whano
1. (verb) to go, proceed.
Ko te ara tēnā i whano ai koe ki runga ki a Rehua (M 2006:592). / That is the path that you proceeded on up to Rehua.
Synonyms: nawaki
2. (verb) to be on the point of, nearly, impending, looming, almost.
Ka whano ka tākiri te ata, ka puke mai tētahi ngaru nui, ka taupokina taua iwi, ngaro katoa - neke atu i te rua mano taua iwi (JPS 1901:71). / When morning had nearly dawned, a great wave rose up and completely overwhelmed that tribe, more than two thousand of them.
Heoti anō, rūpeke ana ngā tāngata i taua pō, nā ka tū mai ngā rangatira o ērā ngā iwi e noho mawehe ana, e noho mauāhara ana hoki, puta noa i te roa o te whenua; nā, ka rū tahi rātou, ka mihi mai, ka mihi atu, ā, whano hae noa te ata (MM.TKM 1/9/1860:3). / However, the people gathered that night and the chiefs of those, the tribes who had been living apart and estranged from throughout the length of the country, met together, shook hands, and made speeches acknowledging each other until near morning.
Synonyms: raraka, tata, whakatata, whakatata, tōtahi, kua [mutu] tonu, whano tae, tata
whano tae
1. almost, nearly.
I mate a Kāwana Paipai Te Whetūrangi ki Pūtiki, i Whanganui, i te 13 o Hune, 1884. Whano tae ki te 100 tau i te matenga ai. E meinga ana i kite a Kāwana Paipai i tērā manu, i te moa, e hāereere ana i nga mānia o Te Waimate (KO 15/8/1884:2). / Kāwana Paipai Te Whetūrangi passed away in Pūtiki, Whanganui, on the 13th of June, 1884. He was almost 100 years old when he died. It’s said that Kāwana Paipai saw the moa bird wandering the Te Waimate plains.
Synonyms: tata, whakatata, whano, tōtahi, kua [mutu] tonu
whanokē
1. (stative) be peculiar, erratic, extraordinary, weird, unusual, strange, odd, different - sometimes written as two words, i.e. whano kē.
Ko te mea i whanokē ai taua mārenatanga he mutu taua wahine i mārenatia rā, kāore ōna ringaringa. Ko te rīngi i kuhua ki te toru o ngā matimati o te waewae mauī (TWMNT 3/11/1874:278). / The thing that was peculiar about that wedding was that the bride was an amputee, she had no arms. The ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot.
2. (modifier) peculiar, erratic, unpredictable, extraordinary, weird, unusual, strange, odd, different.
Kaua te ngākau whanoke, te ngākau kōhuru e waiho hei hoa noho tahi mō tātau (JPS 1928:182). / Do not allow the erratic heart or treacherous heart abide with us.
Synonyms: kē
3. (noun) strange behaviour, erratic behaviour.
Nā te kōti whenua ka puhake ngā kino katoa: te kōrero parau, te tāhae, te hae, te whakamauāhara, te whanokē, te aroha-kore, te ngākau apo. Ahakoa mōhiotia te tika o te tangata ki te whenua ka romia, ka patua (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / Because of the land court all the evils became apparent: telling lies, stealing, envy, hatred, erratic behaviour, lack of compassion and greed. Despite the rights of people to land they were robbed and defeated.
4. (noun) eccentric, nonconformist, mischief, oddball, oddity, unusual fellow, character - someone who is unusual.
Ka nui te houkeke o te whanokē rā, e kore e rongo (W 1971:63). / That character is extremely obstinate and will not listen.
