whakarite
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to arrange, adjust, organise, put in order, appoint, assign.
Ko ngā pereti kai he rourou; kāore he paoka, kāore he naihi, arā i tino whakaritea katoatia ki tā te Māori tikanga (TP 1/12/1900:14). / The eating plates were flax food baskets; there were no knives and forks, that is everything was organised according to Māori custom.
Synonyms: whakahaere, whakatakoto, tītakataka
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to balance by equivalent, in like manner.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to make like.
Ka haere hoki ia ki te whakarite i a ia ki te āhua o te kūkupa (NM 1928:10). / And he went off to make himself into the form of a New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: whārite
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to compare, correspond to, liken to.
Kāore he tangata hei whakarite (NM 1928:52). / There's not a person like him.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
5. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to fulfil, perform.
Kātahi ka whakaritea e rātou te kupu a tō rātou rangatira i kōrero mai rā ki a rātou (NM 1928:143). / Then they carried out what their chief had told them.
Synonyms: tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, mahi, hahaka, haka
6. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to say prayers, recite rituals.
I haere mai te minita ki te whakarite i a mātou i te rā tuatahi o te hui (PK 2008:1127). / The minister came to say prayers for us on the first day of the gathering.
7. (modifier) arranged, prearranged.
I te tau 1809, e hoki ana a Te Mātenga mai i Ingarangi ki Ahitereiria mā runga i te kaipuke te 'Ann', he waka whakarite mō te hunga kua mau heretia, ka tūpono ki a Ruatara (TTR 1990:131). / In 1809 Marsden was returning from England to Australia by the ship, the 'Ann', a vessel organised for the convicts, when he discovered Ruatara.
8. (modifier) metaphorical, figurative, likening, comparing, equating.
Ā ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou? (PT Matiu 13:10). / And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
9. (noun) retaliation, retribution.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
10. (noun) arrangement.
Ka oti te whakarite kia hoki te kaumātua rā ki tana kāinga me haukoti e rātou ki te huarahi, patu ai (NIT 1995:209). / The arrangement was made that when that elder returned to his home they would intercept him on the path and kill him.
11. (noun) simile, metaphor, cryptic expression.
Otirā koirā tonu anō te ritenga o ngā whakarite mō ngā kōrero o ngā koroua (NIT 1995:293). / But here is the explanation of the cryptic expressions of the elderly men.
See also kupu whakarite
Synonyms: kupu whakarite, huahuatau, whakaritenga
kupu whakarite
1. (noun) metaphor, simile, figurative language, figure of speech, cryptic saying.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
Ka uia e Te Kura, "Me pēwhea koe e eke mai ai i te paepae tuangahuru o Uenuku?" He kupu whakarite nā Te Kura i te mea he toa rongonui a Tapaue (NIT 1995:283). / Te Kura asked, "How will you mount the tenth threshold of Uenuku?" This was a simile by Te Kura because Tapaue was a renowned warrior.
Synonyms: whakarite, huahuatau, whakaritenga
arero whero o Kahukura
1. (adjective) The red tongue of Kahukura: an accomplished male performer of haka.
Hīnawanawa ana te kiri i kitenga o te arero whero o Kahukura, / The skin shivers at the sight of the dreaded exponent of haka.
Synonyms: kaiwhakaataata, kaihaka, kaiwhakatau, kaiwhakaari
2. One who wears the huia plume in the topekura style upon the forehead with a tīpare (headband), meaning one who stands out in a crowd, with unique qualities.
Huri katoa ana te iwi ki a ia nōna ka kuhu mai ki te whare arā ia te huia tū rae. / Everybody turned to her as she came into the house
