tautitotito
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to sing songs in response to one another, reciprocate with songs, recite alternatively (verses or parts of a song).
Ko tēnei pātere, ko ngā pātere e rua e whai tata i muri iho i tēnei, he mea tautitotito i waenganui i a Titoko, o te Whakatōhea, i a te Waiu-rangi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui. He mea nui tera ki neherā, te tautitotito (M 2006:138). / This pātere, and the two which immediately follow on, were composed as competing verses between Titoko of te Whakatōhea and Te Waiu-rangi of Te Whānau-a-Apanui. It was an outstanding achievement in olden days to be able to compose competing verses.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to compose, make up, invent (stories).
Kei te J. 3/31 ētahi kōrero nā Hoani Nahe e rereke ana te kaupapa o te waiata nei me te tangata nāna i tautitotito (M 2004:164). / In J. 3/31 there are comments by Hoani Nahe that give a different origin for this song and the person who composed it.
3. (noun) song-in-reply.
Ko tētahi tēnei o ngā waiata tautitotito a Tokoahu i tāia ki te pukapuka a Hōne Waiti W 5/98 (Māori) (M 2007:98). / This is one of the songs-in-reply published in John White's book W. 5/98 (Māori).
kōrero
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to tell, say, speak, read, talk, address.
Ko tētahi o ngā take nui o te Pāremata ināia tata nei, ko te tautohetohe o ngā mema mō te Paipera kia whakaaetia kia kōrerotia i roto i ngā kura Kāwanatanga o te motu (TTT 1/10/1927:695). / One of the important topics of Parliament recently was the members' debate concerning the Bible that it be allowed to be read in the public schools of the country.
Synonyms: pānui, rīti, mea, pepeha, hamumu, wani, whakahua, kīkī, puaki, kī
2. (noun) speech, narrative, story, news, account, discussion, conversation, discourse, statement, information.
Ko tētahi kōrero i rongo anō mātou i te hui, ko te kōrero mō tētahi tikanga o nehe (HM 2/2009:10). / An account we heard at the conference was about a custom from ancient times.
Tā te rangatira tāna kai he kōrero, tā te ware he muhukai (NP 2001:362). / The chief's sustenance is discussion, but that of the commoner is inattention.
Synonyms: pakiwaitara, kaute, whakamārama, pūtea moni, pire, rongorongo, pitopito kōrero, rongo, kawepūrongo
kōrero paki
1. (verb) to joke at, tell stories, tell yarns.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 117-123; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 4;)
Ki tana kī, he roa e oho ana i ngā pō e kōrero paki ana, ā, ngahau ana ngā mahi (TTR 1996:8). / According to his account, they were awake late at night yarning and it was great fun.
2. (noun) yarn, story, gossip, joke, fiction, tale, storytelling.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 117-123; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 4;)
Ka āhua mārama ake ki tōna āhua i ngā kōrero paki mōna: he wā he nanakia, he wā he atua tonu (TTR 1990:358). / It's somewhat clear as to his nature from stories about him: sometimes he was a villain and at other times he was a hero.
Synonyms: paki, kōrero whakakata, pakiwaitara, whakatara, kārikarika, whakatara
paki
1. (verb) to proclaim, publish, spread a report.
Synonyms: kauwhau, kauhau, tauākī, pānui, whakaputa, whakaputaputa, perehi, whakakawenata, tā
2. (noun) yarn, story, joke, anecdote, gossip, scandal.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 122-126;)
Ko ētahi he kōrero paki, he kōrero whakangahau (HM 1/1992). / Some are yarns, entertaining stories
E rua tau e utua ana tāna tuhituhi auaha i tāwāhi - kotahi noa iho te paki poto i oti mai. Koirā i puta ai te kupu a ētahi, 'he nui te ngaromanga, he iti te putanga'. / For two years his creative writing was paid overseas - just one short story was completed. That's why some said, 'a long time missing for little result'.
Synonyms: kōrero whakakata, kōrero paki, pakiwaitara, whakatara, kārikarika, whakatara, pakitara, māteatea, tara, tarawau, heitara
pakiwaitara
1. (noun) legend, story, fiction, folklore, narrative, yarn.
