hukihukiraho
1. (noun) soft mingimingi, tall mingimingi, Leucopogon fasciculatus - an open-branched, spreading small tree up to 5–6 m tall. Grows in coastal to lower montane shrubland, light forest and in rocky places up to 1150 metres from the Three Kings Islands to Canterbury. Trunk has flaky bark that peels off in thin strips. Leaves are thin and narrow with a sharp point (1–2.5 cm long by 2–4 mm wide) and are arranged in bundles or whorls on slender black stems. Small creamy greenish flowers in drooping racemes of 6 to 12 flowers in spring. They have a sweet fragrance. The small mostly red oblong berries (2-4mm long) occur in autumn.
Synonyms: ngohungohu, mikimiki, mingi, tūmingi, mingimingi
mikimiki
1. (noun) soft mingimingi, tall mingimingi, Leucopogon fasciculatus - an open-branched, spreading small tree up to 5–6 m tall. Grows in coastal to lower montane shrubland, light forest and in rocky places up to 1150 metres from the Three Kings Islands to Canterbury. Trunk has flaky bark that peels off in thin strips. Leaves are thin and narrow with a sharp point (1–2.5 cm long by 2–4 mm wide) and are arranged in bundles or whorls on slender black stems. Small creamy greenish flowers in drooping racemes of 6 to 12 flowers in spring. They have a sweet fragrance. The small mostly red oblong berries (2-4mm long) occur in autumn.
See also mingimingi
Synonyms: ngohungohu, mingi, tūmingi, mingimingi, hukihukiraho
tāroaroa
1. (verb) to be tall, long.
E kitea mai ana te ia o te pānga, arā, ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka tāroaroa haere (TRP 2010:139). / The trend in the relationship can be seen, that is, as the child grows older she becomes taller.
Synonyms: kaweka, tautini, taumano, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, roa, tāroa, hītawe, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa
2. (adjective) be tall, long.
I reira ka kitea te hihiko o tōna hinengaro, me tōna kakama; engari he taitamariki nanakia. He tipu nui, he tāroaroa (TTR 1990:4). / There they observed his sharp, quick mind, but he was a mischievous youth. He was well built, and tall.
3. (modifier) tall, long.
He tangata tāroaroa, he kokau te tū (TTR 1990:45). / He was a tall slim man.
4. (noun) tall, long.
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).
5. (noun) height (of a person).
Ehara i te tangata purotu, engari he tangata koi te hinengaro, he tangata māhaki; e 5 putu 10 īnihi te tāroaroa, he makatika (TTR 1990:328). / He wasn't a handsome man, but he was a person with a sharp mind and an unassuming nature. He was 5 feet 10 inches in height, with an erect stature.
2. (verb) to be idling, loafing.
Kei ngā kāinga e kaweka haere ana (W 1971:111). / They're at their homes loafing about.
3. (noun) ridge (of a hill).
He taupae hiwi kōhatu e takoto ana i waenganui, i te taha nōta puta noa ki te taha tonga. E rua ngā keokeonga o taua kaweka e neke ake ana i te kotahi mano putu te teitei (TWMNT 9/3/1875:56). / A range of rocky hills lies in the middle from the northern side to the southern. There are two peaks of that ridge that are over one thousand feet high.
4. (noun) crest, pinnacle.
Kia ora koutou i tēnei tau hou kia piki, kia kake, kia maiangi ki te kaweka o tēnei taonga, o te tika (KO 15/1/1885:1). / New Year greetings to you all and may you climb, ascend and rise to the pinnacle of this quality, of righteousness.
Synonyms: keokeo, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, poutūmārōtanga, tāmore, kōmata o te rangi, poutūmārō, karamatamata
5. (noun) indefinite answer.
Tinihangatia ana te whakahokinga atu ki te hunga pātai mai, whakaawangawangatia ana te kupu, kia hē rawa ake i tētahi kaweka, kua waiho i tētahi kaweka te tikanga, kia tika ai, kei kīia kua hē te matakite a te tohunga (MM.TKM 15/6/1857:4). / The responses to the interrogators were devious with confusing answers, and if one indirect answer was incorrect another meaning could be taken in case it could be said that the prediction of the priest was incorrect.
6. (noun) indirect line of descent.
kuta
1. (noun) tall spike sedge, great spike rush, bamboo spike-sedge, Eleocharis sphacelata - a rush growing to about 1 m which spreads from a creeping rhizome and has thick hollow stems of bright green. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in swamps and on lake edges and is often partially submerged. The soft, flattened, hollow stalks (culms) of kuta are a popular resource for weavers. The long culms are harvested, placed under matting for about 3 days to flatten, then woven into soft hats, mats, and kete. Kuta dries to an attractive golden-brown shade.
2. (noun) maro made of the kuta rush - worn by women.
Ko ngā wāhine moe tāne he pakimaero te kaka, he kuta, te whatu he mea herehere, ā, he harakeke toetoe ai kia pēnei te whara o ngā tuwhara nei te rarahi, ka mea ai he aka kāī, he aka mangemange, he aka tororaro rānei ka nati ai ki runga, ka rite ki te hope o te wahine, ki te ponaturi ka mutu (JPS 1928:177). / The married women wore a kilt fashioned from kuta, made by tying them together, also from flax split into strips about as wide as those used in making course floor mats, and these were fastened onto a kāī [Podocarpus spicatus] branch, bushman's mattress vine [Lygodium articulatum], or wire vine [Muehlenbeckia complexa] and made to fit the waist of the woman, and it extended down to her knees.
aweawe
1. (verb) be at a distance, out of reach.
