manual (by hand)
weft (in weaving)
light (illumination)
yarn, thread (kupu kē atu: miro)
first weft (kupu kē atu: aho tapu, aho tāwhiu)
first weft (kupu kē atu: aho tāhuhu, aho tapu)
last weft
(clay) wire cutter (takenga mai: aho - chord, string; hae - to cut)
throw (pottery) (takenga mai: ahu - shape, fashion; uku - clay)
two-dimensional (whakapotonga: ahu-2) (takenga mai: ahu - move in a certain direction; rua - two)
three-dimensional (whakapotonga: ahu-3) (takenga mai: ahu - move in a certain direction; toru - three)
shape, form (kupu kē atu: ata)
form, shape (kupu kē atu: ata)
appearance
to shape, to fashion
design element (takenga mai: āhuatanga - aspect, characteristic, property, feature, attribute; hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)
curled (kupu kē atu: koromengemenge)
upright supports on either side of the front of a meeting house
curved line (kupu kē atu: rārangi kōpiko, rārangi piko)
screen (for screen printing) (takenga mai: anga - frame; raumata - mesh of a net)
fine (texture), thin (kupu kē atu: rauangi, rauiti)
tāniko pattern constructed from triangles, representing pursuit of knowledge about the natural world (kupu kē atu: aronui)
layer (digital image editing)
cover, spread over (kupu kē atu: uhi)
path (digital image editing)
procedure (takenga mai: ara - pathway; mahi - work)
dust mask (takenga mai: ārai - screen, ward off; nehu - dust, fine powder)
tāniko pattern consisting of a series of zigzag lines
orange (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: karaka)
concept (takenga mai: ariā - notion, idea, feeling)
resolution (of an image) (takenga mai: ariari - clear)
low resolution (takenga mai: ari [ariari] - resolution [of an image]; iti - small)
high resolution (takenga mai: ari [ariari] - resolution [of an image]; nui - large)
straight-grained (of timber) (kupu kē atu: mākohe, ngako, pūkaka)
perception, awareness (kupu kē atu: rongo)
foreground (takenga mai: aroaro - face, front) (kupu kē atu: papamua, [a] mua)
innovation (takenga mai: aronga - direction; hou - new)
dominance (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmua - first)
subordination (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmuri - last, latter)
tāniko pattern constructed from triangles, representing pursuit of knowledge about the natural world (kupu kē atu: aonui)
lens
macro lens (takenga mai: piri - come close; tata - near)
zoom lens (takenga mai: topa - fly, soar, swoop)
telephoto lens
wide-angle lens (takenga mai: whārahi - broad, wide)
form, shape (kupu kē atu: āhua)
appearance (kupu kē atu: āhua)
reflected image
shape (kupu kē atu: āhua)
life drawing (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; kirikau - naked)
realistic image (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; pono - true, valid, honest)
still life (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; toka - stay still, firm, solid)
stylised image (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; whaihanga - make, construct, manipulate)
visual metaphor (kupu kē atu: tohu whakarite)
shadow
hand tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: ata - icon, image; ringa - hand)
creative, creativity (takenga mai: auaha - throb, thrill with passion, shape, create, form, fashion)
automatic (takenga mai: au - current; noa - spontaneous)
pin cushion
cloth made from the bark of the aute (mulberry) tree
safety pin
groove
foreground (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)
background (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)
middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)
carved posts on the interior end walls of a meeting house
slit, cut, tear (kupu kē atu: pihi, ripi [kupu mino])
cut, slit, tear (kupu kē atu: pihi, ripi [kupu mino])
parallel grooves of carving in surface decoration
scrape (kupu kē atu: harakuku, wakuwaku)
hammer (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pākuru)
build, construct (kupu kē atu: waihanga)
slab construction (clay)
composition (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion, shape)
cast (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion; rewa - molten)
mould (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion; rewa - molten; kōaro - inverted)
symmetry, symmetrical (takenga mai: hanga - shape; rite - alike, corresponding)
merge (digital image editing)
scrape flax to soften it
viscous (takenga mai: hāpiripiri - be sticky, viscous)
flax, Phormium tenax
scrape (kupu kē atu: hākuku, wakuwaku)
craft (takenga mai: haratau - dextrous) (kupu kē atu: mahi ā-rehe)
print (kupu kē atu: mātātuhi)
scrape flax to extract fibre
faded (colour) (kupu kē atu: māwhe)
strike with an implement (kupu kē atu: pao, paopao, pātuki, kuru)
brown (kupu kē atu: kākaka, parāone, parauri, ura)
brownish yellow (takenga mai: hāura - brown; kaho - anything light coloured)
blackish brown
light brown (takenga mai: hāura - brown; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: pākā kōrito)
pale brown (takenga mai: hāura - brown; tea - light [of colour])
diagonal (takenga mai: hauroki - the diagonals in measuring the ground plan of a house)
sponge
prodigy (takenga mai: hautipua - to be remarkable)
daub, smear (kupu kē atu: pahawa)
necklace, neck ornament (kupu kē atu: tāhei, whakakai)
noise, noisy (in an image)
rafter in a meeting house
Mātuku-tangotango’s knot
sealant, caulking
caulking, sealant
comb (adornment)
seam (kupu kē atu: maurua)
asymmetrical (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha, tōroherohe)
grey (kupu kē atu: kiwikiwi, kororā)
uneven, puckered (in weaving) (kupu kē atu: hīngarungaru)
pale grey (takenga mai: hina - grey; tea - light [of colour])
charcoal (colour) (takenga mai: hina - grey; uri -dark [of colour])
dark grey (takenga mai: hina - grey; uri - dark [of colour])
uneven, puckered (in weaving) (kupu kē atu: hīnarunaru)
turpentine (takenga mai: hinu - oil; paina - pine [kupu mino])
bright glossy green (takenga mai: hīoi - native mint [Mentha cunninghamii])
silk (kupu kē atu: papamāene)
inspiration (kupu kē atu: kauanuanu)
silver (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: kākonu)
dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: uri, kākarauri)
black (kupu kē atu: mangu, pango)
scarlet
design (takenga mai: hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)
fashion design (takenga mai: pūeru - clothing, garment)
grindstone
join, splice
hot shoe (takenga mai: hono - connect; kōhiko - flash)
photography (takenga mai: hopu - catch, seize; whakaahua - image)
drill (kupu kē atu: tūwiri)
