kaukau
1. (verb) (-ria) to swim, bathe.
Synonyms: whakakaukau
2. (modifier) swimming, bathing.
Nā te mahara tonu ōna ki te oranga o te iwi kāinga, i hangaia ai e ia ētehi wāhi kaukau waiariki i Rāhotu (TTR 1996:216). / Ever mindful of the welfare of the local people, he built some hot water spas in Rāhotu.
Synonyms: kaukauranga
3. (noun) swim.
Ka mutu tā mātau kaukau, ka hoki mātau ki te kura (HP 1991:43). / When our swim was finished we returned to school.
2. (verb) (-ria) to swim, wade.
Ka whakautu atu au, 'E Rihi, kāore au e mōhio ki te kau.' (HP 1991:20). / I replied, 'Rihi, I don't know how to swim.'
Synonyms: kautū
kautāhoe
1. (verb) (-tia) to swim, swim across.
E haere ana ahau i runga i te hukapapa e whakawhiti ana i tētahi kokoru o te moana i runga i tētahi kōneke e tōia ana e ngā kurī, ā kua tae ki waho, e rima ngā māero i waho atu o te tuawhenua nā, pakaru ana te hukapapa, ā e kautāhoe ana ahau me aku kurī i roto i te hukapapa (TP 8/1908:7). / I was travelling on the ice crossing a bay on a sledge being pulled by dogs and when I reached offshore five miles from the land the ice broke and I and my dogs were swimming in the ice.
tāhoe
1. (verb) (-tia) to swim, swim freestyle.
Kātahi ka tahuti a Te Rio, tae ki te awa ki Waitōtara ka kau tāhoe atu tōna hōiho ka whiti ki tētahi taha, ki te taha ki Whanganui, e piki ake ana i te tahataha ka tū te hōiho i te matā; ko ia hoki ka tū anō i tōna hūhā katau (TWM 4/2/1865:2). / Then Te Rio fled and on reaching the river at Waitōtara his horse swam across to the other side, the Whanganui side, and as it was climbing the bank the horse was hit by a bullet and he was also wounded in his right thigh.
2. (noun) freestyle.
2. (noun) backstroke.
Synonyms: kau kiore, kau tīraha
2. (noun) medley (swimming).
Synonyms: kau tāwhitiwhiti
2. (noun) freestyle (swimming).
2. (noun) medley (swimming).
Synonyms: kau takawhitiwhiti
2. (noun) backstroke.
Synonyms: kau kiore, kauhoe tīraha
pāpaka
1. (noun) paddle crab, swimming crab, Ovalipes catharus - a large strong crab with brownish-grey shell and legs. Common on shallow, sandy beaches.
Ka kī ngā kete i te pāpaka ka hoatu ki ngā tāngata hei hari ki te kāinga (NIT 1995:157). / When the baskets were full of crabs they gave them to the men to carry home.
2. (noun) scab, eczema, variety of potato with dark flesh, skirting board.
Nā me titiro e te tohunga: ā ki te mea he mā mangu nei ngā wāhi kanapa o te kiri o tō rātou kikokiko; he pāpaka tēnā e tupu ana i te kiri; kāhore ōna poke (PT Rewitikuha 13:39). / Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white, it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin: he is clean.
Synonyms: tongako
3. (noun) herpes.
Ko te pūputa te putanga o te pāpaka, ki ngā ngutu o te tangata, ki ōna taihemahema rānei (RP 2009:311). / Blisters on a person's lips or genitals are the symptom of herpes.
4. (noun) a weaving pattern.
hōpua
1. (stative) be depressed (like a cup or trough), lying in pools, lying in puddles.
He pai atu te kāri mehemea he wai kei roto e rere ana, engari me tuku kia rere, kaua e waiho kia hōpua ana i roto i te kāri (TP 4/1908:11). / It's better if the garden has running water, but it must be flowing, don't let it lie in pools in the garden.
Synonyms: tāpuapua, pūroto, pūrotoroto
2. (noun) pool of water, swimming pool, diving pool, puddle.
I a ia e keri ana ka kitea taua hōpua wai nei, 14 putu i raro o te whenua (TWMNT 6/4/1875:80). / While he was digging he discovered that pool of water which was 14 feet below ground level.
Synonyms: hāpua
3. (noun) porch, verandah.
Ka whakarongo te matua ki te wahine e tangi rā kei te hōpua o te whare e tangi ana (JPS 1894:98). / The father listened to the woman crying in the porch of the house.
Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai
