2. (noun) shield, padding, protection, garment wrapped round the arm as protection from blows.
Ko ōna rākau patu, he kōpere, he taiaha, he hoari, he puapua (TWM 22/8/1863:3). / His weapons were bows and arrows, spears, swords and shields.
Synonyms: ārei, kahupeka, whakaruruhau, whakapuru tao, maru, ārai, pākai, hīra, pukupuku, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, tiakanga, whakamaru, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau
3. (noun) wreath.
4. (noun) vulva.
Ko te puapua te puaretanga o te tara o te wahine. / The vulva is the external opening of a woman's vagina.
5. (noun) pistil, carpel.
Synonyms: hema-uwha
6. (noun) petal.
Hei tango i te tae ka kopenua ka tātaritia ngā puapua mā ngā puapua o te toetoe, ērā momo tipu (Te Ara 2015). / To extract the juice, the petals were crushed and strained through toetoe and such plants.
Synonyms: raupua
7. (noun) clematis, Clematis paniculata, Clematis forsteri - climbing plants with white, showy flowers and hand-shaped arranged leaves with three 'fingers'. The seed heads are fluffy.
See also puawānanga
puapua whakamahara
1. (noun) wreath.
Ko te hui whakamutunga, hui iwi whānui ake a Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd, he whakatakoto i tētahi puapua whakamahara nei i Pōneke i te wā tōmuri ake o te tau 1958, tōmua kē ake rānei o te tau 1959 (TTR 2000:27). / Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd made her last public appearance when a wreath was laid in Wellington in late 1958 or early 1959.
puapua-a-Atutahi
1. (noun) flower fungus, Aseroe rubra - a fungus that grows in spring, usually found on the ground among whauwhaupaku, kōhūhū and koromiko trees.
See also puapua-a-Autahi