red ochre (kupu kē atu: hōrua, kōkōwai)
outline (takenga mai: hua - outline, leading lines of a pattern in carving)
sketch (takenga mai: huahua - sketch out a pattern before carving)
thumbnail sketch (takenga mai: huahua - sketch; hangariki - small)
horizontal
gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris (kupu kē atu: tahā, kiaka)
thimble (takenga mai: hūhi - cover; mati - finger)
thrum, tassel (kupu kē atu: patapata)
unfinished, incomplete (kupu kē atu: kohuku)
incomplete, unfinished (kupu kē atu: kohuku)
crumpled (kupu kē atu: kōpenupenu)
matted, tangled, cross-grained, (kupu kē atu: rapa, rīrapa, tahatonga, takawiri)
grind, rub fine (kupu kē atu: kanioro, kauoro, oro, pahunga, hungā [tūmahi hāngū])
uncover, expose to view (kupu kē atu: kohura)
expose to view, uncover (kupu kē atu: kohura)
exposure
shutter speed (takenga mai: hura - expose; kōpani - shutter [of camera])
under-exposure (takenga mai: pore - shortened, truncated)
over-exposure (takenga mai: tuhene - overmuch, excessive)
spanner, wrench (takenga mai: huri - turn; peru - nut) (kupu kē atu: wāwāhi)
wrench, spanner (kupu kē atu: wāwāhi)
screwdriver (takenga mai: huri - turn; wiri - twist)
jute (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
headdress (kupu kē atu: kōtaha)
flow (takenga mai: ia - current)
apprentice, novice (kupu kē atu: pia)
overlap
protractor (takenga mai: ine - to measure; koki - angle)
iPad
pinch pot (takenga mai: ipu - pot; kini - nip, pinch; uku - clay)
human image carved on a post
cream (colour) (takenga mai: kaho - anything light coloured) (kupu kē atu: kirīmi)
horizontal batten of tukutuku panel
roof batten
horizontal wall batten in a meeting house
clothing, garment, costume (kupu kē atu: kākahu, kaka, pūeru)
diptych (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takirua - in twos)
polyptych (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitini - many)
triptych (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitoru - in threes)
lino
blue (kupu kē atu: ōrangi, kikorangi, purū)
clay artist (kupu kē atu: ringatoi uku)
curator (takenga mai: kai - prefix denoting agent; rauhī - to gather together, take care of)
coarse (texture) (kupu kē atu: matanui, mātoretore, raunui, taratara)
rough (texture) (kupu kē atu: matanui, mātoretore , raunui, taratara)
main lines in tāmoko pattern
fibre (kupu kē atu: weu)
garment, clothing (kupu kē atu: kākahu, kahu, pūeru)
synthetic fibre (takenga mai: horihori - false, untrue)
animal fibre
plant fibre
stem of toetoe plant
clothe, clothing, garment (kupu kē atu: kahu, kaka, pūeru)
brown (kupu kē atu: hāura, parauri, parāone, ura)
texture, grain
dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: hiwa, uri)
brown or rusty edges and tips of flax leaves
green (kupu kē atu: kāriki)
handle (of a tool or object)
silver, silvery (takenga mai: kā [kakā] - to glow; konu [konganuku] - metal) (kupu kē atu: hiriwa [kupu mino])
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax (kupu kē atu: para, pūkaha)
camera (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pū whakaahua)
dark greeny-blue
dark green (kupu kē atu: kārikiuri, pounamu)
emerald
canvas (made from cotton) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
saw
handsaw
bandsaw (takenga mai: kani - saw; koropewa - ring, loop, bow)
chainsaw (kupu kē atu: kani mekameka)
fretsaw (takenga mai: kani - saw; whakaniko - ornamented with curves)
electric saw (takenga mai: kani - saw; hiko - electricity)
rub fine, grind (kupu kē atu: hunga, kauoro, oro)
jigsaw (tool) (takenga mai: kani - saw; piko - curve)
pigment, colour, hue (takenga mai: kano - colour) (kupu kē atu: tae)
mask (takenga mai: kanohi - face; kē - different, other) (kupu kē atu: matahuna)
strand of cord or rope
weave the aho tāhuhu of a garment
multicoloured (takenga mai: kano - colour, pigment; rau - many)
traditional weaving pattern representing the strength of a warrior
kōwhaiwhai symbol
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern
glue (takenga mai: kāpia - kauri gum, resin)
history brush tool (digital image editing)
banner (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
orange (kupu kē atu: ārani)
pale orange (takenga mai: karaka - orange; tea - light [of colour])
fawn (colour) (takenga mai: karaka - orange; tea - light [of colour])
light green (kupu kē atu: kārikitea)
marionette
puppet
hand puppet
sock puppet
memory card
green (kupu kē atu: kākāriki)
olive, greenish-brown, browny-green (takenga mai: kāriki - green; hāura - brown)
greenish-grey
pale yellowish-green (takenga mai: kāriki - green; kaho - anything light coloured)
lime green (kupu kē atu: māota)
blue-green
turquoise
aquamarine
cyan
teal
light green (takenga mai: kāriki - green; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: karera)
dark green (takenga mai: kāriki - green; uri - dark [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, pounamu)
calico (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
weaving pattern
fish eye lens
rag (kupu kē atu: petapeta, ruha, ruharuha, ruwha)
cotton thread (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
genre (kupu kē atu: momo, tūmomo)
mobile (takenga mai: kaui - string of articles)
grind, rub fine (kupu kē atu: hunga, kanioro, oro)
subject
topic
theme
shade (drawing technique) (kupu kē atu: kauruki)
stipple, stippling (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)
cross-hatching (takenga mai: whakahāngai - perpendicular, at right angles)
hatching (takenga mai: whakarārangi - linear)
export (an image) (takenga mai: kawe - carry, convey, take; atu - indicates direction away from the speaker)
import (an image) (takenga mai: kawe - carry, convey, take; mai - indicates direction toward the speaker)
the first piece woven by a learner
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving) (kupu kē atu: tāheha, tākeka)
clay (kupu kē atu: uku)
playdough (kupu kē atu: poikere)
lump of clay
plasticine (takenga mai: kerepeti - clay worked and pressed)
yellow clay
sgraffito (kupu kē atu: toi rapirapi)
gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris (kupu kē atu: hue, tahā)
kiekie, Freycinetia banksii
sharp (kupu kē atu: koi, pīrata, ratarata)
blue (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, ōrangi, purū)
blunt (kupu kē atu: pūhoi, pūhuki, tūnguru)
negative (film) (takenga mai: kiri [kiriata] - film; tōraro - negative [of an image])
slide (film) (takenga mai: kiri [kiriata] - film; tōrunga - positive [of an image])
acrylic (takenga mai: kiri - skin; aku [akuaku] - firm, strong; kiriaku - He kupu mino.)
