mahimahi
1. (verb) to copulate, have sexual intercourse, have sex, make love.
Ka puta te kupu a Te-manu-i-te-rā ki a Tāwhaki, "Kaua e puta ki waho i tā kōrua whare mahimahi ai, kei werohia korua e ngā hihi o Te-manu-i-te-rā.’ Kīhai i whakarongo a Tāwhaki, puta ana ki waho mahimahi ai (JPS 1892:22x). / Te-manu-i-te-rā (The-bird-in-the-sun) said to Tāwhaki, "Do not go out of your house to make love, lest you be pierced by Te-manu-i-te-rā's rays." Tāwhaki did not listen, and they went outside and made love.
2. (noun) sexual intercourse, love-making, copulation, sex.
Nā, ka mutu tā rāua mahimahi, haere kē ana a Tāwhaki ki tētehi wāhi kē atu (JPS 1892:22x). / Now, when their love making had ended, Tāwhaki went away to a different place.
3. (noun) low-born, commoner, plebeian.
Synonyms: ware, tūtūā, atuapo, kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauhea, tautauwhea, hauhauā, hūnguengue
4. (noun) hīnau, Elaeocarpus dentatus - tall forest tree with long leaves, whitish underneath and producing masses of white flowers and edible berries, the pounded kernels of which form a meal from which hīnau bread is baked, while the bark is used for dye for the initial stage of producing the black of muka.
See also hīnau
moe tāhae
1. (verb) to commit adultery.
E ono marama i muri mai ka whakahaua e Īhāia a Rīmene o Ngāti Ruanui kia patua. Nā tērā i moe tāhae a Hāriata, te wahine a Īhāia (TTR 1990:214). / Six months after this Īhaia had Rīmene of Ngāti Ruanui killed for committing adultery with Hāriata, Īhaia's wife.
2. (noun) adultery, fornication, consenting sex involving someone unmarried.
Nā, whakamatea ō koutou wāhi i runga i te whenua; te moe tāhae, te poke, te minamina ki te hē, te hiahia kino, me te apo, he karakia whakapakoko hoki tēnā (PT Korohe 3:5). / Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
2. (modifier) adulterous, unfaithful.
Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei, e ngā tama a te wahine mākutu, e ngā uri o te tangata pūremu, o te wahine kairau (PT Ihāia 57:3). / But you, draw near, the sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the whore.
3. (noun) adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, illicit sex, unchastity, extramarital relations.
Ka karanga atu a Manaia, “Kāti! Ka tohetohe koe ki te huna i tō pūremu." (JPS 1914:2). / Manaia called out, “Enough! You persist in concealing your adultery."
2. (modifier) young.
Kāore i tukua e ia te mana whakahaere ki ōna whanaunga taitamariki, kei kaipukutia, kei hokona te whenua kia whiwhi moni ai (TTR 1994:85). / He did not give control to his younger kin, lest they became greedy for a quick return and sold the land.
3. (noun) youth, teenagers, young person (of either sex), adolescent.
Ko tōna āhua, koia tēnei: He kiritea, he taitamariki (e 30 pea ōna tau), he pāhau anō ōna, he ira kei te pāpāringa mauī, e rua hoki ngā ira kei te kakī, kei te taha ki katau (TWMNT 7/3/1876:59). / His appearance is as follows: He is fair skinned, youthful (approximately 30 years old), he has a beard, a freckle on the left cheek and two freckles on the neck on the right side.
ekeeke
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia,-a) to get on, embark, board (a vessel), mount (horses, vehicles, etc.) - a number of people.
Kua eke katoa ngā pāhihi kei runga poti. Kei te ekeeke hoki te kāpene me ngā hēramana ināianei (TP 10/1909:9). / All the passengers have boarded the boat. Now the captain and the sailors are boarding.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to have sex, copulate, have sexual intercourse, mount.
