kaimātakitaki
1. (noun) observer, spectator, onlooker, audience.
Heoi ka hurō te kaimātakitaki, me te whai haere e kore e taro kua karanga mai te kaimātakitaki, "Parao! Parao te Niu Tireni" me te hurō haere ana (TAH 25:22). / So the onlookers called out to us and followed us and it was not long before the spectators began to shout, ‘Bravo, bravo, New Zealand’ shouting all the while.
Synonyms: kaitirotiro, kaimataara, kaititiro
whakatātare
1. (verb) (-tia) to scrutinize, inspect, look intently, peek.
Ko te tangata i ahu mai nei tētahi wāhi o tōna mātauranga i te Pākehā he tangata e whakatōngātia, e haea, e whakatātaretia, e ngau tuarātia e ngā tāngata kūware (TKO 31/8/1920:5). / The person whose knowledge comes partly from the Pākehā is a person who is criticized, envied, scrutinized and subjected to backbiting by ignorant people.
Synonyms: matawai, whakatare, whakataretare, titiro whakatau, whakangeingei, whātare, karapa
2. (modifier) studying intently, looking intently.
Ka maha tēnei ngā tau i titiro whakatātare ai au ki ngā mahi a ngā tohunga, ā, kei te titiro whakatātare tonu (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / For many years I looked intently at the activities of the tohunga, and I am still studying them.
3. (noun) close scrutiny, intense observation, inspection.
Kua ngaro atu he tohunga, kua ara mai he tohunga, ā, kāhore anō kia kitea e au he rerenga kētanga nā konei ko wai te tangata e amuamu, e riri mō taku whakatātare (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / One tohunga disappears, another arises, and I haven't yet found any difference and so who is the person that will grumble and be angry about my close scrutiny.
konihi
1. (verb) (-tia) to creep, sneak up on, go stealthily.
Mahara noa ia ko te tāne pea tēnei e hoki mai ana i te ngahere; nō te āta tirohanga atu, aue rā! Ko te wahine e konihi haere mai ana me te naihi kokonaiti i te ringa e mau ana (TWM 6/2/1864). / He thought that it might be a man returning from the forest, but when he looked carefully, oh dear! It was a women creeping along with a knife for splitting coconuts held in her hand.
2. (verb) (-tia) to attack by stealth, attack by surprise.
Kātahi ngā Pākehā ka mea ki te whawhai, kātahi ka rapu utu mō ō rātou tūpāpaku i mate ki Puketākauere i a Waikato, mō ā rātou taonga i riro i a Waikato, mō ngā Pākehā i konihitia e Waikato (TH 1/12/1860:2). / Then the Pākehā decided to fight and to seek revenge for their casualties who were killed at Puketākauere by Waikato, for their possessions taken by Waikato, and for the Pākehā who were attacked by surprise by Waikato.
3. (modifier) stealthily, avoiding observation.
E haere ana rātou, inamata e whakataka ana te ara konihi a Te Puhi-huia rātou ko ngā hoa (NM 1928:143). / They are going, but immediately Te Puhi-huia and her companions take a circuitous route along a path avoiding observation.
4. (noun) marauding party moving stealthily.
Ko tēnei, ehara i te pūhaehae, engari he mauāhara, he hiahia rapu utu mō ngā mea i mate i te konihi, i te hīanga (KO 2/1/1890:4). / This was not jealousy, but hatred, a desire to seek revenge for the ones killed by the marauding party moving stealthily and with deception.
5. (noun) predator.
Ka noho te kina ki raro toka, ki roto kapiti rānei ki raro i te papa o te tai pari. He rite tonu te wā e mau ana ngā kōhatu, angaanga, rimurapa hoki ki a ia hei huna i a ia mai i ngā tāmure me ētahi atu konihi (Te Ara 2015). / Sea urchins live under rocks or in crevices under rock shelves on the shore below the high-tide mark. They often have small stones, shells, and kelp on them to hide from snapper and other predators.
kitenga
1. (noun) seeing, sighting, finding, observation, perception, view.
Te kitenga mai o Ngāti Rangi i te ope e whati ana ko te whakaputanga mai i te pā, i Pou-e-rua (NIT 1995:331). / Ngāti Rangi, seeing the party fleeing, came forth from their fort, Pou-e-rua.