glaze (takenga mai: kiri - skin; mōhinuhinu - shiny, glistening, glossy)
top coat (takenga mai: kiritai - outer skin, epidermis)
tattoo
primer, underpaint (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)
underpaint, primer (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)
intense (of colour) (kupu kē atu: pūahoaho)
grey (kupu kē atu: hina, kororā)
hemp (takenga mai: kōaka - coarse mat made of flax leaves)
glass (art) (takenga mai: kōataata - transparent)
cast glass
stained glass (takenga mai: ōpure - patches of colour)
transparent, clear (kupu kē atu: pūataata, purata)
weaving pattern
hole (kupu kē atu: poka)
flash (for a camera)
art portfolio (takenga mai: kohi - collect, gather together; toi - art; whaiaro - self, person)
unfinished, incomplete (kupu kē atu: hukihuki)
Phormium tenax, a type of flax
type of flax, Phormium tenax
uncover, expose to view (kupu kē atu: hura)
sharp (kupu kē atu: kikoha, pīrata, ratarata)
split (kupu kē atu: mātītore)
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern
bone (kupu kē atu: wheua)
dry leaves of flax (kupu kē atu: kuka)
plain, devoid of ornamentation (kupu kē atu: māmore, taramore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
roughly made, imperfect (kupu kē atu: pūhungahunga)
square (tool) (takenga mai: koki hāngai - right angle)
bent, warped, twisted (kupu kē atu: kōrapa, tahatonga, tātonga)
crimson (kupu kē atu: kurauri)
ruby (colour) (kupu kē atu: kurauri)
red ochre (kupu kē atu: hōrū, hōrua)
dark red (kupu kē atu: kurauri)
red-brown, auburn (kupu kē atu: ura)
off-white, whitish-grey (kupu kē atu: pūmā)
mould (clay) (takenga mai: kōmiri - rub with the hand or fingers)
blend
gradient tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: kōmitimiti - blend, fuse, merge)
bracelet
eraser tool (digital image editing)
file (of data)
chip, splinter (kupu kē atu: maramara)
digital versatile disk (DVD)
compact disk (CD) (takenga mai: kōpae - disk; puoro - music)
art folder/folio (takenga mai: kōpaki - wrap, envelop, enfold; toi - art)
wrinkled (of fabric etc.), creased
shutter (of camera) (takenga mai: kōpani - close off, door)
veil (for face or eyes)
soft, pliable, pulpy
compress, squeeze together in the hand (kupu kē atu: kōramuramu)
pliable, soft, pulpy
crumpled (kupu kē atu: hūmekemeke)
impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)
blotchy
sequin (takenga mai: kora - small fragment, speck, gleam)
compress, squeeze together in the hand (kupu kē atu: kōpē, kōpēpē)
spotted, mottled (kupu kē atu: kōtingotingo, tāingoingo)
mottled, spotted (kupu kē atu: kōtingotingo, tāingoingo)
warped (kupu kē atu: kokohu, tahatonga, tātonga)
twisted (bent, warped in a grain of wood) (kupu kē atu: kokohu, tahatonga, tātonga)
bent (kupu kē atu: kokohu, tahatonga, tātonga)
flower stem of flax plant
curled (kupu kē atu: āmengemenge)
loop tool (clay)
grey (kupu kē atu: hina, kiwikiwi)
bulbed motif in kōwhaiwhai
carved slab over the window of a meeting house
corduroy (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: paparai)
carved face on the gable of a meeting house
headdress (kupu kē atu: hutukawa)
slice tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: kotikoti - to cut to pieces, lay out boundaries)
mottled, spotted (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, tāingoingo)
(to) lace, interlace (kupu kē atu: pawero)
interlace, to lace (kupu kē atu: pawero)
yellow
kōwhaiwhai (painted scroll pattern)
menu (takenga mai: kōwhiri - select, choose) (kupu kē atu: tahua)
colour palette (takenga mai: kōwhiri - select, choose; tae - colour)
tools palette (digital image editing)
marquee tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: kōwhiti - to select, to pull out)
magic wand tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: kano - colour, texture, stock)
rectangle tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tapawhā [tapawhā hāngai] - rectangle)
drill, a traditional tool used to make holes in wood and stone
dry leaves of flax (kupu kē atu: koka)
pliers
red (kupu kē atu: whero)
light red (takenga mai: tea - light [colour])
dark red (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)
crimson (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)
ruby (colour) (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)
moko pattern on the forearm
mallet (kupu kē atu: tā)
strike with a mallet, hammer etc. (kupu kē atu: hau, hahau, pao, pātuki)
pinking shears (takenga mai: kōpekapeka - zig zag)
fabric shears
shears, scissors
scissors, shears
elastic (takenga mai: kūtoro - stretched, at full length)
cotton thread (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
white
design brief (takenga mai: mahere - plan; hoahoa - design)
craft (kupu kē atu: haratau)
pottery
low contrast, dim (of an image) (kupu kē atu: whakawairua, whēkaro)
weaving pattern
purple (kupu kē atu: pāpura [kupu mino], tawa, waiporoporo)
bargeboards (of a meeting house)
blurry (of an image) (kupu kē atu: rehurehu)
spiral (kupu kē atu: tōrino)
straight-grained (of timber) (kupu kē atu: aritahi, ngako, pūkaka)
magenta
plain, devoid of ornamentation (kupu kē atu: kōkau, taramore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
manaia (stylised figure in carving)
muse (takenga mai: manawa - heart, seat of affection; kura [māreikura, whatukura] - order of female/male supernatural beings; kura - something cherished, dearly loved)
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern depicting the hammerhead shark
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern symbolising the strength of the shark
black (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, pango)
closely woven (kupu kē atu: pūputu)
kite (kupu kē atu: manu aute, pākau)
lime green (kupu kē atu: kārikikōwhai)
painted or carved figure in the form of a mythical sea creature
splinter, chip (kupu kē atu: kongakonga)
lens hood (takenga mai: maru - shield, shelter; arotahi - lens)
blade, cutting edge
diamond cutter, diamond bit (takenga mai: mata - blade, edge, surface; taimana - diamond [kupu mino]) (kupu kē atu: niho taimana)
viewfinder (takenga mai: mataaho - window)
stained glass window (takenga mai: mataaho - window; ōpurepure - varied with patches of colour)
cubism, cubist (takenga mai: toi - art; mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)
mask (kupu kē atu: kanohi kē)
blade (of a saw) (takenga mai: mata - face, edge; niho - tooth)
coarse, rough (texture) (kupu kē atu: kaitara, mātoretore, raunui, taratara)
coarse-grained (of a sharpening stone, etc.)
ceramic (takenga mai: matapaia - clay work, pottery)
graphite (takenga mai: matā - lead; pango - black)
mural (takenga mai: matarahi - large; mata - surface; rahi - numerous)
fine-grained (of a sharpening stone, etc.)
