ia kore
1. (stative) out of time, lacking rhythm (of a haka).
He aha te rerekētanga o te rangirua me te ia kore? Koirā kē hoki tō te haka, ko te ia o te haka (Wh4 2004:74). / What's the difference between 'rangirua' (out of tune) and 'ia kore' (lacking rhythm)? The latter, the 'ia' (rhythm/cadence) is for haka.
Synonyms: rangirua
kaitātaki
1. (noun) leader - often used of the leader of a haka.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 72-74;)
Ko ia tonu tētehi o ngā tino kaitātaki o te hunga whakahaumanu i te Kotahitanga (TTR 1996:161). / He himself was one of the main leaders in the revival of Te Kotahitanga Movement.
Synonyms: manu taupua, kaitaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū
maimai
1. (noun) song of affection for the dead, haka to welcome guest to a tangihanga.
He waiata aroha, he waiata tangi te maimai. He momo haka hoki hei whakatau i te manuhiri ki te tangihanga (RTP 2015:119). / A maimai is a song of affection, a lament. It is also a type of haka to welcome guest to a tangi.
manawawera
1. (verb) to be excited, angry, fanatical, impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent - sometimes written as two words, i.e. manawa wera.
He tangata kaha a Arapeta ki te whawhai i ngā kaupapa i manawawera ai ia (TTR 1998:178). / Albert was a strong fighter for causes he was passionate about.
Synonyms: remurere, panapana, mate kanehe, kohara, ngākau whiwhita
2. (noun) anger, excitement, volatile nature.
Hai tohu mō te manawawera o Te Pairi, tapaina ana ia e tōna whanaunga tata, e Mita Taupopoki ki te ingoa karanga 'Te Pairi Tarapekepeke' (TTR 1996:219). / To convey Te Pairi's volatile nature, his close relative, Mita Taupopoki, gave him the nickname Te Pairi Tarapekepeke (Te Pairi the leaper).
3. (noun) type of haka with no set movements performed especially at tangihanga, unveilings and after speeches.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 69;)
Ka mahia te manawawera kei te kaihaka tonu āna nekeneke i tēnei momo haka. / When a manawa wera is done it's up to the performer to do her own actions with this type of haka.
ngangahu
1. (verb) to make a shrill high-pitched noise (in a haka or wero), dilate the eyes and perform exciting movements to inspire the performance group.
Ka takoto tana rākau, ka hoki whakamuri, ka tīmata ki te ngangahu, me te whiu tika i tana taiaha, me te hūpekepeke a ōna waewae (HP 1991:84). / His challenge stick lay there and he moved backwards and began to make high pitched yelps, to wield his taiaha and to jump up and down with bent legs.
See also manu ngangahu
2. (verb) to be sharply cut.
Ka titiro atu ngā tāngata ki te whakaairo o taua waka rā, anana, ngangahu kau ana te whakairo (W 1971:226). / When the people looked at the carving of that canoe, behold, it was sharply cut.
3. (verb) to be focussed, clear, in focus, clearly seen.
Ko te hua o te puare nui (waepuare iti), ka ngangahu ake ngā wāhanga katoa o te whakaahua (RTA 2014:80). / The effect of a large aperture (small f-stop number) is that all parts of the photograph are in focus.
4. (verb) to be distorted.
Ka kōrero ia, ehara, ngangahu kē ana te whakahuatanga mai o ngā kupu (NM 1928:35). / When he spoke, lo and behold, the pronunciation of the words was distorted.
5. (noun) prominence.
Ko te tūmanako mā ēnei kōrero e tīmata ngā whakatū, ngā ngangahu o te reo Māori i roto o ngā tau (TWK 14:18). / The desire is that by these accounts the Māori language will begin to have standing and prominence in the years ahead.
Synonyms: whakahirahira, hau, ahurei
puha
1. (noun) war dance - haka with leaping and performed with long weapons. Similar to a peruperu, using weapons but used to call kinsmen to arms.
Te take o tēnei puha, i hapa i te kai, arā, i te wāwāhanga o te tahua (JPS 1901:76). / The reason for this war dance was that they made an error with the food, that is with the dividing up of the food of the feast.
2. (noun) monkey.
