whakamate kōhuru
1. (noun) murder.
Tēnā, kitea nuitia ana ngā tohu o te ngākau kino, he ngākau kōhuru anō tō te tangata i mate nei tērā i a ia, nā, ka meinga anō hei whakamate kōhuru (NToI 1858:35). / But when indications are of malice and murderous intention on the part of the killer are manifest, it is said to be murder.
See also kōhuru
kōhuru
1. (verb) (-tia) to act treacherously, ill-treat, murder, assassinate - the infliction of serious injury without just cause. Has connotations of treachery and stealth.
I te ata ka kitea kua kōhuru te kōtiro i a ia. E takoto tahanga ana i te hope ki te kakī - he mea pupuhi nāna tōna uma ki te pū (TKO 12/5/1918:10). / In the morning is was discovered that the girl had murdered him. He lay naked from the waist to the neck - she had shot him in the chest with the gun.
2. (modifier) treacherously.
Nō te 5 o ngā rā o Āperira ka pūhia kōhurutia te Piriniha o Weiri ki te teihana o te rerewē i Parahara, te tino tāone o Peratiamu, e tētahi tamaiti tāne, 15 ngā tau ko Hipito te ingoa, engari kāore te Piriniha i tū (TP 1/4/1900:11). / On 5 April the Prince of Wales was treacherously shot at the railway station in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, by a 15 year old boy, whose name was Sipido, but the Prince was not wounded.
3. (noun) murder, homicide, assassination.
Ki tō te Māori ritenga, mehemea i patua tētahi tangata i te wā o te whawhai, ehara tērā i te kōhuru (TWMNT 18/6/1873:63). / According to Māori custom, if somebody was killed at the time of war that is not murder.
Synonyms: whakapiko, whakamate kōhuru
tangata kōhuru
1. (noun) murderer, assassin, killer.
Kua whakatīwhetatia te tangata kōhuru e tāna i patu ai (HM 2/2009:10). / The murderer is tormented by the person he killed.
Synonyms: kaikōhuru
kaikōhuru
1. (noun) murderer, assassin.
I runga i tō rāua nonoketanga ko te kaikōhuru ka motu tōna ringa i te heu, ka ngaua tōna ringa (TP 5/1904:3). / In their struggle the murderer cut his arm with the razor and bit his arm.
Synonyms: tangata kōhuru
2. (noun) bending.
He ngāwari te kōwhai me te mānuka, taea noatia te whakapiko mō ngā tāwhiti hopu manu, kiore hoki (Te Ara 2014). / Kōwhai and mānuka were easy to bend for snares to trap birds and rats.
3. (noun) murder, slaughter, massacre.
I mate tōku matua i te whakapiko i mea i Katotehe (W 1971:281). / My father was killed at the massacre that occurred at Katotehe.
Synonyms: whārona awatea, tārukenga, parekura, kōhuru, whakamate kōhuru
hikutoto
1. (noun) expedition to avenge murder.
Hei ngaki i tana mate ka hiki atu tana hikutoto ki te rautipu, kātahi ka pōkia te pā o Whakaepa, ka whārona awateatia te tini o te tangata (TTR 1990:146). / To avenge the death he raised his war party to retaliate, and then over-ran the pā of Whakaepa, slaughtering masses of people.
2. (noun) cold-blooded murder.
Ka pōuri te ngākau mō te tōwhare o taua wahine. / One is saddened about the cold-blooded murder of that woman.
waiata tangi
1. (noun) lament - song of mourning with no set actions sung especially at tangihanga. There are waiata tangi for peaceful deaths, deaths resulting from an accident, murder or having been killed in battle. The most numerous class of the traditional songs.
