (HJ 2012:24). / Yes, idioms are obscure and double-edged, but they're quite enjoyable.
Synonyms: waowao, kōehuehu, pūkohukohu, pūrerehu, pōrehurehu, pūnenehu, pūrehurehu, ānehu, pūnehunehu, kōnehunehu, pūnehu, porehu, mōnenehu, mōnehunehu
3. (noun) fine-grained stone - used for grinding and polishing stone.
Ka tere mātao te tokarewa, ā, ka hua mai he toka matarehu pērā i te ōnewa, te tokapata me te tūhua (RP 2009:406). / The magma cools quickly and fine-grained rocks like basalt, granite and obsidian are produced.
4. (noun) sadness.
Kei te matarehu tonu rātou i te mūhore o tā rātou tono kia tū te whakataetae ki reira (PK 2008:427). / They were quite disappointed because their request to hold the competition there was unsuccessful.
Synonyms: auwhi, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri, pōuri, tiwhatiwha
whatukura
1. (noun) an order of male supernatural beings corresponding to the female māreikura.
Ko te rangi i noho ai te atua, ko Toi-o-ngā-rangi, arā ko Tikitiki-o-rangi. Ko ngā atua e uru atu ana ki reira ko ngā whatukura, he atua tāne. Ko tō rātou whare ko Rangiātea (TTT 1/5/1924:38). / The heaven where the atua dwells is Toi-o-ngā-rangi, that is Tikitiki-o-rangi. The atua that enter there are the the whatukura, the male atua. Their house is Rangiātea.
2. (noun) stones of knowledge in the whare wānanga.
Kei roto te whatukura a Tāne, a Tangaroa e takoto ana (JPS 1927:354). / Within were lying the sacred stones of Tāne and Tangaroa.
