tau tītoki
1. (noun) year the tītoki fruits plentifully, unspecified time in the future, one day.
He rangatira nō te tau tītoki (TP 2/1909:11). / A chief of the tītoki season. (A whakataukī referring to irregular fruiting of the tītoki, the fruit of which was prized for its oil. In times of scarcity only chiefs had a supply.)
Uru: Āwhea ka mutu tō whakamau ki a ia? Pare: Aua. Hei te tau tītoki rā anō pea (HJ 2012:145). / Uru: When will your grudge agains him end? Pare: I don't know. One day in the distant future perhaps.
Aho-turuturu, Te
1. (personal noun) second month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to July and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Hōngongoi
Mātahi o te tau
1. (personal noun) first month of the Māori year. Its beginning was indicated by the first appearance of Matariki (Pleiades) on the eastern horizon before sunrise, about the 15 June. Sometimes shortened to Mātahi.
Ko te mātahi o te tau Māori (hei te takiwā o Hune) te wā e rere ai te piharau (Te Ara 2011). / The first month of the Māori year (around June) is the time when the lamprey are running.
2. (personal noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to April.
He paku rerekē te Mātahi, i te mea e whakamahia ana mō te marama ngahuru mā tahi me te marama tuatahi, arā, mō Paengawhāwhā me Pipiri anō hoki (HJ 2012:142). / Mātahi is a little different because it is used for the eleventh and first months, that is for Paengawhāwhā and Pipiri.
Whiringa-ā-nuku
1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to October.
Ko te rā tuarua tēnei, arā, ko te 24 o Whiringa-ā-nuku o te tau 2009, mai i te hokinga mai i te uhunga ki a Mate Huatahi Kaiwai i te marae o Mangahānea (HM 4/2009:1). / This is the second day, the 24 October 2009, since returning from the funeral of Mate Huatahi Kaiwai at Mangahānea marae.
See also Hiringa-ā-nuku, Kōpū
Synonyms: Rima o Hiringa-a-nuku, Maramatekau, Oketopa, Kōpū, Rima o Kōpū, Te, Hiringa-ā-nuku
Uru-tautahi
1. (personal noun) sixth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to November and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Whiringa-ā-rangi
Aonui
1. (personal noun) first month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to June and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Pipiri, Tahi o Pipiri, Te
Uru-tahi
1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to October and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Whiringa-ā-nuku
Whiringa-ā-rangi
1. (personal noun) sixth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to November.
Ka tae ki te paunga o Whiringa-ā-rangi, kua keri te kātua i tētahi tārua kia whakawhānau i te hua kotahi (Te Ara 2014). / When it reaches late November the adult digs a burrow to lay a single egg.
See also Whitiānaunau
Synonyms: Maramamātahi, Noema, Whitiānaunau
Hakihea
1. (personal noun) seventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to December. Also the name of the three stars of Alpha Centauri, which appear as one light and the third brightest 'star' in the night sky. The appearance heralds the start of this lunar month.
Hakihea: Kua noho ngā manu kai roto i te kōhanga (Best 1922:15). / Hakihea: Birds are now sitting on their nests (Best 1922:15).
Synonyms: whitu, Akaaka-nui, Ahuahu-mataora, Whitu o Hakihea, Te
Haratua
1. (personal noun) twelfth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to May.
Me tae mai ā koutou taonga whakataetae ki tēnei tari i mua i te 31 o ngā rā o Haratua 1990 (HM 1/1990:3). / Your competition masterpieces must reach this office before 31 May 1990.
Synonyms: Maramarima, Mei, Hakiharatua
2. (noun) twelfth lunar month of the Māori year, May.
Ki taku titiro, i tīmata te Haratua i te 28 o ngā pō o Āperira, nā ko te Tahi o Pipiri ka tīmata i te 27 o ngā rā o Mei (TTT 1/6/1922:13). / According to my observation, the month of Haratua begins on the 28th night of April, and the month of Tahi o Pipiri begins on the 27 of May.
Hereturikōkā
1. (personal noun) third lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to August.
Hereturikōkā: Kua kitea te kainga a te ahi i ngā turi o te tangata (Best 1922:15). / Hereturikōkā: The scorching effect of fire on the knees of man is seen (Best 1922:15).
Ko te rā kati ai ngā tono, ko te 31 o ngā rā o Hereturikōkā (HM 2/1996:2). / Applications close on 31 August.
See also Here o Pipiri
Hōngongoi
1. (personal noun) second lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to July.
I te marama o Hōngongoi, kua tino mātao te tangata, me te tahutahu ahi, ka pāinaina (HM 2/1990:3) / In the month of July a person is very cold and must light a fire and warm oneself.
See also Takurua
Synonyms: Hongonui, Maruaroa, Maramawhitu, Rua o Takurua, Te, Hūrae, Takurua
Huitanguru
1. (personal noun) ninth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to February.
Nō te Huitanguru i te tau 1949 i whānau ai taku teina. / In February 1949 my younger brother was born.
Huitanguru: Kua tau te waewae o Ruhi kai te whenua (Best 1922:16). / Huitanguru: Ruhi's foot rests on the land.
See also Rūhī-te-rangi
Kohitātea
1. (personal noun) eighth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to January.
Kohitātea: Kua makuru te kai; ka kai te tangata i ngā kai hou o te tau (Best 1922:16). / Kohitātea: Food is abundant; man eats the new foods of the year.
E whakaaro ake ana mātou i te Taura Whiri me whakaemi mai anō tēnei rōpū ā te marama o Kohitātea 1994, ki reira whakaoti ai i tēnei mahi whēuaua (HM 4/1993:7). / We at the Māori Language Commission are considering that we should regather this group in January 1994 to complete this difficult task.
See also Rehua
Synonyms: Maramatahi, Kai-tātea, Hānuere
Poutūterangi
1. (personal noun) tenth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to March. Also the name of Altair, the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila, whose appearance in the night sky heralds the start of the month. Others say that Ōtamarākau (Fomalhaut) is the star of the lunar month of Poutūterangi.
Poutūterangi: Kua hauhake te kai (Best 1922:16). / Poutūterangi: The crops are harvested.
2. (personal noun) Altair - the brightest star in the constellation Aquila.
Kaitātea
1. (personal noun) eighth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to January. Also called Te Waru-o-Kaitātea.
Mō te marama o Hānuere, arā o Kaitātea, o te tau 1923, ko Kaiwaka te whetū kei te ārahi i ēnei pō (TTT 1/1/1923:9). / For the month of January, that is Kaitātea, of 1923, Kaiwaka is the star that heralds these nights.
See also Kohitātea
Hakiharatua
1. (personal noun) twelfth lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to May.
Kei te whakaata mai a Puanga-rua i roto i te Kāhui o Tautoru mō te marangai kei a Hakiharatua, arā, kei a Mei (TTT 1/3/1930:2007). / Rigel appears in the constellation of Orion's Belt for the rain in the lunar month of Haki-haratua, that is, May.
See also Haratua
Synonyms: Haratua, Maramarima, Mei
