rere
1. (verb) (-a) to fly, flow, flee, leap, escape, go into action (any gliding movement), rush, run, race, descend.
I te mea ka tae mai te ahi ki reira, kātahi te tangata nei ka rere ki roto i te taika wai rāua ko tētahi atu tangata, ka whakamākūtia hoki he paraikete mō rāua (TPH 10/1/1906). / When the fire reached that place then this man and another one fled into the tank of water and they doused blankets with water.
Synonyms: teretere, horo, takanga, oma, omaoma, takaniti, whakatūkawikawi, hīrere, patiko, oioi, rere tārewa, wakewake, takawhiti, tūpou, rērehi, iwi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, mātāwaka, momo, tuoma, rēhi, peo, karapetapeta, whakataetae, matawaka, tarapeke, tūpeke, rēinga, peke, mahiti, mokowhiti, mawhiti, mokopeke, mokohiti, rei, tiapu
2. (verb) (-a) to sail.
Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63). / Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.
3. (verb) (-a) to descend, get down, slide into.
Nā, ka tae ia ki te wai, ka marere ōna kākahu, ka rere ki te wai (TP 1/1913:7). / Now, when she reached the water she took off her clothes and got into the water.
4. (verb) (-a) to fly about.
Kaua e tahitahi maroketia te rūma o te tūroro, engari me tīehuehu ki te wai kia kore ai e rere te puehu (TTT 1/7/1922:11). / Do not sweep the invalid's room when it's dry, but you should splash it with water so that the dust will not fly about.
5. (verb) to run out, let down (of a line).
Ka mounu anō ngā tāngata o runga i ngā waka rā i ā rātau matau; ka rere anō ngā aho ki te wai (JPS 1913:107). / The men on those canoes baited their fish hooks again and ran out the lines into the water again.
6. (verb) rise or set (of stars, etc.).
I te mea ka mōhiotia ngō pō e puta ai a Whānui ka whakapaia ngā rua, ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / Because the nights when the star Vega appeared where known, the storage pits were prepared and when Vega rose the harvesting of the food began.
7. (modifier) quickly, hurriedly, suddenly, completely, well and truly - used an adverb (i.e. to modify a verb) to indicate immediacy or to intensify.
Whiua reretia atu ana te pōro ki te paihau, kotahi atu ki te kokonga (HJ 2015:121). / The ball was passed quickly to the wing who headed straight for the corner.
Synonyms: kimonga kanohi, tere, wawe, tangetange
8. (noun) flight.
Pēnā tonu te rere a te kererū i te wā e mau ana tēnā kākano, ā, tata noa ki te horonga o tērā kākano, o te whanake (JPS 1895:132). / The flight of the New Zealand pigeon is like that during the time that the fruit lasts and until just before the seeds of the cabbage tree falls.
9. (noun) attack, charge, rush.
Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.
10. (noun) waterfall.
Ka kite ia i te rere, he nui te tiketike. Ka oho tōna mauri, e kore ia e eke ki runga (JPS 1905:200). / He found a waterfall, which was very high. He was startled, for he thought he would not be able to ascend it.
wairere
1. (stative) be leaky.
Kātahi hoki ka haere atu te kōrero a Whatihua ki a Rua-pū-tahanga mō tana teina, mō Tūrongo, "Ehara tō tāne e whai nā koe, he tahā wairere!" (NIT 1995:69). / Then Whatihua went and spoke to Rua-pū-tahanga about his younger brother, Tūrongo, "The husband that you are after is a leaky calabash!"
Synonyms: turuturu
2. (noun) stream of water, waterfall.
Ka heke ana te ua, ka rere ngā wairere i ngā pari tahataha. / When the rain falls the waterfalls on the steep cliffs flow.
horowai
1. (noun) waterfall, cascade.
He horowai hoki kei reira, engari ahakoa tō rongo ki te rere o te wai e kore e kitea nā te mea kei raro kē i te whenua ngā awa e rere ana (TWK 52:21). / There were also waterfalls at that place, but although you could hear the water flowing it couldn't be seen because the streams flowed underground.
2. (noun) waterfall, rapid.
Kātahi ka haere i roto i te awa o Whanganui, ka ahu ki runga o taua awa, ka tae ki Te Paparoa - he tāheke kei runga o te awa o Whanganui (JPS 1904:90). / Then he went up the Whanganui river, heading upstream arriving at Te Paparoa, which is a rapid in the upper part of the Whanganui river.
3. (noun) water flow.
Kia pēnei te mahinga i te pā tuna, kia kaua e kaha te tāheke, kia aungawari (JPS 1926:44). / Making the eel weir should be done this way, the water flow should not be strong, it should be gentle.
2. (verb) to rush, dash, hurry.
3. (noun) waterfall, torrent, shower (bathroom).
Ka pēnā tonu te nui o te moni, me te hīrere wai e maringi mai ana i runga i ngā maunga (TM 23/4/1881:1). / You think there will be a lot of money, like a waterfall pouring forth on the mountains.
ōrea
1. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
See also kirirua
Synonyms: reherehe, ngoingoiwaha, kirirua, kūwharuwharu, arokehe
kūwharuwharu
1. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
arokehe
1. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
See also kirirua
Synonyms: reherehe, ngoingoiwaha, kirirua, kūwharuwharu, ōrea
ngoingoiwaha
1. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
reherehe
1. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
See also kirirua
Synonyms: ngoingoiwaha, kirirua, kūwharuwharu, ōrea, arokehe
2. (noun) longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii - usually grow up to 1.2 metres long weighting 10 kilograms, but exceptionally can be 2 metres long weighing over 50 kilograms. Females are typically twice as long as males. Body uniform in colour from dark brown to grey-brown dorsally and silvery ventrally. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand freshwater ways, except above swift rapids or waterfalls.
Synonyms: reherehe, ngoingoiwaha, kūwharuwharu, ōrea, arokehe
