Tame
1. (loan) (personal name) Tom, Thomas, Tommy.
Ki te mea ka hiahia a Tame kia hokona tētahi wāhi o te whenua māna, ā mehemea he hoa, a Hāre, nō te taha e paingia ana e te Kāwanatanga (TW 2/10/1875:253). / If Tom wants to buy a piece of land for himself and if a friend, Harry, is from the side favoured by the government.
2. (noun) dried human head, preserved human head.
Ko te whakaaro i takea mai tēnei raruraru i tērā atu ūnga mai o te 'Sophia', nā te mea nā ētahi o ngā hēramana o taua kaipuke i tāhae ētahi mōkaikai (TTR 1990:135). / It is thought that this incident occurred as a result of a previous landing of the 'Sophia' because some of the sailors of that ship stole some tattooed heads.
whakarata
1. (verb) (-tia) to pacify, tame, subdue, appease, make amenable, make responsive, control.
He roa te wā i whakarata ai a Kāpene Kuki i ngā Māori o Tūranga o Uawa, ā ka rata (TP 1/1911:5). / Captain Cook spent a long time placating the Māori of the Gisborne and Tolaga Bay areas before they were friendly.
Synonyms: whakararata, whakaratarata, whakamāriri, whakamāhaki, whakamāria, whakamārire, whakaepaepa, whakangehe, whakamārie, whakamahuru, whakarangimārie
2. (noun) dummy, pacifier, soother.
3. (modifier) taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in.
Ka tukua te taika ki waho, ka haere atu te tangata whakarata, ka kuhua tōna māhunga ki roto i te māngai o te taika, ngaua ana, riro ana tētahi taha o te kanohi (HTK 21/1/1894:2). / When the tiger was let out the tamer went and put his head into the tiger's mouth, and it bit him taking one side of his face.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakararata
4. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication.
Ko te mea tuatahi māna, ko te whakarata i ngā hōia a te Karauna (TTR 1990:354). / The first task for him to do was the placation of the Government's troops.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakararata, whakamauru
2. (noun) tame animal or bird, pet.
Ehara i te mango nui, he mango iti rawa, he kuao. Heoi, kīhai i patua e taua tangata, engari ka mahara kia waiho hei mokamokai māna (JPS 1904:89). / It was not a large shark, indeed quite a small and young one. And so the man did not kill it, but decided to make a pet of it for himself.
3. (noun) preserved head, dried human head.
I te marama o Maehe 1865, i te hui nui a te Pai Mārire ka tukuna te mokamokai o Kāpene Thomas Lloyd ki a Hirini, me ngā haki e rua, me te Pākehā i mau hereheretia (TTR 1990:206). / In March 1865 at a large gathering of Pai Marire the preserved head of Captain Thomas Lloyd was presented to Hirini together with two flags and a Pākehā prisoner.
rarata
1. (verb) to be pacified, placid, docile.
Ko te iwi o tēnei moutere kua rarata (TP 8/1910:3). / The people of this island are docile.
Synonyms: māhaki, māhuruhuru, mākoha, nguengue, kōratarata, aungāwari
2. (verb) to be tame, quiet - plural form of rata.
Ki tā rātou kī, kua rarata ngā kau puihi, me ngā poaka puihi (TWM 21/1/1865:3). / According to what they say, the wild cows and wild pigs have been tamed.
Synonyms: maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, mārire
3. (adjective) be familiar with, friendly.
He rarata nōna ki a Hakipia, koia i harakoa ai a Wiremu Pārete ki te pānuinui pitopito kōrero mai i ngā mahi whakaari, me te whakatūnga anō hoki i ngā wāhi pai ki a ia (TTR 2000:17). / Because he was keen on Shakespeare, Bill Barrett enjoyed reciting passages that he liked from plays and acting parts.
4. (modifier) tame, docile.
Ko Te Karini o Nēpia nei e pīrangi ana ki tētahi kākā rarata nui hei mōkaikai mā ana tamariki (TWM 20/1/1870:1). / Mr Grindle of Napier wants a very docile kākā as a pet for his children.
