mahi
See also: Mahi
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mahi (uncountable)
- (New Zealand) the work required to complete a task
- 2021 December 2, “Unvaccinated private boat owners a risk to Aotea's community - iwi”, in Radio NZ[1]:
- It's[sic] spokesperson Leonie Howie did not want to be interviewed but said they "will do the mahi" when it comes to trying to both encourage vaccinations as well as managing any health risks to the community when visitors arrive.
Usage notes edit
Often found in the phrase do the mahi.
See also edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mafi (“strong, powerful, energetic, hardworking”).
Verb edit
mahi
Derived terms edit
- mahiʻai (“farmer”)
Noun edit
mahi
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mafi (“strong, powerful, energetic, hardworking”).
Verb edit
mahi (passive mahia or mahingia)
Noun edit
mahi
- work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation, function
- abundance, lots of, many, heaps of
Derived terms edit
- āhua ā-mahi (“technique”)
- akoranga mahi ā-rehe (“trade training”)
- he mahi pai noa iho (“easy as, it was no problem, it is no problem, it will be no problem, it's a piece of cake”)
- hei mahi (“exercise”)
- hunga kore mahi (“unemployed people, jobless people, unemployed”)
- hunga mahi (“labour force”)
- ka mahi (“well done, great, outstanding”)
- kaiwhakawhiwhi mahi (“employer”)
- mahi ā-rehe (“trade, craft”)
- mahi ā-ringa (“handicraft, craft”)
- mahi ā-rōpū (“to work in a group; group work”)
- mahi atu (“forget it, get on and do it then, go on then do it, get lost”)
- mahi haumi (“investment”)
- mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi (“landscape gardening”)
- mahi hoahoa whare (“architecture”)
- mahi huna (“to snoop, pry, spy, secretive activity”)
- mahi kai parāoa (“everyday activity, easy task”)
- mahi kōhikohiko (“casual work”)
- mahi manu (“to hunt for birds; fowling”)
- mahi māra (“to garden; gardening”)
- mahi pāpāho (“media studies”)
- mahi rata (“medicine (profession)”)
- mahi tahi (“to work together, collaborate, cooperate; working together, collaboration, cooperation, teamwork”)
- mahi tīpako (“shift work”)
- mahi toi (“art, craft”)
- mahi tūwaenga (“fieldwork”)
- mahi uku (“to make pottery”)
- mahi waimori (“to work in a casual job, do casual work; casual job, casual work, casual labour”)
- mahi whakaito (“sexual harassment”)
- mahi whika (“arithmetic”)
- mira mahi puehu parāoa (“flour mill”)
- paearu mahi (“performance criteria, performance criterion”)
- papa mahi (“desktop”)
- rā mahi (“working day”)
- tauira mahi (“apprentice, cadet, trainee”)
- taupuni mahi (“workstation, studio”)
- taupuni mahi toi (“art studio”)
- te mahi a te (“abundance of, lots of, many, heaps of, in droves”)
- Te Tari Mahi (“Department of Labour”)
- tohunga mahi toi (“artist, artist in residence”)
- tuari mahi kawhe (“barista”)
- wāhi mahi (“workplace, work address”)
- ngā mahi a te rēhia (“pursuit of pleasure, recreational activities, entertainment”)
- ngā mahi a te whare pora (“art of weaving”)
- whakaōrite whiwhinga mahi (“equal employment opportunity”)
Descendants edit
- → English: mahi