arawhiti
1. (noun) bridge.
E karapoti ana te rohe o Ngāti Tūwharetoa i te moana o Taupō. Ko te arawhiti o Mihi te paenga whenua ki te raki, ko te pae maunga o Hauhungaroa ki te uru, ko te pae maunga o Kaimanawa ki te rāwhiti, ko te Rohe Tāpui ā-Iwi o Tongariro ki te tonga (Te Ara 2015). / Ngāti Tūwharetoa’s tribal area surrounds Lake Taupō. Mihi’s Bridge is the boundary in the north, the Hauhungaroa Ranges in the west, the Kaimanawa Mountains in the east and Tongariro National Park in the south.
2. (noun) bridge.
Ko te arawhata i Ōmāhu me tērā i Te Pakipaki kua riro i te wai (TWMNT 25/1/1876:20). / The bridge at Ōmāhu and that at Pakipaki have been washed away by the water.
3. (noun) steps, stairs.
I ēnei rā, tū ai te whare karakia Mihinare o Whakatū ki runga o Cathedral Hill, ā, kake ai koe ki runga mā tētahi arawhata raima (Te Ara 2015). / These days, Nelson’s Anglican cathedral stands at the top of Cathedral Hill, and you climb up to it via some concrete steps.
arohata
1. (noun) bridge, ladder.
E kore rawa e puta te tangata mōmona i taua ara, ko te arohata me eke whakauaua te tangata (TWM 2/5/1871:7). / A fat person would never be able to travel that way, a person could only get on to the bridge with great difficulty.
See also arawhata
3. (noun) fleet (of canoes, etc.), flotilla.
I ngā rā tōmua o Oketopa 1844, ka rere whaka-te-raki ia i roto i tētahi kahupapa waka itiiti. Nō tō rātou taenga ki te kūrae o Paparoa i te 10 o Oketopa, ka ākina e te au tuke, ka tahia atu a Tūhawaiki ki te moana (TTR 1990:370). / Early in October 1844 he sailed north in a flotilla of small boats. When they reached Paparoa Point on 10 October, they were buffeted by heavy seas and Tūhawaiki was swept overboard.
4. (noun) raft.
I te raumati ka kapi katoa ngā awa nui i te kahupapa rākau e whakaheke ana ki ngā mira (TWMNT 17/9/1873:109). / In summer the main rivers are all covered with timber rafts being guided down to the mills.
5. (noun) floor, platform.
I kī ngā Māori i tupu ake aua rākau i ngā neke me ngā rākau o te kahupapa o Tainui, te waka i rere mai ai ngā tāngata i Hawaiki (TWMNT 1/2/1879:292). / The Māori said that those trees grew from the rollers and the wood of the platform of Tainui, the canoe that the people sailed here on from Hawaiki.
Synonyms: kaupapa, kāraho, whatārangi, ahurewa, atamira, raho, rahoraho, tūāpapa
whiti
1. (transitive verb) (-a) to change, turn, exchange, transfer, transpose, swap.
Ka whitia e ia te rapa o tōna taiaha ki runga; ka ruia ngā awe, ka pūaha (JPS 1911:22). / He turned the blade of his taiaha upwards, and shook its tuft of dog's hair so that it opened out.
Kai ētahi o ngā whakapapa ka whitiwhiti haere te whakanoho i ngā tīpuna, ko te tāne ka waiho hei tamaiti mā te wahine, ko ngā tīpuna ka waiho hei mokopuna, ko ngā mokopuna ka whitikia atu hei tīpuna (TJ 8/3/1900:8). / With some of the genealogies the placings of the ancestors have been transposed, the husband has been made the son of the wife, the grandparents have been made as grandchildren, and grandchildren have been swopped to be grandparents.
2. (intransitive verb) (-a) to cross over (a river, bridge, etc.), reach the opposite side.
Haere ai te mano ki Takapuna āhuareka ai, tākarokaro ai, i ngā wa e wātea ana i te mahi. Whiti ai ki ngā tima i ngā hāora katoa, i te ata, ahiahi noa, kākarauri noa, pōuri noa (KO 14/6/1884:3). / Thousands go to Takapuna for entertainment and recreation when they are free from work. The ferries cross all the time, in the morning, afternoon, at dusk and when it's dark.
3. (noun) cross beam, crosspiece, crossbar.
Nā, ka mahia te waka, koirā ngā toki i tāraia ai te waka, ā ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The canoe was then adzed out, hewn with those adzes. The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; finished were the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering oars of the prow and stern.
