auaha
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to shape, create, form, fashion.
Whakamahia anō ngā angaanga hei kanohi mō ngā whakairo. Ko te kōngutu o te angaanga ka auahatia hei mahi pā kahawai (Te Ara 2012). / The shells are used for the eyes in carvings, and the lip of the shell was fashioned into a fishing lure.
Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, hanga, āhua
2. (modifier) creative, innovative.
Ki tāna, he hua nui kei roto i te taha mākohakoha, whakahoahoa hoki o te Māori i tana noho, tāpiri atu hoki ki ana pūkenga auaha me tana manaaki i te tangata, he painga mō te motu kei te katoa o ēnei āhuatanga (TTR 2000:71). / In his opinion, there was great value in the relaxed and friendly nature of the Māori lifestyle in addition to their creative skills and hospitality for the benefit of the country as a whole.
3. (noun) shape, form.
Ka tāraia, ka waihangahangatia kia puta rawa te auaha kātahi ka toroa kia pai ai te āta whakarākai, te whakapaipai (TTR 1994:62). / The relief of the figures was shaped and then smoothed, ready for detailed ornamentation.
4. (noun) creation, formation.
Kei tēnā iwi, kei tēnā iwi ā rātou kōrero mō te auaha o te tangata mai i te whenua, pērā i a Hineahuone te wahine tuatahi ki te ao i pokepokea i te one o Papatūānuku (Te Ara 2014). / Each of the tribes have their narratives of the creation of humans from the land, including the fashioning of Hineahuone, the first woman in the world, from the soil of Papatūānuku.
