pukā
1. (intransitive verb) to be eager, impatient, jealous.
Hei ētahi wā, ka noho ko ngā wāhine hei whakaohooho i ngā wairua o ngā tāne kia pukā, kia nguha, kia whawhai mō te whenua, mō tētahi atu take rānei (Te Ara 2012). / Sometimes women exhorted men to act, to fight fiercely and to fight for land, or for some other cause.
Synonyms: taruhae, pūhaehae, tūāhae, tarahae, wene, hae, harawene
2. (intransitive verb) to be overheated, out of breath, exhausted - due to exertion or emotion such as anger, fear, etc.
Ka pukā taku manawa i te pikinga ki te tihi o te puke. / I was out of breath from climbing to the top of the hill.
Synonyms: tūngāngā, hēmanawa, pau [te] hau, hē te manawa, ngaengae, naenae
3. (modifier) eager, impatient, pationate.
He tangata tino pukā nei a Te Putu, ū tonu te mahi, he tino tūpato ki ngā mokamoka, whai hoki kia tino tika tonu āna mahi katoa (TTR 1998:86). / Kelly was intensely passionate person, dedicated and meticulous about detail and a perfectionist in everything he did.
4. (modifier) spongy, porous, honeycombed (of wood, etc.).
Waiho au kia pōaha ana, he rimu pukā, kei te ākau (M 2004:90). / Let me remain empty, like the porous seaweed on the shore.
2. (noun) a fresh water fish.
3. cause.
2. (noun) building bricks, "Duplo", "Lego".
See also poro kapiti
Synonyms: poro kapiti
Wūru
1. (loan) (personal name) Wood, Woods.
He pitihana nā ngā kaipōti o Ākarana ki a Tā Hōri Kerei, ki a Te Wūru, ki a Te Orōka, ki a Te Hīana, ki a Te Wānitana, ki a Te Tikinana, ki a Te Wanatihaiti... (TW 4/9/1875:190). / A petition from the electors of Auckland to Sir George Grey, Mr Wood, Mr O’Rorke, Mr Sheehan, Mr Swanson, Mr Dignan and Mr Von der Heyde...
kauati
1. (noun) piece of wood laid on the ground and rubbed with another piece to make fire.
Ka tae ki uta, werohia atu te kauati ki te whenua, haere tonu atu te whakarui i te kaunati, kua tū; aparia mai ngā wahie ki runga, kua kā, ope tonu i te kuku ki runga ki te ahi; kua maoa (TP 6/1906:4). / When they reached the shore the piece of wood to make fire was stuck in the ground and the pointed piece of wood was rubbed against it and once it started firewood was heaped on top and when it was burning mussels were scooped onto the fire and cooked.
See also kaunati
Synonyms: kaueti
tokerangi
1. (noun) two pieces of wood used to beat time - as rough castanets.
See also tōkere
kaunati
1. (noun) pointed piece of wood which was rubbed on another to produce fire.
Ka tae ki uta, werohia atu te kauati ki te whenua, haere tonu atu te whakarui i te kaunati, kua tū; aparia mai ngā wahie ki runga, kua kā, ope tonu i te kuku ki runga ki te ahi; kua maoa (TP 6/1906:4). / When they reached the shore the piece of wood to make fire was stuck in the ground and the pointed piece of wood was rubbed against it and once it started firewood was heaped on top and when it was burning mussels were scooped onto the fire and cooked.
Synonyms: kauhure, kauoti, kaurimarima
2. (stative) be cut about, cut up.
Kotahi tētahi tamaiti tāne, ka 17 ōna tau, i mate ki tērā motu, ki Te Waipounamu, i mau ki roto i tētahi mīhini, motumotu katoa taua tamaiti (TPH 30/11/1911:4). / A boy aged 17 died in the other island, the South Island, when he was caught in a machine and was cut up.
3. (modifier) separated.
Ko ngā whare motumotu o reira ehara i te whare, engari he tāone tonu pēnei me Ākarana nei te rarahi, he kore rawa a Pōneke (TWMNT 12/11/1873:156). / The separated buildings there are not houses, but it is a town equal in extent to Auckland, Wellington does not compare.
4. (modifier) discrete (maths).
He momo taurangi te motumotu ka tatauria ki te tauoti. Ko te tokomaha tāngata tētahi taurangi motumotu nā te mea e kore e taea te hautanga tangata. Ko ngā rā o te wiki tētahi anō taurangi motumotu, nā te mea e tū motuhake ana ia rā (TRP 2010:178). / Discrete is a type of variable that is counted with whole numbers. The number of people is a discrete variable because you can't have a fraction of a person. The days of the week is another discrete variable because each day is independent (TRP 2010:178).
