1
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āwhā
A
storm, gale
2
Q
āwhiowhio
A
whirlwind, tornado
3
Q
hau
A
wind
4
Q
hau maiangi
A
light wind
5
Q
hau pūkeri
A
strong wind
6
Q
hau raki
A
northerly wind
7
Q
hau tonga
A
southerly wind
8
Q
hāuaua
A
drizzle, light rain
9
Q
hauāuru
A
west, west wind
10
Q
hiko
A
to flash, lightning, electricity
11
Q
huka
A
snow
12
Q
hukapapa
A
frost
13
Q
hukarere
A
to snow, snow
14
Q
hukātara
A
hail
15
Q
kapua
A
cloud
16
Q
kohu
A
fog, mist
17
Q
kōpatapata
A
light rain (falling in drops which can be heard hitting the ground)
18
Q
kōruki
A
be cloudy, overcast
19
Q
kōuaua
A
sprinkling rain, scattered light rain
20
Q
mao, maomao
A
to stop raining
21
Q
marangai
A
bad weather, rain storm, east wind
22
Q
paki
A
be fine, fine weather
23
Q
tīaho
A
to shine (of the moon)
24
Q
tūpuhi
A
storm, gale
25
ua (-ina)
to rain, rain
26
ua kōnehunehu
drizzling rain and mist
27
ua whatu,
hukātara
hail
28
uira
to flash, lightning, electricity
29
waipuke (-tia)
to flood, flood
30
whaitiri, whatitiri
thunder
31
whiti (-a)
to shine (of the sun)
32
Kei te hukarere a Ruatāhuna
Ruatāhuna is under snow
33
Kei te heke te ua; kei te pupuhi hoki te hau
The rain is falling, and the wind is blowing.
34
Kua tauria ngā maunga e te kohu.
The mist has settled on the mountains.
35
Mā tonu te whenua ki te hukapapa.
The ground was quite white with frost.
36
I tino karawhiu te marangai.
The rain really lashed down.
37
tio
1. (verb) (-a) to be sharp, piercing (of the cold).
2. (modifier) freezing.
3. (noun) ice, freezing cold.
4. (noun) rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata - a bivalve mollusc found cemented to rocks below high tide. Because of its clustering habit it assumes varied shapes. Found only on the northern coast of the North Island.
5. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
38
paihuarere
1. (noun) perfect weather, fine weather.
39
kōmaru
1. (stative) be cloudy.
2. (noun) sun.
3. (noun) sail.
40
mahea
## Footnote
Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63).
1. (verb) to be cleared away, free from obstruction, clear.
## Footnote
Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.
41
pōkēao
## Footnote
Tērā te pōkēao ka riakina mai kei Te Ponanga (M 2007:16).
1. (noun) dark cloud.
## Footnote
A dark cloud rises from Te Ponanga.
42
tīhore
## Footnote
Tīhore mai i uta, tīhore mai i tai, he rangi ka maomao (W 1971:416).
E tīhore ana te pō, he hukapapa (W 1971:416).
3. (verb) to clear up (of rain).
4. 4. (verb) to be cloudless (of the sky).
## Footnote
The rain's clearing on shore and at sea, it's a day when the rain will stop.
The night is clearing, there will be a frost.
43
kaiwaka
## Footnote
He kapua pōuri ngā kaiwaka kei runga i te paerangi. He tohu aituā tēnei (Te Ara 2015).
1. (noun) threatening clouds (on the horizon).
## Footnote
"*This thing*" are threatening clouds on the horizon. This a sign of misfortune.
44
okewa
## Footnote
He okewa, meāke tātau rokohanga e te ua (W 1971:239).
1. (noun) nimbus - large grey rain cloud.
## Footnote
It's nimbus cloud, soon we'll have rain.
45
huripari
## Footnote
I huna te whānau i roto i tētahi ana i te kino o te huripari.
1. (noun) hurricane, cyclone, tornado, typhoon.
## Footnote
The family hid in a cave because the fierce storm was so terrible.
46
anu
## Footnote
Ka tōkia tō kiri e te anu kōpata (M 2004:264).
1. (noun) cold.
## Footnote
Your skin is moistened by the cold dew.
47
matapae huarere
## Footnote
Kei te koa ngā kaipatu ahi i te matapae huarere mō te pō nei, i te mea, mā te ua e māmā ake ai ā rātou mahi i te pō tiripapā o Guy Fawkes.
1. (noun) weather forecast, weather report.
## Footnote
The firefighters are happy with the weather forecast for tonight because the rain will make their work easier on Guy Fawkes night.
