whakaputa
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia) to begin to come out, cause to emerge, express, utter, publish, announce, issue, grant, produce.
Nō te rā whānau o te Kīngi (Hune 3) ka whakaputaina ngā hōnore ki ngā tāngata nunui o tana emepaea (TTT 1/6/1927:610). / On the birthday of the King (June 3) the honours for the important people of his empire were announced.
Synonyms: whakaputaputa, perehi, pānui, whakakawenata, whakatupu, tā, paki
2. (modifier) expressing, articulating.
Ka tū ana te tangata ki te whaikōrero, ka whakahua ia i ngā rākau me ngā tipu hei kupu whakarite, hei kupu whakaputa whakaaro (Te Ara 2014). / When a man stands to make a speech, he mentions trees and plants as similes and as words to articulate ideas.
3. (noun) appearance, emergence, publication.
Nō muri o te whakaputa i te pukapuka a Smith ka rahi ngā pukapuka i whakaputangia e whakapae ana ko ngā heke o ngā tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i ahu mai i te rāwhiti, i te whenua rahi o Āhia (Te Ara 2014). / After the publication of Smith’s book there was a proliferation of texts claiming that the people of the Pacific came from the east, from the continent of Asia.
Synonyms: pānuitanga, tānga
whakaputa mōhio
1. (verb) to be a know-all, be a smart alec, be a smart-arse.
Heoi anō, ka riro nā ngā kuia o Ngāti Tarāwhai te kōrero whakamutunga. Ka kī tonu ake, "He aha tō mahi e pahupahu mai nā i konā, hoki mai ki runga anō i tōu marae whakaputa mōhio ai." (EM 2002:164). / However, the last word was left to the elderly women of Ngāti Tarāwhai when they said, "What are you raving on about there. Come back to your own marae and be a know-all."
2. (modifier) smart-alecky.
E tohu ana tēnei kīwaha i te tangata āhua whakahīhī, āhua whakaputa mōhio rānei (HKK 1999:87). / This idiom applies to a somewhat arrogant person, or who is a bit smart-alecky.
3. (noun) know-all, smart alec, smart-arse.
He kōrero mō te whakaputa mōhio, mō te tangata rānei kāore e tutuki i a ia tāna i kī ai (HKK 1999:86). / Sayings for the smart alec, or for the person who does not do what she promised.
Synonyms: ngutu huia
whakaputa uri
1. (noun) reproduction.
Mō te wāhi ki te whakaputa uri, kāore te kākāpō e mahi poka noa. 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). / With regard to producing offspring, the kākāpō does not do it randomly. It knows that years of abundance are better to raise offspring and so it waits until the growth of food is lush and then sets about courtship.
tumu whakaputa
1. (noun) producer.
Ko te tumu whakaputa te tangata māna e tuitui ngā āhuatanga whakahaere o tētahi whakaaturanga, pērā i te taha ahumoni, me te taha ki te whare whakaari (RMR 2017). / The producer is the person responsible for coordinating aspects of a production such as the financials and the venue (RMR 2017).
Synonyms: kaiwhakaputa, kaihanga, kaihautū
whakaputa uri tōrua
1. (noun) sexual reproduction.
Ko te whakaputa uri tōrua he tukanga o ngā rauropi, e hono tahi ai ngā pūtau hema o ngā mātua e rua (te toa me te uwha) hei whakaputa uri (RP 2009:445). / Sexual reproduction is a process in organisms where the gametes of two parents (male and female) are combined to produce off spring (RP 2009:445).
whakaputa i te ihu
1. (verb) to rescue, save.
Homai he kai hai whakaputa i te ihu o mātou ko aku tamariki (W 1971:316). / Please give us some food to save my children and me.
Synonyms: whakarauora, whakaoranga, rauora, whakaora, karokaro, karo, whakaoraora, penapena
ia
1. (noun) current, flow.
Ka rongo atu a Te Kawau-a-toru, kātahi ka kī atu, “Tēnā, kāore rānei koutou i kite i tētehi whenua kaha te ia o te moana? Inahoki a Raukawa, ko te ingoa noa iho i rahi, kāore i kaha te ia.” (JPS 1893:147). / When Te Kawau-a-toru heard this he said, “Well, have you ever seen a land in which the current of the sea is very strong? As for Raukawa, its name alone is great, but its currents have no strength.”
2. (noun) affirmed gender.
3. (noun) cadence, beat, rhythm - of a haka.
Ka kōrero koe mō te rangi o te waiata, ka kōrero koe mō te ia o te haka (Wh4 2004:73). / One talks about the 'rangi' (tune) of a song but the 'ia' (cadence) of a haka.
Synonyms: whakaauau, manawataki, ūngeri, whakataki, mita
4. (noun) trend.
E kitea mai ana te ia o te pānga, arā, ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka tāroaroa haere (TRP 2010:139). / The trend in the relationship can be seen, that is, as the child grows older she becomes taller.
