whakamahi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to set to work, cause to work, operate, put to work, employ, use.
Kāore ia i pīrangi ki te tohutō, engari e ai ki tāna, he mea pai atu te whakamahi i te tohu oro tāpara, takitoru rānei (TTR 2000:11). / He did not like the macron, preferring to use the double or triple vowel.
Synonyms: tahuri, whāwhā, whakahaere, tapahi
2. (noun) use.
He tika tonu hoki te nui o tana whakamahi i ngā kohinga kōrero a Pei, ki ētehi wāhanga o tana tuhinga i te pukapuka nei, i a 'Tainui', ā, tērā pea i mahue noa i a ia te tono tika rawa atu kia whakamahia e ia aua kōrero rā (TTR 1998:86). / It's correct that parts of 'Tainui' made extensive use of Pei's collection, and perhaps permission to use material may not have been formally sought.
whai take
1. (verb) to have a purpose, of use, useful.
Ahakoa a Te Hāpuku kāore i whakaae ki te kaupapa Karaitiana, i tukuna e ia tana iwi, me ana tamariki tonu, kia whakauru atu. Inā hoki kua kite kē ia e whai take tonu ana ngā mihingare o te Hāhi Mihingare me te Hāhi Katorika (TTR 1990:178). / Although Te Hāpuku did not agree with Christianity, he allowed his people and his own children to join because he had seen that the missionaries of the Anglican and Catholic churches were useful.
See also whaitake
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!
kua pau [te] hau
1. run out of oomph, given up the ghost, run out of steam, exhausted, used up - an idiom used to indicate that a person has run out of energy or something no longer works.
See also pau [te] hau
Synonyms: pau [te] hau
kāwhiu
1. (noun) basket used in collecting seafood - used exclusively when diving for kina, pāua and kuku. It has a wide mesh and a rope at the opening edge so that it can be closed when swimming back to shore.
He mahi pai ki a ia te raranga whāriki, waikawa, rahu, kāwhiu, kete, ā, kōpae hoki (TTTT 2006:39). / She liked weaving mats, course mats, baskets of undressed harakeke, baskets for collecting seafood, kits and round baskets.
I ērā wā āta rarangatia ai e ngā māmā, e ngā kuia he kete motuhake hai hari mā ngā kairuku o te whānau ki te moana. He kāwhiu te ingoa o ngā kete nei. He kete nunui mō te ruku kaimoana anake (WT 2013:28). / In those times the aunties and elderly women plaited special baskets for the divers of the family to take to the sea. These baskets were called kāwhiu. They were large and used exclusively for diving for seafood.
mō
1. (particle) for, about, concerning, for the benefit of, on account of, for the use of, in preparation for, at, on - indicates future possession. Used when the possessor will not have control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed. Mō is pronounced short before te.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 64-65, 140-141; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 9-10;)
2. (modifier) used frequently.
Ka huihui atu ki te wāhi mutunga e ngaro i te tai, ki te ngaro taua wāhi i te moana ka rere ki ngā wāhi onepū muremure, kāore he otaota, kāore he aha, ka noho i reira pēhea te nunui o te kāhui, he tatari kia wātea ngā tāhuna i te tai (TP 1/11/1901:1). / They gather at the last place that disappears under the tide, and when that part disappears under the tide they fly to the beaches they frequent where there is no vegetation, nothing at all and stay there no matter how large the flock is, waiting until the sand bank re-emerges from the sea.
3. (noun) tiger beetle lava, penny doctor, butcher boy, Cicindela tuberculata, Neocicindela tuberculata - an endemic tiger beetle to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Adults are ground predators and larvae may live for several years in a hole in the ground, and grab and eat passing insects.
2. (noun) kākā perch and snare.
Tau atu ana te kākā ki te huanui, ehara, ka mau (PK 2008:143). / The kākā lands on the perch and snare, and behold, it is caught.
3. (noun) horizontal guard position using a taiaha or tokotoko - the taiaha or tokotoko is held horizontally before the body and in the case of the taiaha the arero end is to the left.
Ko te huanui ko te takoto tonu o te tokotoko i mua i te kaihāpai. I a ia ka haere ki tana taha katau ka mau ki te tokotoko ki tana ringa mauī, ā, i a ia ka haere ki te taha mauī e rua ringaringa ki te tokotoko. / The huanui position is when the walking stick is held horizontally in front of the carrier. When he is walking to his right side he holds the walking stick in his left hand and when he goes to the left side both hands are on the walking stick.
4. (noun) locus (maths).
Ko te huanui tētahi huinga pūwāhi ka hua mai i tētahi ture (TRP 2010:217). / The locus is a set of points resulting from a formula.
haumi
1. (verb) to join, lengthen by addition, reserve, lay aside, invest (finance).
I te tau 1821 ka haumi atu a Pōmare ki a Hongi me ērā atu ngārahu o Pēwhairangi e kawe riri ana ki Tāmaki (TTR 1990:115). / In the 1821 Pomare joined Hongi Hika and other Bay of Island leaders attacking Tāmaki.
Synonyms: whakarahi, whakaroa, aukume, toe, whenua rāhui, wehe, whakakawhena, whakatapu, porowhita, rāhui, tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga, hono, whakakapiti, kuhukuhu, porotūtataki, uhono, porotūtaki, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono
2. (modifier) in alliance.
Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.
3. (modifier) investment (finance).
Pēhea nei te rahi o te huamoni i riro i a Waiora mō tana moni haumi? (TRP 2010:125). / What is the amount of interest that Waiora obtained for his invested money?