Synonyms: mātakitaki, kite, rongo, aroā, mōhiotanga
mātātaki
1. (verb) (-na) to challenge.
Ko te whakaaro o Te Kooti, he mātātaki i te Kīngi, i a Tāwhiao. I mea ia, ko ia kē hei ārahi i te iwi Māori ki te taha wairua (TTR 1990:218). / Te Kooti intended to challenge the King, Tāwhiao. He said that he should be the spiritual leader of the Māori people.
2. (verb) (-na) to inspect, watch, inspect, examine, observe, gaze at.
See also mātakitaki
2. (verb) to watch, witness, observe.
Hei whakaatu tēnā he mate te kohi nō ngā iwi katoa o te ao, ā, kei te mataara ngā tākuta o ia iwi, o ia iwi, me ngā iwi anō hoki, ki te kimi 'rākau' hei kaupare atu i te mate nei (TTT 1/5/1930:2050). / That shows that tuberculosis affects all peoples of the world and the doctors of each nation, along with the people themselves, are observing and seeking a 'weapon' to ward off this disease.
3. (noun) vigilance, alertness, watchfulness.
I runga i tō rātou mataara ka mōhiotia e rātou te rā me te tima hei rerenga mōna, ka tāria mai nei e rātou i te moana (TKO 15/6/1916:9). / Because of their alertness, they knew the day and the ship he would sail on, which they waited for at sea.
4. (noun) song of a watchman.
See also mataaraara
mātai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to inspect, examine, investigate, scan, observe, note.
Haere ki te mātai i ō waka (W 1971:187). / Go and inspect your pigeon troughs.
Synonyms: pitopito kōrero, matawai, karapa, titiro, tiro, mātaki, mātakitaki, mataara, mātātaki
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to gaze at intently, gaze longingly.
Tāu mahi he mātai: kāore koe e whakamā? (W 1971:187). / You are staring: aren't you embarrassed?
3. (noun) field of study, -ology - used with names of fields of science, e.g. mātai puia for volcanology.
He peka matua te mātai koiora o te mātauranga pūtaiao e aro ana ki ngā mea ora i roto anō i ō rātou pūnaha hauropi (RP 2009:279). / Biology is a major branch of science focusing on living things in their ecosystems.
mātaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to gaze, watch, inspect, examine, observe.
2. (noun) inspection.
He mea āta uiui nāna ngā tikanga katoa o taua kura, me te āhua o ngā mahi; me tana mātaki anō i ngā rūma moenga, i ērā atu wāhi katoa hoki o te whare, tae rawa ki te whareumu kia kite i te āhua o ngā mahi tao kai (TKO 3/1914:3). / He asked about all procedures in that school; with his inspection of the dormitories and other parts of the building, including the kitchen to see the quality of the cooking.
mātakitaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to gaze, watch, inspect, examine, observe.
Ka mutu te harirū, ka haere a Tā Hōri Kerei ki te mātakitaki i te whare i mahia ai mōna e Te Mānihera (TW 20/4/1878:180). / When the handshakes had finished Sir George Grey went to inspect the house that Mr Maunsell had built for him.
2. (noun) inspection, observation.
Ka mutu tēnā mahi a te mātakitaki, ka hoki ki tō mātou puni (TP 1/1903:2). / When the sightseeing was finished we returned to our camp.
Synonyms: kitenga
tiro
1. (verb) (-hia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view.
Nō taua pō i pae mai ai te ruru ki runga i te tuanui o te mahau o Tūtāwake i te marae o Whitianga, e tiro kau iho ana ki ōna whanaunga e whakatakatū ana i te haringa whakamutunga atu o Mōnita ki tana haukāinga (TTR 2000:56). / That night the morepork landed on the porch roof of Tūtāwake, at Whitianga marae, watching his kin preparing for Mōnita's last homecoming.
Synonyms: titiro, mataara, mātātaki, mātaki, mātai, mātakitaki
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
titiro
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
Ki tāku titiro kua tae tēnei ki te wā e tika ana kia ui tātou ki a tātou tonu ina hoki he nui tonu ā tātou tikanga Māori kua taea e tātou te whakarerekē (TTT 1/11/1921:5). / In my observation we have arrived at the appropriate time to question ourselves because there are many Māori customs that we can change.
kaitirotiro
1. (noun) inspector, observer.
