Waiata Tawhito

Question 1

tukutuku

Answer 1

(verb)(-a,-na) to let go, let down, get down, send

Question 2

heihei

Answer 2

(noun) noise, disturbance, commotion, storm

Question 3

Mamange

Answer 3

Heavy mist

Question 4

oreore

Answer 4

(verb)(-a,-tia) to bore, drill

Question 5

mākutu

Answer 5

(verb)(-ria,-tia) to inflict physical and psychological harm and even death through spiritual powers, bewitch, cast spells

Question 6

Waka o Tamarēreti

Answer 6

, Te: (location) Tamarēreti's Canoe - a constellation in the shape of a huge canoe. Tautoru (Orion's Belt) forms the stern while Tail of the Scorpion is the prow. Māhutonga (The Southern Cross) is the anchor and The Pointers are Te Taura o te Waka o Tamarēreti (the anchor line). The canoe is known as Uruao.

Question 7

whakahaere

Answer 7

(verb)(-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to organise, cause to go, conduct, operate, lead, execute, direct, manage, control, administer, institute, implement, perform

Question 8

paepae

Answer 8

(noun) orators’ bench

Question 9

pikitanga

Answer 9

(noun) ascent, slope (of a mountain, etc.)

Question 10

heketanga

Answer 10

(noun) descent, downward slope
decent, decline (e.g. of the sun)
migration

Question 11

whakapuke

Answer 11

(verb) to begin to rise (of feelings, water, etc.)

Question 12

kōharihari

Answer 12

(verb) to be in pain

Question 13

nehu

Answer 13

(verb)(-a) to bury, inter

Question 14

āio

Answer 14

(stative) be calm, at peace

Question 15

toka

Answer 15

(verb) to be firm, solid, satisfied

Question 16

whakatutuki

Answer 16

(verb)(-a,-ngia,-tia) to carry to completion, complete, finish, accomplish, fulfil, execute

Question 17

whatiwhati

Answer 17

(verb)(-a) to collect, assemble, gather

Question 18

tāwhangawhanga

Answer 18

(modifier) headlong, hastily, hurriedly, impetuously

Question 19

pāhua

Answer 19

(verb)(-tia) to plunder, rob, loot, raid, ransack, pillage, steal

Question 20

poapoa

Answer 20

(verb)(-ina,-tia) to induce, entice

Question 21

Pōrutu

Answer 21

Ka āta pōrutu mai ngā ngaru ki te ākau (Ng 1993:40). / The waves break gently along the strand (Ng 1993:40).

Question 22

takapou

Answer 22

(noun) floor mat
(noun) karakia lifting the tapu to enable the entry of women into the house and spreading the mat of occupation and use - the spreading of the takapou was used in ceremonies involving tapu

Question 23

whakarua

Answer 23

(noun) north-east, north-east breeze, north-easterly, east-north east, easterly breeze

Question 24

marangai

Answer 24

(noun) east wind, east, rainstorm, bad weather

Question 25

whakamahuki

Answer 25

(verb)(-na,-tia) to explain, elucidate, enlighten

Question 26

tuaki

Answer 26

(verb)(-na) to gut, disembowel (fish or birds), dissect

Question 27

kohika

Answer 27

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to pull out, tear off, pull off, extract

Question 28

tauheke

Answer 28

(noun) old man, male forbear, elder

Question 29

kūrae

Answer 29

(noun) headland, promontory, peninsula

Question 30

poho

Answer 30

(noun) chest, bosom, seat of affections, stomach

Question 31

whakamana

Answer 31

(verb)(-a,-hia,-ia,-ngia,-tia) to give authority to, give effect to, give prestige to, confirm, enable, authorise, legitimise, empower, validate, enact, grant

Question 32

whakaeo

Answer 32

He karakia whakaeo i te hoariri (JPS 1897:51). / A ritual chant to weaken the enemy.

Question 33

ue

Answer 33

(verb)(-a,-tia) to push, shove, shake

Question 34

kupu whakaari

Answer 34

(noun) prophetic sayings of charismatic leaders

Question 35

tāwhi: (verb)(-a,-tia)

Answer 35

to hold, hold back, suppress (feelings), withhold Tāwhia kia mau, kia ita i roto i te heketanga o te wānanga o ngā karakia o te kete tūātea i a koe, e koro, e! Retain and hold firm, be steadfast in the inherited knowledge of the ritual chants of the art of magic that you possess, sir!

