Found 8 results matching "whakatau"

• whakatau

  1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-ria) to imitate, mime, mimic, act out, decide, settle, officially welcome, prepare, put on as an ornament, adorn.   I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi pukanoa i ngā ingoa tāngata kē ki ngā tieki tono moni i ngā pēke, ā whakataua ana e te kōti kia kotahi tau mō tētahi, mō tētahi ki te whare herehere (TWMA 20/6/1884 wh3).On 17th June they went on trial in the Supreme Court for writing fraudulent cheques and were each sentenced by the court to one year in prison.
  2. (noun) decision, settlement, role play, charade.   Ko te whakatau a ngā tākuta, kāhore rawa he pōrangi o taua none, ā nō konei ka tukua ia e te kōti kia haere (30/9/1920 wh11).The decision of the doctors was that that nun was not mentally ill, and as a result she was released by the court.
  

• whakatau whānui

  (verb) to make generalisations.  
  

• whakatau wawe

  (verb) to predict.  
  

• titiro whakatau

  (verb) to look intently, stare, look hard, gape, gawk, gaze, watch.  
  

• whana whakatau

  (verb) to take a tap kick (rugby).  
  

• mihi whakatau

  (noun) speech of greeting, official welcome speech - speech acknowledging those present at a gathering. For some tribes a pōhiri, or pōwhiri, is used for the ritual of encounter on a marae only. In other situations where formal speeches in Māori are made that are not on a marae or in the wharenui (meeting house) the term mihi whakatau is used for a speech, or speeches, of welcome in Māori.  
  

• Tari Whakatau Take e pā ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, Te

  (loan) (noun) Office of Treaty Settlements.  
  

• huri whakatau

  (verb) to turn right.