2. (stative) be unpalatable, acidic.
Nā te mahi a te ua kawa, ka pūnguru ētahi rawa hanga whare, ka māngeongeo te kiri o te tangata, ka kawa hoki ngā awa me ngā roto (TKI 7/2011). / Because of the action of the acid rain, some equipment for house building corrodes, a person's skin becomes itchy and the rivers and lakes are acidic.
4. (noun) bitterness, sour taste, bitter taste, acidity.
Me horopū ngā pire, kia kore ai koe e rongo i te kawa (PK 2008:136). / The pills should be swallowed whole so that you don't taste the bitterness.
2. (noun) breath, essence, taste, breathing.
Nā konei i meinga ai ngā tāngata āhua kaha kia pikipiki tonu, kia tere ai, kia kaha ai tō rātau hā (TP 15/7/1901:1). / Consequently, the people who are somewhat stronger are encouraged to climb up and down so that their breathing is faster and stronger.
3. (noun) sound, tone of voice, tenor (of a speech).
Kia whakarongo tonu mai koutou ki te hā o taku kupu atu ki a koutou (W 1971:29). / You should all listen to the tenor of what I say to you.
4. (noun) tone, timbre (music).
Ko te hā te āhua, te wairua rānei o te reo o tētahi taonga puoro, o tētahi kaiwaiata rānei (RTP 2015:53). / The tone is the character or the feel of the sound of a musical instrument or a singer (RTP 2015:53).
5. (noun) intonation.
Ko te hā te āhua o te tangi mai o te reo o te tangata, arā, ko te piki me te heke o te reo i te roanga atu o te rerenga kōrero, ko te hātahi rānei; ko te wairua anō hoki o te kōrero, pēnā he maioro, he wainene rānei (RMR 2017). / Intonation is the nature of the sound of a person’s voice, such as the rise and fall in pitch, or monotone over the duration of a sentence, and also the feeling in the voice, such as whether it is discordant or mellifluous (RMR 2017).
mātaitai
1. (verb) to be brackish, tasting of salt, salty.
He mātaitai te wai o tēnei kāinga (W 1971:187). / The water of this village is brackish.
Synonyms: kurutai, kurutaitai, totetote
2. (noun) seafood, shellfish - fish or other food obtained from the sea.
Ko te kaupapa o te haere ko te kohi tote, me te kohi anga mātaitai pērā i te tupa (HM 2/2009:10). / The purpose of the trip was to gather salt and sea shells such as the scallop.
3. (noun) salinity, saline.
Nā te mātaitai o te moana i kore ai e piro tōna wai (KO 15/6/1882:3). / Sea water does not become stagnant because of its salinity.
2. (modifier) round - in shape.
He pōro porokawa te pōro mō taua tākaro, mō te poikiri. / The ball for that sport, for soccer, is a round ball.
Synonyms: kōpio, porotītiti, porotaitaka, porotiti, tōpuku, whakaawhiwhi, karapoi, whiringa, kunekune, kōtakataka, porowhita, rauna
3. (noun) sourness, bitterness, unpleasant to the taste.
Inā ngā pītiti nei, te reka ki te kai, engari ka hangaia mai kia pēnei rawa anō te paku. Tēnā ko ngā paukena e takoto mai rā i te māra, te porokawa noa iho, ka hangaia mai kia pērā rawa te rahi (TWK 6:32). / Here are these peaches that are so tasty to eat but are made so small, while the pumpkins lying there in the garden are quite sour but are made so big.
rongo
1. (experience verb) (rangona,-hia,-na,-tia) to hear, feel, smell, taste, perceive - used for all the senses except sight.
Ka rongo ngā hōia i roto i te pā i te tangi o te piukara, ka pikipiki ki runga ki ngā tāepa o te pā (TPH 7/7/1905:5). / When the soldiers in the fort heard the bugle they climbed onto the palisades of the fort.
Kātahi ka kowheta te hiku, ka rongo hoki i te mamae o ngā taura kua nonoti tonu rā i waenganui o te puku (TWM 15/7/1865:3). / Then its tail thrashed about as it felt the pain of the ropes tightening around its stomach.
Me horopū ngā pire, kia kore ai koe e rongo i te kawa (PK 2008:136). / The pills should be swallowed whole so that you don't taste the bitterness.
See also rangona
Synonyms: kite
2. (noun) news, report, fame, tidings, reputation.
Hau noa ana tōna rongo mō te whakaora tūroro (TTR 1994:5). / His reputation for healing the sick spread.
Synonyms: kawepūrongo, rongorongo, pitopito kōrero, kōrero, pakū, hau, pūrongo, pūrongorongo, rīpoata, kupu whakatau, whakahirahira
3. (noun) peace (after war).
I te tau 1833, ka haere a Te Wiremu ki Matamata, kia kite i a Te Waharoa, kia houhia te rongo ki a Ngāti Maru (TPH 27/3/1905:2). / In 1833 Williams went to Matamata to see Te Waharoa and to establish peace with Ngāti Maru.
Synonyms: rangimārie, maungārongo, rongomau, waikanaetanga, whakaaio, āio, houkura, houhanga a rongo, hūmārie, aumārire, mārie, māriri, hūmārire
4. (noun) perception, awareness.
Ko te rongo ko tā te tangata whakamahi i ōna tairongo katoa hei hanga māramatanga ki tētahi mahinga toi (RTA 2014:153). / Perception is a person's use of all their senses to understand an artwork (RTA 20144:153).
Synonyms: aroā, mōhiotanga, kitenga
tāwhara
1. (noun) flavour, taste, tenor, essence.
See also tāwara
2. (verb) (-tia) to be pleasant, affable.