flax divided into narrow strips for weaving
light part of an image (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] - print or mark of teeth; tea - white, clear)
print (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; tuhi – delineate, draw, adorn with painting) (kupu kē atu: hāraunga)
lino print
intaglio (takenga mai: kōaro - be inverted)
wood block print
screen print (takenga mai: raumata - mesh of a net)
photographic screen print
dark part of an image (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] - print or mark of teeth; uri - dark)
silhouette (takenga mai: mata - face; uri - dark)
scanner
digital (takenga mai: mati - digit; hiko - electricity)
toggle (takenga mai: mātiti - peg for tightening or securing anything)
split (kupu kē atu: kōihi)
aesthetic (kupu kē atu: rerehua)
rough (texture), coarse (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, raunui, taratara)
red paint
seam (kupu kē atu: hiki)
faded (colour) (kupu kē atu: hātea)
pink (kupu kē atu: mākurakura)
pale pink (takenga mai: māwhero - pink; tea - light [of colour])
twist a cord by rubbing the strands on the thigh (kupu kē atu: tāmiro)
megapixel (tohu: MP)
megabyte (tohu: MB) (takenga mai: miriona - million [kupu mino]; wae - unit of measurment; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: mekapaita [kupu mino])
twisted cord, thread (kupu kē atu: aho)
thread, twisted cord (kupu kē atu: aho)
cotton thread (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
absorb (takenga mai: miti - lick up; mimiti - swallowed up)
gloss finish (takenga mai: mōhinuhinu - shiny, glistening, glossy) (kupu kē atu: pīata)
moko (tattooing on the face or body under traditional protocol) (kupu kē atu: tāmoko)
space (kupu kē atu: takiwā, whaitua)
genre (kupu kē atu: kātū, tūmomo)
foreground (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)
prepared flax fibre (kupu kē atu: whītau)
erase, eraser (takenga mai: muku - wipe, rub) (kupu kē atu: rapa, ūkui)
traditional tukutuku pattern incorporating a number of patterns in an array (kupu kē atu: Whanganui mūmū)
gas burner
vivid (of colour), bright (takenga mai: muramura - glow, show a brilliant colour) (kupu kē atu: kitakita)
bright, vivid (of colour) (takenga mai: muramura - glow, show a brilliant colour) (kupu kē atu: kitakita)
background (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)
diamond bit, diamond cutter (takenga mai: niho - tooth; taimana - diamond [kupu mino]) (kupu kē atu: mata taimana)
traditional tukutuku pattern representing the teeth of a taniwha
nylon (takenga mai: ngai - He kupu mino.; aku [akuaku] - firm, strong)
professional
straight-grained (of timber) (kupu kē atu: aritahi, mākohe, pūkaka)
spirited, lively
clear, focussed
focussed
dress timber with an adze (kupu kē atu: tahi)
finely finished adzing
coarse finished adzing
medium finished adzing
black pigment (kupu kē atu: konga, ngārehu, tārehu, waro)
charcoal (kupu kē atu: konga, ngārehu, tārehu, waro)
loosely woven (kupu kē atu: ngeki, tāwēwē)
needle (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
clay needle tool
pompom (kupu kē atu: poi)
intense (of feeling, mood etc.)
pied, patches of colour
patches of colour, pied
blue (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, kikorangi, purū [kupu mino])
electric blue (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; hiko - electric)
blue-grey
top coat (takenga mai: kiritai - outer skin, epidermis)
primer, underpaint (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)
underpaint, primer (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)
shutter button (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; kōpani - shutter [of a camera])
menu control (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; kōwhiringa - menu)
zoom control (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; topa [arotahi topa] - zoom lens)
mode control (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; whakahaere - organise, operate)
palette (takenga mai: pae -perch, rest; whakaranu - mix together)
threshold of a meeting house
mounting (for an artwork) (takenga mai: pae - surround with a border; piri - be attached, fastened to)
sensor (takenga mai: pae - perch; paenga - place where things are heaped up; rongo - apprehend by the senses)
moko pattern on the thigh (kupu kē atu: pakituri)
appropriate, appropriation (takenga mai: pāhao - borrow, acquire information stealthily, glean)
smear, daub (kupu kē atu: hawahawa)
light brown (kupu kē atu: hāuratea)
khaki
burnt orange, dark orange (kupu kē atu: tākou)
burnt orange, dark orange (kupu kē atu: tākou)
ochre (colour) (kupu kē atu: tākou)
dark orange (kupu kē atu: tākou)
carving pattern for surface decoration consisting of a series of notches
kite (kupu kē atu: manu aute, manu tukutuku)
notch
border on a garment
moko pattern on the thigh (kupu kē atu: paeturi)
image, statue (kupu kē atu: whakapakoko)
hammer (kupu kē atu: hama [kupu mino])
proportion (takenga mai: pānga [pā] - connected with, relationship; riterite - alike, corresponding)
black (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, mangu)
smear (kupu kē atu: penu, whakawahi)
paint (kupu kē atu: peita [kupu mino])
impasto (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread anything on something else; kukū - thick liquid)
gesso (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread; pākeho - limestone, white clay)
strike with an implement (kupu kē atu: hau, hahau, kuru, pātuki)
pegboard (takenga mai: papa - surface; kōputaputa - pitted, full of holes)
chipboard (takenga mai: papa - surface, board; maramara - chip, splinter)
fibreboard (takenga mai: papa - surface, board; mara [maramara] - chip, splinter; riki - small)
paper trimmer (takenga mai: papa - flat surface; poro - trim off, cut off)
drawing board
cutting board/mat
cotton (fabric) (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; hune - pappus of seeds of raupō)
suede (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; hunga [perehunga] - nap, fluff)
weaving pattern
weaving pattern (kupu kē atu: papakingaro)
canvas (made from hemp) (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; kōaka - hemp)
silk (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; māene [māeneene] - soft, smooth) (kupu kē atu: hiraka)
hardboard
satin (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; mōhinu [mōhinuhinu] - shiny, glistening, glossy)
velvet (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; mōnehu - the fine rusty pubescence on the unexpanded fronds of bracken and other ferns)
foreground (kupu kē atu: aroaro, [a] mua)
linen (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; muka - flax fibre)
background (kupu kē atu: [a] muri, tuarongo)
fabric, material, cloth (takenga mai: papanga rua - two-fold, of fabric)
layer, layered (kupu kē atu: paparanga)
stretch fabric (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; kūtoro - stretched at full length, a closely woven fabric)
corduroy (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; rarai - ribbed, furrowed) (kupu kē atu: koruroi)
layer, layered (kupu kē atu: papanga)
(drawing) tablet (takenga mai: papa - surface; tuhi - write, draw)
middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: tuawaenga, [a] waenga)
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax (kupu kē atu: kaku, pūkaha)
tool (kupu kē atu: taputapu)
brush (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
synthetic brush (takenga mai: horihori - false, artificial)
sable brush (takenga mai: huruhuru - hair, fur)
airbrush (takenga mai: kōkōhau - air)
nylon brush
fine brush
broad brush
orange-yellow
dark brown, chocolate colour (kupu kē atu: hāura, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino], ura)
chocolate colour (kupu kē atu: hāura, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino], ura)
carved door lintel of a meeting house
bodice
bra
mud (used in the process of dyeing fibre)
weaving pattern
tassel, thrum (kupu kē atu: hukahuka)
thrum, tassel (kupu kē atu: hukahuka)
traditional kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku pattern depicting the flounder and Coalsack constellation
horizontal type tool (digital image editing)
vertical type tool (digital image editing)
type (on a keyboard)
strike with an implement (kupu kē atu: hau, hahau, pao, paopao)
lace, interlace (kupu kē atu: kōtui, kōtuitui)
paint, painting (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pani)
oil paint
acrylic paint
enamel paint (takenga mai: kōrahirahi - thin, somewhat transparent)
fauvism (takenga mai: pāwhara - wild, untamed)
spray paint
figurative painting
abstract painting
watercolour paint
watercolour
gouache (takenga mai: peita - paint [kupu mino]; wai - water; kukū - firm, stiff, thickened, thick liquid)
wash (paint) (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)
metallic paint (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])
pen (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
pen tool (digital image editing)
crayon
stylus (takenga mai: pene - pen; matihiko - digital)
pencil
permanent marker pen
chalk pen
fountain pen, ink pen
felt pen (takenga mai: pene - pen ; whītau - prepared fibre)
smear (kupu kē atu: pani, whakawahi)
paper
recycled paper
sugar paper
cotton paper
textured paper (kupu kē atu: pepa whaikakano)
canvas paper
cartridge paper (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
black cartridge paper
cardboard
blotting paper (takenga mai: mitimiti - lick up)
tinfoil (takenga mai: mohe [konumohe] - aluminium)
glossy paper
linen paper
wallpaper (kupu kē atu: pepa pātū)
matt paper
tissue paper (takenga mai: rauangi - to be thin, fine)
brown paper (wrapping paper)
tracing paper
newsprint (takenga mai: tōkau - to be plain)
graph paper
watercolour paper
wax paper
coloured paper
metallic paper (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])
photography paper
sandpaper (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; māene - smooth)
papier mâché (takenga mai: pepa - paper; whakapiri - stick, fasten)
translucent paper
fire brick
nut (takenga mai: peru - head as of a nail etc.)
