atua whiowhio
1. (noun) railway train, steam engine, locomotive, train.
Nā ka kite anō iho aku kanohi i muri i a au e makenu ana te pāwhatitanga o te huarahi o te atua whiowhio haere o te Pākehā (Redemption Songs 1995:277). / My eyes will see after you traces of the broken branches on the pathway of the travelling railway train of the Pākehā.
Synonyms: tima rerewē
2. (noun) whistling atua.
Ko ngā whakamārama a te Pākehā mō ngā atua whiowhio, mō ngā atua kōrero o te Māori, ko te mahi a te Pākehā e huri nei, e panga nei i te reo, arā he 'ventriloquism' (TKO 12/5/1918:8). / The Pākehā explanation for the 'atua whiowhio', the speaking atua of the Māori, is the practice of the Pākehā to transform, to throw one's voice, which is called ventriloquism.
2. (loan) (noun) training.
3. (loan) (noun) train (railway).
Ka kitea te kaha o aua autaia hōiho nei, me te tereina te pai o te haere i ngā pikitanga, i ngā heketanga, me te pai o te kaitaraiwa, Hēnare Te Atua, ki te whakahaere i ana hōiho (TW 10/8/1878:403). / The strength of those amazing horses was evident, as good as a train going up and down slopes and the driver, Hēnare Te Atua, managed his horses well.
whakangungu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to defend, protect.
Kei te karakia parepare i ngā mea kino o te ao, ā whakangungu tonu atu ki te Pae o Kahukura (JPS 1893:227). / It is used in the karakia to ward off the evils of the world, and in invoking the Pae o Kahukura.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahau, whakamaru, pare, araarai, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to train.
He ika tauhou tino pai kē nei ia, ā, nuku kē atu ana ōna mōhio i ērā o ngā tauira o tōna karaehe mō ngā marama e ono e whakaakona ana ia i te kura whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa i Māwaihākona (TTR 2000:81). / She was an outstanding recruit and she out-performed the other cadets of her class during the six months she was training at the New Zealand Police Training School in Trentham.
3. (modifier) defensive, protective.
Ka whakamāramatia ake; e rima ngā mauri kei tēnei motu, e haere ana i roto i te karakia whakangungu (JPS 1893:222). / There are five mauri in this island which are used in protective karakia.
Synonyms: parahau
4. (noun) training.
Koinei anake te whakangungu kaiako i pai ki a au (HM 4/2008:3). / This was the only teacher training that I liked.
5. (noun) shield, protection - usually as whakangungu rākau.
See also whakangungu rākau
Synonyms: pukupuku, hīra, pākai, ārai, ārei, whakapuru tao, whakaruruhau, kahupeka, maru, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, waonga, whakangungu rākau, papare, tiakitanga, tiaki, taumarumaru, pātūtū, whakahaumaru, taumaru, kaikaro
2. (loan) (noun) brake.
I te rerenga o te kaiwhakahaere ki te pereki kāhore i mau (TP 1/1904:7). / When the operator pulled on the brake, it didn’t hold.
3. (loan) (noun) brake van – a railway coach or vehicle from which the train’s brakes can be controlled.
Kotahi pereki pīkau i ō mātau kākahu pouaka (TJ 8/2/1898:3). / One brake van carried our boxes of clothes.
whakawaiwai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to divert, amuse, tempt, beguile, persuade, seduce.
Ko ia ki te whakawaiwai i te tangata kia whakauru mai ki te pēne mehemea he wāhi wātea, waiata ake rānei i te taha o te pēne (TTR 1998:173). / He encouraged people to join the band if there was a vacant place, or to sing with the band.
Synonyms: hīanga, whakawai, whakapakepake, whakawhere, whakawherewhere, whakakīkī
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to practise, train (use of weapons, etc.).
Uru: He aha ō mahi i ēnei wiki nei i penei rawa ai te hauora o tō āhua? Pare: He whakawaiwai mō ngā whakataetae waka ama ā-motu. Uru: Aaa, inā ake anō! (HJ 2012:48). / Uru: What have you been doing these past weeks to make yourself look so well? Pare: Practising for the national canoe competitions. Uru: Ah, that's the reason!
parakitihi
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to practise, drill, train, rehearse.
Me parakitihi kia pai ake ai tō tākaro tēnehi. / You should practise so that your tennis player will improve.
Synonyms: haratau, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
2. (loan) (modifier) practice.
Ko te poti o Piaha he mea hanga mō ngā reihi, ko tō ngā Māori he poti parakitihi (TP 9/1903:11). / Pearce's boat had been built for racing, whereas the Māori's one was a practice boat
3. (loan) (noun) practice.
Heoti anō te mea pai, he tēpara; ko āna tamariki, ko Te Rongotewihana, ko Te Matepekeihana, ko tō Parakitihi (TKP 5/11/1857:4). / Well, the best thing is tables, its children are Long Division, Multiplication and Practice.
2. (noun) (weight training) bar.
3. (noun) (weight training) barbell.
akoako
1. (verb) to consult together, give or take counsel, rehearse, practise, train, teach.