Ka torona te teka mā runga i te awa o te tuarā o te whaea. Kātahi ka tukua kia rere a Tiritiri-o-Matangi, ā, ka rere i konei, aweawe ana te rere i te takiwā, tau rawa atu i Tīrau (JPS 1925:315). / The dart was launched via the depression in his mother's back. When Tiritiri-o-Matangi was released it flew and rose from here, rising to a great distance in the air, finally landing at Tīrau.
Synonyms: whakaaweawe
3. (verb) (-tia) to have power, influence.
Kaha ana te aweawetia o Hēnare e ngā kaihautū Māori o te motu me ngā rangatira anō o Te Tai Tokerau (TTR 2000:68). / Hēnare was strongly influenced by national Māori leaders and the chiefs of Northland.
4. (modifier) influential.
Ko tōna matua ko Rē Te Tai, tētahi o ngā rangatira aweawe o Te Rarawa i te rohe o Te Hokianga i te tekau tau atu i 1890, i te wā o muri mai hoki (TTR 1994:53). / Her father, Rē Te Tai, was one of the influential chiefs of Te Rarawa in the Hokianga district in the 1890s and later.
5. (noun) influence.
I taka anō hoki a ia ki raro i te aweawe o ngā mihingare rā (TTR 2000:53). / He also came under the influence of those missionaries.
6. (noun) reach.
Kai tua atu te toa i te aweawe o te tautauā (Ng 1993:376). / Bravery is beyond the reach of a coward.
roa
1. (verb) to be long, tall, slow.
Kaua anō rātou e heu i ō rātou māhunga, kaua ngā makawe e whakatupuria kia roa (PT Ehekiera 44:20). / They should not shave their heads, nor allow their hair to grow long.
Synonyms: taumano, tāroaroa, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, tāroa, hītawe, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa, kaweka, tautini
2. (verb) to be a long time, delayed.
Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I had been planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you.
3. (noun) long time, length, length of time, delay.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 64;)
Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.
See also kua roa kē [au] e ... ana
3. (noun) height.
Ka tipu te mamaku ki ngā wāhi awaawa haumākū puta noa i Aotearoa. Neke atu i te 20 mita te teitei (Te Ara 2013). / Mamaku tree ferns grow in damp gullies throughout New Zealand. They reach more than 20 metres in height.
4. (noun) altitude.
Ko te teitei te tawhiti whakaterunga o tētahi mea i runga ake i te pae moana (RP 2009:398). / Altitude is the vertical distance of something above sea level (RP 2009:398).
5. (noun) summit, top.
I te taenga atu ki te teitei o te maunga, ka poua atu te haki ki te whenua (PK 2008:912). / On arriving at the summit of the mountain, the flag was planted in the ground.
6. (noun) amplitude.
Mēnā he tere te tōiriiri (arā, he pōturi te auau o te ngaru), he teitei te hauoro, he iere (RP 2009:303). / If the vibration is fast (that is, the frequency is slow), the pitch is high, it sings.
hītawe
1. (modifier) long, tall.
roroa
1. (adjective) be long, tall (plural form).
He tangata āhua tūpuhipuhi noa nei, kāore i tino roa; he roroa ana makawe, kāore anō kia hina; he pangare te mata, ko tōna moko i te pāpāringa katau anake (TTR 1990:189). / He was a somewhat lean person and not very tall; his hair was long and not yet grey; the face was beardless and his moko was on the right cheek only.
2. (modifier) long, tall (plural form).
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)
Kua tīmata anō te wahine ki te mau roroa i te panekoti. E tika ana anō, i te mea kua tae kē ngā panekoti o nāianei ki runga ake i ngā turi (TTT 1/9/1929:1064). / Women have again started wearing longer skirts. And that's appropriate because currently skirts are above the knees.
3. (noun) length (plural form).
He rite tonu hoki te roroa o ō māua ringa (HP 1991:122). / Our arms were also the same length.
hūroaroa
1. (modifier) tall, long.
tāroa
1. (modifier) enduring, lengthy.
E whakaatu ana ngā reta tāroa i tuhia e tētehi ki tētehi i ngā tau atu i 1925 ki 1950, e ū tonu ana te aro mai o Te Rangi Hīroa ki te āhua o ngā mahi e ahu whakamua ana i Niu Tīreni nei, me ōna āwangawanga e pā ana ki te oranga o te Māori (TTR 1996:17). / The lengthy correspondence between them in the years 1925 to 1950 reveals Peter Buck's continued interest in developments in New Zealand and his concern for Māori welfare.
Synonyms: takaroaroa, kāwekaweka, auroa
3. (noun) hypotenuse (maths) - the longest side of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle.
Ko te tāroa te tapa roa o te tapatoru (TRP 2010:190). / The hypotenuse is the long side of a triangle.
ikeike
1. (stative) be high, lofty.
O ngā nēhi Māori o tōna wā, ko ia anake te mea momoho, ikeike rawa ki te taumata o te akoranga nēhi (TTR 1998:103). / Of the nurses of her era, she alone was so successful and eminent reaching the summit of the nursing profession.
Synonyms: tiketike, teitei, tīkokekoke, aweawe, ike, kaurera, paratū, tīkoke, tītike
2. (modifier) high, lofty, tall.
Kua eke a Tā Māui Pōmare ki tēnei tūranga ikeike i roto i ngā whakahaere o tō tātou Tominiana (TTT 1/7/1023:9). / Sir Māui Pōmare has risen to this lofty position in the administration of our Dominion.
3. (noun) height.
Kei te whakaarahia e ngā Māori o te Kaute o Mangonui, he kōhatu whakamaharatanga ki ō rātou tāngata i uru ki te whawhai. Ko taua kōhatu tekau mā rima putu te ikeike (TKO 15/3/1916:6). / The māori of Mangonui County are erecting a memorial stone to their people who entered the war. The height of that memorial is fifteen feet.
