reti ngaru
1. (modifier) surfing.
E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Māhia mō te mahana o ngā rangi, mō ōna tuaone, mō te hī ika me ngā wāhi reti ngaru (Te Ara 2013). / Māhia is well known for its warm climate, beaches, fishing and surfing spots.
See also retireti ngaru
2. (noun) surfing.
I ngā raumati kua tahuri ki ngā hākinakina i roto i te wai, pērā i te kauhoe, te ruku me te reti ngaru (Te Ara 2017). / In the summer, they turned to water sports like swimming, diving and surfing.
heke
1. (verb) (-a) to descend, get off, dismount, disembark.
Nā ka hinga a Whiro rātau ko tana ope; ko te take tēnā i heke ai a Whiro ki Rarohenga, ki te Muriwai-hou, arā ki Te Reinga (M 2005:14). / So Whiro and his forces were defeated; that was the reason why Whiro descended to Rarohenga (the underworld), to Muriwai-hou, that is to Te Reinga (the departing place of spirits).
2. (verb) (-a) to fall, drip.
Tēnā ko te inu i te wai mātao, rōnaki tonu te heke i te korokoro, ā ngata noa, me te tere tonu o te ngata (TP 5/1903:6). / Well, when drinking cold water it slips easily down the throat and is satisfying, and the satisfaction is immediate.
Kātahi au ka piko ki te titiro i taku waewae ka kite au e heke ana te toto (HP 1991:23). / Then I bent down to look at my leg and saw the blood flowing.
3. (verb) (-a) to migrate, move.
Ia tau ka heke ngā tuna ki te moana whakawhānau ai (Te Ara 2015). / Each year, eels migrate to sea to spawn.
Synonyms: pīrere, kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, nuku, ki hori, hiki
4. (verb) to ebb.
Kia heke te tai ka haere ai tātou (W 1971:44). / When the tide ebbs then we will go.
5. (verb) to be coming.
Ā ngā tau e heke iho nei, tērā e tipu haere tēnei āhuatanga (TTT 1/7/1927:614). / In the coming years, this aspect will develop.
6. (verb) (-a) to subside, decline, become flaccid.
Ki te heke tō ure tora i a koe e whakamau ana i tō pūkoro ure, ki te kore rānei e pai te mau, whakamahia tētahi i a koe e tītoitoi ana, kia waia ai koe ki te āhua mau o te pūkoro ure (HM 2/2004). / If your erect penis become flaccid while you are putting on your condom, or if it's not on correctly, do one while you are masturbating so that you become familiar with how to put on the condom.
7. (noun) rafter.
Ko Tākitimu te whare pai ngā waihanga, engari nō taku kitenga i a Porourangi heoi anō kua ngaro ōku mahara ki a Takitimu, kua riro katoa kua whaiāipo ki a Porourangi; i te tamatāne o te āhua, o te tū o te whare; i te rite, i te ātanga, o ngā whakairo, o ngā pou, o ngā pakitara, o te tungaroa, me te whatitoka, me te roro, me te matapihi, me ngā arapaki, kāore he rite i i kitea e ahau i te motu katoa nei, hāunga hoki ngā tuhituhi o ngā heke me te tāhū. (TP 1/7/1902:6). / Tākitimu was built beautifully, but when I saw Porourangi my thoughts about Tākitimu were forgotten and I fell in love with Porourangi; the youthful masculinity of the house's appearance and structure; the architecture and beauty of the carvings, posts, walls, the back wall and the door, verandah, window and the ornamental lattice-work, and not to mention the paintings of the rafters and the ridgepole.
8. (noun) migration, emigrant, party of emigrants.
Ā, ka mārō te haere a te heke nei, noho rawa atu i Kakepuku, i Pirongia (JPS 1909:207). / So the migration went straight away, and they finally settled at Kakepuku, at Pirongia.
Synonyms: nukunuku, whakahekenga, hekenga, heketanga
9. (noun) surfing.
Kei waho rawa rātou e tatari ana ki tētahi ngaru nui, kia pai ai tā rātou heke (PK 2008:100). / They are a long way out waiting for a big wave so that their surfing is good.
10. (noun) swarm.
I te atatū anō ka kikī ngā tiriti i te tāngata; tini, tini iho te tāngata ki ngā tiriti i haere ai ngā hōia, kapi tonu ngā whakamahau, ngā matapihi, ngā tuanui o ngā whare, ā, tāupe ana te rākau i te nui o te tāngata ki runga piri ai ānō he heke pī (HKW 1/2/191:12). / Just after sunrise the streets were full of people, crowds of people in the streets where the soldiers were marching. The verandahs, windows, roofs of the buildings, and the trees were bent down with the large number of people clinging onto them like a swarm of bees.
2. (noun) surfing.
2. (stative) be striped white.