rag (kupu kē atu: karukaru, ruha, ruharuha, ruwha)
apprentice, novice (kupu kē atu: ika tauhou)
novice, apprentice (kupu kē atu: ika tauhou)
pastel (takenga mai: pia - gum of a tree; kano - colour)
gloss finish (kupu kē atu: mōhinuhinu)
matt finish
crack
crazing (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)
cut, slit, tear (kupu kē atu: hae, hahae, ripi)
picture (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: whakaahua)
illustration (takenga mai: whakaari - to show, display, present)
pin (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tāpine)
pīngao, golden sand sedge, Demoschoenus spiralis
golden yellow
wide apart, gaping (kupu kē atu: tīrara, tīwāwā)
gaping (kupu kē atu: tīrara, tīwāwā)
sharp (kupu kē atu: kikoha, koi, ratarata)
bead
gigabyte (tohu: GB) (takenga mai: piriona - billion; wae - unit of measurement; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: kikapaita [kupu mino])
velcro (takenga mai: piripiri - Acaena anserinifolia, a creeping burr; piri - stick, adhere)
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern relating to the manaia figure in carving
skirt made from flax
surrealism (takenga mai: toi - art; pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)
ear ornament (kupu kē atu: whakakai)
pompom (kupu kē atu: ngore)
playdough (takenga mai: poi - make into a ball, knead, work up; kere - clay, earth) (kupu kē atu: kere pokepoke)
protégé (takenga mai: poipoi - to nuture)
hole (kupu kē atu: kōhao)
pierce
bore
hank (of fibre), skein
wedge, knead (clay) (takenga mai: pokepoke - knead)
crop tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: poro - to cut short, trim off)
to crop
crop an image (takenga mai: poro - cut short; whakaahua - photograph, image)
indigo (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; pango - black)
blue-black (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; pango - black)
pale purple-blue
violet
mauve
dark purple (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; uri - dark [of colour])
lightbox
weaving pattern
greenstone
dark green (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, kārikiuri)
carved upright slab on the interior walls of a meeting house
traditional tukutuku pattern resembling steps
centre ridge-pole of a meeting house
vertical
carved centre post on the interior end wall of a meeting house
base, source, origin (kupu kē atu: pūtake, take )
vanishing point
camera (takenga mai: pū - origin, source; pū [pūrere] - device; whakaahua - image) (kupu kē atu: kāmera [kupu mino])
video camera (takenga mai: ataata - video)
film camera (tohu: SLR)
digital camera (takenga mai: mati - digit; hiko - electricity)
pin-hole camera (takenga mai: puare - aperture, opening; ririki - small)
high contrast (takenga mai: pūahoaho - clarity, clearness)
aperture (of a lens)
opaque
transparent, clear (kupu kē atu: kōataata, purata)
clothing, garment, fashion (kupu kē atu: kahu, kaka, kākahu)
decorate with feathers, bunches of hair etc.
blunt (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhuki, tūnguru)
traditional kōwhaiwhai and moko pattern usually on the upper leg
blunt (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhoi, tūnguru)
roughly made, imperfect (kupu kē atu: kōkau)
imperfect, roughly made (kupu kē atu: kōkau)
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax (kupu kē atu: kaku, para)
straight-grained (of timber) (kupu kē atu: aritahi, mākohe, ngako)
knot (in timber) (kupu kē atu: pūpeka, pūmanga)
evocative, expressive (takenga mai: pū [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion) (kupu kē atu: ihiihi)
expressionism (takenga mai: pū [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)
expressive, evocative (takenga mai: pū [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion) (kupu kē atu: ihiihi)
dark blue, navy blue (kupu kē atu: ōrangiuri)
off-white, whitish grey (kupu kē atu: kōmā)
memory stick
pen drive
knot (in timber) (kupu kē atu: pūkanohi, pūpeka)
hard drive
installation (takenga mai: puni - encampment)
knot (in timber) (kupu kē atu: pūkanohi, pūmanga)
close, tight (of weaving) (kupu kē atu: mangungu)
traditional tukutuku pattern representing the myriad stars of the night sky
transparent, clear (kupu kē atu: kōataata, pūataata)
blur (takenga mai: pūrehurehu - be misty, dim, blurred, indistinct)
digital device, digital instrument (kupu kē atu: taputapu matihiko)
tāmoko machine
sewing machine
vice (takenga mai: puri - hold; mau - fixed, be held) (kupu kē atu: whakakēkeke)
copy (kupu kē atu: tārua)
clone stamp tool (digital image editing)
source, base, origin (kupu kē atu: pū, take)
origin, source, base (kupu kē atu: pū, take)
base, source, origin (kupu kē atu: pū, take)
edition
carving pattern for surface decoration
lycra (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
adorn, embellish (kupu kē atu: whakanako, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakarākai, whakarākei)
raku (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Hapanihi].)