Ahakoa he kōrero pakiwaitara, ngā kōrero mō Patupaiarehe, arā ia ki a tātou nei, he tino kōrero tawhito ia nā ngā iwi Māori katoa o ngā motu nei, kāore ō rātou tauhou ki ngā kōrero mō Patupaiarehe (JPS 1894:30). / Notwithstanding that the stories of Patupaiarehe are folklore, that is to us, they were veritable histories of old to the Māori tribes of these islands; none of them are strangers to the stories concerning Patupaiarehe.
See also tara
Synonyms: kōrero tara, kōrero, kōrero paki, kōrero whakakata, paki
2. (noun) gossip, scandal, subject of gossip.
E kore e pai kia kitea te kope e te katoa, he pakiwaitara (W 1971:136). / It is not appropriate that a sanitary pad be seen by everybody, it is a subject of gossip.
2. (noun) myth, ancient legend, story.
I a Hare e tamariki tonu ana, nā tōna pāpā i kōrero ki a ia ngā pūrākau mō ngā taniwha me ngā tohunga, he mea rongo e ia i ōna taipakeke i roto i te whare nui (TTR 2000:49). / When Harry was quite young his father told him stories of taniwha and tohunga he had heard from his old people in the meeting house.
Ka tuhituhia e ia he kōrero tara, he kōrero pūrākau hei mahi moni māna. / He wrote a story so he could earn some money.
2. (noun) falsehood, lie, deception.
Nā te tīmatanga o te whakaatutanga a Rua i tōna poropititanga ka kitea te tito (TKO 15/9/1916:8). / When Rua began revealing his prophecies the falsehoods were discovered.
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
hoki atu, hoki atu, ...
1. I'm sick of hearing about, time and time again, it's the same old story - an idiom to convey one's boredom with something repetitious.
Kua hōhā katoa au i ngā kī taurangi a Tame. Hoki atu, hoki atu, he horihori katoa. / I'm fed up with Tom's promises. They're all tedious lies.
Kua hōhā katoa au i ngā oati a ngā mema whare pāremata. Hoki atu, hoki atu, he rūkahu katoa (HKK 1999:97). / I'm sick of the promises of the Members of Parliament. Over and over it's the same thing and they're all lies.
kōrero tara
1. (noun) legend, story, fable.
Ka tuhituhia e ia he kōrero tara, he kōrero pūrākau hei mahi moni māna. / He wrote a story so he could earn some money.
See also tara
Synonyms: pakiwaitara
2. (noun) true story, non-fiction writing, factual text.
Ko tēnei kōrero he kōrero pono kāore e taea te whakahē (HTK 5/8/1893:9). / This account is a true story that can't be contradicted.
Synonyms: pono
kōrero tuku iho
1. (noun) history, stories of the past, traditions, oral tradition.
Ka whakatakotoria e Kepa te matū o ngā kōrero tuku iho me ngā whakapapa o Te Arawa, rite tonu ki te mahi a tōna tipuna, a Ānaha Te Rāhui (TTR 2000:35). / Kepa, just like his grandfather Ānaha Te Rāhu, set down a rich body of Te Arawa history and whakapapa.
whakapaparanga
1. (noun) layer, series of layers, generation.
E whia kē ngā whakapaparanga o tana iwi o Rangitāne i noho ki Te Manawatū, atu i te awa ki ngā paemaunga o Tararua (TTR 1990:280). / His tribe, Rangitāne, had lived for many generations in the Manawatū district, from the river to the Tararua Range.
Synonyms: mātā, kaupapa, kahupapa, apaapa, apa, papanga, paparanga
2. (noun) level, story.
Ko ngā rūma moe kei ngā whakapaparanga o runga, kei raro ko ngā rūma kai, horoi, me ētahi o ngā rūma mō ngā karaihe (TTT 1/4/1924:21). / The dormitories are on the upper stories and below are the dining rooms, wash rooms and some rooms for classes.
Synonyms: paparite, papatairite, apaapa, pātiki, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga, apa, kaupae, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi
