poropiti
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to prophesy, foretell, predict.
Nō te tau 1858 i poropititia ai, i pānuitia ai hoki ki ngā iwi. / In 1858 it was prophesied and announced to the people.
Synonyms: matakite, whakaporopiti, whakatau wawe, matapae
2. (loan) (modifier) prophetic.
He mea whakarere iho ngā whakataukī, me ngā kupu whakarite, me ngā kupu poropiti, nā ō tātau tīpuna hei tohutohu i a tātau, i ngā tamariki (TJ 14/6/1898:7). / The proverbs, metaphors and prophesies have been handed down by our ancestors as instruction to us, the children.
Synonyms: matakite, whakaporopiti
3. (loan) (noun) prophet.
Ao ake i te ata, kua pōwhiritia mai au e Rua Kēnana, te poropiti me te kaikōrero o te Tamakaimoana kia haere atu ki te marae o Tāne-nui-a-Rangi kia whakatauria au (HP 1991:230). / Next morning I was invited by Rua Kēnana, the prophet and spokesperson of Tamakaimoana to go to Tāne-nui-a-Rangi marae to be officially welcomed.
4. (loan) (noun) prophecy, prediction.
Ina te whakamāoritanga o te poropiti: mehemea ka tū te mana kāwanatanga ki Te Waitematā ka ora te iwi o Ngāti Whātua (TTR 1990:210). / Here is the explanation of the prophecy: if the centre of government was established at the Waitematā Harbour Ngāti Whātua would survive.
Synonyms: matapae, matakite, poropititanga, whakatakotoranga
