ārai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to obstruct, hinder, screen, block out, shield, prevent, forbid, prohibit, insulate.
He tēpara mō ngā whanaunga, mō ngā huānga e āraia nei e te Karaipiture, e te ture hoki a te Hāhi kei mārena ki a rāua (Ma 1885:15). / A table for the relations, and the progeny forbidden to marry each other by the Scripture and by the law of the Church.
Synonyms: whakamanakore, whakakati, puapua, kahupeka, whakaruruhau, whakangungu rākau, whakapuru tao, maru, pākai, whakangungu, hīra, pukupuku, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei, kati, kōpekapeka, kōpeka, taupā, taupare, pā, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, aukati, hōtaetae
2. (noun) veil, curtain, blind, apron, barricade, obstacle, screen, insulator.
'E Hēmi, hiwitia ake te ārai hiraka o taku konohi. Kei te hēmanawa au.' (HP 1991:256) / 'James, lift up the silk veil of my face. I am too hot.'
Synonyms: ārei, tauārai, takitaki, komutu, taunahua, whakakōroiroi, rīanga, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, mata, pā
3. (noun) barrier.
Me wai, me whenua mōmona, me rangi aupaki, ā, me heke anō tōna paku tōtā ki te ngaki i te whenua, ki te whakatū pātū hei ārai atu i te kīrearea, i te hauhunga, i te aha noa iho (HM 1/1994:5). / There must be water, productive land, fine weather and the shedding of a little perspiration to cultivate the land and to erect barriers to protect against pests, the frost and anything else.
Synonyms: tauārai
