Wāhine Toa Flashcards
tāpua
(verb) to stand out, be prominent, significant
tūrehu
(noun) fairy folk - mythical being of human form with light skin and fair hair
puiaki
(noun) treasure, prize
(adjective) be rare, precious, valued, prized
iāianā
(location) now
hemanga
(noun) empty space, void, container only partially filled
haumūmūtanga
(noun) silence
Kāti, e Mate, haere rā i tō tira mokemoke ki tō tāua tini, ki tō tāua mano e kāpunipuni mai rā i te haumūmūtanga o te tangata, haere atu rā
Well, Mate, go with your lonely travelling party to our many ancestors gathered in silence, farewell.
oreore
(verb) to shake, quiver, move
mātātupu
(verb) to begin to sprout
tuaukiuki
(modifier) old, of long-standing, established, ancient
kōpū
(noun) belly, abdomen
ai
(verb)(-tia) to copulate, have sex, make love
Mā Kahutia-te-rangi e kake tōku whare, mā te tamaiti i aitia ki runga ki te takapau wharanui
Kahutia-te-rangi, the son conceived on the takapau wharanui (in lawful wedlock), can climb onto my house.
mawehe
(verb) to be separated, parted
matenui
(verb)(-hia,-tia) to desire earnestly, show attention, desire desperately
mōhukihuki
(noun) yearning, longing, wish, desire
ahuahu
(verb)(-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to tend, foster, fashion, shape
hae
(noun) envy, dislike, jealousy
io
(noun) sinew, muscle, nerve, nervous system
paihere
(verb)(-a,-ngia,-tia) to bind together in a bundle
tuki
(verb)(-a) to attack, knock down, tackle, butt, gore
pūmau
: (verb) to be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful, staunch
Koirā te hunga i kite ia i pūmau tonu ki ngā tikanga o te tapu
That was the group he saw were true to the practices of tapu.
tōnuitanga
(noun) prosperity, abundance, plenty
popore
(verb)(-a,-tia) to desire, wish anxiously for, want, show favour to, treat kindly
ngākau kore
(verb) to be disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited, indifferent
auru
(verb)(-hia,-ngia,-tia) to break off, pluch up, pull out, destroy
Aurutia mai ngā tarutaru
Pull out the weeds, please.
auaha
(modifier) creative, innovative
pūhaehae
(stative) be envious, jealous
nukarau
(verb)(-tia) to deceive
tuauri
(modifier) ancient
Kete tuauri, kete tuatea, kete aronui: Ko ngā kete o te wānanga i tīkina e Tāne i a Io-matua
Kit of sacred knowledge, kit of ancestral knowledge, kit of life’s knowledge. These are the kits of knowledge that Tāne fetched from Io the-parent
whāioio
(modifier) long ago - intensifies tūāuri, tūāuriuri, tuauri and tuauriuri where these are used to indicate a time in the distant past
tawhiti
(verb) to be distant, far away, widely separated in space or time, remote
rikiriki
(modifier) altogether, exceedingly - an intensifier especially following words involving pain, painful emotions or the senses
Tēnei tētahi kōrero pōuri mō te matenga o tētahi tangata ko Hāmuera Rīwai o Tikokino i kai i te waipiro i ngā rā tīmatanga o Āperira, ā, haere ana ki te mīhiini patu witi e mahi ana, ākina ana tōna ringaringa ki te taramu, naomia mai ana e te taramu kongakonga rikiriki tōna ringaringa, ā, mate tonu iho i te ata o tētahi rangi
This is a sad story about the death of Samuel Rīwai of Tikokino who drank liquor at the beginning of April, and he went to the wheat threshing machine when it was operating and he shoved his arm into the drum and when the drum grabbed it his arm was cut up into exceedingly small bits and he died on the morning of the next day.Kai rikiriki ai te aroha i au ki te iwi rā ē, ka tokona ki tawhiti
Sorrow is utterly consuming me for the tribe separated afar off.
