hurihanga takapau
1. (noun) ritual performed when warriors return from battle and require the tapu on them to be removed - included the kindling of two fires. One fire, the ahi horokaka was where the priest ate a kūmara and at the ahi ruahine a woman also ate a single kūmara. It was the woman who removed the tapu. This ceremony was accompanied by karakia. The warriors involved did not eat the kūmara.
ika a Whiro
1. (noun) experienced warrior, war veteran, old hand.
Kei te urupā o Muruika, i Ōhinemutu i Rotorua, te rangatira nei e okioki ana, kei te taha tonu o tōna matua tipuna, o ōna whanaunga, me ngā ika a Whiro o ngā pakanga e rua o te ao (TTR 2000:52). / This leader rests at the Muruika cemetery at Ōhinemutu in Rotorua right beside his father and other relatives and the veterans of two world wars.
Synonyms: mātanga
2. (noun) bravery, courage, brave warrior, confidence, endurance, fellow.
Nā Māhutonga i tohutohu mai ō koutou tūpuna, me te nui hoki o tō rātou māia, kia whakawhiti ora mai rātou i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ki tēnei whenua (TP 7/1911:10). / It was the Southern Cross that guided our ancestors and with their bravery they were able to cross the Pacific Ocean safely to this country.
kairākau
1. (noun) band of experienced warriors - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kai rākau.
Engari ko ngā toa katoa me te kairākau o ērā matua me hui mai ki a au hai matua māku (JPS 36:141). / But all the fighters and the experienced warriors of those battalions must gather round me as a battalion for me.
ika
1. (noun) fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales.
Ka kite a ia i te kekeno e noho ana i te ākau, ā ko te mea i te ringa o taua tamaiti he tarapu tera hōiho, ā, nā taua tamaiti i patu taua ika ki taua tarapu tera (TW 31/8/1878:432). / He saw a seal sitting on the shore, and the thing in that boy's hand was a horse’s saddle stirrup and the boy beat that animal with that saddle stirrup.
Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate (NM 1928:29). / When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
2. (noun) slain warrior, victim.
Kei te urupā o Muruika, i Ōhinemutu i Rotorua, te rangatira nei e okioki ana, kei te taha tonu o tōna matua tipuna, o ōna whanaunga, me ngā ika a Whiro o ngā pakanga e rua o te ao (TTR 2000:52). / This leader rests at the Muruika cemetery at Ōhinemutu in Rotorua right beside his father and other relatives and the veterans of two world wars.
3. (noun) prized possession - a figurative use.
Ka haramai a Ngāhue ki te whai mai i tana ika, arā i te pounamu (JPS 1899:49). / Ngāhue came in pursuit of his prized possession, that is, of greenstone.
Synonyms: matahīapo
2. (adjective) be brave, bold, victorious, experienced, accomplished, adept, competent, skilful, capable.
He toa kē ake au i a rātau ki te hī ika (HP 1991:16). / I was more skilful than them at line fishing.
Synonyms: waewae kai pakiaka, tareka, kei a [koe] mō te ..., ringa rehe, Kei a ... mō te ..., riwha, taea
3. (noun) courage, bravery, champion, winner, expert.
See also tiamupiana
4. (noun) warrior, brave man.
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.
5. (noun) male (of animals, birds, insects and plants).
He manu te kōmako; ka tangi ana i te awatea, ka tangi tētahi i konei, ka tangi tētahi i korā; nā, i te pō ka tangi ko tētahi anake, ka kīia ko tērā te toa (JPS 1956:201). / The bellbird is a bird which, when it sings in the daytime one will sing here another from somewhere else; and, when one sings alone in the night, that is said to be the male bird.
2. (noun) victim, slain warrior, person slain in battle.
He maha hoki rātau e noho whanaunga ana ki ngā ngohi o ngā tukinga a Te Kooti (TTR 1990:387). / Many of them were related to victims of the raids by Te Kooti.
3. (noun) troop, company (of fighting men) division, column.
Ka tū mai anō hoki ko ngā ngohi o Ngāti Ruanui me ērā atu iwi o Taranaki hei tuarā mō Ngā Rauru (TTR 1990:148). / Ngāti Ruanui and other Taranaki tribes also raised troops to support Ngā Rauru.
tore kai huruhuru
1. young warrior.
Nō te haerenga o ngā reo whakatau o ngā kuia ka puta ōna tore kai huruhuru me ā rātou taiaha ki konā pīkarikari ai, whakapātaritari ai i te tira whakaeke (HM 2/1994). / When the elderly ladies' welcome calls went out the young warriors with their taiaha came forward to prance about to challenge the approaching party.
tētēkura
1. (noun) canoe figurehead - carved without arms or legs.
