āritarita
1. (verb) to be burning with desire, eager.
Āritarita ana ngā nūpepa i ā rātau mahi katoa (TTR 1996:122). / The newspapers were eager to report all their activities.
See also ārita
2. (verb) to be irascible, quick-tempered, easily offended, short-tempered, irritable, grumpy, touchy, annoyed.
Tēnā, i pai rānei a Ihu i tōna kitenga i a rātou? Kāhore, engari i āritarita ia ki a rātou (KO 15/10/1883:15). / Well, was Jesus pleased when he saw them? No, on the contrary, he was annoyed with them.
I te whenua katoa hoki he whānāriki, he tote, he ngiha, kāhore e whakatōkia, kāhore e tupu, kāhore hoki e pihi ake tētahi otaota ki reira, pērā me te hunanga o Horoma rāua ko Komora, o Arema rāua ko Tepoimi, i huna e Ihowā i a ia e āritarita ana, e riri ana (PT Ihaia 29:23). / And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zebo'im, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.
See also ārita
Synonyms: kiri kawa, ārita, whanewhane, kiriwetiweti
3. (modifier) irascible, quick-tempered, easily offended, short-tempered, irritable, grumpy, touchy, sensitive, cantankerous.
Kātahi anō te tangata āritarita ko koe! (W 1971:16). / What a grumpy person you are!
E mārama ana ki a ia, hei tāna, te noho āritarita a te Māori i raro i ngā kawenga a ngā whakahau hou (TTR 1994:12). / He understood the sensitivities of the Māori, he said, under the impositions of the new order.
Ki te kore rātou e pai ki te whakaiti i a rātou, nā ka noho pāwera tonu kei hiangatia rātou e tō rātou ariki āritarita (TWMNT 23/8/1879:512). / If they do not like to be belittled they lived in constant fear lest they be bullied by their irascible chief.
Synonyms: hūkokikoki, rahirahi
4. (noun) bad temper, irritability, irascibility, ill temper, cantankerousness, annoyance, irritation, wrath, ire.
Tēnā ko tēnei whakarērea ēnei mea katoa; te āritarita, te riri, te mauāhara, te kōrero kino, te kōrero whakarihariha, i roto i ō koutou māngai (PT Korohe 3:8). / Now put aside all these things; wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy communication out of your mouths.
Ā huarangatia atu ana rātou e Ihowā i runga i tō rātou oneone, i tōna riri, i te āritarita, i te whakatakariri noa iho (PT Ihaia 29:28). / And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
kiri kawa
1. (modifier) short-tempered, quick-tempered, irritable, irascible, cranky, crotchety.
He wā he kiri kawa tōna wairua; he wā anō he tangata marae, he tangata nohopuku (TTR 1990:237). / Sometimes he was very short-tempered, and at other times he was generous or reclusive.
Synonyms: āritarita, ārita, whanewhane, kiriwetiweti
whanewhane
1. (modifier) irritable, irascible, grumpy, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, petulant, testy, touchy.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
2. (noun) internal organ - a word that occurs in 19th Century newspapers, suggesting it was used for internal organs generally as well as specific ones, including the liver, kidneys and lungs (see below).
He whakapopo i ngā niho, he whakahauā i te korokoro me te atewharowharo, me ngā whanewhane katoa o te kōpū; he whakakeretā i ngā roro me ngā akaaka katoa o te tinana (TKM.MM 20/8/1862:21). / It rots the teeth, damages the throat and lungs, and all the organs of the abdomen, and destroys the brain and all the nerves of the body.
3. (noun) kidney.
He kai whakamate te pia i te toto, i te kōpū, i te whanewhane, i te ate, i te ngākau, i te tinana katoa (KO 15/11/1883:4). / Beer is a food that destroys the blood, the stomach, the kidneys, the liver, the heart and the whole body.
Synonyms: mama, whatukuhu, whatumanawa, tākihi, atewhatukuhu
4. (noun) lung.
