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.
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
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) crew (of a canoe or ship), seaman.
I taku haerenga mai ki konei (Ākarana) i noho au i ētahi rā ki tērā kāinga iti, ki Ōkaro, te kāinga i puta nui mai tōna rongo mō te atawhaitanga o ngā āpiha me ngā kauhoe o te kaipuke Wīwī, a 'Aramene', i tahuri rā ki te tahataha tuauru i ngā tau e rua ka pahure (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:20). / On my way here (Auckland) I spent several days at Ōkaro, the little settlement famous for its hospitable treatment of the officers and crew of the French ship 'Alcmene', which was wrecked on the west coast two years ago.
2. (noun) freestyle.
2. (noun) backstroke.
Synonyms: kau kiore, kau tīraha
2. (noun) medley (swimming).
Synonyms: kau tāwhitiwhiti
2. (noun) freestyle (swimming).
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.
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
kaukauranga
1. (modifier) bathing, swimming.
E tata ana mai te hōpua kaukauranga mō ngā tamariki (TTT 1/1/1929:912). / The swimming pool for the children is close by.
Synonyms: kaukau
2. (noun) bathing place, swimming place.
Ko te mea tino whakamīharo rawa ia ko te whare tūroro me ngā wai ngāwhā hei kaukauranga, i hangaia ki roto i te whare (HKW 1/11/1901:10). / But the really wonderful thing was the sanatorium with hot pools for bathing places constructed inside the building.
kauhoehoe
1. (verb) (-a) to swim.
Nāwai ā, e pari nui mai ana te tai, ā, ka ngaro te tāhuna e hao nei rātou. Kātahi ka tahuri ki te whakapūpū i ā rātou kupenga hei oranga mō rātou, ka peke ki runga noho ai; otirā e pari tonu ana te tai, ā, ka ngaro te whakapū kupenga, ā, ka kauhoehoe ngā tāngata. Ka mate a Māhanga me tōna iwi ki reira (JPS 1911:80). / After a time the tide rose and the sand bank where they were netting fish was covered with water. Then they turned to make their nets into a heap as a way for them to survive, and jumped onto them. But the tide continued rising, and the heap of nets was covered with water. The people then commenced swimming. Māhanga and his people died there.
karaka maoa
1. (noun) person who can't swim - figurative term likening a non-swimmer to a mature karaka berry that sinks in water.
He karanga mate te hari i te karaka maoa ki te hī i runga waka, kāore nei ōna hākete whakaora (HJ 2012:20). / Taking a non-swimmer fishing on a vessel without her life-jacket is asking for trouble.