5. (noun) docility.
Ko ētahi e aua manu ka nui te rarata (TPH 30/12/1900:5). / Some of those birds are very docile.
rata
1. (verb) to like, warm to, take a liking to, take to.
I te tīmatanga, kīhai te Māori i rata ki te whakatipu witi, he rerekē hoki nā te hātepe whakapaipai, he rerekē hoki te āhua o te witi ki ērā ngā tipu a te Māori (Te Ara 2013). / At first, Māori did not take to growing wheat because it required processing, and was different from the traditional crops of the Māori.
Synonyms: matareka, riterite, manako, me, ōrite, pai, ānō, pīrangi, rite, tairite, ānō nei, enanga, kei
2. (modifier) friendly, quiet, tame.
Ko aua pōtiki, he tohorā rata (HP 1991:11). / Those pets were tame whales.
Synonyms: maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata, mārire
whakararata
1. (verb) (-tia) to tame, subdue, make amenable, make responsive, control.
Hei ētahi wā ka whakapuakina e te tangata i muri i ana kōrero tapu tētahi whakataukī, tētahi kōrero paki rānei māna hei whakatau i te iwi, i te hunga e noho ana i reira hei whakararata, hei unu mai i te tapu o ana kōrero (Wh4 2004:117). / Sometimes after his formal words the man will utter a whakataukī, or a joke, perhaps to settle the people sitting there, to make them amenable and to remove the tapu of what he has said.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata
2. (modifier) taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in.
Ka puta te pānui whakararata a Kerei (TTR 1990:8). / Grey's pardon notice was issued.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata
3. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication.
Ko tētahi o ngā tini mea whakamīharo o roto i ēnei rā, koia tēnei, ko te whakararata hōiho (TKP 15/11/1858:2). / One of the many amazing things these days is the breaking in of horses.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakarata, whakamauru
whakaratarata
1. (verb) to tame, subdue, make amenable, make responsive, control, placate, reduce tension.
Ko Ngāti Hauā me Waikato e hiahia ana ki te whakaratarata atu ki te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:310). / Ngāti Hauā and Waikato wanted to reduce tensions with the government.
Synonyms: whakararata, whakarata, whakarangimārie, whakamārie, whakaepaepa
2. (modifier) tame, docile, compliant.
He tangata hauora, he wairua whakaratarata; he hihiko rawa atu ia mō te ako ki te tuhituhi kōrero (TTR 1990:25). / He was a lively person with a friendly disposition and very interested in learning to write.
3. (noun) placation, pacification, taming, subduing, pacifying, breaking in, domestication, mediation.
Nā runga i ngā whakaratarata a Robert Graham i te marama o Hune, ka whakatūria te Komiti Nui o Rotorua hei kimi rongoā mō ngā whenua e raruraru ana (TTR 1990:159). / Because of the mediation of Robert Graham in June, the Great Committee of Rotorua was set up to seek solutions to land disputes.
Synonyms: takawaenga, whakararata, whakarata, whakamauru
kātoitoi
1. (noun) South Island robin, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs and a white breast.
Ko te kātoitoi moata i te ata hāparapara, māna te noke tuatahi (TPH 30/6/1901:4). / The New Zealand robin that is early in the dawn, it will have the first worm. (A whakatauākī urging early attendance in order to gain the advantage. Similar to the English: The early bird catches the worm.)
See also kakaruwai
Synonyms: karuwai, karuai, kātuhituhi, mōioio, tarapō, taruwai, tātaruwai, toitoireka, wheko pō, totoi, tōtōara, piere, mokorā, kakaruwai, hātoitoi
2. (noun) weak, feeble, delicate health.
Nā te āhua mōioio o tana wahine i kore ai ia i haere ki te ako i Ākarana hei minita mō te Hāhi Mihinare (TTR 1994:161). / Because of his wife's delicate health he could not go to Auckland to study to be a minister for the Anglican Church.
3. (noun) South Island robin, New Zealand robin, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs. The South Island birds have a white breast.