Ehara i te mea he kino ngā mea o te ao kua homai nei e te Atua hei taonga mō te tangata, hei mea hoki e matareka ai tōna noho ki te ao (TKO 15/7/1916:3). / It's not as if everything that God has given people is evil; they are things to make his/her stay on Earth pleasant.
Synonyms: hūmārika, rēhia, kakato, rawe, rekareka, hāneanea, ngohengohe, pai, manini, āhuareka, ātaahua, hūmārie, reka, āhumehume, pārekareka, hūmārire, harakoa, ngāwari, purotu
3. (adjective) pleasant, affable, satisfying, enjoyable.
Āe, he matarehu, he matarua tēnei mea te kīwaha, engari he matareka tonu (HJ 2012:24). / Yes, idioms are obscure and double-edged, but they're quite enjoyable.
Synonyms: nanea
4. (noun) liking, fondness, taste for, penchant.
Kitea ana te matareka o Īnia ki te mahi kaiwhakatū, ā, nō te tau 1950 i pū ai tana whakamātautau mō te whare roera mō te ōpera i Covent Garden, kātahi anō nei ia ka waiata i te taha o te tira whakatangitangi (TTR 2000:227). / Īnia's liking for acting was discovered and in 1950 he auditioned successfully at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he was to sing with an orchestra for the first time.
whakarongo
1. (verb) (-hia,-na) (whakarangona) to listen, hear, obey.
Ka huri mātau ki tua o tētahi tau, ka kitea atu e mātau ngā tēneti e mā mai ana me ngā wākena hoki, i te taha mauī o ngā tēneti e tū mai ana ngā pū repo a te hoariri. Kātahi mātau ka waipūtia mai, ka whakarongo mātau ki te whewheo o ngā matā e rere ana i runga ake i a mātau (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / We rounded a ridge and saw the the white of the tents and the wagons, with the cannons of the enemy standing to the left of the tents. Then we were fired upon and we heard the whistle of the bullets flying over us.
See also whakarangona
Synonyms: whakarongorongo
2. (verb) (-hia,-na) (whakarangona) to taste, smell, feel.
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.
3. (modifier) listening.
E toru ngā wāhanga o te whakamātautau taha kōrero: whakamāori ā-waha, whakapākehā ā-waha, me te aroā whakarongo (HM 2/1996:3). / There are three sections of the oral examination: interpretation into Māori, oral interpretation into English, and listening comprehension.
4. (noun) listening, hearing, obeying.
Mehemea e tū ana te tohunga, e karakia ana, e mākutu ana rānei i tētehi tangata, he pai tōna karakia, he mārama ki tōna whakarongo iho, ā, kua ngaro pea tētehi kupu, ka kīia tērā, “Kua whati.” Ka mōhio tonu te tohunga ko ia tonu ka riro (JPS 1894:207). / When the tohunga stands forth, and is uttering his karakia, or is bewitching someone, maybe his karakia is well said, and clear to his own hearing; but, if one word is perchance missing, that is said to be broken, whati. The tohunga knows at once he will be taken.
konakona
1. (noun) taste, savour, flavour, smell.
Kore i roa te rongo o Airini i te konakona o tana whakakaitoa ina raru nei i a ia a Gertrude Meinertzhagen, nō te mea, nō te 7 o Hune 1909 ka hemo mai a Airini ki Ōtātara (TTR 1994:17). / Airini did not savour her revenge over Gertrude Meinertzhagen because Airini died on 7 June 1909 at Ōtātara.
Synonyms: mōkarakara
2. (noun) taste palate.
Whakaae katoa ana me haere ki Whakaari ki te hopu tītī hei kai mā rātou. He kai pai hoki tēnei, he mōmona, he hinuhinu, he reka ki te korokoro Māori (TWK 2:14). / They all agreed that they should go to White Island to catch muttonbirds for food for them. This is a favourite food, it's fat and oily and is tasty to the Māori palate.
kakati
1. (transitive verb) to bite, sting, nip.
I Oketopa o te tau 1876, kakati ana te ngau whakautu a Taiaroa i ngā kōrero a te kaiwhakawā matua, a Te Penetana, arā, nāna te kōrero kāre he pūtake o ngā pitihana a Ngāi Tahu mō ngā whenua i hokona i Ōtākou, me ērā hoki i hokona mai e Te Keepa (TTR 1994:102) / In October 1876 Taiaroa issued a trenchant reply to Chief Judge F.D. Fenton, who had criticised as unfounded Ngāi Tahu’s petition regarding the land purchased at Otago and those bought by Kemp.
Synonyms: kuku, kikini, kini, kinikini, timotimo, timo, kukuti, kuti, kati, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni
2. (transitive verb) (katia) to eat, gnaw, chew.
He iti te mokoroa nāna i kakati te kahikatea (TTT 1/4/1923:9). / Although the mokoroa is small it attacks kahikatea. (A whakataukī suggesting that something that appears insignificant can bring down the mighty.)
3. (intransitive verb) to clench (the teeth).
Ka ngau te uhi ki tōna kiri, kakati ana ngā niho, mekemeke ana ngā ringa i te kino o te mamae (HJ 2017:27). / When the chissel bit into his skin, he clenched his teeth and fists because the pain was so bad.
4. (noun) bite, sting, nip, sharp taste.
Mangeo katoa te kakati o te namu (Te Ara 2015). / The sandfly inflicts an itchy bite.
Ko te wera o te rā kua tīmata te kakati i nāianei, me te rango hoki kua tīmata te kakati i te tangata i nāianei (TPH 30/12/1900:5) / The heat of the sun had begun biting now, and the flies had begun to bite people now.
2. (noun) sweetness, tastiness, flavoursome.
Pau katoa tana pūrini – i pērā rawa te makue o taua kai. / She ate up all her desert – it was so tasty.
