titiro
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
Ki tāku titiro kua tae tēnei ki te wā e tika ana kia ui tātou ki a tātou tonu ina hoki he nui tonu ā tātou tikanga Māori kua taea e tātou te whakarerekē (TTT 1/11/1921:5). / In my observation we have arrived at the appropriate time to question ourselves because there are many Māori customs that we can change.
titiro pī
1. (verb) to look askance, look sideways, look at suspiciously, look at with doubt.
Arā anō te reo o te kanohi, tae atu ki te kori o te tinana. Tērā pea kua titiro pī, kua tīkoro rānei ngā whatu, kua puku rānei te rae, kua hī ngā pewa, kua menemene rānei ngā pāpāringa (HKK 1999:7). / Then there's facial expressions and body movements. Perhaps looking askance, rolling the eyes, or looking angry, raising the eyebrows, or smiling.
Synonyms: kōripi, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, korotaha
titiro mākutu
1. (verb) to stare, look hard, gape, gawk, gaze, watch.
Ā, e titiro mākutu tonu ana a Puruhia ki ngā iwi i mahia nei e ia ki āna mahi riri (TW 22/6/1878:310). / And Prussia is carefully watching those countries which it subjected to war.
Synonyms: tiro mākutu, titiro whakatau
titiro whakatau
1. (verb) to look intently, stare, look hard, gape, gawk, gaze, watch.
Kātahi anō taua tangata rā ka titiro whakatau atu (NM 1928:52). / Then the man looked intently at him.
Synonyms: whakatātare, whakatare, whakataretare, tiro mākutu, titiro mākutu
titiro whakapī
1. (verb) to look askance, look sideways, look slyly.
Ka titiro whakapī atu te wahine rā ka mea atu, “E hiahia ana koe?” (M 2004:384). / The woman looked slyly at him and said, “Are you attracted?” (M 2004:385).
Synonyms: kōripi, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, matakarapa, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, korotaha
titiro korotaha
1. (verb) to look sideways, look askance, look suspiciously.
Nā ēnei mahi a te tangata whai i titiro korotaha ai a Te Rangitāke ki a rātou (TTR 1990:289). / Because of these activities of the settlers Te Rangitāke looked askance at them.
Synonyms: kōripi, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, korotaha, tiro korotaha
2. (noun) looking sideways, looking askance, looking suspiciously.
Ahakoa te tautoko a Maihi rātou ko ngā rangatira tokomaha i te kaupapa pāremata Māori ka tīmata tana titiro korotaha ki ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:44). / Despite the support of Maihi and the many chiefs for a Māori parliament he began to look suspiciously at what the government was doing.
Synonyms: tiro korotaha
titiro whakakeko
1. (verb) to look askance, take a peek.
Tēnei rā kei te titiro whakakeko iho te kanohi ki te āhua o ngā rā mō tēnei marama o Ākuhata (TTT 1/8/1922:7). / Now we take a peek at the weather for this month of August.
See also whakakeko
Synonyms: matakarapa, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī
tūingoa
1. (noun) noun, derived noun - a word used to refer to a person or thing or a verb made into a noun by adding a derived noun ending, e.g. Titiro ki te korimako! (Look at the bellbird!) where korimako is a tūingoa (noun).
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55;)
He tūingoa katoa ēnei kupu: 'whare', 'moenga', 'tūī', 'wheki' me te maha noa atu. / These words are all nouns: 'whare', 'moenga', 'tūī', 'wheki' and many more.
Synonyms: kupuingoa
