Mihi Kupu Flashcards
horetātā
(verb) to be fierce, truculent, ferocious, belligerent, hostile
marutuna
(stative) be imposing, awe-inspiring, commanding
wehi
(verb)(-ngia) to be awesome, afraid, fear
horetītī
(verb) to be fierce, truculent, ferocious, belligerent, hostile
kauanuanu
(verb)(-tia) to respect, think highly of, admire, esteem, revere, venerate
pīpipi
(noun) cirrostratus - cloud forming a thin, fairly uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitude. Often used in the phrase pīpipi o te rangi
rongomaiwhiti
(noun) sacredness, uniqueness
pare kawakawa
(noun) mourning wreath (for the head), chaplet - garland of greenery worn by women at tangihanga
tāura
(noun) trainee, student, initiate
takatū
(verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.
kōmata o te rangi
(noun) zenith, highest point of the celestial sphere, acme, high point, pinnacle
mōteatea
(verb) to grieve
mātāwaka
(noun) kinship group, tribe, clan, race, ethnic group
pūatatangi
(noun) dawn chorus
ahunga
Noun direction (of movement), bearing, orientation
tōpū
(verb)(-tia) to be assembled, in a body, as a group
pītongatonga
(modifier) thick, impervious, impenetrable, impermeable
tīkoke
(modifier) high in the heavens, high, tall, towering, lofty
tūtarakauika
(noun) leader of a school of whales, personification of whales
tinei
(noun) extinguishment, elimination, obliteration, extinguishing
tārake
(modifier) isolated, standing out in the open
Tōna tikanga kia papā te whatitiri, kia hikohiko te uira, kia pōrukuruku te rangi i tō wehenga atu, engari i rangi pai huarere, i tau ko pakiwaru, ko te paki o Atutahi, te whetū tārake o te rangi (HM 1/1995). / The thunder is supposed to resound, the lightning flash and the sky be clouded over at your departure, but it’s a fine day, the fine weather has settled and it’s the fine weather of Canopus, the star that stands out in the sky.
“E kore e mōnehunehu te pūmahara ki ngā momo rangatira o neherā, nā rātou nei i toro te nukuroa o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa me Papatūānuku. Ko ngā tohu a ō rātou tapuwae i kākahutia ki runga i te mata o te whenua – he taonga, he tapu.”
Time will not dim the memory of the special class of rangatira of the past who braved the wide expanse of the ocean and land. Their sacred footprints are scattered over the surface of the land, treasured and sacred.
tāwhati
(verb) to die, pass away, pass on
ikapahi
(verb)(-tia) to assemble, come together, congregate
pūhangaiti
(verb) to lie in a heap
pani
(verb)(-a) to smear, spread (anything upon something else), daub, paint, polish
whakarei
(verb)(-a) to ornament, embellish
tokomatua
(noun) group (of people), gang, band, work gang
