kui
1. (noun) grandma, old woman, elderly woman - a term of address for an older woman, especially an elderly woman.
Kei taku kākā tarahae, kei taku manu tīoriori kua mū nei koe i roto i te rā nei, me mihi taurangi noa rā te mihi ki a koe e kui, haere rā, haere atu rā! (HM 2/1994:2). / O my leader, my songbird, you have become silent now and we pay tribute to you, my elderly lady, farewell!
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, tāua, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (personal noun) grandma, old woman, elderly woman.
Heoi anō, kei te haerea, kei te nōhia tonuhia te wao e Ngāi Tūhoe, e whai tonu ana i ngā mahi a kui mā, a koro mā (Te Ara 2016). / However, the bush is still travelled and inhabited by Tūhoe and they still follow the activities of their grandmothers and grandfathers.
hākui
1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.
Ka pangā te paipa ki te ahi, hei te uinga a te hākui rā ki tana paipa, kua wera kē (TP 2/1904:1). / The pipe was thrown into the fire and when the elderly lady asked for her pipe it had already been burnt.
Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene
hākuikui
1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.
Ka tuhia ki roto ki taua pukapuka ngā ingoa o ngā hākorokoro, ngā hākuikui, ngā tamariki kai ū, me ngā tāngata kē atu (TWMNT 2/12/1871:12). / Written in that document are the names of the elderly men and women, the breastfeeding children and strangers.
Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene, hākui
kuikui
1. (noun) elderly woman, old woman, matriarch.
Ka puta mai ngā mokopuna, noho tonu ana ko Huiatahi rāua ko Huihana hei kokoro, hei kuikui rānei, arā hei kaumātua mō te whaitua o Waitomo (TTR 1998:8). / When the grandchildren were born, Huiatahi and Huihana were recognised as the patriarch and matriarch of the Waitomo area.
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, tāua, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (noun) fairly elderly woman, middle-aged woman.
He nui kē ngā taikuia, taikoroua i kōrero tahi ai rātou ko Te Putu (TTR 1998:85). / Kelly talked with a great many fairly elderly women and men.
ngoingoi
1. (noun) elderly woman, old woman.
I tētahi ahiahi, ka mutu tā rāua hapa ko tōna ngoingoi me ā rāua tamariki, ka haere atu ia ki te taha o te ahi noho ai, titiro ai ki te pai o te kā o te ahi (TP 3/1911:11). / One evening when he and his elderly lady and their children had finished their tea, he went to sit beside the fire and to look at how nice the fire was burning.
Synonyms: hākuikui, kui, tāua, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (noun) southern conger, Conger verreauxi - greyish to black eel common on rocky reefs around the coast, usually at depths up to 200m.
See also kōiro
wahine moe tāne
1. (noun) heterosexual woman, married woman.
Ka nui te whakamihi me te whakamīharo ki a Mere mōna e kaha nei ahakoa he wahine moe tāne, ā, tokorima rawa ā rāua tamariki (HM 3/1998:1). / We congratulate and are impressed with Mere for her strength in raising five children, despite being married.
taitamāhinetanga
1. (noun) being a young woman, youth (of a young woman).
I pau te kaha o ngā rata o te Kuīni (ētahi o ngā tino rata o Ingarangi ), nōwhea e taea te mate kaumātua; e kore e taea te whakahoki ki tōna taitamāhinetanga (HKW 1/2/1901:9). / The Queen's doctors (some of the best doctors in England) have tried their utmost, but there is no way of combating the problem of old age; they will never be able to return her to being a young woman.
hikawai
1. (noun) lewd woman, promiscuous woman.
Kāore ngā wāhine whai hoa tāne o te tāone i pai ki te hikawai, kei hinga noa ā rātou tāne i a ia (PK 2008:109). / Women with husbands in urban areas don't like a promiscuous woman, lest their men fall to her.
Synonyms: tarau makere
2. (noun) lesbian.
2. (modifier) as an elderly woman.
