moana

1. (verb) to be uneven.

I moana tētahi taha o te rua (W 1971:204). / One side of the pit was uneven.

2. (noun) roof of a kūmara storehouse.

moana

1. (noun) sea, ocean, large lake.

Kei te mōhio katoa rātau ki ngā tauranga tāmure, tauranga tarakihi, tauranga hāpuku me ērā atu ika o te moana (TWK 54:3). / They know all the fishing grounds for snapper, tarakihi, groper and those other fish of the sea.

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Synonyms: tahuaroa, tai, moana waiwai, mātai, au, Tahuaroa, moana tuauriuri

tauā moana

1. (noun) navy.

Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.

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Synonyms: pukepoto, ōrangiuri

2. (modifier) naval.

Rokohina atu ko Te Arawa rātau ko ngā hōia a te kāwanatanga me ngā waka taua moana o Peretānia e tū mai ana (TTR 1994:152). / Te Arawa and the government troops, with British naval vessels standing by, came upon them.

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kūiti moana

1. (noun) (geography) sound.

mana moana

1. (noun) authority over the sea and lakes - although this is a modern term, the concept of authority over lakes and parts of the sea (mana o te moana) is traditional. According to Māori custom, land rights extended as well to adjacent sea or lakes with fixed boundaries for inshore and deep-sea fishing and the gathering of seafood.

Me hoki atu au ki te āhua o ngā kōrero kua hua ake i roto i ēnei rā: te mana whenua, te mana tangata me te kararehe hou nei, te mana moana (Wh4 2004:239). / Let me return to the types of terms being used today: 'mana whenua' (authority over land), 'mana tangata' (inherited status) and this new beast 'mana moana' (authority over the sea).

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toke moana

1. (noun) thorny worm, Glycera americana - a large slender species found in mud at low tide. Sometimes grows to 600 mm.

2. (noun) zebra earthworm, Notoscolex equestris - earthworm with zebra-like bands of pale cream alternating with purplish-brown. Found on Poor Knights Islands.

weri moana

1. (noun) sea centipede, Perinereis novaehollandiae - grows to 205 mm and is long and common under stones at low tide.

punga moana

1. (noun) cup coral, Caryophillia profunda - simple corals, each cup representing the skelton base of a polyp. Found in deep water.

huru moana

1. (noun) freshwater hydra, Hydra viridis - a solitary polyp about 10 mm long, usually found attached to the under surfaces of water plants in ponds and streams. An animal similar to a sea anemone consisting of a hollow cylinder with a mouth surrounded by tentacles.

porotaka moana

1. (noun) globe sponge, Tethya aurantium - brilliant orange spong resembling a golf ball. Common in lower intertidal rocky zone attached under boulders and to the roofs of caverns.

Raukawa Moana

1. (location) Cook Strait.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

takutai moana

1. (noun) coast, foreshore and seabed.

I tōia ki te awa ka mānu mai ki te takutai moana, ka tōia mā te waka ki Whāngārā (TTR 1990:16). / It was hauled to the river and floated to the coast, and towed by canoe to Whāngārā.

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Tauranga Moana

1. (location) Tauranga Harbour.

mate moana

1. (noun) sea sickness.

kōtore moana

1. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.

Synonyms: kōtoretore, tou, toretore, kōtore

kakau moana

1. (noun) gummy weed, Splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Its tubular fronds are full of sticky gum, which protects the seaweed from shrivelling up when the tide is out.

ika moana

1. (noun) whale - a general term.

Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.

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kanohi moana

1. (noun) sea-gooseberry, Pleurobrachia pileus - a free-swimming transparent animal resembling a jelly-fish, but with eight external bands of short comb-like structures which run from top to bottom of the oval or pear-shaped animal. The body is 15-50 mm long.

moana waiwai

1. (noun) ocean, open sea.

Ka tae ana te waka ki te moana waiwai, ka puta te āwhā. / When the canoe reached the open sea the storm occurred.

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Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana tuauriuri, moana, Tahuaroa

moana tuauriuri

1. (noun) ocean, open sea.

I mua atu i a koe ko te kaipuke iti a Kāpene Kuku, ōna hoe he kōmaru, i whiti mai ai i te moana tuauriuri, tau ana ki ngā wai o Hauraki (TWM 27/5/1869:2). / Before you, it was Captain Cook's small sailing ship, its propulsion was with sails, that crossed the ocean and arrived to the waters of the Hauraki Gulf.

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Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana waiwai, moana, Tahuaroa

moana

moana

tauā moana

kūiti moana

mana moana

toke moana

weri moana

punga moana

huru moana

porotaka moana

Raukawa Moana

takutai moana

Tauranga Moana

mate moana

kōtore moana

kakau moana

ika moana

kanohi moana

moana waiwai

moana tuauriuri

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