Question 36

whakatahe

Answer 36

(verb)(-a,-ngia,-tia) to cause to abort, have a miscarriage

Question 37

parekura

Answer 37

(noun) battle, slaughter, massacre, calamity, battlefield (verb)(-tia) to fight a battle

Question 38

matapopore

Answer 38

(verb)(-tia) to watch over, careful of, cherish E te iwi, kia mataara, kia matapopore kei riro koutou i ngā whakawai a ngā tauiwi People, be alert, be watchful or you will fall to the temptations of the foreigners. (noun) guardianship, care

Question 39

pirau

Answer 39

(verb) to be put out, extinguished, rotten, beaten, defeated

Question 40

hōkai

Answer 40

(verb) to be extended, embracing a wide angle, far apart, at a distance (noun) spasmodic movement (of the limbs)

Question 41

tapuwae

Answer 41

(noun) footprint, tread

Question 42

tūāuri

Answer 42

(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 (M 2006:15).

Question 43

kete tūātea

Answer 43

(noun) basket of ancestral knowledge of mākutu and whaiwhaiā and evil, including war one of the three baskets of knowledge and also includes agriculture, tree or wood work, stone work and earth works.

Question 44

kete o te wānanga

Answer 44

(noun) baskets of knowledge - these are the three baskets of knowledge obtained for mankind by the god Tāne, known primarily as the god of the forests and all that dwells within them. To acquire the baskets of knowledge, Tāne had to ascend to the twelfth heaven, to Te Toi-o-ngā-rangi, and there be ushered into the presence of the Supreme God, of Io-matua-kore himself, to make his request. The request was granted and hence the knowledge we now have in our possession and at our disposal. Tāne had to reconnoitre and negotiate eleven other heavens before ascending to the twelfth and there receive the knowledge he sought. The three baskets of knowledge are usually called te kete tuauri, te kete tuatea and te kete aronui.

Question 45

kete aronui

Answer 45

(noun) basket of knowledge of aroha, peace and the arts and crafts which benefit the Earth and all living things - one of the three baskets of knowledge. This basket relates to knowledge acquired through careful observation of the environment. It is also the basket of ritual, of literature, philosophy and is sometimes regarded as the basket of the humanities. Haramai, e mau tō ringa ki te kete tuauri, ki te kete tuatea, ki te kete aronui, i pikitia e Tāne-nui-a-rangi i te ara tauwhāiti, i te Pū-motomoto o Tikitiki-o-rangi. Come, grasp in your hand the kit of sacred knowledge, the kit of ancestral knowledge, the kit of life's knowledge, procured when the renowned-Tāne-of-the-heavens ascended by the tenuous pathway, thro' the Entrance to the Uppermost-heaven

Question 46

tiritiri

Answer 46

(verb)(-a) to plant, till (the soil), cultivate Kei te tiritiri te wahine i te one. The woman is tilling the soil.

Question 47

poupou

Answer 47

(verb) to be at its height, on the meridian, aloft (of the sun) (noun) wall-pillars, post, pole, upright slabs forming the framework of the walls of a house, carved wall figures, peg, stake

Question 48

whaiao

Answer 48

(noun) daylight, world of light - a word usually coupled with ao mārama

Question 49

āio

Answer 49

(modifier) calm, peaceful, tranquil

Question 50

karapiti

Answer 50

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to put or fasten together side by side, pinch

Question 51

huti

Answer 51

(verb)(hūtia) to pull out, pull up, haul up - the u becomes a long vowel in the passive form

Question 52

hāpai : (verb)(-a,-nga)

Answer 52

to set out, set off, start out, get under way (of a journey, etc.) - especially when used with the passive ending

Question 53

ngana

Answer 53

(noun) determination, persistence, tenacity, perseverance, pluck, endeavour

Question 54

maranga

Answer 54

(verb) to rise up, get up, arise

Question 55

nawa

Answer 55

(interjection) used at the end of stanzas with no apparent meaning, often in the forms i nawa, mā nawa, mau nawa, kai mau nawa

Question 56

mataaho

Answer 56

(verb) clear, evident