I haere kōtiro atu ki te tahatū o te rangi, nāwai nāwai ā, ka hoki rūruhi mai ki te wā kāinga (HJ 2015:117). / She went off to the horizon as a girl, and after a long time she returned home as an elderly woman.
ruahine
1. (verb) to become elderly, grow old - of a woman.
I a Te Puea ka ruahine haere, ka pupū ake te wehi o te rangatahi i a rātou e mātakitaki ana i a ia e whakahaere ana i ngā take a te marae (TTR 1996:52). / As Te Puea grew older the young ones were in awe of her while they were watching her directing the affairs of the marae.
3. (noun) woman of importance used in certain ceremonies for the removal of tapu, e.g. house openings - normally this would be the eldest female from a family of rank.
I te patunga i ngā tautīaki, me te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne tae noa ki te pikitanga a te ruahine i te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne; me te whakatuwheratanga o te tatau; me te pikitanga i te paepae poto a te ruahine: kāore i te eke ngā karakia e hāngai ai te piki i ngā paepae e rua me te whakatuwhera o te tatau (TTT 1/5/1930:2055). / From the striking of the upright posts beneath the front bargeboards of the meeting house and the sacred threshold of Tāne including the climbing over of the sacred threshold of Tāne by the ruahine; the opening of the door; the climbing over of the door sill by the ruahine; the ritual chants used were not appropriate for stepping over the two thresholds and the opening of the door.
pēperekōu
1. (noun) elderly woman, elderly man, elder.
Ko tāku e whakapae ana e kōrero kē ana rātou mō te hunga pēperekōu kaua i tā te Māori titiro ki tēnei mea, ki te kaumātua (HM 4/1998). / My criticism is that they are talking about geriatrics, not about elders the way that Māori view them.
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, korokoroua, ruānuku, pou, koeke, kaumātua, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe
taitamāhine
1. (verb) to be a young woman.
E taitamāhine tonu ana ia i te heke whakarungatanga mai o Ngāti Toa ki te noho ki Kapiti me te takutai moana i te tuawhenua (TTR 1990:360). / She was still a young woman when Ngāti Toa migrated south to live on Kapiti Island and the adjacent mainland coast.
2. (modifier) young (of a woman).
E 40 tau tōna pakeketanga ake i tana wahine taitamāhine noa iho nei (TTR 1990:13). / He was 40 years older than his young wife.
3. (noun) young woman.
Te tatanga atu ki uta, ka kitea mai te mōkī i runga i te wai. Ko te kaunga mai o ngā taitamāhine ki te whai mai (NIT 1995:63). / As it neared the shore, they saw the raft on the water. The young women swam to retrieve it.
takahi
1. (verb) (-a) to trample, tramp, stamp, tread, abuse, disregard.
Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990:351). / After a time he complained that the rights of his people of Moeraki had been disregarded.
See also takahanga
Synonyms: maukino, kangakanga, whakamania, whakakino, whakamanioro, tunuhuruhuru, takahanga, tūkino, whakakinokino, takakino
2. (verb) (-a) to disobey, defy, contravene, breach, violate, ravish (a woman).
Ki te mau mātau e takahi ana i tēnei ture a rātau, ka whiua mātau ki te kirikau, ki te pirita rānei, mamae rawa (HP 1991:32). / If we were caught disobeying this rule of theirs we were punished with the strap or a supplejack cane and it really hurt.
3. (verb) (-a) to travel.
I ngā wā o te waikanaetanga ka takahia e Te Rauparaha te nuku o te whenua ki te toro i ngā iwi e rata mai ana ki a Ngāti Toa (TTR 1990:297). / In times of peace Te Rauparaha travelled widely to visit the tribes who were friendly to Ngāti Toa.
4. (verb) (-a) to place the foot on anything (to hold it).
Ko te wahine tēnā nāna i takahi te kauahi (W 1971:367). / That is the woman who held down the bottom firestick with her foot.
tarau makere
1. (loan) (noun) promiscuous woman.
Synonyms: hikawai
