2. (noun) wet dream, erotic dream.
monoku
1. (modifier) damp, wet, moist.
He piki pari tonu tā rātou mahi; he kuhu haere tonu i roto i ngā ngahere ururua, apiapi, monoku rawa, he whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā repo kua kino i te ua, kua tāpokopoko (TWMNT 2/5/1876:102). / They had to climb cliffs, to enter dense, saturated forest undergrowth, and to cross swamps made worse by rain and had become boggy.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) moisturiser.
mākū
1. (modifier) wet, moist, damp, soggy.
Ki te puta mai te wai, te huhuka rānei o te waha, kāti, tukua ki raro, kia tere te unu i ngā kākahu mākū, hoatu he kākahu maroke (TP 1/1904:11). / If liquid emerges or there's frothing of the mouth, well, put her down, quickly take off the wet clothes and put on dry garments.
Synonyms: haumākū, hauwai, kōpūtoitoi, tōwāwahi, tōwahiwahi, monoku, toriwai, whakamākūkū
2. (noun) dampness, wetness, moisture.
He pai mēnā he one-paraumu, he māmā hoki te mahi, ko te kirikiri ka ruia ki raro i ngā rau kia kore ai e pāngia e te paru me te mākū (Te Ara 2011). / Dark, friable soil is desirable as it's easier to work and the gravel is sprinkled carried under the leaves, lest they suffer from the mud and wet.
Synonyms: tōmairangi, takawai, haukū, haumākū
2. (verb) (-a) to wet, dip into (a liquid).
Ki te wera tana kiri, toua he hautai ki te wai mātao, ka horoi i tana tinana kia whā, kia rima rānei paninga i te rā (TP 1/12/1901:4). / If her skin is hot, dip a sponge into cold water and wash her body four or five times a day.
3. (verb) (-a) to kindle, set on fire, light (of setting on fire).
whakamākū
1. (verb) (-tia) to wet, douse.
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.
tō
1. (verb) (-ia,-kia,-ngia) to moisten, wet, anoint - usually only in one of the passive forms with this usage.
Ka tōkia tō kiri e te anu kōpata (M 2004:264). / Your skin is moistened by the cold dew.
Synonyms: takawai, whakamākūkū
2. (verb) to pour down, dripping wet.
I te mahi taua tangata ki te whakawātea i ētahi o aua paipa, ka pātere mai te ua, ka waipuketia taua ana, ka ngaro taua tangata. / That man was working to clear some of those pipes when the rain poured down, the cave was flooded and the man disappeared.
Synonyms: maringi
3. (verb) to flow readily, be effusive.
Pātere ana ngā kupu a Tohitapu (W 1971:271). / Tohitapu's words flowed readily.
4. (modifier) flowing readily, freely, without restraint.
Kua kōrero haere te Kāwanatanga o Kerei i ngā kōrero pātere noa, tino whakakake rawa; he mea kia kī ai ngā tāngata o te motu he kaiwhakaora rātou nō te rangi i tukua mai hei hutihuti i ngā taru hē katoa, hei kaitiaki hoki i ngā tika mō ngā tāngata katoa, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 7/12/1878:167). / The Grey Government have gone about freely uttering the most exalted statements, leading people of the country to believe that they were the heaven-sent up-rooters of all abuses, and the guardians of the rights of the humble and the great.
5. (modifier) very, extremely - an intensive used with tini.
He tini pātere ngā reta kua tae mai. Ka pau pea he rā ki te huahuaki noa (HJ 2015:130). / Untold letters have arrived. It'll probably take a day to just open them.
6. (noun) song of derision in response to slander - most are compositions inspired by some derogatory reference, abuse or slander, sneering remark, or belittling statement. They are chanted at a fast tempo accompanied by defiant gestures.
Ko te whakataki o te pātere he rōnaki tonu; ko te nuinga kāore i motumotuhia ki te whiti (M 2005:128). / The tempo of the pātere is an even one; the majority without breaking off into verses.
7. (noun) flowing readily, effusiveness.
I mahara rātou ki te pātere o ngā kupu a taua Minita, i a ia e tāpoi ana i te motu nei, tērā e nui tāna manaaki i a rātou (TWMNT 7/12/1878:167). / From the Minister's flowing promises, when he was travelling around the country, they expected to be received with open arms.
pōteretere
1. (verb) to be drifting about, backwards and forwards.
Ka kite atu i ngā waka e pōteretere ana i tana moana, ka mate kanehe kia mauria a ia ki te toro i ana mokopuna, ka oti he waiata (TTR 1990:55). / When she saw the canoes going backwards and forwards on her lake, she had a great desire to be taken to visit her grandchildren, and she completed a song.
