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kata

1. (verb) (-ina) to laugh at.

E kore e roa rawa ka kataina e ā tātou tamariki, e ā tātou mokopuna rānei, tō tātou whakapono ki ngā mea horihori noa, ki ngā mahi o te kūwaretanga (TKO 11/1920:5). / It will not be very long before we will be laughed at by our children, or grandchildren, for our belief in these false things, and are done out of ignorance.

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Synonyms: katakata


2. (verb) to laugh.

He aha tāu e kata? (NM 1928:170). / Why do you laugh?

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Synonyms: mimingo kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata, ngingio


3. (verb) to chirp, twitter, chirrup (of birds and insects) - any sound made by a bird or insect that sounds like laughter.

Ka kata a Tīwaiwaka, ka kūtia a Māui, mate tonu atu (M 2006:206). / Fantail chirped, Māui was squeezed and was killed.

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4. (noun) laughter.

Ko ngā tāngata katoa i reira, he tokomaha tonu rātau, ka ūmere me te kata (HP 1991:20). / Everybody there, and there were quite a few, made raucous applause with laughter.

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Synonyms: katakata, hohehohe, pukukata

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