Kupu Hou 4: MARAE Flashcards
(noun) courtyard, public forum - open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors takes place and issues are debated. This area is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issue.
marae ātea
(noun) carved figure on the gable of a meeting house, figurehead (of a canoe).
tekoteko
(noun) official welcome speech - speech acknowledging those present at a gathering.
[w]hakatau
](ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ)
(noun) bargeboards - the facing boards on the gable of a house, the lower ends of which are often ornamented with carving, or a house so adorned.
maihi
(noun) ornamental lattice-work - used particularly between carvings around the walls of meeting houses.
tukutuku
(noun) blade (of a paddle, etc.), anything broad and flat.
Projecting ends of the maihi or bargeboards.
rapa
short boards at the front of the wharenui representing legs
amo
burial grounds, cemetery
urupā
kitchen
kīhini
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
local people of a marae
haukāinga
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
(noun) gift, token, pledge, donation, tip (money).
takoha
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
(noun) procedure where local speakers speak first
pāeke
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
protective incantation - used as a group approaches the marae of another kinship group
waerea
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
(noun) ceremony to remove tapu
marae protocol
kawa
unveiling of headstone
hura kōhatu
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
challenge
wero
carving
[w]hakairo
](ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ)
ritual chant
tauparapara
ᴺᵍāᵖᵘʰᶦ
(noun) spiritual home, home place
tūrangawaewae
(noun) post supporting the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
pou tūārongo
poutūārongo
poutuarongo
(noun) centre pole supporting the ridge pole of a meeting house.
pou tokomanawa
poutokomanawa
(noun) correct procedure, custom, habit, lore, method, manner, rule, way, code, meaning, plan, practice, convention.
tikanga
(noun) speaking procedure where local and visiting speakers alternate.
tāutuutu
tau utuutu
rafter
heke