E patu toropuku ana te tupeka i te tangata i te rā, i te rā, ā, e āta haere nō ana whakaninihitanga ki te patu i te ate, i ngā whanewhane, i ngā whatumanawa, i ngā pongaponga, i ngā wheua, i ngā roro, i ngā niho, i ngā makawe, i ngā karu, i te korokoro, i ngā uaua, i te toto, i te arero, i te kirimoko (KO 15/7/1884:8). / Tobacco gradually kills a person each day and slowly and insidiously it destroys the liver, the lungs, the kidneys, the nostrils, the bones, the brains, the teeth, the hair, the eyes, the throat, the arteries, the blood, the tongue and the skin.
Synonyms: pūkohukohu
kiriweti
1. (stative) be impatient of, hot-tempered, revolutionary, grumpy, abrupt, irritable, irritated with, bad-tempered, annoyed.
I whakaio tahi a ia ki ngā tāne kīhai i pīrangi ki te mau rākau mō tētehi pakanga ehara nā rātou, whawhai kē rānei mō tētehi kāwanatanga nāna tō rātou iwi i muru, i whakakorara. Heoi anō, ka noho kiriweti te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:44). / She stood firm with the men who did not wish to carry arms for a war that was not theirs, or fight for a government that had dispossessed and scattered their people. But the government was annoyed by this.
Synonyms: kiripiro, pukukino, kaiwhakatuma, hauhau, whakawhana
2. (noun) irritation, annoyance, anger, ill-temper, bad-temper.
Āpiti atu hoki, ko tō rātou kiriweti ki a Te Kēnara mō tana whai i te wahine Māori (TTR 1990:19). / And added to that, they were irritated with Thomas Kendall for his affair with a Māori woman.
2. (stative) be irascible, quick-tempered, easily offended, short-tempered, irritable, grumpy, touchy.
Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.
Synonyms: kiri kawa, āritarita, whanewhane, kiriwetiweti
... kino ngā piropiro
1. in a bad mood, in a bad temper, in bad humour - an idiom expressing the anger or annoyance that someone is feeling. A variation is to replace hē for kino.
Kua kino ngā piropiro o tērā rā, he kore nōna i eke ki te tauwhāinga whakamutunga (HKK 1999:91). / That one over there is in a bad mood because she didn't make the finals.
I poto noa iho tana moe, koinā e hē nā ngā piropiro (HJ 2012:37). / He only had a short sleep, that's why he's in a bad mood.
2. (modifier) unsociable, bad-tempered, despicable, bigoted, prejudiced.
Tērā ētahi Pākehā kiripiro e ngākau kino ana ki te kiri parauri (TAH 54:15). / There are some bigoted Pākehā who despise dark-skinned people.
mauru
1. (verb) to be eased, allayed, appeased, abated, tempered, assuaged, moderated, propitiated, subsided.
I te kōpīpī tonu ngā whakaaro o Ngata, ā, kāre anō kia tino mauru noa ōna mōhio noa ki ngā raruraru o tōna iwi (TTR 1996:101). / Ngata's ideas were immature, and not yet very tempered with an understanding of his people's problems.
2. (modifier) mild weather, temperate climate.
Nā te piki me te heke o te pā mahana o tōna tinana, ka āhei te tuatara te noho ki tēnei whenua hātai (Te Ara 2015). / Because of its variable body temperature, the tuatara is able to live in this temperate land.
2. (modifier) dreadful, disgusting, short-tempered.
Te kino hoki o ngā whakepaku kiriwetiweti nei! / How terrible these disgusting toilets are.
pukukino
1. (stative) be grumpy, bad-tempered, angry, volatile, cantankerous, irritable, crabby.
E mea ana a Te Hokena ko te Merenīhia he potopoto, he mangu, he māhunga mingimingi, he pukukino, he kūare, tēnā ko ngā Māori e noho tahi ana rātou he roroa, he ngāwari, he takahoahoa, he kiri mā - ko ētahi rite tonu ki te Pākehā te mā (TP 1/1909:4). / Mr Hogan reports that the Melanesians are shortish, black, have curly hair, are volatile and uneducated, whereas the Māori that they are living with are tall, gentle, friendly and fair-skinned - some are as white as the Pākehā.
2. (modifier) grumpy, bad-tempered, angry, volatile, cantankerous, irritable, crabby.