research (takenga mai: rangahau - seek, search out)
twist together, bind
bind, twist together
roller, cylinder
cylinder, roller
mix, mixture (kupu kē atu: whakahanumi, whakaranu)
eraser (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: muku, ūkui)
cross-grained (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rīrapa, tahatonga, takawiri)
tangled (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rīrapa, tahatonga, takawiri)
kilt
the projecting ends of the bargeboards of a meeting house
moko pattern usually on the buttocks
weave, weaving (kupu kē atu: nape, whatu, rangā [tūmahi hāngū])
tight weaving (kupu kē atu: pūputu)
open weaving (kupu kē atu: raranga tātahi)
line
contour lines (takenga mai: hua - outline, contour line)
curved line (kupu kē atu: ānau, rārangi piko)
unbroken line, continuous line
broken line
curved line (kupu kē atu: ānau, rārangi kōpiko)
guides (digital image editing) (takenga mai: rārangi - line; tīaroaro - alignment)
straight line
sharp (kupu kē atu: kikoha, koi, pīrata)
fine (texture), thin (kupu kē atu: angiangi, rauiti)
curate (takenga mai: rauhī - to gather together, take care of)
coarse, rough (texture) (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, mātoretore, taratara)
bulrush, Typha orientalis
carving pattern for surface decoration
spiral carving pattern for surface decoration
squeegee (takenga mai: rau [rarau] - lay hold of, grasp, handle; tahi - sweep)
visual diary, work journal (takenga mai: rau - to put into, gather into; taka - to come around as a date or period of time) (kupu kē atu: mahitaka ataata)
bronze (takenga mai: rauwhero - ruddy brown)
recycled material (kupu kē atu: rawa tukurua)
natural resource
recycled material (kupu kē atu: rawa hangarua)
medium (takenga mai: rawa - goods, property; toi - art)
medium, art materials (takenga mai: rawa - goods, property; toi - art)
art materials, medium (takenga mai: rawa - goods, property; toi - art)
mixed media (takenga mai: rawatoi - medium [visual art]; tini - many) (kupu kē atu: toirau)
manipulate, fashion
image manipulation (kupu kē atu: whakarākei whakaahua)
expert, clever, deft, virtuoso (kupu kē atu: ringarehe, tohunga)
blurry (of an image) (kupu kē atu: makaro)
rayon (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
hem
lower border on a cloak
visual literacy
aesthetic, aesthetically pleasing, beauty (kupu kē atu: matomato)
harmony, harmonious (takenga mai: rere - flow; rere [rerehua] - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic; tau - be neat, attractive, beautiful)
guillotine (takenga mai: ringa - arm; pīauau - cutting instrument)
craftsman, craftsperson (takenga mai: ringa - hand; ringatoi - artist; rehe - adept, skillful) (kupu kē atu: ringaharatau)
artisan (takenga mai: ringa - hand; ringatoi - artist; rehe - adept, skillful) (kupu kē atu: ringaharatau)
artist
visual artist
clay artist (kupu kē atu: kaihanga uku)
potter (takenga mai: ringa - hand; uku - clay)
corrugated iron
ridge
cut, slit, tear (kupu kē atu: hae, haehae, pihi)
carving pattern for surface decoration (kupu kē atu: unaunahi)
cross-grained, matted, tangled (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, takawiri, tahatonga)
(new) shoot of flax plant
depth of field (takenga mai: rohe - area, region; ngangahu - clear, in focus)
traditional tukutuku pattern representing albatross tears
knead (clay) (kupu kē atu: pokepoke [uku])
awareness (kupu kē atu: aroā)
perceive, perception (kupu kē atu: aroā)
cable release (takenga mai: rou - a long stick used to reach anything; kōpani - shutter [of a camera])
weaving pattern
rag (kupu kē atu: karukaru, petapeta, ruharuha)
ruler (takenga mai: rūri - He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tauine)
measuring tape (kupu kē atu: tēpa ine)
Mātuku-tangotango’s knot
glass (art) (takenga mai: kōataata - transparent)
impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)
cubism, cubist (takenga mai: toi - art; mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)
surrealism (takenga mai: toi - art; pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)
expressionism (takenga mai: pū [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)
draw, etch, engrave, cut, fashion, paint (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
mallet (kupu kē atu: kuru)
etch, draw, engrave, cut, fashion, paint (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
engrave, draw, etch, cut, fashion, paint (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
cut, draw, etch, engrave, fashion, paint (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
fashion, draw, etch, engrave, cut, paint (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
paint, draw, etch, engrave, cut, fashion (kupu kē atu: tuhi)
pointillism (takenga mai: tā - draw; tongi - point, speck)
colour, hue (kupu kē atu: kano)
dye (kupu kē atu: waitae)
stain (kupu kē atu: tawau)
hue (kupu kē atu: kano)
warm colour
primary colour (takenga mai: mātāmua - first)
tertiary colour (takenga mai: mātāmuri - last)
cool colour
secondary colour (takenga mai: mātā - e whai ana i te tauira o te 'mātāmua' me te 'mātāmuri'; waenga - middle)
earth colour (takenga mai: ō - of, pertaining to; nuku - the earth)
triad colours (takenga mai: tapatoru - triangle)
contrasting colour (takenga mai: tauaro - opposite) (kupu kē atu: tae wana)
contrasting colour (kupu kē atu: tae tauaro)
colour wheel (takenga mai: tae - colour; āwhio - circle, round) (kupu kē atu: wīra tae)
analogous colour (takenga mai: rata - friendly, tame)
monochromatic (takenga mai: tahi - one)
polychromatic (takenga mai: tini - many)
gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris (kupu kē atu: hue, kiaka)
misappropriate (kupu kē atu: whānako)
bent, warped, twisted (kupu kē atu: kokohu, kōrapa, tātonga)
cross-grained, matted, tangled (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, rīrapa, takawiri)
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving) (kupu kē atu: kāwitiwiti, tākeka)
necklace, neck ornament (kupu kē atu: hei, whakakai)
dress timber with an adze (kupu kē atu: ngao)
tone (of colour) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; hina - grey)
brush stroke (takenga mai: tahi - sweep)
brush tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tahitahi - stroke, sweep; kano - colour, texture, stock)
ridge-beam of a meeting house (kupu kē atu: tāhuhu)
stencil (takenga mai: tā - draw, cut, etch; hua - outline)
render (digital image editing)
ridge-beam of a meeting house (kupu kē atu: tāhū)
mottled, spotted (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, kōtingotingo)
frame (kupu kē atu: taku, tāpare)
dodge tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kaho - anything light in colour)
tint (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kano - pigment, colour)
semi-gloss (takenga mai: tākarokaro - shine dimly)
tangled, cross-grained, matted (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, rīrapa, tahatonga)
base, source, origin, cause, reason (kupu kē atu: pū, pūtake)
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving) (kupu kē atu: tāheha, kāwitiwiti)
original (takenga mai: taketake - origin, beginning, root)
split into fine strips
traditional tukutuku pattern symbolising two-way communication
space (kupu kē atu: mokowā)
dark orange (kupu kē atu: pākākā)
burnt orange (kupu kē atu: pākākā)
ochre (kupu kē atu: pākākā)
solvent (takenga mai: tā - causitive prefix; meha [memeha] - be dissolved)
twist a cord by rubbing the strands on the thigh (kupu kē atu: miri)
tāmoko (tattooing on the face or body under customary protocol) (kupu kē atu: moko)
digital drawing (takenga mai: tā - draw, paint; mati - digit; hiko - electric)
cartoon drawing
comic drawing
monoprint
polyprint
denim (takenga mai: He kupu mino [mai i te kupu 'dungaree'].)
