toilet - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

putanga hamuti

1. (noun) toilet bowl.

pae hamuti

1. toilet seat.

whare paku

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

whēru

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to wipe (the anus).

Ka kōkiritia ake te awe o te taiaha hei whēru i te tou o tana wahine (W 1971:495). / The dog's hair decoration of the taiaha was thrust up to wipe the anus of his wife.

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2. (noun) toilet paper.

Tuhia atu he whēru ki tā tāua rārangi - kei wareware noa iho ina haere tāua ki ngā toa (PK 2008:1172). / Write our list on a piece of toilet paper - or we'll forget when we go to the shops.

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wharepaku

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

Ka tae rawa māna te haute, kei te wharepaku kē e whakaroaroa ana (hKK 1999:188). / When it finally comes for him to shout he's at the toilet procrastinating.

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hamuti

1. (noun) faeces, excrement, poo, dung, droppings, stools.

Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929:1935). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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wharetiko

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

E noho nui ana tēnei mate ki roto i ngā kāinga kāore kau he wharetiko (TPH 15/10/1902:1). / This disease is common in homes with no lavatory.

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Synonyms: turuma, wharepaku, whareiti, hamuti, heketua, whare paku

hēru

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to wipe (the anus).

turuma

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo.

Ka haerea e Māhanga ki te turuma o Te Aka-tāwhia, noho tatari mai ai. He turuma wehe tō Te Aka-tāwhia i te mea he puhi a ia (NIT 1995:127). / Māhanga went to the latrine of Te Aka-tāwhia and waited there. Te Aka-tāwhia had a separate latrine because she was a woman of high rank.

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Synonyms: wharetiko, wharepaku, whareiti, hamuti, heketua, whare paku

2. (noun) sacred place for ritual practices by a tohunga.

whareiti

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

Ko te heketua te kupu ake mō te whareiti, arā te wāhi tiko. / The original word for the toilet is 'heketua', that is the place to defecate.

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Synonyms: turuma, wharetiko, wharepaku, hamuti, heketua, whare paku

wharepaku whaikaha

1. (noun) disabled toilet.

E tika ana kia hangaia he wharepaku whaikaha mā ngā tāngata whaikaha. / It's appropriate that disabled toilets are built for people with disabilities.

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