2. (verb) be dripping wet.
haumākū
1. (stative) be moist, wet, damp.
Ka mōhio ahau ki te kaha o te mate, tā te mea, e nohoia ana e ngā Māori ngā wāhi e tata ana ki ngā repo, ki ngā parenga awa. Tētahi, he haumākū i roto i ngā whare, tae noa ki ngā marae (KO 15/4/1884:6). / I know how sick they are because Māori are living in places near swamps and river banks. In addition it's damp inside the houses, including the marae.
Synonyms: whakamākūkū, hauwai, kōpūtoitoi, tōwāwahi, tōwahiwahi, monoku, mākū, toriwai
2. (modifier) moist, damp.
He mea whakatipu te taro i ngā oneone haumākū (Te Ara 2015). / Taro was grown in damp soils.
3. (noun) dampness, moisture.
Kei ngā marama o te hōtoke he nui rawa te ua, he kaha te hau, he tūpuhi marangai: he āhua whitiwhiti kē te āhua o te rangi ki reira, he mea anō he nui rawa te pūmāhu me te haumākū anō o te rangi (TWMNT 28/7/1874:187). / In the winter months a great deal of rain falls, with strong winds and northerly gales; the climate there is somewhat variable, and also very humid and wet.
Synonyms: tōmairangi, mākū, takawai, haukū
2. (noun) swampy ground, peat, mire.
Ka whakamahia te rei hei kora, hei whakamōmona hoki i te oneone (RP 2009:368). / Peat is used as fuel and to fertilise the soil.
2. (noun) rough garment for wet weather.
3. (noun) rags, tattered garment.
Ko te hautai he kākahu tawhito, pākarukaru (RK 1994:190). / A 'hautai' is an old tattered garment.
waoriki
1. (noun) swamp buttercup, Ranunculus macropus - endemic acquatic herb to the North and northern South Islands. Formerly widespread from the northern Waikato south to Wellington. Found on coastal to lowland areas in raupō (Typha orientalis) dominated wetlands where it grows in still moderately deep to deep water.
Synonyms: raoriki
2. (noun) Ranunculus amphitrichus, Ranunculus glabrifolius - endemic plants found from coastal to montane areas. Often partially submerged in shallow water, wet grassland and lake, pond or tarn marginal turf communities. Sometimes in moist clearings within forest or tussock grassland.
Synonyms: raoriki
2. (noun) chief.
Mate atu he tētē, ara mai he tētē (TTR 1990:120). / When a fern frond dies another emerges. (A figurative use - as one chief dies another rises to take his place.)
3. (noun) figurehead of a canoe without arms and legs.
E whā ngā waka nei, he waka toiera, he waka pītau, he waka pakoko, he waka tētē (TP 4/1911:10). / These four canoes were: a war canoe with a carved stern and stem, a canoe with a figurehead, a canoe with an armless figurehead, and a canoe with a figurehead without arms and legs.
4. (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. Frond tapers at both ends.
See also heruheru
Synonyms: maikukuroa, ngutu kākāriki, pūniu, tētē kura, tētēkura, ngutungutu kiwi, pūnui, heruheru
2. (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. Frond tapers at both ends.
Synonyms: maikukuroa, pūniu, tētē kura, tētēkura, ngutungutu kiwi, pūnui, tētē, ngutu kākāriki
upokotangata
1. (noun) giant umbrella sedge, Cyperus ustulatus - a native plant with grass-like, broad, folded, hard, glossy leaves spreading from the top of the tall, unjointed, triangular stem. Has shiny, dark brown seed heads and is found along wet, sandy edges of tidal streams and rivers.
See also toetoe upokotangata
muku
1. (verb) (-a) to wipe, rub, smear, scrub, delete.
Ko ngā pākete, ko ngā huri kirīmi me ērā atu mea me horoi ki te wai mātao, ka muku ai ki te paraihe i roto i te wai mahana, hei muri iho i te huringa i te kirīmi me horoi ki te wai koropupū (TTT 1/10/1927:696). / The buckets, the cream churns and other such things should be washed with cold water, then scrubbed with a brush in warm water, and after the cream is churned, should be washed in boiling water.
Synonyms: taekai, tāwhao, mōheuheu, tahuere, ururua, kōmuku, taitai, heu, heuheu, hururua, hūkui, kāuto, miri, hikahika, aumiri, waku, wakuwaku, mirimiri, mukumuku, muru, kōmuri, kōmeke, kōmekemeke, kōmiri, ūkui, ūkuikui
2. (noun) wipes, wet wipes, baby wipes.
See also ūkui
