whakawetiweti
1. (verb) (-tia) to threaten, make threats, bully.
Nō te tau 1951 i whakarauika haeretia e ia te tangata, whakawetiwetitia hoki e ia te Poari Whenua Māori o te Rohe o Aotea ki te whakatū whare ki Rātana Pā kē, tē whakatū whare noa ai ki Whanganui (TTR 2000:177). / In 1951 she brought people together and bullied the Aotea District Māori Land Board into erecting houses at Rātana Pā rather than in the town of Whanganui.
See also whakaweti
Synonyms: kapatau
2. (modifier) bullying, threatening, intimidating.
Ka haongia a Kaiapoi me Ōnawe pā i Akaroa, ka kōrero whakawetiweti a Te Rauparaha ki te raupatu i te katoa o Te Waipounamu (TTR 1990:135). / After the capture of Kaiapoi and of Ōnawe pā at Akaroa, Te Rauparaha threatened to conquer the entire South Island.
3. (noun) threat, intimidation.
Ko te whai o tēnei nēhi kia ora mai tēnei wahine i runga i tōna mate kino, mā te whakarite hoki i ngā tohutohu mai a te tākuta, ahakoa noho tēnei nēhi i roto i te kino, kāore ana whakawetiweti. Ko te mea nui kai a ia ko te aroha ki tēnei wahine (TPH 5/1/1903:4). / This nurse did her best to save this woman, who was seriously ill. She followed the instructions of the doctor and despite the danger to this nurse she was not intimidated. The main thing to her was the concern for this woman.
whakatuma
1. (verb) to challenge, act defiantly, confront, antagonise, threaten.
Ko te take o ana hamumu, nō tō rāua tautohe i te matenga o Te Rangi-iri-hau, he kī nā Makino nāna te tūpāpaku, tautohe rāua kua whakatuma tētehi me tētehi (JPS 1893:229). / The reason for his words was a quarrel they had about the death of Te Rangi-iri-hau, when Makino said that he had killed him; so they argued and threatened one another.
2. (modifier) defiant, aggressive, belligerent, antagonistic.
3. (noun) defiance, challenge, threat.
Me whakamahi e mātou te aro nui mai o te itinga o ngā tāngata ki te reo Māori, me te whakamauru i ō te nuinga āwangawanga ko tā te reo Māori he whakatuma i te reo Pākehā o Aotearoa nei (HM 4/1990:3). / We must make the most of the small number of people that are kindly disposed towards the Māori language and placate the concerns of the majority that the Māori language challenges English in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
whakawehi
1. (verb) (-a) to terrify, frighten, horrify, intimidate, threaten, terrorise, scare.
Ko ngā āpiha a te Kāwanatanga e whakawehi ana i ngā tāngata kei Nēpia (TWMNT 7/11/1876:281). / The Government officers were intimidating people in Napier.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakamataku, whakawehiwehi
2. (modifier) terrifying, frightening, threatening.
He reo whakawehi te hāmama raiona i te pō, me te ngengere o ngā wuruhi (KO 15/6/1883:19). / The roar of the lion at night and the growling of wolves are frightening sounds.
3. (noun) threat, dread, terror, fear.
I te whakapaunga o taua tau ka hauraro a Te Waru Tamatea. Kua mutu i nāianei te whakawehi a Te Kooti i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:384). / Late that year Te Waru Tamatea surrendered. Te Kooti had now ceased to be a threat to the government.
whakawehiwehi
1. (verb) (-a) to terrify, frighten, horrify, intimidate, threaten, terrorise, scare.
I tae mai te pukapuka a Waaka Huia ki a mātou, he taua tonu, mō te korenga e tāia āna kōrero. I whakawehiwehi ia i a mātou i mea ka pānuitia tō mātou hē e ia ki ngā nūpepa Pākehā (HKW 1/6/1902:5). / The letter, which was quite hostile, of Waaka Huia concerning not publishing his account has reached us. He threatened us by saying he would broadcast our blunder in Pākehā newspapers.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakamataku, whakawehi
2. (modifier) terrifying, frightening, threatening.
Kua kite pea ngā tāngata Māori i roto i ngā nūpepa o mua, arā i 'Te Karere Maori' i ētahi kōrero whakatūpato mō tēnei mate whakawehiwehi, mō te koroputaputa (TWMNT 19/6/1872:83). / Māori people have probably seen in earlier newspapers, namely 'Te Karere Maori', some cautionary information about this frightening disease, smallpox.
3. (noun) threat, dread, terror, fear.
I tū atu tō rātou kaipuke i waho o te tāone me te whakawehiwehi ki te hopukina ō rātou hoa ka taiparatia e rātou te tāone ki te pū repo (TP 7/1905:6). / Their ship stood off the town with the threat that if their allies were captured they would fire on the town with cannons.
kapatau
1. (verb) to express an intention, threaten, make threats.