tāniko (finger weaving)
toxic (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; oke - ill, ailing)
claywork, pottery
greenware (takenga mai: taonga - object; uku - clay; mata - fresh, green, uncooked)
jewellery (kupu kē atu: whakapīwari, taonga whakarākei)
carving pattern for surface decoration
tapa (cloth)
edge, margin
margin, edge
flexi-curve (takenga mai: tapa - edge; pīngore - flexible)
frame (kupu kē atu: taitapa, taku)
vinyl (takenga mai: tapeha - rind, bark, skin)
healing brush tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tapi - patch, mend, repair)
lock off (turn in the strands of a piece of weaving)
french curve (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; piko - curve)
pin (kupu kē atu: pine)
hessian (takenga mai: tāpora - a coarse floor mat)
compass (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; porowhita - circle)
tool (kupu kē atu: pāraharaha)
digital instrument, digital device (kupu kē atu: pūrere matihiko)
sculpting tool
scraper (kupu kē atu: wakuwaku)
sculpting tool (clay) (kupu kē atu: wakuwaku [uku])
kidney (tool for clay) (kupu kē atu: wakuwaku [uku])
drawing instrument
sculpt, sculpture (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion)
clay sculpture
power carver (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion; hiko - electricity)
dremel (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion; hiko - electricity; matarehu - fine)
additive sculpture
subtractive sculpture
free-standing sculpture
plain, devoid of ornamentation (kupu kē atu: kōkau, māmore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
fine, small, as fibres of finely dressed flax
coarse, rough (texture) (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, mātoretore, raunui)
carving pattern for surface decoration (kupu kē atu: taratara-a-Kae, taratara-o-Kai)
charcoal, black pigment (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, waro)
graver, burin (takenga mai: tā - cut, tattoo; ripa - groove, furrow)
graver (takenga mai: tā - cut, tattoo; ripa - groove, furrow)
burin, graver (takenga mai: tā - cut, tattoo; ripa - groove, furrow)
lasso tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tārore - put into a noose, snare)
duplicate, copy (kupu kē atu: pūrua)
repeat, repetitive
scumble, scumbling (takenga mai: tā - paint; runga - top; whakarehurehu - blur)
style (takenga mai: tātai - arrange, adorn, set in order, recite genealogy) (kupu kē atu: tāera [kupu mino])
shade (of colour) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; tiwha - dark)
bent, warped, twisted (kupu kē atu: kokohu, kōrapa, tahatonga)
belt
lash, fasten, bind (kupu kē atu: whiwhita)
ruler (kupu kē atu: rūri)
model, maquette
pattern
maquette, model
lens cap (takenga mai: taupoki - cover, close with a lid; arotahi -lens)
balance, balanced
asymmetrical balance (takenga mai: taurite - balance; hikuwaru - crooked, asymmetrical)
burn tool (digital image editing) (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; uriuri - dark in colour)
purple (kupu kē atu: māhoe, pāpura [kupu mino], waiporoporo)
(to) dye (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)
stain (takenga mai: tawau - milky juice of plants, stain therefrom) (kupu kē atu: tae)
loosely woven (kupu kē atu: ngeki, ngekingeki)
trace (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; whai - follow, acquire the shape or character of; tāwhai - imitate)
spin (clay)
light (of colour), pale (kupu kē atu: kaho, kōmā, teatea)
pale, light (of colour) (kupu kē atu: kaho, kōmā, teatea)
carved figure on the gable of a meeting house
measuring tape (takenga mai: tēpa - He kupu mino.; ine - measure) (kupu kē atu: rūri tākai)
stapler (takenga mai: tēpara - He kupu mino.)
set (clay) (takenga mai: tetepe - set, become firm)
T-square (takenga mai: koki hāngai - right angle)
strip (flax)
art technique
gouge
download (electronic data)
flue (takenga mai: He kupu mino [mai i te kupu 'chimney'].)
chalk
select, selection
path selection tool (digital image editing)
headband
irregular (shape) (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipitaha, tōroherohe)
gaping, wide apart (kupu kē atu: pirara, tīwāwā)
easel (takenga mai: tīrewa - scaffolding or raised frame for hanging things on; peita - painting)
perspective (takenga mai: tirohanga - view, sight, aspect)
two-point perspective (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; rua - two)
single-point perspective, one-point perspective (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; tahi - one)
three-point percpective (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; toru - three)
steel scraper (takenga mai: tīwani - to scrape, dress, smooth; maitai - steel)
wide apart, gaping (kupu kē atu: pirara, tīrara)
screw
symbol, symbolise
visual metaphor (kupu kē atu: ata whakarite)
expert, skilled person
art
folk art
pop art (takenga mai: aro - desire, inclination, attend to, favour; tini - many)
visual art
visual art
modernism
wearable art (kupu kē atu: toi pūeru)
graffiti art (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Itariana].)
impressionism (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)
cubism (takenga mai: mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)
protest art (takenga mai: mautohe - to oppose, take a stand against, protest)
marbling (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)
collage (takenga mai: piripiri - stick, adhere, cling)
surrealism (takenga mai: pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)
realism
wearable art (kupu kē atu: toi kaka, toi kākahu)
expressionism (takenga mai: pu [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)
installation art (takenga mai: puni - encampment)
sgraffito (takenga mai: rapirapi - scratch) (kupu kē atu: ketuketu)
line art
mosaic (takenga mai: rōpinepine - place close together)
minimalist art (takenga mai: tahanga - naked, bereft, having nothing)
minimalist art (takenga mai: tahanga - naked, benefit, nothing left)
non-figurative art, non-representational art (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; aweawe - distant, out of reach)
sewing arts
abstract art (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; rehurehu - indistinctly seen)
representational art (takenga mai: tūturu - real, true, actual, authentic)
figurative art (takenga mai: tūturu - real, true, actual, authentic)
construction art, assemblage
mixed media (kupu kē atu: rawatoi tini)
cut (a notch) (kupu kē atu: pakini)
plain, devoid of ornamentation (kupu kē atu: kōkau, māmore, taramore)
adze
pixel (tohu: px) (takenga mai: tongi - speck; iti - small) (kupu kē atu: pika [kupu mino])
grainy (of an image) (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)
zoom
zoom in (kupu kē atu: topa mai)
zoom out (kupu kē atu: topa atu)
photomontage (takenga mai: tōpū - assembled together; whakaahua - photograph)
negative (of an image) (takenga mai: tō - that of, pertaining to ; raro - below)
spiral (kupu kē atu: makaurangi)
irregular (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha)
double weave
twilled
double weave, two-fold, twilled
positive (of an image) (takenga mai: tō - that of, pertaining to; runga - above)
harden
background (takenga mai: tua - back, the farther side; tuarongo - back of the interior of a house) (kupu kē atu: a muri, papamuri)
middle ground (of an image) (takenga mai: tua - e whai ana i te 'tua' o te kupu tuarongo; waenga - middle) (kupu kē atu: [a] waenga, papawaenga)
colour spectrum (takenga mai: tūāwhiorangi - rainbow)
draw (kupu kē atu: tā ~ia ~nga)
