hīkoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to step, stride, march, walk.
Ka tū au ki runga ka tīmata au ki te hīkoi (HP 1991:23). / I stood up and began to walk.
Synonyms: whīkoi, rangatū, tāwhaiwhai, hīkoikoi
2. (noun) step, march, hike, trek, tramp, trip, journey, stepping (netball).
Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.
hīkoikoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to march, walk.
Ka mea mai taku rata ki a au me whakamahi e au aku waewae, kia kaha te hīkoikoi (HP 1991:322). / My doctor told me that I should work my legs and do lots of walking.
Synonyms: hīkoi, whīkoi, rangatū, tāwhaiwhai
hīteki
1. (verb) to walk on tiptoe, hop on one foot, prance about, strut.
Hīteki atu ki korā ki tō waewae matau, ka hoki mai ki tō waewae mauī (PK 2008:117). / Hop over there on your right leg, and come back on your left leg.
Synonyms: hītekiteki, pīkari, pīkarikari
hītekiteki
1. (verb) to walk on tiptoe, hop on one foot, prance about, strut.
E hītekiteki ana me te hītamotamo anō, me kore e taea e ia ngā paramu (PK 2008:117). / Standing on tiptoes and stretching out to see whether she could reach the plums.
Synonyms: hīteki, pīkari, pīkarikari
2. (location) the underneath, below, beneath, downwards, down, down below - often used with iho for this meaning.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24;)
See also raro iho
3. (location) by foot, on foot, by walking - when preceded by mā.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47-48;)
4. (location) the north.
I tae rātou ki Te Kauwhata i raro atu o Kirikiriroa. / They arrived at Te Kauwhata to the north of Hamilton.
5. (noun) the underworld.
2. (noun) short love ditty.
Ka kite au i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhine e puta hurori mai ana ki waho, hāmama ana ō rātou māngai, puta ana ngā kupu a tētahi ki tētahi, tau mai ana te whakamā ki ahau; tū ana ngā haka me ngā ruriruri, he nui atu te kino o ngā kōrero, ānō kua rēweratia (KO 17/5/1886:4). / I saw men and women staggering out, shouting to each other, and I was ashamed; they performed haka and bawdy ditties and what they said was terrible, as if they had been taken over by the devil.
Synonyms: ruri
2. (noun) walking stick, staff, pole, crutch.
He hanga whakamā ki a au anō nei i ngā toru miniti kua hīkoi au ki te wharepaku me aku tiripou e rua (HP 1991:320). / I was somewhat embarrassed that it took three minutes for me to walk to the toilet with my two crutches.
Synonyms: koteo, tokotoko, toko, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu
toitoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to trot (horses), move quickly, walk briskly.
Ehara, kua heke haere i ngā turi, kua huri kua toitoi haere atu (HP 1991:84). / Lo and behold, he dropped down on his knees, turned and trotted away.
See also toi
Synonyms: oma, whārona, karapetapeta
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to encourage, incite, inspire, motivate.
Synonyms: whakaohooho, whakahihiko, toitoi manawa, whakapakepake
3. (verb) fish for eels with an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
He pō pai tēnei mō te toitoi tuna (TWK 54:18). / This is a good night for fishing for eels with an eel-bob.
See also toi
4. (noun) eel-bob.
Whakatikatikangia ngā aho, ngā pīhuka maha, ngā matau, ngā tāruke, ngā pouraka, ngā kupenga, ngā hīnaki, ngā toitoi, ngā mōunu me ērā katoa (WT 2013:25). / Prepare the lines, the many spears, the fish hooks, the crayfish traps, the round nets, the long nets, eel traps, bobs, the bait and all those things.
2. (verb) to walk with a stick.
Ko Paoa kua koroheketia, e tokotoko ana (NM 1928:169). / Paoa had become elderly and walked with a stick.
3. (noun) walking stick, pole, staff, cane, crutch.
Ā mate noa ia, noho hauā ake ana tana waewae i tana wharatanga, hīkoi haere ai ia me te mau tokotoko, pūtu hāparapara anō hoki (TTR 2000:19). / And until he died, his leg remained lame from his injuries, walking with a stick and surgical boots.
Synonyms: koteo, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu
2. (noun) walking (with something).
He tākaro kaingākau te whakahīkoi pouturu (he poutoti, he poutokorangi, he waewae rākau ētahi anō ingoa) i ngā wā o mua (Te Ara 2017). / Walking on stilts (also called poutoti, pou tokorangi or waewae rākau) was a popular pastime in former times.
haere
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to go, depart, travel, walk, continue, come (when followed by mai).