Noho nei tētahi piriniha, ā, ka whakamōhio i ētahi hako ki te kanikani, he iwi whakatau hoki te hako ki ngā mahi a te tangata (KO 15/10/1883:6). / There was a prince and he taught some monkeys to dance as monkeys are animals that imitate the activities of people.
parepare
1. (verb) (-a) to turn aside, ward off, divert, go to one side, avoid.
Na, ka pangā nei e tātou ngā paraire ki ngā māngai o ngā hōiho, kia rongo ai rātou ki a tātou; ā pareparea ana e tātou tō rātou tinana katoa (PT Hemi 3:3). / Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
2. (noun) enticing movement of a woman’s hips (in haka).
Ko tētahi wāhanga o tā te wahine whakatautau, ko te parepare i tōna hope hei whakapoapoa i te hunga mātakitaki (RMR 2017). / A part of a woman's movement in an enticing way is the movement of her hips to charm the audience.
3. (noun) fortification wall, breastwork, parapet - protective wall of earth.
E toru ngā parepare o taua pā, i roto tētahi, i waho mai e rua, puta noa ki tētahi taha ki tētahi taha e taiāwhio ana i te pā te teitei o ētahi o aua parepare tekau mā rua putu (TWM 11/2/1862:1). / There were three fortification walls of that pā, one inside and two outside, going right around the sides of the pā with the height of some of those fortification walls being twelve feet.
4. (noun) defender, protector.
I muri rawa mai, ka noho ko ia te parepare mō tōna whaene i tōna hokonga i a Kaitarakihi me tā rātou pāmu (TTR 2000:31). / Much later he was the defender for his mother and her wish to sell Kaitarakihi and their farm.
Synonyms: ruruhau, whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau
taihuringa
1. (noun) turning point.
Ko te taihuringa o te paki te wāhanga e tino kaha ai te manawapā, ā, koia hoki te tīmatanga o ngā mahi e tau ai te puehu ā tōna wā (RMR 2017). / The turning point of the story was the part where the tension was really strong and that was the beginning of the activities whereby the dust would settle.
2. (noun) revolving movement in kapa haka.
Ko te taihuringa, arā, ka huri āmio te rōpū i te kaihaka o waenganui pū (RMR 2017). / Taihuringa is the group circling around the performer in the centre.
taparere
1. (verb) to be cut short, truncated, restricted, limited, constrained.
He aha te pai o te whakatupu i te kai kotahi, kia taparere ai ki te taewa anake, te kānga anake rānei? (TWMNT 21/3/1876:70). / What good is it in growing just one crop, so that you are restricted to only potatoes or only corn?
He mea tuhi taua pitihana ki te reo Pākehā, i tino taparere ki ngā kupu rōia (TWMNT 11/1/1879:233). / The petition was written in English, and was restricted to legal phraseology.
2. (modifier) sheer, steep, perpendicular, precipitous.
He ana nui kei raro i taua hiwi i te tatūnga iho o te pari taparere kei te taha moana (NIT 1995:85). / There is a large cave beneath the ridge at the base of the sheer cliff.
Synonyms: torotika, poupou, poutū, kaha, hūkere, tāhekeheke, kānihinihi, kaninihi, ninihi, tūparipari
3. (noun) kapa haka formation with alternate rows standing in the gaps.
Ko te taparere: He rite ki te matua, engari he hohoko te tū o ia rārangi ki ngā āputa kei waenganui i ngā kaihaka i te rārangi o mua (RMR 2017). / The taparere formation: It's similar to the traditional formation, but the positions of each line alternate with the gaps between the performers in the line in front.
tīrakaraka
1. (noun) fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa - a small, friendly, insect-eating bird of the bush and domestic gardens which has a distinctive tail resembling a spread fan.
See also tīrairaka
Synonyms: tītīrairaka, tīraureka, pīrakaraka, pīrangirangi, pītakataka, wakawaka, tīrairaka pango, kōtiutiu, pīwaiwaka, tīwakawaka, tīrairaka, hīwaiwaka, hīrairaka, pīwakawaka, pīrairaka, tīwaiwaka, tītakataka
2. (noun) type of foot movement in kapa haka.
Ko te tīrakaraka: He reretau te peke ngātahi a te rōpū i runga parowae, ki mauī ki matau, ki mua ki muri (RMR 2017). / The tīrakaraka foot movement: The simultaneous jumping of a group on the balls of their feet to left and right and forward and back.