typography (takenga mai: tuhi - write; rere - flow, flowing; rerehua - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic)
calligraphy
scale drawing
explore, exploration
quilting (takenga mai: tui - sew; kuira - quilt [kupu mino])
tapestry (takenga mai: tui - sew; raumata - mesh)
appliqué (takenga mai: tui - sew; tāpiri - join, add, append, supplement)
embroidery (takenga mai: tui - sew; whakaniko - ornament, adorn)
stitch, sew
sew, stitch
zigzag stitch
cross stitch (takenga mai: kōwhiti - a cross stitch in reed panelling)
chain stitch
hem stitch
running stitch
back stitch
lock stitch
overcast stitch
creative process (takenga mai: tukanga [tukatuka] - start up, proceed forward; auaha - creative)
art process (takenga mai: tukanga [tukatuka] - start up, proceed forward)
tāniko pattern made up of notched zigzag lines
projector (takenga mai: tuku - release, send, present; ata - image)
upload (electronic data)
upcycle (takenga mai: tuku [tukurua] - recycle; runga - up)
tukutuku (lattice work, interior woven panels of wharenui)
upright rod on the front of a tukutuku panel
mordant (kupu kē atu: waitumu)
genre (kupu kē atu: momo, kātū)
blunt (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhoi, pūhuki)
abstract (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort; rehurehu - indistinctly seen) (kupu kē atu: waitara)
weaving pattern
tāmoko needle made from the bone of the dotterel bird
eyedropper tool (digital image editing)
drill (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort; wiri - bore, twist) (kupu kē atu: hōrete)
battery drill
tāmoko instrument
cover, spread over (kupu kē atu: apu)
iridescent (takenga mai: uira – to flash, gleam; iraira – to shine, glitter, be variegated)
clay (kupu kē atu: kere)
earthenware (takenga mai: koropungapunga - porous)
erase, eraser (kupu kē atu: muku, rapa)
smudge
smudge tool (digital image editing)
gas kiln
turf kiln
paper kiln
pit kiln
wood fired kiln
kiln, clay oven (takenga mai: umu - oven; uku - clay)
carving pattern for surface decoration (kupu kē atu: riporipo)
brown (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown, parauri , kākaka, parāone [kupu mino])
red-brown (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown, parauri, kākaka, parāone - brown)
auburn (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown)
dark (of colour) (kupu kē atu: hiwa, kākarauri)
byte (tohu: B) (takenga mai: wae - unit of measurement; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: paita [kupu mino])
middle ground (of an image) (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)
ISO (takenga mai: wae - unit of measurement; rongo - sense; aho - light)
mood, feeling (takenga mai: wairua - spirit)
feeling, mood (takenga mai: wairua - spirit)
motif (takenga mai: waitohu - mark, signify, indicate)
ink (takenga mai: wai - liquid; tuhi - write, draw, adorn with painting)
mordant (kupu kē atu: tūmau kano)
slip (clay) (takenga mai: wai - water; uku - clay)
file (tool) (takenga mai: waku - rub, scrape, abrade; matarehu - fine grained)
frottage, rubbing (takenga mai: wakuwaku - rub, scrape, abrade)
scraper (kupu kē atu: taputapu tārai)
rubbing, frottage (takenga mai: wakuwaku - rub, scrape, abrade)
scrape (kupu kē atu: hākuku, harakuku)
quick unpick (takenga mai: wewete - untie, unravel; tuinga - stitch) (kupu kē atu: waha kai tuinga)
pottery wheel, clay wheel
clay wheel, pottery wheel
image (kupu kē atu: atahanga)
photograph
aerial photograph (kupu kē atu: whakaahua mai i runga)
thumbnail (takenga mai: hangariki - small)
static image (takenga mai: hū - still, quiet)
self-portrait (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; aro [whaiaro] - self, person)
caricature (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; paki [pakiwaitara] - fiction, legend, folk lore)
portrait (takenga mai: kiritangata – person)
aerial photograph (kupu kē atu: whakaahua ā-manu)
digital photograph (takenga mai: matihiko - digital)
landscape (image) (takenga mai: taiao - environment)
time-lapse photography
panorama (takenga mai: takiraha - wide, extended)
close-up (photograph) (takenga mai: tiro - survey, view; tata - close)
still life photography (takenga mai: toka - stay still, firm)
exhibit, exhibition (kupu kē atu: whakakite ~a ~nga)
mix together (paint etc.) (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakaranu)
distort (image)
tuck (in sewing), dart (takenga mai: whakahoi - insert divergent threads in the woof of a garment to make fullness)
dart, tuck in (sewing) (takenga mai: whakahoi - insert divergent threads in the woof of a garment to make fullness)
carve, carving, ornamented with a pattern
rock carving, rock art (takenga mai: whakairo - carve, ornament with a pattern, sculpt; kāmaka - rock, stone)
bone carving
relief carving
bas relief
wood carving
carving pattern for surface decoration
ear ornament (kupu kē atu: pōhoi)
necklace, neck ornament (kupu kē atu: hei, tāhei)
vice (kupu kē atu: purimau)
fill (digital image editing)
show, exhibit, exhibition (kupu kē atu: whakaatu ~ria ~ranga)
sharpen (kupu kē atu: oroi)
clamp
electric sander (takenga mai: whakamāene - make smooth; hiko - electricity)
burnish (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; maheni - smooth)
polish, polisher
interpret
sharpen (an image) (takenga mai: ngangahu - clear, in focus)
embellish, adorn (takenga mai: whakaniko - ornament with curves, adorn) (kupu kē atu: rākai, rākei, whakanako, whakapaipai, whakarākai)
inspire
refine
embellish (kupu kē atu: whakanikoniko, whakanakonako, whakarākai)
firing (clay) (takenga mai: paka - dried, baked, cook)
glaze firing
pit firing (clay) (takenga mai: rō [roto] - in; rua - pit)
biscuit firing, bisque (takenga mai: whakapaka - firing; totoka - make solid)
image, statue (kupu kē atu: pakoko)
jewellery (takenga mai: whakapīwari - bedeck, ornament) (kupu kē atu: taonga whakapaipai, taonga whakarākei)
embellish, adorn (kupu kē atu: rākai, rākei, whakaniko, whakanakonako, whakapaipai)
image manipulation (kupu kē atu: raweke whakaahua)
mix together (paint etc.) (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakahanumi)
translucent
edit
pixelate (digital image editing) (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; tongotongi - speckled)
carved uprights on either side of the door of a meeting house (kupu kē atu: waewae)
smear (kupu kē atu: pani, penu)
low contrast, dim (of an image) (takenga mai: whakawairua - appear dim and shadowy) (kupu kē atu: māhinahina, whēkaro)
dim (of an image), low contrast (takenga mai: whakawairua - appear dim and shadowy) (kupu kē atu: māhinahina, whēkaro)
stylise (digital image editing) (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; whaihanga - manipulate, make, construct)
develop (takenga mai: whaka - causitive prefix; whanake - grow)
misappropriate (takenga mai: whānako - cheat, rob, steal) (kupu kē atu: tāhae)
traditional tukutuku pattern incorporating a number of patterns in an array (kupu kē atu: mūmū)
chisel
v chisel
flat chisel (takenga mai: papatahi - flat)
gouge chisel (takenga mai: pewa - anything bow-shaped)
bolt (takenga mai: whao - iron tool; wiri - twist, thread)
(art) gallery
carved house
meeting house
focal length
weave (kupu kē atu: nape, raranga)
single weft twining
double weft twining
low contrast, dim (of an image) (kupu kē atu: māhinahina, whakawairua)
warp (as a weaving)
red, orange-red (kupu kē atu: kura - red)
bone (kupu kē atu: kōiwi)
plait
prepared flax fibre (kupu kē atu: muka)
fasten, bind, lash (kupu kē atu: tauhere)