Taute
1. (loan) (personal name) Stout.
Ko Rāpata Taute rāua ko Āpirana Ngata ngā mema o te kōmihana i whakaaetia kia tohua e ia hei kōrero tahi me ngā hapū, ki te tohutohu hoki ko ēwhea whenua me hoko, ko ēwhea me rīhi, ā, ko ēwhea hei ahu whenua ake mā ngā kaiwhiwhi (TTR 1994:13). / Robert Stout and Āpirana Ngata were the members of the commission who were appointed to consult with hapū and to recommend which land should be sold or leased and which would be farmed by the owners.
taute
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to tend, look after, nurture.
E tino mihi ana a roto i a au ki tēnei āhua, inā hoki e noho tonu ai tō tātou reo Māori ki te ao mārama nei, me mātua kauawhi, me mātua taute e tātou katoa (HM 2/1994:4). / Within myself I really compliment this aspect, because for our Māori language to survive in this world it must be embraced and nurtured by us all.
Synonyms: whāngai, ahu, tieki, penapena, poipoi, tūpore, tiaki, pena
2. (verb) to consider, ponder, think about, contemplate, deliberate about, reflect on.
Synonyms: huritao, whakaaroaro, hurihuri, whaiwhakaaro
3. (noun) quarrel, disturbance, fight, altercation, fracas, affray, skirmish, strife.
I muri iho i te mutunga o tā rātou taute i runga i tā rātou pā tahuri, ka tīkina e Rangitāne ka patua e rātou a Tama-i-waho ki Mangatarata (JPS 1906:63). / After the end of the fracas on their captured pā, Rangitāne killed Tama-i-waho at Mangatarata.
Synonyms: kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, whewhei, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri
2. (stative) be tight, taut.
I whakamaua te taura ki tētahi toka nui i te ākau, engari nā te tino kaha o te āwhā, me te aurara o te kaipuke, kāhore te taura i kikī (TTR 1990:48). / A hawser was fastened to a boulder on shore, but because the storm had become so fierce, along with rolling of the ship, the line would not remain taut.
2. (verb) to be full, taut, close.
3. (noun) tightness, tautness, tension.
Kua tuia ngā paerunga ki ngā paeraro – atu i tērā e matatewha ana ngā karu kōata – e puare ana ngā ngutu, me te renarena o te kiri e kitea atu ai ngā niho tetē (Te Whakamātautau Māori ā-tuhi mō te tau 2009). / The top and bottom eyelids are sewn together– except for the glass eyes which were open – but their lips are open, and the skin is stretched back so that the clenched teeth are revealed.
2. (verb) to stand firm, be steady, stabilise.
Tērā ētahi waka ka mau ama hei whakawhena i te haere i te wai (Te Ara 2017). / There are some canoes that have outriggers to stabilise their movement in the water.
pūngohe
1. (verb) to be slack (as a cord), flexible, not taut, sagging.
Ka pūngohe haere te piringa o ngā taonga nei i te maha o ngā tau e iri ana i reira (TWK 17:7). / Because these furnishings had hung there for so many years they were sagging.
Synonyms: kowhana, pītawitawi, āwai, pingohe