Nā ka wehea e ia i taua rangi ngā koati toa, ngā mea whakahekeheke, me ngā mea purepure, me ngā koati uha e whai tongitongi ana, me ngā mea purepure, ngā mea he mā tētahi wāhi, me ngā mea pākākā o ngā hipi (PT Kenehi 30:35). / And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep.
3. (noun) surfing.
Kīhai i roa kua eke a Tama-taku-tai ki runga i te waka, e hoe ana i te whakahekeheke i runga i te tai, arā, ki te whakapūpū ngaru (JPS 1905:65). / It was not long before Tama-taku-tai climbed into a canoe and paddled out to surf, that is to ride on the waves.
karekare
1. (verb) to be rough (of the sea), choppy, agitated.
Karekare kau ana te tai ki Mānuka (MM.TKM 31/7/1856:11). / The sea at the Manukau Harbour are agitated.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
2. (noun) surf, waves.
I kauhoe atu a Hūria Mātenga rātou ko ana hoa tokorua i roto i te karekare o te moana ki te kawe i ngā kaimahi ki uta (TTR 1990:48). / Hūria Mātenga and her two companions swam out into the surf to bring the crew ashore.
2. (noun) surf.
I kitea e rāua tētahi aihe i roto i te pōhutu. / They saw a dolphin in the surf.
3. (noun) geyser.
Ka tarapī ake te wai wera o tētahi pōhutu, ka puta i te kōhao pōhutu (RP 2009:326). / When the hot water of a geyser squirts up, it emerges from a fumarole.
2. (noun) surfing, boogie-boarding.
auheke
1. (verb) to surf.
Te āhua nei ki te tirohia ā-wairuatia atu te haere mai a taua waka i pēnei i ngā ika pāpahu e auheke mai nei i roto i te ngaru, i puritia mai ai e ngā taniwha, ā noa mai ki Hokianga (JPS 1957:229). / It would seem that if we imagine the coming of that canoe it was like porpoises surfing in a wave with it being held by the taniwha, and driven right to Hokianga.
2. (verb) to succumbe, give way, yield.
Nā, i whai hua ai ēnei whakapaunga kaha a tātou, he kore nō tātou i auheke mō te uaua noa iho te take (HM 1/1994:3). / Now, these energetic activities of ours produced results because we did not succumb to any difficulties.
3. (noun) slope, short descent.
I tanumia ia i te taha o tana wahine me ētehi o tōna whānau i te urupā o Kauae i ngā auheke tāhinga o raro mai i te maunga o Ngongotahā (TTR 1998:38). / He was buried beside his wife and others of his family in Kauae cemetery on the lower slopes of Mt Ngongotahā.
Synonyms: auhekenga
4. (noun) surf.
I muri tata iho i te āwhā e tūtū ana te auheke (Ng 1993:466). / The surf is high just after a storm.
5. (noun) difficulty, failure.
Rangi: Me mihi rā te tangata ka kuhu i a ia anō, ahakoa ngā aupiki me ngā auheke. Pare: Āe, engari kia aroha anō tātou ki te hunga e tapoko ana i roto i ngā uauatanga o tēnei ao e noho nei tātou (HKK 1999:177). / Rangi: We should acknowledge people who help themselves, despite the ups and downs. Pare: Yes, but we should have concern for the people bogged down in the difficulties of this world that we live in.
2. (noun) karakia to secure safety.
miti
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-kia) to lick up, swallow up, destroy.
Kātahi ka haere tōna arero ki te miti i te wai, e hua hoki e pau i a ia te wai (M 2006:342). / Then his tongue went out to lick up the water, thinking that he could consume all water.
Ki te kore he arero hei whakarongo i te kawa o ēnei kai ka pēhea? Ka mitikia ngā kawa katoa (TWMNT 11/9/1872:114). / If there is no tongue to taste the bitterness of these foods, what will happen? The bitterness will be swallowed up.
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-kia) to absorb.
Ko tā te peita kiriwai, he whakarite i te papa kia kore e mitia ngā paparanga peita o runga ake (RTA 2014:121). / The purpose of the undercoat is to prepare the base so that the top coats of paint will not be absorbed.
3. (noun) absorption.
Ko tā ngā pakiaka, he miti i te wai o te oneone (RP 2009:288). / The purpose of the roots is the absorption of the water in the ground.
4. (noun) undertow (of surf), backwash.
Ka āki mai te ngaru ki te toka, ka hoki te miti (W 1971:203). / The wave dashed against the rock, then the backwash receded.
pātangaroa
1. (noun) starfish, sea star - a general term.
Ko te pāpaka, te pātangaroa me te wheke ka hopukina anō ki te ākau (Te Ara 2012). / Crabs, starfish and octopus were also taken from the reef.
Synonyms: papatangaroa, pātangatanga, pekapeka
2. (noun) sun star, Stichaster australis - common on surf-beaten rocks from North Cape to Milford Sound. The arms are shorter than the diameter of the central disc and vary in number from 10-13. It is grey tinged with blue and orange.
3. (noun) weaving pattern.