48
tāmaru
## Footnote
Heoti anō ko te rangi i pai rā, kua tāmarutia e te pōkēao (NM 1928:197).
He rangi tāmaru (W 1971:376).
Kua tino kaha rawa atu te wera, ahakoa te tāmaru o taua rangi (TPH 30/12/1900:7).
1. (verb) (-tia) to shade, cloud, overshadow.
2. (modifier) cloudy, overcast, shady.
3. (noun) overcast, gloom.
## Footnote
And so the sky that was so beautiful was overshadowed by a dark cloud.
An overcast day.
It had become extremely hot, despite being an overcast day.
49
paki o Hewa,
paki o Rangi
## Footnote
Ko te paki o Hewa ngā rangi o tana tangihanga, erangi, nō te amohanga atu i te kāwhena ki runga o Taupiri, ka whakaheke te ua tātā (TTR 1996:229).
Te paki o Autahi: Mō te rangi ātaahua. He pēnā i te 'paki o Hewa, 'te paki o Ruhi', 'te paki o Rangi' (M 2005:248).
1. fine weather.
## Footnote
For the days of the tangihanga the weather was fine, but as the coffin was borne onto Taupiri heavy rain fell.
The calm of Canopus: For a beautiful day. Similar to 'the calm of Hewa', 'the calm of Ruhi', 'the calm of Rangi'.
50
matatea
## Footnote
I tēnei wā kua karapotia katoatia te ope manuao o Tiamani, kāore rawa he wāhi i matatea (TKO 12/1/1919:9).
Kikī tonu taua wāhi i te tāngata, kāore he wāhi matatea, ko te wāhi anake i whakaritea mō mātou (TP 1/12/1902:6).
1. (stative) be open, clear, free of, fair (of weather).
2. 2. (modifier) open, clear, free.
## Footnote
At this time the Germany's fleet of battleships was completely surrounded, there wasn't a single place open.
That place was crowded with people, there wasn't a clear place, apart from the place set aside for us.
51
pārū
## Footnote
Nā te rerekē o te huarere, kīhai te kūmara i tipu i te roanga o te tau pērā i ngā takiwā pārū (Te Ara 2012).
1. (modifier) dull, sultry (especially of the weather), tropical.
## Footnote
Because of the difference in climate the kūmara would not grow year-round as it does in the tropics.
52
puata
1. (stative) be clear, transparent.
2. (verb) to become clear (of the weather).
3. (noun) dawn.
53
pūhuka
## Footnote
He pūhuka ngā rā o Hōngongoi.
Ahakoa taku koti me te paraikete, ka werohia au i te pūhuka, ka pāngia au e te tūhauwiri.
1. (adjective) be snowy, cold, wintry - of the weather.
2. (noun) cold wind.
## Footnote
The days of July are wintry.
Despite my coat and the blanket, I was overcome by the piercing cold wind and shivering.
54
hauwhenua
## Footnote
Pupuhi mai ai te hauwhenua i te tuawhenua, arā, mai i uta ki tai.
1. (noun) land wind, land breeze.
## Footnote
The land breeze blows from inland, that is, from the land to the sea.
55
haumoana
sea breeze
56
haukū
## Footnote
He hanga ia e puta mai ana i roto i ngā ana o te ngākau o te whenua - ngā wāhi e mākū ana, e haukū ana, e kore ana e pūhia e te hau, e kore ana e whitingia e te rā (TWM 6/2/1868:3).
Ka miria e te hauku a Papa-tū-a-nuku (TTT 1/3/1930:2006).
1. (stative) be damp, covered in dew.
2. (noun) dew, damp, moisture.
## Footnote
But it's something emerging from within the caves of the heart of the land - the places that are wet, damp, never blown by the wind and never shone on by the sun.
Papa-tū-ā-nuku is caressed by the dew.
57
hauhunga,
haupapa
frost
58
rangi mokopuna,
rā mōmōhanga
fine winter's day
59
Kei te hukarere a Ruatāhuna.
## Footnote
Remember: when a locative or place is the subject of a sentence, it is preceded by 'a', as above.
Te Pihinga p24
Ruatāhuna is under the snow.
60
Ka heke te ua; ka pupuhi hoki te hau.
The rain will fall, and the wind will blow
61
Kua tauria ngā maunga e te kohu.
The mist has settled on the mountains.
62
Mā tonu te whenua i te hukapapa.
The ground was quite white with frost.
63
I te tino karawhiu te marangai.
The rain really lashed down.
