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taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water
Taniwha, n. 1. A fabulous monster supposed to reside in deep water. Tera ano tetahi taniwha kai tangata kei te Awahou e noho ana (T. 153).
2. Shark, or any formidable marine creature. Te taniwha nui o te moana (T. 27). Na
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ka kitea he tikanga mana e mate ai tenei taniwha (i.e., an octopus) (T. 110). Mango taniwha, Carcharodon carcharias, white pointer shark.
3. fig. Chief. Waikato taniwha rau (P.).
4. Prodigy. He taniwha tenei tangata ki te whakairo.
5. Used of the human body. Kurekure noa ana ahau i taku taniwha (I am gashing my body aimlessly) (S.). Probably a bold poetic figure, i.e., as if it were some fierce monster.
tāniwhaniwha, n. 1. Blechnum discolor; a fern. = piupiu.
2. — He pitoitoi ketuketu para rau rakau, nana rawa i tiki mai taku pokai taniwhaniwha (M. 244).
Williams Dictionary
Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He taniwha tēnei nāna i kai taku tama.
It was certainly a taniwha that ate my son.
Ka puta ake te taniwha i roto i tōna rua.
The taniwha came forth from inside his den.
I whawhai te toa ki te taniwha.
The hero fought the monster.
Ka kite ai koe, e tama, kei tēnā iwi ōna taniwha, kei tēnā ōna taniwha.
Therefore you can see, son, that each iwi has its own taniwha.
Kāhore taua wahine i kite i te hiku o te taniwha.
That woman did not see the monster’s tail.
He rite tonu te puta ake o te ihu o te taniwha rā i te wai.
The taniwha kept on sticking its nose out of the water.
He taniwha kei roto i tērā ana
There are monsters in that cave
Kāore he taniwha i roto i tērā ana
There are no monsters in that cave
Nō te hinganga o te taniwha nei, ka pakaru a Ngāti Porou ka whati.
When (because) this chief fell, Ngāti Porou broke and fled.
I kimihia e te taniwha he ana hei nōhanga mōna
The monster looked for a cave to live in
He taniwha.
Taniwha exist.
I mua i whakapono ngā tāngata ki ngā taniwha.
People used to believe in taniwha.
Patua te taniwha o te whakamā
Don't be shy
Tino mataku ia i te taniwha.
He is very frightened of the taniwha.
Ka puta ake te taniwha i roto i tōna rua
The taniwha came forth from in his den
E akona ana ngā tamariki kia kaua e kau rawa atu ki te wāhi tapu, kia kaua rānei e inu i ngā pua o ngā hutukawa e tū ana i te runga i te rua o ngā taniwha, kei horomia, kei rumakina rānei ki te wai.
The children were taught not to swim in the sacred place, nor to drink (the nectar) of the flowers of the pōhutukawa trees standing above the monster’s pit, lest they be swallowed up, or drowned in the water.