I te tau 1843, ka toko ake te whakaaro i a Paratene Tūrangi kua kapatau tētahi tangata o Reporua ki te mākutu i tētahi o ōna whanaunga (TTR 1990:111). / In 1843 Paratene Tūrangi thought that a person at Reporua had threatened to use witchcraft against one of his relatives.
Synonyms: whakawetiweti
2. (noun) threat, threatening remark, intimidatory remark.
Ka whakawhiua a Te Keepa mō tana kapatau, ka panaia i tana tūranga āteha, engari nō te tau o muri mai ka tū anō hei āteha (TTR 1990:272). / Te Keepa was punishment for his threat and was sacked from his office as assessor, but in the following year he was reappointed.
muru
1. (verb) (-a) to wipe, wipe on, wipe off, rub, rub off, smear, paint, pluck (feathers, etc.).
Ko te waka rā i murua ki te peita mangu (TW 19/10/1878:9/521). / That canoe was painted with black paint.
Synonyms: tā, waituhi, pani, kōmuku, koromuku, kōmuru, kōmukumuku, panipani, peita, hohore, para, kato, kiriūka, ngana, koromaki, kōwhaki, hautoa, muku, mukumuku, kōmuri, kōmeke, kōmekemeke, kōmiri, ūkui, ūkuikui, hūkui, kāuto, aumiri, hikahika, mirimiri, wakuwaku, waku, miri
2. (verb) (-a) to plunder, confiscate, take ritual compensation - an effective form of social control, restorative justice and redistribution of wealth among relatives. The process involved taking all the offending party's goods. The party that had the muru performed on them did not respond by seeking utu. The reasons for a muru included threats to the institution of marriage, accidents that threatened life (e.g. parents' negligence), trampling on tapu, and defeat in war. It could be instituted for intentional or unintentional offences. It only occurred among groups of people who were linked by whakapapa or marriage and linked neighbouring villages in a collective response in the delivery of punishment. The protocols and practices involved would be determined by various factors, including the mana of the victim or offender, the degree of the offence and the intent of the offending party. Before a muru was engaged, the matter of what would be taken would be discussed in detail, as would the size of the taua to perform the muru. Physical violence could occur but generally ended when blood was drawn. A muru sought to redress a transgression with the outcome of returning the affected party back to their original position in society.
Me he rangatira te tangata nōna te pane i morimoria nei, kātahi ka rangona tēnei kupu morimori e whakahuatia ana, mō te morimoringa hoki o te pane tapu o te rangatira nei. Ka tauatia hoki, ka murua ngā taonga, whenua, aha atu rānei, a te tangata nāna i morimori (JPS 1894:28). / If it was a chief whose head was touched, then this word 'morimori' would be used for the action of touching the sacred head of the chief. The person who touched it would be the subject of a hostile party and his goods, land or other property would be plundered.
I tētahi wāhi o Haina e panapana ana te iwi i ngā minita karakia, muru rawa ngā taonga o ngā whare (KO 15/1/1885:2). / In one part of China the people have driven out the church ministers and plundered the possessions of the houses.
Synonyms: hunuhunu, kōhunu, hone, pārure, whakarekereke, romi, marure, mūrei, pāhua, pāhuahua
3. (verb) (-a) to wipe out, forgive, absolve, excuse, pardon, cancel - a modern connotation.
Kei te rapu anō hoki rānei koe kia mātau mehemea kua oti ō hara te muru mō tō tohe tonu ki te inoi, kua hopu rānei koe, he tika kua murua ō hara nō te mea kua pēnā tā te Atua kupu? (THM 1/10/1889:5). / Are you seeking to know if your sins are forgiven because you keep on asking, or is it right that your sins have been forgiven because that is what the word of God says?
4. (verb) (-a) to pluck off (leaves, feathers, etc.).
Ka murua ngā rimurimu, me ngā kohukohu i tōna tinana, ka ora ia i reira (NM 1928:24). / The seaweed and moss were removed from his body and then he revived.
5. (modifier) plundering, looting - especially in seeking ritual compensation.
I a Mita e ngaro ana, ka māuiuitia tana mokopuna, ka mate ki Poihākena. Te hokinga mai, ka tauatia a Mita ki te taua muru i runga i te whakapae nā āna mahi i mate ai tana mokopuna (TTR 1994:126). / While Mita was away his grandson became ill and died in Sydney. On returning here Mita was the subject of a muru party, on the accusation that he had caused his grandchild's death.
6. (modifier) confiscated, plundered.
Kore rawa a Taurua i whakaae kia utua mai ia mō ngā whenua muru (TTR 1990:166). / Taurua never agreed to take any payment for the confiscated land.
7. (noun) confiscation.
I tupea e ia he pōrangi mau pū, i whakaanga atu ia ki ngā rōpū kaipetipeti, me te muru hoki i ngā waipiro takahi i te ture (TTR 1998:9). / He disarmed a deranged gunman, confronted groups of gamblers and confiscated moonshine liquor.
