Te Ruānuku

Question 1

taiohi

Answer 1

(verb) to be young, youthful

I a ia ka taiohi nei i noho tonu a Huiatahi i te pāmu a tōna whānau mahi ai
When he was a young man Huiatahi lived on the family farm where he worked.

Question 2

pākarukaru

Answer 2

(verb)(-ngia,-a,-hia,-tia) to break into pieces, smash, shatter

Question 3

whānako

Answer 3

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to cheat, steal, rob, embezzle, misappropriate

Question 4

tūpono

Answer 4

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to come upon accidentally, happen, happen by chance, come about, chance upon

Question 5

uraura

Answer 5

(modifier) reddened, flushed

Question 6

wiriwiri

Answer 6

(verb) to tremble, shiver, shake, quiver

Question 7

ara tātai

Answer 7

(noun) Destiny

Question 8

kura huna

Answer 8

(noun) important knowledge

Question 9

hāereere

Answer 9

(verb)(-tia) to wander about, stroll, meander, roam, travel about

Question 10

hīnātore

Answer 10

(verb) to twinkle, glow with an unsteady light

Ehara tāku i te ui makihoi, whakateka rānei, engari he tino whakamatemate kē nei nōku kia tau mai he māramatanga ki a au, kia paku hīnātore noa mai rānei

Mine is not a rhetorical question, or a fabrication, but a real concern of mine to obtain some enlightenment, or even a glimmer of light.

Question 11

tūturi

Answer 11

(verb) to kneel, bend the knees

Question 12

takatū

Answer 12

(verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.

E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā huarākau katoa, arā, paramu, tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini huarākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are preparing to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plums, cherries, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.

Question 13

tōpito

Answer 13

(noun) end, extremity

Question 14

tauhou

Answer 14

(verb) to be strange, unacquainted, new, exotic, unfamiliar

Question 15

pākinikini

Answer 15

(verb) to ache, hurt, pain, suffer

Question 16

pōnānā

Answer 16

(verb) to be hurried, flustered, anxious, too eager, hasty

Question 17

kānapanapa

Answer 17

(stative) be gleaming, glistening

Question 18

pāiriiri

Answer 18

(verb) to be uneasy, troubled, upset, bothered, distressed, perturbed

Question 19

whāereere

Answer 19

(noun) mother ( of ones children), wife

Question 20

pā tūwatawata

Answer 20

(noun) Castle - fort defended by a stockade

Question 21

taurangi

Answer 21

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to guarantee, assure, promise, pledge

Question 22

huhua

Answer 22

(stative) be abundant, numerous

Question 23

huhuakore

Answer 23

(stative) be pointless, unfruitful, of no purpose

Question 24

tīwhiri

Answer 24

(noun) clue, means of discovering or disclosing something lost or hidden, hint, tip, pointer

Question 25

kehokeho

Answer 25

(modifier) clearly - used as an intensive following mārama

Question 26

awenga

Answer 26

(noun) influence, power, presence

Question 27

wenerau

Answer 27

(noun) envy, scorn - often used in the phrase te mūrau a te tini, te wenerau a te mano the dread of the multitude, the envy of thousands

Question 28

hōrakerake

Answer 28

(stative) be exposed, without shelter

Question 29

pūraurau

Answer 29

(verb) to be bitter (of feelings, speech, etc.), acrimonious

Question 30

anipā

Answer 30

(verb) to be anxious, uneasy, worried, apprehensive

(noun) anxiety, unease, uneasiness, worry, doubt, apprehension, misgiving, disquiet

Question 31

takeo

Answer 31

(verb) to be tedious, wearisome, trying, boring

Question 32

Ata pongipongi

Answer 32

(noun) dawn, daybreak

Question 33

koraha

Answer 33

(noun) open country, barren land, desert, wilderness, vacant area

Question 34

haumūmū

Answer 34

(verb) to be silent

Question 35

tahatū

Answer 35

(noun) horizon - usually in the phrase te tahatū o te rangi

Question 36

kākarauri

Answer 36

(noun) darkness (including for colour)

Question 37

whare ariki

Answer 37

(noun) royal house, royal party