5. (noun) separation.
Titiro atu tērā ki te piri o te tū o ngā whare, kāore he motumotu, piri tonu, ko ngā rori tonu te kaitiriwā i te whare (TWMNT 12/11/1873:156). / They looked at the houses standing in compact rows with no space between them whatever, just the streets separated the buildings.
Synonyms: whakamana wehenga, wehenga, whakawehewehe, weheruatanga, whakawehe, whakawehenga
6. (noun) firebrand, piece of burning wood, dumpling, doughboy.
Kātahi ka tahuna te umu, ka kā te umu, ka whakataona, kātahi ka mauria atu ngā motumotu o te umu rā, huihui ana ngā hau o te rangi (JPS 1927:280). / Then the oven was lit and heated, then the firebrands of the oven were taken away and the winds of the heavens assembled.
Synonyms: ngotungotu, ngōngotu, mōunga, kounga
2. (noun) platform, floor, deck.
Ina ka noho ki rō whare, ko tāna mahi i tino rawe ai he takoto noa mai i te raho o te whare ki mua i te ahi, kānewha ai (TTR 1998:170). / When she was indoors the thing she really liked to do was to lie on the floor of the house in front of the fire and doze.
Synonyms: kaupapa, kāraho, whatārangi, kahupapa, ahurewa, atamira, rahoraho, tūāpapa
mōunga
1. (noun) half-burnt stick, firebrand, piece of burning wood.
Nō te ekenga a ngā hōia ki reira, ka whiua atu e tētahi he mōunga ahi ki roto ki taua whare, inamata! Ka pongere, ka mura (TWT 1/9/1858:13). / When the soldiers stormed that place, one tossed a burning stick into the house and immediately it was engulfed in flames.
Synonyms: kounga, ngotungotu, ngōngotu, motumotu
2. (noun) exhaust (from an engine, etc.).
2. (noun) wood saturated in resin.
Te rahokoroheke he heru, he mea hanga ki te māpara kahika (W 1971:179). / The 'rahokoroheke' was a comb made of resinous kahikatea wood.
3. (noun) castanets.
E tauparoro ana ngā māpara kia ū ai rātou ki te manawataki o te kanikani (PK 2008:394). / The castanets are playing so that they can keep to the rhythm of the dance.
He rite ngā māpara ki ngā ngutu o te pārera te hanga, arā, e rua ngā papa pakipaki iti ka hangaia ki te rākau, ki te kōiwi, ki te kōhatu, ki te kotakota rānei. Ka puritia ki te ringa, ā, mā te huaki me te kati i te kōnui me te kōroa e hāmama ai (RTP 2010:73). / Castanets are made like the lips of of a grey duck, that is, two small flat clappers are made of wood, bone, stone or shells. They are held with the hand and by opening and closing the thumb and index finger they make a noise.
rorehape
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to intercept.
Kua tukuna atu ngā torotoro ki te rorehape i ngā hoa i wehe atu i te ata nei, ka whakamōhio atu kua waipukehia te awa o Waitao (PK 2008:788). / Messengers have been sent to intercept the friends who left this morning to inform them that the Waitao river is in flood.
2. (noun) short club of wood or whalebone with a carved figure on one side of the blade.
See also wahaika
kāpara
1. (noun) hard resinous wood (of rimu, kahikatea, etc.).
Mahia ai te tao i te tawa, te kāpara, ā, hei ētahi wā mahia mai ai te aka (Te Ara 2015). / Bird spears were made from tawa wood, resinous heartwood of rimu or kahikatea, and sometimes of the stems of climbing plants.
Synonyms: katea
kātara
1. (noun) sharp point, prick, barb.
Synonyms: tarakāniwha, niwha, timotimo, timo, oka
2. (noun) hard black wood of the ponga tree fern.
2. (modifier) carved, graven (image).
Nā whakatūria ana e ngā tama a Rana mō rātou te whakapakoko whaowhao (PT Kaiwhakariterite 18:30). / And the children of Dan set up the graven image.
2. (noun) karakia clearing the tapu of the building.
Nā ngā kaumātua o Te Arawa i wewete ngā tapu o ōna whakairo, i karakia te karakia o te waere, te kawa, te toki, te takapou (TTT 1/10/1922:8). / The elders of Te Arawa removed the tapu from its carvings, recited the incantations of the waere (clearing the tapu of the building), of the kawa (calling on the powers to ruruku, or bind together, the uprights and rafters of the building), the toki (incantation addressed to the tree from which the carvings were made using the toki, or axe) and the takapou (incantation lifting the tapu to enable the entry of women into the house and spreading the mat of occupation and use).
See also kawa waere
