2. (location) the distance, a long way away.
He hangariki ngā whetū ki te titiro atu, nā te mea e noho ana ki tawhiti (PK 2008:74). / Stars appear to be small because they are situated a long way away.
3. (modifier) from abroad, foreign, exotic, introduced.
I te pānga o te urutā taru tawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / When the introduced epidemic of 1918 struck the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
4. (noun) distance, distant locality.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64;)
Mai i taua wāhi ki te tari o te Kānara, e whitu māero pea te tawhiti (HP 1991:180). / From that place to the Colonel's office was approximately seven miles distance.
tāwhiti
1. (noun) snare, trap, noose.
Ka kūmea ngā taura me te hūpanatanga o taua tāwhiti, o taua rore (W 1971:70). / The rope was pulled and the trap sprang back.
Synonyms: kono, kōpeti, koromāhanga, tari, karu māhanga, māhanga, naha, reti, kaha, koro
tī tawhiti
1. (noun) Cordyline 'ti tawhiti' - an edible cabbage tree brought from the Pacific by early Māori. Its thick succulent stem was cooked and eaten. Cultivated extensively in pre-European times.
Ko tēnei hanga ko te huka, i whakanohoia e te Atua, ki te kānga, ki te kūmara, ki te pōwhata, ki te nani, ki te pātangatanga, ki te tāwhara, ki te tī tawhiti, ki te tini me te mano o ngā taru o te ao (KO 15/3/1884:9). / This thing, sugar, was placed by God in corn, kūmara, wild turnip, wild cabbage, fruit of the kiekie, edible bracts of the kiekie, edible cabbage tree, and a host of the world's plants.
2. (noun) outpost.
taru tawhiti
1. (modifier) influenza - sometimes written as one word, i.e. tarutawhiti.
I te pānga o te urutā taru tawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / When the influenza epidemic of 1918 struck the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
See also tarutawhiti
2. (noun) thing from abroad, thing from outside.
Ehara i te mea ka tahia katoatia ki te taha ngā tikanga whakahaere kua roa kē e whāia ana, ka uru mai rānei he taru tawhiti hei whakakōpekapeka i ngā mahi (HM 4/1994:8). / It's not as if all the long-standing undertakings will be swept aside, or outside influences will hinder the activities.
3. (noun) influenza.
I te tau 1918 ka mate haere te kaha o te nanakia mate nei, o te tau tawhiti, i Aotearoa nei, ka ngaro te momo o te tangata ki te pō, Māori tonu, Pākehā hoki. / In 1918 this cruel disease, influenza, spread in New Zealand, and people died, Māori as well as Pākehā.
pae tawhiti
1. (noun) distant horizon, long term.
(ki/kei) Mahurangi: I ētahi wā ki te makere mai tēnei kōrero i te waha o te tangata, e tohu ana kua rere ngā whakaaro o tētahi atu ki te pae tawhiti rā anō, tē whakamau atu ai ki te pae tata. Arā, kua kotiti noa iho ana kōrero, kua kore i hāngai ki te kaupapa (HKK 1999:163). / (ki/kei) Mahurangi: Sometimes when this saying falls from the mouth of a person it is indicating that someone else's thoughts have flown away to a distant horizon, and not remained fixed on the medium term. In other words, what she is saying is way off-track, it is no longer relevant to the topic.
Taku ahi tūtata taku mata kikoha, taku ahi tawhiti taku mata kiporo
1. A proverb reffering to keeping close to one's passion (fire) in order to be skilled or adept (sharp). The further away from the fire the more uninterested one becomes.
My close fire my sharp spare point; my distant fire my bunt spare point. /
tarutawhiti
1. (noun) introduced illness, influenza, pneumonia, consumption, tuberculosis - sometimes written as two words, i.e. taru tawhiti.
E māuiui ana a Te Huruhuru i te tarutawhiti (TTR 1990:200). / Te Huruhuru was sick with tuberculosis.
See also taru tawhiti
Synonyms: niumōnia, mate niumōnia, pūkahu kakā
2. (noun) thing from abroad, foreigner, outsider, alien.
Kāore kē tēnei tarutawhiti e mōhio nō tōku momo kē tēnei rohe (TTTT 2006:92). / Doesn't this foreigner know that this area belongs to my sort.
