2. (noun) wait, waiting.
Ka tae ki reira, potopoto nei te taritari (HP 1991:257). / On arriving there, there was a short wait.
taihoa ake
1. (interjection) by and by, later, wait, don't ... yet, wait a second.
Taihoa ake nei ērā kōrero whāia atu ai (HM 4/2009:1). / Later those comments will be expanded on.
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, i muri, i muri mai, ka taka te wā ..., meāke, muringa, mea ake, nō muri, auina ake, taihoa, tāria te wā, ā muri ake nei, auina iho
ākuni [koe] i a au
1. I'll get you! I'll deal to you! wait 'til I get my hands on you! you'll get it! you just wait! you'd better watch out! - an idiom indicating that the speaker is fed up with or angry with what someone is doing or saying and warning them that if he/she is not careful there'll be trouble.
Ākuni koe i a au. Kia tere tō heke mai i te rākau nā! / You'll be in trouble soon. Hurry up and get down from that tree!
See also ākuanei [koe] i a au
tatari
1. (verb) (tāria) to wait for, await.
He mōhio ia he pai ake te tau humi hei whakapakeke uri, nō reira ka tatari kia matomato rā anō te tupu o te kai, ā, hei reira tahuri ai ki te whakaipoipo (HM 4/1998:4). / She knows that a year of abundance is better to raise offspring, so she waits until the food is growing vigorously before turning to courtship.
See also tāria
2. (noun) waiting.
Ka huna ngā tāngata me te tatari kia puta tā rātou tangata (NIT 1995:215). / The people hid and waited until their man appeared.
2. (verb) to be temporary.
Kia āhei ai tana tama, a Hānara, kāore nei i taea te hoki mai i tāwāhi, ki te tangi ki tana kōkā, i taupua noatia te tāpuke o te tūpāpaku (TTR 1998:161). / So that her son, Arnold, who could not return from overseas to mourn for his mother, her body was interred temporarily.
3. (verb) to rest, support oneself, lie in wait, take breath.
4. (modifier) temporary.
Ka tae māua ki tō māua kāinga taupua i waenganui i te ngahere. / We arrived at our temporary home in the forest.
5. (noun) support.
I ngākau nui anō hoki tana taupua ake i tana whenua, i Aotearoa (TTR 2000:254). / He was passionate in his support for his country, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
tauwhanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in wait, await.
Ka taka te whakaaro i ngā tāngata rā kia nohoia mai i tahaki ki te tauwhanga i ngā tāngata i tārai nei i tō rātou waka (NM 1926:43). / Those men formed the idea to remain to one side to lie in wait for the people who had fashioned their canoe.
Synonyms: taupua, tāpae, pehipehi, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho
3. (noun) bay, cove, bight, estuary.
I noho ki Waikotikoti, i Wairaumoana, he whanga kei te pito hauāuru o Waikaremoana (M 2004:78). / They lived at Waikotikoti, Wairaumoana, a bay at the western end of Waikaremoana.
Synonyms: korutanga, kowhanenga, kokoru, koko, kopanga, koro, tāwhangawhanga, awhenga, kokorutanga
4. (noun) span (maximum distance between the tips of the thumb and little finger).
2. (verb) to be extended, spread out, wide apart.
Kia whangawhanga te tū o ngā waewae, arā kia tātahi (W 1971:488). / Stand with the feet extended, that is wide apart.
3. (verb) to be troublesome.
Kaua tātou e whangawhanga ki tā Waikato e mahi mai nei (MM.TKM 3/8/1860:57). / Do not let us trouble ourselves with what Waikato are doing.
4. (noun) looper moth, looper caterpillar, geometrid, palmerworm (Biblical) - a small caterpillar which progresses by looping its body and has no legs in the middle of its body.
Ā ka whakahokia mai e ahau ki a koutou ngā tau i kainga e te māwhitiwhiti, e te tatarakihi, e te moka, e te whangawhanga, e taku ope nui i tukua atu e ahau ki a koutou (PT Hoera 2:25). / And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Synonyms: tāwhana, tāwhanawhana
tāria
1. (verb) to be waited for - the passive form of tatari.