4. (noun) extension, piece of wood used to lengthen a canoe, bow-piece.
Ka mutu tā rātou tangi, ka rūnangatia anō e rātou kia haere ki te tārai haumi mō tō rātou waka (TWMNT 11/9/1872:113). / When they had finished weeping, the consensus was that they should go and fashion an extension for their canoe.
Honoa te haumi, aukaha rawa i ngā rauawa, whakaū rawa he herepuru anō mō ngā rauawa, he raupō hoki mō te wai kei uru ki roto (TWMNT 17/11/1874:285). / Add the canoe extension, lash the top boards, reinforce the caulking for the top boards and also with raupō least water leaks in.
5. (noun) ally.
E kore rānei koe e mahi tahi hei haumi i taku mahi e mahi nei mō taua whenua? (TW 30/9/1876:357) / Will you not work collaboratively as an ally in the efforts I am making for that land?
6. (noun) confederacy, alliance.
E mea ana a Hongi, he haumi tēnei ki a ia (W 1971:40). / Hongi said that this was an alliance with him.
neti
1. (verb) to play darts (using of a fern stalk).
E kī ana a Te Matorohanga i tākaro rawa hoki ngā atua, i tā pōtaka, i neti, i whai, i tākaro i ērā atu tākaro (TTT 1/9/1923:8). / Te Mātorohanga says that the atua also played games, whipping tops, toy darts of flax strips, string games and other games.
Synonyms: neneti
2. (noun) dart - used for a traditional game and made of a fern stalk with the thicker end bound with a piece of green flax to form a knob. The dart was thrown to ricochet off a mound.
Ko te tamaiti ka tau atu tāna neti ki tawhiti rawa atu, ko ia ka toa (PK 2008:497). / The child whose dart landed the furthest away was the winner.
whakapiri
1. (verb) (-ngia,-a,-hia,-tia) to stick, fasten, remain close to, keep close, keep watertight, paste.
Ka ngangautia e ia kia ngāwari, kia pakupaku, ka āta whakapiritia ki te mamae, hāware katoa atu nō te mea he pai tonu hoki te hāware mō te whakaora (HP 1991:23). / She chewed it until it was soft and small and carefully applied it to the sore part. It had saliva throughout because saliva is quite good for healing.
2. (verb) to define one's relationship and position with someone using whakapapa.
Arā kē te mokopuna tika a Tamahau ko Maata nō te mea ko tā rāua mokopuna tērā ko Hikawera, arā kē te tamāhine tūturu a Tamahau ko Hōriana, ko au i whakapiri noa atu i tōku whakapapa ki te taha o Tamahau (TPH 31/12/1903:3). / The correct grandchild of Tamahau is Martha because Hikawera is their grandchild and the real daughter of Tamahau was Hōriana, I established my relationship in my whakapapa with Tamahau's side.
3. (modifier) closely associated.
I whakatūria anō e Rīpeka me ētahi atu wāhine rangatira, tētahi rōpū whakapiri, arā, ko Te Rōpū Māori Girls' Club (TTR 1996:76). / Rīpeka and some other leading women set up an association called Te Rōpū Māori Girls' Club.
4. (noun) close association.
Na, nō muri ka whakapaengia nā tōna whakapiri pea ki ngā Wēteriana i whai ai ia i te ngāwari (TTR 1990:66). / Later it was claimed that perhaps it was because of close association with the Wesleyans that he pursued an accommodation.
pau
1. (stative) be consumed, exhausted, used up, finished, spent, depleted.
He aituā, engari kua poropititia e ētahi o ngā hīnātore, ka pau i te ahi i taua wā (HP 1991:6). / It was a disaster but it had been prophesied by some of the wise men that it would be destroyed by fire at that time.
See also paupau
pau [te] hau
1. be exhausted, out of breath, run out of steam, worn out, tired, used up.
Ka tau mai ki ngā kura reo, e pau ana te hau, ka hoki atu e hikohiko katoa ana te ngākau (HM 4/2008:3). / I arrived at the language learning gathering worn out and when I returned home I was enthusiastic.
Synonyms: kua pau [te] hau, hēmanawa, pukā, tūngāngā, ngaengae, naenae, hē te manawa
2. (modifier) lavish, reckless, impetuous, disrespectful, wasteful, extravagant, irresponsible, uneconomic.
Ki tā te titiro anō, he ringa tōtōā tō te wahine nei (TTR 1996:80). / This woman appeared to be extravagant.
3. (noun) unprofitability, inefficiency, incompetence.
Kitea ana te tōtōā o te nuinga o ngā pāmu miraka kau i tū i ngā mahi ahu whenua a Āpirana, arā, he pakupaku rawa nō ngā pāmu (TTR 2000:41). / The majority of the dairy farms established under Āpirana’s agricultural schemes were proving uneconomic because the farms were too small.
pepe
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to imitate bird calls, using a leaf to imitate bird calls.
He tohunga taku pāpā ki te pepe manu ki te rau karamū (PK 2008:626). / My father is an expert at attracting birds by imitating their call with a karamū leaf.
Ka mau ki te raurēkau, ka pepea (W 1971:277). / He took the large-leaved coprosma leaf and used it to imitate bird calls.
2. (noun) call leaf - leaf used for imitating bird calls to attract them.
Mā Mātete e whakatangi te pepe (W 1971:277). / Mātete will play the leaf to attract the birds.
2. (noun) pattern used on ornamental borders of superior cloaks.
