taurite
1. (verb) to be alike, matching, equivalent, synonymous.
E ai ki tāna ko ngā taha wairua, ngā tikanga me ngā āhuatanga ā-iwi o Tūhoe e taurite tonu ana ki ērā o te Hāhi Ringatū (TTR 1998:194). / In his view, the spiritual, cultural and social dictates of Tūhoe were synonymous with those of the Ringatū church.
Synonyms: whakataurite, tauriterite
2. (verb) to be opposite.
Ka taurite rātou ki tētehi kāinga ka karangatia atu mā rātou e kōrero ki ngā mea e whai atu i a rātou kua roa noa atu tō rātou pahemotanga (NIT 1995:225). / When they were opposite a particular village they were called out to and were told that the ones they were following had passed long ago.
3. (verb) to be balanced.
E taurite ana te taha mauī o te whakairo me te taha matau, arā, he hangarite (RTA 2014:172). /
4. (modifier) opposite.
Kua noho taurite te tokorua kia pai te titiro hāngai, tētahi ki tētahi (PK 2008:896). / The couple sat opposite each other so that they look at each other more easily.
5. (noun) similarity, uniformity, likeness, resemblance.
Ko te wāhi ki mua he mea rui ki te karaihe, ka tapahia ki te mīhini. Pai ana te taurite o te takoto (TTT 1/5/1928:781). / The area in front was sown with grass and cut with a machine. The uniformity of how it lay was nice.
Synonyms: ōrite, ritenga, oho, āhua, āhuatanga, rite, whakaritenga, ariā, tairitenga
6. (noun) average, commonality.
I ngā tau tōmua o te mano tau 2000, ko te taurite o ngā whenua pupuri o ia rōpū pupuri ko te 59 heketea, me ngā kaipupuri e 73 te tokomaha (Te Ara 2013). / In the early 2000s an average land holding was 59 hectares, with 73 owners per title.
7. (noun) balance.
Ko te taurite te āhua o tā te ringatoi whakanoho i ngā āhuatanga hoahoa ki roto i tana mahinga toi, pērā i ngā wāhanga mātātea me ngā wāhanga mātāuri o tētahi mahinga toi ataata, o ngā oro mārū me ngā oro tīkā rānei i tētahi toi puoro (RTA 2014:172). / The balance is the way an artist arranges the basic design elements within an artwork, such as the light and dark areas of a piece of visual art, and the low and high pitched sounds of a piece of music (RTA 2014:172).
Synonyms: whakataurite, whārite, whakatautika, hangarite