E ai ki ngā pūrongorongo a ngā kaitirotiro kura, ka pai kē te āhua o te akoako e kitea ana i reira (TTR 1994:128). / According to the school inspectors' reports, a high standard of teaching was observed there.
Synonyms: kaimātakitaki, kaimataara, kaititiro
kaititiro
1. (noun) lookout, spectator, witness, observer, onlooker, viewer, watcher, bystander, eye-witness, inspector, scrutineer,investigator.
Me whakarite hoki e te Kāwana tētahi tangata hei kaititiro i ngā kura katoa (TWM 16/3/1871:2). / And the Governor should appoint a person as inspector of all schools.
Synonyms: matira, kaimātakitaki, kaitirotiro, kaimataara
kaimataara
1. (noun) witness, observer, watchman.
Nō te taenga ki Ōrongorongo, ka huri atu ki te whakamāmā i te pīkaunga a Te Wera o Ngāti Mutunga, te kaimataara i a ia; ā, nanao kē atu ki tana pātītī, ka patua a Te Wera (TTR 1990:223). / On arriving at Ōrongorongo Te Korou set about lightening the load of Te Wera of Ngāti Mutunga, the person who was watching him; and he grabbed his long-handled tomahawk, and killed Te Wera.
Synonyms: kaimātakitaki, kaitirotiro, kaititiro
Reeves, Paul Alfred
1. (personal name) ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, CF, QSO (1932-2011 ) Puketapu and Te Ātiawa; educated at Victoria University of Wellington and Oxford University. Bishop of Waiapu, Bishop of Auckland and Archbishop and Primate of Aotearoa/New Zealand (1980-1985). First Māori Governor-General of Aotearoa/New Zealand (1985-1990) and since then he was the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, elections observer in South Africa and Ghana and chair of the Fiji Constitution Review Commission, Commonwealth Secretary General's Special Envoy to Guyana. From 2005 until his death he was the Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology.
2. (personal noun) Pluto - tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the sun.
He tawhiti kē noa ake a Whiro i te rā, tēnā i a Kōpū (HJ 2012:143). / Pluto is very much further away from the sun than Venus is.
Synonyms: Whiringa ki Tawhiti
kete aronui
1. (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.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 123;)
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 (M 2006:6). / 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 (M 2006:7).
See also kete o te wānanga
whetū
1. (noun) star - sometimes also used for other celestial bodies, e.g. comets. Stars were observed carefully as they were important indicators of time and particular stars and star clusters were omens of aspects of life, including crop success.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
I kī rā ahau he tohu aua whetū. Koia nei hoki te kāpehu a ō tātou tūpuna i whakawhiti mai ai i Hawaiki (TTT 1/7/1922:3). / I have stated that those were navigational stars. they were the compass of our ancestors who migrated here from Hawaiki.
E kore pea te tangata e whakapono ki te kīia atu e 640 māero te tere o taua whetū i te hēkene kotahi (TP 1/6/1901:11). / A person would probably never believe it if it was said that the speed of that comet was 640 miles per second.
Te Tahi o Pipiri ka puta ō tātou mātua, tūpuna, ki waho i te atapō, i te whā o ngā hāora ki te titiro i te putanga o ngā whetū, nō te mea kei aua whetū te mōhiotia ai te tau pai te tau kino, kei tēnei whetū kei a Matariki, ka nunui ngā whetū he tau pai mō ngā ika. Kei aua whetū kei a Puanga, kei a Matariki (HKW 1/4/1899:4). / In June our elders go outside before dawn at 4 am to look at the stars, because those stars would inform them as to whether it would be a good or bad year and if the stars of the Pleiades were large it would be a good year for fishing. Those stars were Rigel and the Pleiades.
2. (noun) asterisk.
kanohi hōmiromiro
1. (noun) someone with an eye for detail, someone with keen eyesight, sharp sighted, sharp-eye, eagle-eye - a saying based on the observation that the hōmiromiro (tomtit) has keen eyesight and watches for its food on the ground and on trunks of trees, etc.
Kīia ai te tangata karu tore, ‘he kanohi hōmiromiro’ (Te Ara 2015). / A sharp-eyed person is called a 'kanohi hōmiromiro’ (tomtit eyes).