He roa e tāria ana e ia, nā runga i te pōhēhē kua oatitia kētia a ia hei tangata whenua i Amerika (TTR 1996:17). / It was long delayed since it was wrongly assumed that he had become an American citizen.
See also tāria te wā
haupapa
1. (verb) (-tia) to ambush, lie in wait for.
Nā reira ka āta whakatahi te iwi me i kore te hoariri e whai atu ki te ururua o te ngahere i tua atu o te pā, kia haupapatia ai e Heke me ana toa (TTR 1990:7). / And so the people deliberately withdrew in the hope that the enemy might follow into the undergrowth of the bush on the other side of the pā, so that they could be ambushed by Heke and his warriors.
2. (noun) flat surface.
Ko Te Raupa ko te haupapa pōhatu e takoto mai rā i te Hōtēra o Te Kaha, huri noa i te koi i Toka-a-kuku (TTT 1/4/1929:969). / Te Raupa is the stoney flat area located at the Te Kaha Hotel around to the headland at Toka-a-kuku.
3. (noun) frost, ice.
I a ia ka tata ki ngā takiwā o Amerika, ka tūtuki ia ki tētahi toka haupapa e teretere ana i waho o te moana, ā, e rua hāora i muri iho ka totohu (TP 4/1912:2). / While it was approaching the vicinity of America it struck an iceberg floating on the ocean and two hours later it sank.
2. (verb) (-na) to look after, nurse, care, protect, conserve, save (computer).
I runga i te kupu a Henare Parata, ka tukua mai e te Tari Māori i Pōneke he nēhi, arā, he wahine tiaki tūroro (TP 2/1903:11). / On the word of Henare Parata, the Native Affairs Department in Wellington sent a nurse, that is, a woman who cares for sick people.
Synonyms: pupuri, pupuru, poipoi, tieki, tūpore, taute, pena, penapena, nāhi, nānā, tapuhi, morimori, nēhi, mohimohi, hiki, whakatapuhi, taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare
3. (verb) (-na) to have custody of.
Me haere tonu rātou ki te kōti, arā te Kōti Whānau, ki te tono mō tētahi pepa ki te hiahia rātou ki te tiaki tonu i ngā tamariki mō ngā rā katoa (RT 2013:80). / They must go to court, that is to the Family Court, to request a form if they wish to have full-time custody of the children.
4. (verb) (-na) to hold in trust, administer for others.
Ka kaha kē nei te āwhina a Meihana i te whānau o tana wahine, o Kahu, tiaki hoki i ō rātou pānga whenua i te poraka o Reureu, me tana tiaki, whakanui atu hoki i te marae o Te Hiiri (TTR 1998:32). / Mason unstintingly assisted members of his wife, Kahu's, family in managing their interests in the Reureu block and in maintaining and extending Te Hiiri marae.
5. (verb) (-na) to wait for, watch for.
Kei tātahi ia e tiaki ana i te waka o Karihi kia ū mai (W 1971:414). / He is at the beach waiting for Karihi's canoe to land.
6. (noun) looking after, protection, safeguarding.
Ko te tino kaupapa a Te Whiwhi ko te tiaki i ō rātou whenua (TTR 1990:345). / Te Whiwhi's primary focus was the protection of their lands.
See also tiakanga
Synonyms: tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, whakangungu, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru
tauhanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in wait, await.
2. (verb) to be treacherous, deceitful, betray.
Ki ngā whakapae a te iwi, he mea whakamoho kē rātau e ngā Mihingare, ā, whakarērea noatia ana te kāhui o Waikato e rātau (TTR 2000:84). / The people's accusation was that they had been betrayed by the missionaries, and the flock in Waikato had been abandoned by them.
3. (verb) to steal softly, go surreptitiously, go covertly, sneak.