Koia rā i tangohia mai ai te mahi toa a te tētēkura ki te pakaru i te ngaru moana ki runga ki te tangata toa ki te pakanga (TP 3/1910:4). / That is why the bold function of the canoe figurehead in breaking the waves of the sea is applied to a brave person in battle.
2. (noun) brave warrior.
Tētēkura: mō te tangata toa, i putake mai i te tētēkura i te ihu o te waka (TP 3/1910:4). / Tētēkura (brave warrior): for the brave warrior and it originates from the term for the figurehead of a canoe.
3. (noun) young shoot, frond (of a fern or plant).
Ka ngaro he tētēkura, ka whakaete mai he tētēkura (HKW 1/8/1900:9). / As one fern frond disappears, another one thrust upwards. (A whakataukī with a number of variations in wording, all referring to chiefs being replaced when they die by younger emerging leaders, e.g. 'Mate atu he tētēkura, whakaete mai he tētēkura' (TP 7/1908:9).)
4. (noun) chief, leader.
Kātahi nei anō ka whakawhitia mai te tētēkura ki runga ki te rangatira, nō te mea kua kore ngā toa pakanga (TP 3/1910:4). / More recently the term 'tētēkura' has been transferred for a chief, because there are no longer warriors in battle.
See also tētē kura
Synonyms: tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, manu taupua, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, tātāriki, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao
5. (noun) Prince of Wales Feathers, crape fern, Leptopteris superba - native tufted ground fern, often with a short woody trunk. Fronds tapered equally at both ends, very finely divided. Fluffy to touch. Grows best in cool, wet forest.
See also heruheru
Synonyms: maikukuroa, ngutu kākāriki, pūniu, tētē kura, ngutungutu kiwi, pūnui, tētē, heruheru
mumu
1. (noun) valiant warrior.
E whakaatu ana tēnei whakaahua i tētahi hōia Māori e kōkiri ana i ngā hōia Korukoru e rua. Kei muri ko te kēhua o tētahi mumu Māori, arā ko tētahi o ōna tīpuna (Te Ara 2015). / This illustration shows a Māori soldier attacking two Turkish soldiers. Behind him is the ghost of a Māori warrior, representing one of his ancestors.
2. (noun) boisterous wind.
kaitoa
1. (noun) brave man, warrior.
Muri iho i te matenga o Hotupuku, ka rongo te tokomaha o ngā iwi o Rotorua, ka tonoa mai te karere a Hororita, a wai rānei, ka tae mai ki te tini kaitoa nei, ka rongo rātou, tērā anō tētahi taniwha kaitangata kei Te Awahou e noho ana (NM 1928:129). / After the death of Hotupuku many of the tribes of Rotorua heard about it, and the message of Hororita, or someone else, was sent and when it reached the many warriors they heard that there was another man-eating taniwha living at Te Awahou.
karaka whati
1. (noun) ritual before war - an ancient ritual performed over warriors before they went off to war. The warriors were sprinkled with water, and touched with a karaka leaf.
Tohua ana a Hēnare ki te tikanga pure o te karaka whati, he tikanga whakatakataka i te toa mō te pakanga (TTR 2000:70). / Hēnare underwent the ritual of karaka whati, a practice preparing a warrior for battle.
tūtū ngārahu
1. (noun) war dance - haka performed with long weapons in which the men jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārehu, tūtū waewae and whakatū waewae.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-68;)
Tētahi take nui i whakaaetia e tēnei hui, ko ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna o mua kei ngaro, kia tino mahia nuitia i ēnei rā: Ngā whakataukī, ngā waiata Māori, ngā pepeha, me ngā tikanga katoa o ngā mea, me ngā harihari, tūtū ngārahu, me ngā hari kai (TP 8/1909:11). / An important matter that was agreed to by the meeting was the activities of the ancestors of former times that these should be used widely today: The aphorisms, Māori songs, tribal sayings and the customary practices of everything, the songs to unite people in a common purpose, war dances and songs for presenting food.
tūtū waewae
1. (noun) a type of haka in which the men are armed and jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārahu, tūtū ngārehu and whakatū waewae.
Kātahi ka tūria te haka me te tūtū waewae, mutu ana i konā (TWMNT 21/4/1874:99). / Then a posture dance and a tūtū waewae were performed and that's where it ended.
See also tūtū ngārahu
whakatū waewae
1. (noun) war dance - haka with weapons in which the men jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārahu, tūtū ngārehu and tūtū waewae.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-68;)
Ka noho ki te haka, ki te whakatū waewae, ka whakatumatuma ake ki tā rātou tangata (TWK 3:15). / They set about performing posture dances and haka with weapons and acting defiantly up at their man.
See also tūtū ngārahu
