pae tīhau
1. (noun) Twitter - an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read short text messages, called 'tweets'.
See also tīhau
2. (modifier) chirping, tweeting, twittering.
Ka pōkaia te rau ki ngā ngutu o te kaihopu – i tana hopunga hā ka puta te oro pekī anō he manu e whio ana (Te Ara 2014). / The fowler put a leaf between the lips and made a chirping sound by breathing in as if it was a bird whistling.
3. (noun) chirping, tweeting, twittering.
Kurupākara ana tērā te māra a Tāne i te pekī, i te tīhau a ngā manu (HM 1/1998:1). / The garden of Tāne is noisy with the chirping and twittering of the birds.
2. (noun) twittering, tweeting, chirping.
Kurupākara ana tērā te māra a Tāne i te pekī, i te tīhau a ngā manu (HM 1/1998:1). / The garden of Tāne is noisy with the chirping and twittering of the birds.
3. (noun) tweet - a short text message sent on Twitter.
E hiahia ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kia muia ngā pae pāpāho pāpori e te tīhau, me te karere reo Māori mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori mā te whakamahi i te tohumarau #tekupu (TTW 18/7/2014). / The Māori Language Commission wishes social media to be swamped with Māori language tweets and messages for Māori Language Week using the hashtag #tekupu.
kata
1. (verb) (-ina) to laugh at.
E kore e roa rawa ka kataina e ā tātou tamariki, e ā tātou mokopuna rānei, tō tātou whakapono ki ngā mea horihori noa, ki ngā mahi o te kūwaretanga (TKO 11/1920:5). / It will not be very long before we will be laughed at by our children, or grandchildren, for our belief in these false things, and are done out of ignorance.
Synonyms: katakata
2. (verb) to laugh.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata, ngingio
3. (verb) to chirp, twitter, chirrup (of birds and insects) - any sound made by a bird or insect that sounds like laughter.
Ka kata a Tīwaiwaka, ka kūtia a Māui, mate tonu atu (M 2006:206). / Fantail chirped, Māui was squeezed and was killed.
4. (noun) laughter.
Ko ngā tāngata katoa i reira, he tokomaha tonu rātau, ka ūmere me te kata (HP 1991:20). / Everybody there, and there were quite a few, made raucous applause with laughter.
2. (noun) small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata, large-flowered rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora - vines with white, fluffy flowers. A number of climbing plants have aka- as a prefix to their names.
See also akatea
Synonyms: akatoki, akatea, whakapiopio, torotoro, akatorotoro, koro
3. (noun) Vine - a short form video-sharing service that allows users to record and edit six-second long video clips, which can be then published through Vine's social network and shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Usually Te Aka.
tohumarau
1. (noun) hashtag - a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the number sign (#) used in microblogging and social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook.
E hiahia ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kia muia ngā pae pāpāho pāpori e te tīhau, me te karere reo Māori mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori mā te whakamahi i te tohumarau #tekupu (TTW 18/7/2014). / The Māori Language Commission wishes social media to be swamped with Māori language tweets and messages for Māori Language Week using the hashtag #tekupu.
