2. (loan) (noun) tennis.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-53;)
E rua ngā kōti tēnehi, me tētahi wāhi purei hōkī, otirā he wāhi motuhake mō ngā tini tākaro a ngā tamariki (TTT 1/12/1930:2201). / There were two tennis courts and a place to play hockey, indeed a special place for the many children's games.
tēnihi
1. (loan) (modifier) tennis.
Noho mai ana te nuinga o ana whakarerekētanga ki runga i ana mahi whakahou ake i te tikanga o te takoto o te marae o Kōkōhīnau me ōna whare, ā, whai atu i tēnā ko tana mahi anō ki te hanga papa tākaro, papa purei tēnihi i te marae tonu tae atu ki te hanga whare kai, whare paku, whare horoi ringaringa tōtika ake (TTR 2000:118). / Many of his innovations were to modernise the traditional layout of the Kōkōhīnau marae and its associated buildings, and included construction of playing fields and tennis courts within the marae grounds and the building of appropriate dining and ablution facilities.
See also tēnehi
2. (loan) (noun) tennis.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-53;)
I kuraina anō hoki ia i te kura Māori o Pāmoana, me ngā kāreti o Hikurangi me Te Aute, i reira rā ia i toa ai ki ngā tākaro nei, ki te tēnihi me te whutupaoro (TTR 2000:156). / He was also educated at the Pamoana Native School, Hikurangi College and Te Aute College, where he excelled in tennis and rugby.
2. (noun) pair, couple, singles (tennis, etc.).
He aha i kore ai e hopukia katoatia aua whānako? He aha i mau ai ko ngā tokorua anake? (TWMNT 16/10/1878:69). / Why weren't all those thieves caught? Why were only two caught?
3. (noun) one pair (cards) - a poker hand that contains two cards of one rank, plus three cards which are not of this rank nor the same as each other. Higher-ranking pairs defeat lower-ranking pairs; if two hands have the same pair, the non-paired cards (the kickers) are compared in descending order to determine the winner.
2. (noun) four (people), quartet, doubles (tennis, etc.).
I ui ia ki tētahi o ōna hoa mehemea ia i kite i te tokowhā ka mea mai tērā, āe, i kite ia (TTT 1/8/1930:2114). / He asked one of his companions if he had seen the four people and he said that, yes, he had seen them.
3. (noun) four of a kind (cards) - a poker hand that contains all four cards of one rank and any other (unmatched) card, with higher-ranking cards defeating lower-ranking ones.
whakahoki
1. (verb) (-a) to take back, return, give back, receive (tennis, etc.), put back.
2. (verb) (-a) to answer, reply, respond.
Ka kite mai a Ngāheu i tōna hoa, i a Tāwhaki, ka tīwaha mai, "E hoa Tāwhaki, e haere ana koutou ki hea?" Ka whakahoki a Tāwhaki, ka mea, "E haere ana mātou ki te tāone, ki Rotorua." (TWK 1:4). / When Ngāheu saw his friend, Tāwhaki, he called out, "Hey Tāwhaki, where are you going?" Tāwhaki replied saying, "We're going to town, to Rotorua."
Synonyms: utu, urupare, whakahokihoki, whakautu, paremata, ō, kātoitoi
3. (noun) return.
Koia nei te mahi a taua rōpū, arā, ko te whakahoki i ngā Hūrai ki Parihitini (TKO 30/9/1920:12). / This is the task of that group, namely the return of the Jews to Palestine.
4. (noun) reply, answer, response.
I pātai ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu mehemea kei te haere ake tana pāpā ki te tuki i a rātou. Kotahi anake te whakahoki a Tāmihana, "E kore taku pāpā e haere mai, nā te mea ko au tēnei e hohou nei i te rongo kia mutu ai ngā pakanga." (TTR 1990:303). / Some of the Ngāi Tahu chiefs asked if his father was coming back to attack them. Tāmihana's reply was always, "My father will not come, for I am here to make peace so that the wars stop."
Synonyms: whakautu, whakahokihoki, urupare, kupu paremata, kātoitoi
poikōpiko
1. (noun) table tennis, ping-pong.
Ko te hunga tino hau kē nei ō rātau rongo, ko te wahine purei tēnehi rā, ko Ruia Morrison, ko ngā kaitākaro korowha nei, ko Walter Godfrey rāua ko Sherril Chapman, ko te toa tākaro poikōpiko, ko Neti Davis, ko te kaipūkenga ko Ralph Hōtere, ko te kaiwaiata, ko Kiri Te Kanawa, tae atu ki a Patariki (Pat) Hōhepa, i riro mai ai i a ia tana tohu tākuta mō te mātauranga wetereo i te Hononga o Amerika (TTR 2000:236). / Most notable among these were the tennis player Ruia Morrison, golfers Walter Godfrey and Sherril Chapman, table tennis champion Neti Davis, artist Ralph Hotere, singer Kiri Te Kanawa, and Pat Hohepa, who was to achieve his PhD in linguistics in the United States.
2. (noun) (tennis) game point.
kaituku
1. (noun) sender, server (tennis, etc.).
Synonyms: kaitono
2. (noun) donor, vendor, assignor.
Koia tēnei tāna ki ngā kaituku mō te hoko, arā, e kore rawa te whenua rāhui i te raupapa e tukua kia hokona mai (TTR 1996:165). / This is what he told the vendors, that is, that the reserved land on the flat would never be purchased.
2. (noun) (sport, result) tie.
3. (noun) (tennis) deuce.
2. (transitive verb) undercut.