Ka mutu tēnei ka haere atu rātau ki te pāra ki te haina i ō rātau ingoa ki te pukapuka a te wahine a te Kāwana (TPH 7/6/1898:6). / When this ended they went to the parlour to sign the book of the Governor's wife.
Ka haerehia e te wīra o muri a runga o taku waewae katau (HP 1991:22). / The back wheel ran over my right leg.
See also haere mai!
2. (modifier) becoming, getting - indicates gradual change or progressive increase in a state when following a verb.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 100;)
Kua piki haere te utu o ngā kai. / The price of food has slowly risen.
Kei konā tonu ōna punua hapa engari e pakari haere ana (HM 4/1998). / There are still some minor errors but she's gradually becoming proficient.
3. (modifier) along, while moving – when used following another verb it indicates action being done while moving.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 28-29;)
Ka kite au i te tohorā e pupuha haere ana. / I saw the southern right whale spouting as it went.
4. (modifier) to go - used following hiahia and pīrangi as a shortened form for hiahia ki te haere 'to want to go'.
Ka kōrero atu au ki aku rangatira o te puni, kua mate taku pāpā, ā, kei te hiahia haere tonu au i taua wā, i taua rangi. / I told my superiors of the camp that my father had died and that I wanted to go right then, that day.
See also hiahia haere
5. (noun) journey, trip, travel.
Ko te take o taua haere, he whakahau tonu ki ērā iwi kia mau tonu ki te whakapono (TWMNT 17/7/1872:94). / The purpose of that trip was to urge those peoples to continue to hold on to the faith.
6. (noun) progress.
Ki tā rātau titiro kai te pai te haere o ngā mahi o te kura (EM 2002:24). / From their observations the work of the school was progressing well.
Synonyms: kauneke, kaneke, whakaahu whakamua
7. (interjection) goodbye, farewell, go.
Haere! Haere! Haere! (RNZ 1981:28). / Farewell! Farewell! Farewell! (RNZ 1981:28)
takataka
1. (verb) to fall frequently or in numbers, drop, turn or roll from side to side.
Ka rutua te peka kia takataka iho ngā manu. Nā te kino rawa o te makariri ka taka noa ngā manu ki te papa (Te Ara 2013). / The branch would be knocked so that the birds just fell to the ground. The birds were often so cold that they simply fell to the ground.
2. (verb) to move, walk, range.
Ka whiwhi a ia i ngā mōhiotanga o te reo me te manawanui me te tau ōna ki te takataka haere i waenganui i ngā ao e rua, arā, o te Māori me te Pākehā (TTR 1996:120). / She acquired the language skills and confidence to move with aplomb between the two worlds of the Māori and the Pākehā.
Synonyms: takiwātanga, taupae, tau, taka, whānui, ripa, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, kaneke, rangaranga, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, whakangāueue, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori
3. (noun) head.
He tāne rou kākahi ka moea, he tāne moe i roto i te whare kurua te takataka (TTT 1/10/1922:12). / The husband dexterous at dredging freshwater mussels will be slept with, but the husband who sleeps idly in the house will have his head thumped. (A whakataukī stressing the value of hard work and a wife's appreciation of a good provider.)
takahitanga
1. (noun) walking, tramping, travelling.
I te takahitanga mai a Pīhopa Herewini i te rohe o Taranaki ki te tonga i Noema o 1861, ka puritia mārire e ētahi o ngā iwi (TTR 1990:163). / When Bishop Selwyn walked through the southern Taranaki region in November 1861 he was forcibly detained by some of the tribes.
2. (noun) infringement, breach, violation.
I te tau 1909 ko Te Mete tonu te tuatahi ki te haina i te pitihana a Tana Taingākawa e pā ana ki ngā takahitanga i te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1994:95). / In 1909 Te Mete was the first to sign Tana Taingākawa's petition concerning breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.
2. (noun) in close order, keep close together (walking in a file).
I te haerenga i roto i te ngahere, me haere tātou i te henga tōpuni. / While we are travelling in the forest, we should keep close together.
2. (noun) needle (of bone or wood).
Ka tuitui ngā motunga ki te muka mā te patui (Te Ara 2016). / Cuts was sewn up with flax fibre, using a wooden needle.
