ārahi
1. (verb) (arahina,-tia) to lead, escort, conduct, drive.
Kotahi te tangata e ārahi ana i tōna kāta i te huarahi, ka tae ki te wāhi poharu ka mau tētahi o ngā wīra i rō repo (TWM 30/8/1870:2). / One man was leading his cart along the road when he came to a boggy part and one of the wheels got stuck in the bog.
Synonyms: konumatā, taki, matā, whakahaere tikanga, kaea, whakahaere, arataki, huataki, tātaki, tā, whakataki, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki
2. (verb) (arahina,-tia) to herald - used of particular stars which, when they appear in the night sky, signal the beginning of particular lunar months.
Mō te marama o Āperira, arā o Paenga-whāwhā ki te Māori o te tau 1922, ko Kaipō te whetū kei te ārahi i tēnei marama, nā reira kia tūpato he ua, he mātao kei te haere! (TTT 1/4/1922:13) / For the calendar month of April, that is the lunar month of Paenga-whāwhā of 1922, Kaipō heralds this month, so be careful because rain and cold is going to occur!
Paengawhāwhā
1. (personal noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to April. Also the name of Pegasus whose appearance heralds the start of the month. Some say Kaipō or Whetūkaupō is the star heralding the start of this month.
Mō te marama o Āperira, arā o Paenga-whāwhā ki te Māori o te tau 1922, ko Kaipō te whetū kei te ārahi i tēnei marama, nā reira kia tūpato he ua, he mātao kei te haere! (TTT 1/4/1922:13) / For the calendar month of April, that is the lunar month of Paenga-whāwhā of 1922, Kaipō heralds this month, so be careful because rain and cold is going to occur!
Kaipō
1. (personal name) probably the star Deneb. The appearance of this star heralded the arrival of the lunar month of Paenga-whāwhā (April).
Mō te marama o Āperira, arā o Paenga-whāwhā ki te Māori o te tau 1922, ko Kaipō te whetū kei te ārahi i tēnei marama, nā reira kia tūpato he ua, he mātao kei te haere! (TTT 1/4/1922:13) / For the calendar month of April, that is the lunar month of Paenga-whāwhā of 1922, Kaipō heralds this month, so be careful because rain and cold is going to occur!
Puanga
1. (personal name) Rigel - the seventh brightest star in the sky and seen above Tautoru (Orion's Belt) in the eastern sky in early morning. With some iwi Puanga heralded the beginning of the Māori year.
Tākina mai rā ngā huihui o Matariki, Puanga, Tautoru, ka ngaro Atutahi māna e whakarewa te tini whetū riki ka rewa kei runga (TJ 11/5/1899:4). / The constellations of the Pleiades, Rigel, Orion rise and Canopus disappears and elevates the many small stars suspended above.
Synonyms: Puaka
Hakihea
1. (personal noun) seventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to December. Also the name of the three stars of Alpha Centauri, which appear as one light and the third brightest 'star' in the night sky. The appearance heralds the start of this lunar month.
Hakihea: Kua noho ngā manu kai roto i te kōhanga (Best 1922:15). / Hakihea: Birds are now sitting on their nests (Best 1922:15).
Synonyms: whitu, Akaaka-nui, Ahuahu-mataora, Whitu o Hakihea, Te
Puangarua
1. (personal name) Rigel - when it rises in the new year. It is the seventh brightest star in the sky and seen above Tautoru (Orion's Belt) in the eastern sky in early morning. With some iwi Puangarua heralded the beginning of the Māori year.
Kei te whakaata mai a Puangarua i roto i te Kāhui o Tautoru mō te marangai kei a Haki-haratua, arā, kei a Mei (TTT 1/3/1930:2007). / Rigel appears in the constellation of Orion's Belt for the rain in the lunar month of Haki-haratua, that is, May.
Mō te marama o Hune, arā o Te Tahi o Pipiri o te Tau, 1922: Ko Matariki te whetū o te tau tawhito kei te arahi mai i a Puangarua, te whetū o te tau hou (TTT 1/6/1922:10). / For the month of June, that is the first lunar month of the year, 1922: The Pleiades is the star of the old year that heralds Rigel, the star of the new year.
Synonyms: Poaka
Kaiwaka
1. (personal name) a star, possibly Kaus Astralis, which appears in late winter and heralds the beginning of the lunar month of Kohitātea (January) or Hakihea (December).
Mō te marama o Hānuere, arā o Kaitātea, o te tau 1923, ko Kaiwaka te whetū kei te ārahi i ēnei pō (TTT 1/1/1923:9). / For the month of January, that is Kaitātea, of 1923, Kaiwaka is the star that heralds these nights.
Mahuru
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to September. Also the name of the star Alphard, whose reappearance in the night sky heralds the start of this month.
Mahuru: Kua pūmahana te whenua, me ngā otaota, me ngā rākau (Best 1922:15). / The earth is warm as are the vegetation and the trees.
Poutūterangi
1. (personal noun) tenth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to March. Also the name of Altair, the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila, whose appearance in the night sky heralds the start of the month. Others say that Ōtamarākau (Fomalhaut) is the star of the lunar month of Poutūterangi.
Poutūterangi: Kua hauhake te kai (Best 1922:16). / Poutūterangi: The crops are harvested.
2. (personal noun) Altair - the brightest star in the constellation Aquila.