Ka tahuri te toa mā muri ekeeke ai i te uwha (PK 2008:57) / The ram turned to mount the ewe from the back.
moe
1. (verb) to sleep, close (the eyes), dream, asleep.
He tēneti kariko te whare i moe ai a Meheka mā ki roto (TH 5/1859:4). / The dwelling inside which Meheka and the others slept was a calico tent.
Kātahi ka oho ake te tangata whenua e moe rā i roto o te whare (JPS 1990:141). / Then the local people, who were asleep in the house, woke up.
2. (verb) (-a) to marry, wed, sleep with, have sex.
Ka moe a Tūhourangi i a Rongomaipāpā ka puta ko Uenuku-kōpako (TTT 1/4/1924:24). / Tūhourangi married Rongomaipāpā and begat Uenuku-kōpako.
Synonyms: moemoe, whakamoemoe, mārena, rā
3. (verb) to die, dead.
Ko ngā tāngata o taua pā rā, moe tonu, kīhai i ora tētahi (W 1971:204). / The people of that pā were dead, no one survived.
4. (verb) to beget, born.
Mā Kahutia-te-rangi, mā te tangata i moea ki runga i te takapau wharanui (W 1971:204). / It is for Kahutia-te-rangi, the man who was born in lawful wedlock.
5. (noun) sleep, dream.
I roto i tana moe i kite ia i a Hātana e haere mai ana ki a ia, me te pukapuka anō i roto i tōna ringa (HKW 1/6/1898:2). / In his dream he saw Satan coming to him with the book in his hand.
onioni
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to move, wriggle, have sexual intercourse, copulate, make love.
`I hangaia e ia he ture kia kore ai te tangata e poka noa; e onioni i waenga pārae (TTR 1990:313). / He made laws whereby a person would not have unregulated sexual conduct in open places.
Synonyms: mahimahi, ai, kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki
2. (modifier) copulating, making love, having sex.
Hai ngā whakairo kitea ai te ure tāne me te tara wahine tae atu ki te mahi onioni (Te Ara 2016). / Male and female sexual organs are seen in carvings, including sexual intercourse.
3. (noun) sexual intercourse.
E whakaatu ana te taupoki o tēnei waka huia i te onioni a te tāne me te wahine (Te Ara 2016). / The lid of this treasure box shows sexual intercourse of a male with a woman.
2. (verb) to perform sexual intercourse, copulate, have sex.
Ngaro atu ana te tokorua rā ki ngā rarauhe ki te oni (PK 2008:544). / That couple disppeared into the bracken fern to have sex.
3. (verb) to be almost, close to (of time).
4. (noun) wriggling, making sensual movements, making lascivious movements, erotic dancing.
Ka haka ngā wāhine rā, ka kōrero i ngā pūrākau, tē kata a Kae. Kia mahi rā anō rātou i te oni ka kata a Kae (Te Ara 2016). / Those women danced and told stories, but Kae would not laugh. It was not until they did erotic dances that Kae laughed.
2. (noun) adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, illicit sex, unchastity, extramarital relations.
kaimahi kairau
1. (noun) sex worker.
He wahine irawhiti, he kaiwhakangahau para huarahi hou a Carmen Rupe, he tuakiri tōna i aro nuitia, he kaimahi kairau, he tipua ia nō te hunga LGBTIQ+ i whakanuia. (Townsend, 2018) / Carmen Rupe was a trailblazing transgender woman and entertainer, a larger-than-life personality, sex worker, and celebrated LGBTIQ+ icon.
mahi kairau
1. (noun) sex work.
I tīmata anō tana whakamātau kia utua ia mō ngā mahi kairau i te tūponotanga ki tētahi kaipakihi tāne Ingarihi, nāna nei i whakarite ētahi kiritaki utu e rua, e toru i te wiki. (Townsend, 2018) / She also began experimenting with paid sex work after a chance meeting with an English businessman, who arranged two or three paying clients per week.
Synonyms: kairautanga
2. (transitive verb) violate sexually.