Whakamoho ai tana haere, ka kitea e ia te wāhi ngoikore o te ope a te Ingarihi, ka whakaeke ki reira (HKW 1/9/1900:6). / He went covertly and when he discovered the weak places of the English army, they attacked there.
4. (modifier) treasonous.
Ko te kī a te kāwanatanga he mea haukoti e ia ngā reta whakamoho a Pōmare ki a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (TTR 1990:118). / The government said that it had intercepted treasonous letters from Pōmare to Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.
pōpōroa
1. (verb) to be long gone.
Ka anga taku titiro ki te pakitara o taku whare, e iri mai ana ngā kauae tehe kuia ōku, kua nehe noa atu te whatungarongaro, kua pōpōroa ki te poho o Rehua (HM 3/1995:7). / I look at the wall of my house where photos of my elderly female relatives with tattooed chins are hanging and who have long since disappeared to the bosom of Rehua.
Synonyms: aua
2. (verb) to be kept waiting.
Synonyms: pōpōroroa
pōpōroroa
1. (verb) to be kept waiting.
Me haere tāua kia kite koe i tōku iwi, i ōku whanaunga hoki, kia kite rātou i a au, kei pōpōroroa mai rātou ki a au (NM 1928:167). / You and I should go so you can see my people and my relations, and so they can see me, lest they are kept waiting for me.
Synonyms: pōpōroa
whakaririka
1. (verb) to be anxious, apprehensive, concerned, worried.
Kei te whakaririka te whakaaro o Waikato e ea rānei tana pōwhiri i a Ngāti Maniapoto, ka mau rānei ki te kupu a Mania-uruahu (NIT 1995:243). / Waikato was apprehensive as to whether Ngāti Maniapoto would accept its invitation or whether Maru-uruahu's word would be kept.
2. (verb) to wait anxiously.
E toru wiki, e whā wiki, e rima wiki mātou e whakaririka ana kia tae mai he rongo pai mai i te nuinga (HM 3/1993:3). / We were waiting anxiously for three, four and five weeks for some good news to arrive from the majority.
3. (verb) to remain impassive, ignore provocation, endure, tolerate.
E whakamanawanui ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakapono ana ki ngā mea katoa, e tūmanako ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakaririka kau ana ki ngā mea katoa (PT I Koroniti 13:7). / Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
4. (verb) (-tia) to cower, quail, cringe.
I muri iho i te kohetetanga, ka whakaririka te kurī i tōna nohoanga (Ng 1993:74). / The dog cowered in its kennel after the growling (Ng 1993:74).
5. (verb) (-tia) to slight, snub, affront.
Ka whakaririkatia e ia tētahi wahine o Ngāti Haua (TTR 1996:115). / He snubbed a woman of Ngāti Haua.
6. (verb) (-tia) to dream of.
Ka tuku au, ē, ki taku matua mate, e whakaririkatia iho e au ki te pō (M 2005:274). / I will go to my dead father who I dream about in the night.
pehipehi
1. (verb) (-a) to waylay, ambush, lie in wait.
2. (noun) ambush, ambuscade, attack, trap.
Kātahi ka mea ngā hōia me whakatakoto he pehipehi kia mau ai aua korokē (TWM 20/2/1864:2). / Then the soldiers decided to lay an ambush to catch those fellows.
taihoa
1. (interjection) by and by, wait, don't ... yet.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 111;)
Taihoa e kai kia karakiatia te hākari e te minita! / Don't eat until the minister has blessed the banquet!
See also taihoa ake, taihoa [koe] ka kite
2. (interjection) later, later on.
Taihoa, ka tangohia te whenua mō ngā kaupapa tūmatanui pērā i te mahinga parakaingaki me te taunga waka rererangi o Tāmaki-makau-rau (Te Ara 2013). / Later, land was taken for public works such as a sewage plant and Auckland airport.
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, i muri, i muri mai, ka taka te wā ..., meāke, taihoa ake, muringa, mea ake, nō muri, auina ake, tāria te wā, ā muri ake nei, auina iho