Ko ngā wāhine pukukino anake e hiahia riri ana ki taua tangata. / Only bad-tempered women want to be angry at that man.
tātāhau
1. (verb) to be fierce, violent, stormy, lose one's temper, talk unintelligently during sleep.
Tātāhau ana i roto i te Whare Pāremete, tangi ana tērā te tūpuhi, wairangi noa ana ngā pairata, a Te Tauta, a Tā Hōri Kerei, me ētahi atu, raru ana, tūrorirori ana (TWMNT 16/10/1878:76). / During displays of temper in the House when it sounded like a storm, pilots Stout, Sir George Grey, and others, have lost their heads and got into trouble, losing their balance.
2. (adjective) be hot, burning fiercely, eager, hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
He pūkākā rawa te rā ki taua wāhi rā, he whenua whakatupu mate ki te tangata (MM.TKM 15/10/1858:7). / The sun burns fiercely at that place, it's an unhealthy locality.
3. (modifier) hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
whai repo
1. (noun) eagle ray, Myliobatis tenuicaudatus - a ray with greenish-grey upper surface and blue markings, pale yellow-white below. Tail is thin with small spines and a small dorsal fin at the base. Head thick and protruding, eyes lateral. Most abundant from Cook Strait north over soft sediments and rocky reefs from 0-422 m.
Synonyms: whai keo
2. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
3. (noun) log-tail stingray, Dasyatis thetidis - one of the largest species of marine stingrays and may reach 210 kg. Uniformly greyish to black dorsally, white to creamish ventrally, head slightly elevated and eyes are small. Tail stout at the base, tapering gradually. Widespread in subtropical and temperate waters off coasts. In Aotearoa/New Zealand occurs mainly north of east Cape.
See also whai
pīokeoke
1. (noun) spiny dogfish, spotted spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias - a fish brownish-grey above with irregular white spots and white below. Body elongated with both dorsal fins preceded by a sharp spine. Reaches 1.2 m. Found in temperate waters around the world.
See also pioke
2. (noun) spotted dogfish, spotted smoothhound, Mustelus lenticulatus - pale golden brown to grey above with numerous small blue and white spots. white below. Body long and slender with no spines in the dorsal fins. Found throught Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 200 m.
pouaka
1. (noun) sand tussock, Austrofestuca littoralis - coastal dwelling grass growing in dunes and rocky soils close to the shore in both North and South Islands, and in temperate Australia. Has fine, rolled yellowgreen leaves that fade at the tips to silver; older leaves dry to a golden-straw colour. Barleylike seed heads that grow no longer than the leaves are produced in summer.
Synonyms: mātiatia, mātihetihe, hinarepe
rātāhuihui
1. (noun) sunfish, Mola ramsayi - a bluish-grey to to brown fish with a deep, circular, strongly compressed body, a large rounded head, small eyes and mouth. Dorsal fin short-based and tall, placed at the rear of the body opposite a similar anal fin. Occurs in subtropical to cool temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere from the surface to 600 m.
tuatini
1. (noun) broad-nose sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus - a species which is pale grey-brown above with scattered black or white spots and creamy white below. Has a broadly rounded snout and reaches over 2 m long. the slender body has a single dorsal fin near the rear of the body. Common in coastal waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand at depths of 10-226 m.
2. (noun) sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus - has 6 pairs of gill slits and a lower jaw with 6 rows of low, blade-like, comb-shaped teeth on each side. Found in tropical to cool-temperate seas.
hāpuku
1. (noun) groper, grouper, Polyprion oxygeneios - a large heavy-bodied fish with a big head and wide mouth found in warm seas. The head is pointed and has a protruding lower jaw. Blue-grey to brown on back, changing abruptly midbody to dirty white, lightening to pale white ventrally. Circumglobal in subtropical and temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere.
Kei te mōhio katoa rātau ki ngā tauranga tāmure, tauranga tarakihi, tauranga hāpuku me ērā atu ika o te moana (TWK 54:3). / They know all the fishing grounds for snapper, tarakihi, groper and those other fish of the sea.