Ko ngā mahi i reira he akoako mō te whawhai, arā, kia mōhio ai ina heipū he whawhai ki Niu Tīrini (TP 2/1906:1). / What they were doing there was training for battle so that they would be prepared when war might occur in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: haratau, parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
Kura Whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa
1. (loan) New Zealand Police Training School.
He ika tauhou tino pai kē nei ia, ā, nuku kē atu ana ōna mōhio i ērā o ngā tauira o tōna karaehe mō ngā marama e ono e whakaakona ana ia i te kura whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa i Māwaihākona (TTR 2000:81). / She was an outstanding recruit and she out-performed the other cadets of her class during the six months she was training at the New Zealand Police Training School in Trentham.
tima
1. (loan) (noun) ship, steamer, ferry.
E rere tonu ana tēnei tima, atu anō i Nēpia ki Te Wairoa, ka paki te rangi te rere ai (TW 3/6/1876:224). / This steamer travels from Napier to Te Wairoa, when the weather is fine.
Synonyms: motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
2. (loan) (noun) steam engine, train, sawmill.
Ko te take i pēnei ai he rerekē tōna tima, he tāpaina (TP 10/1904:10). / The reason it is like that is that its steam engine is different, being a turbine.
Synonyms: mira kani rākau
whakaakoako
1. (verb) (-na) to teach, learn, practise.
Kei waenganui i te mātotorutanga o te iwi Māori te tokomaha o ngā āpiha toko-i-te-ora e noho ana, e takataka ana mā rātou e tirotiro haere ngā rōpū kei te whakaakoako i ngā mahi Māori (H 1992:23-24). / Many of the welfare officers are living amongst the Māori people, so it falls on them to observe the groups teaching Māori activities.
See also whakaako
Synonyms: ako, haratau, parakitihi, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
2. (modifier) instructional, educational.
He mea tautoko tonu e Huiatahi ngā mahi whakaakoako pakeke Māori; ka riro hoki nāna i whakahaere ētehi kura waiata (TTR 1998:8). / Huiatahi supported Māori adult education, tutoring classes in waiata.
3. (noun) teaching, training, instruction.
He mea pai anō hoki ki a Kia te mahi a te rōpū Rīpeka Whero o Niu Tīreni, ka riro nā rātou i whakarite te whakaakoako i a ia i te pūtahi o Waitaha whaka-te-raki (TTR 2000:183). / Kia was also attracted to the New Zealand Red Cross Society, which provided her with training at the North Canterbury Centre.
whakawai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to divert, amuse, tempt, beguile, persuade, seduce.
Ka tāmaua a Pīhanga hei wahine mā Tongariro, heoi nā Taranaki a Pīhanga i whakawai (Te Ara 2013). / Pīhanga was betrothed as Tongariro’s wife, but she was seduced by Taranaki.
Synonyms: whakapakepake, whakawaiwai, whakakīkī, whakawherewhere, whakawhere, hīanga
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to entice, lure.
Kāore hoki tō rātou pā e taea ake; nā, ka whakawaia kia hekeheke iho (M 2004:328). / Their fortified position was impregnable; and thus they had to be enticed by deceit to leave and to descend.
Synonyms: poapoa, tīmori, kohinu, whakapoapoa, whakakonuka, maimoa, poa, pātoi
3. (verb) (-a) to practise, rehearse.
He kaha ki te whakawai, koirā i rerehua ai tana porotiti i te poi (RMR 2017). / It's because she practises so hard that her twirling of the poi is so appealing.
Synonyms: parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, haratau
4. (modifier) treacherous, deceitful, double-crossing, perfidious, duplicitous, underhand.
Ka haere nei a Te Maunu me te tamaiti iti; i te moana ka patua a Te Maunu rāua ko te tamaiti. He kōhuru whakawai e Ngā Puhi (JPS 1945:194). / Te Maunu and the little son departed and out at sea Te Maunu and the son were killed. This was a treacherous murder by Ngā Puhi.
5. (modifier) military training.
I muri mai ka whakatūria atu a ia hei kaingārahu kamupene mō te hokowhitu whakawai i te puni hōia i Papakura (TTR 1998:181). / After that he was appointed as a company commander for the training battalion at Papakura Military Camp.
6. (noun) amusement, temptation, distraction.
Nō te ekenga ki te Kaunihera Ture he kōrero kē hoki. Ka tūpato ētahi i a Taiaroa, ka mea ētahi kua riro ia i ngā whakawai a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:104). / After his appointment to the Legislative Council he was regarded differently. Some became cautious of Taiaroa and some said he had been been taken over by the temptations of the government.
7. (noun) weaponry practice.
Kua uru ia ki ngā whakawai riri (JPS 1911:18). / He had taken part in weaponry practice.
whakangungu ahumahi
1. (noun) industry training.
Me ōrite te huaki o ngā tatau ki ngā mema o ēnei iwi mō ngā kaupapa whakangungu ahumahi, ā, kia ōrite ki ngā kirirarau o te whenua (RT 2013:111). / Members of these ethnic groups should have equal opportunities for industry training projects and should be equal for citizens of the country.
