pāra
1. (noun) frostfish, Lepidopus caudatus - an eel-like fish with a silver elongated body and large, dagger-like teeth. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand in depths of 20-800 m.
Hopukina ai e te Māori ngā momo tuna katoa – te ngōiro, te tuere, te pāra, te piharau (Te Ara 2012). / Māori caught all types of eels - conger eels, hagfish, frostfish and lamprey.
See also taharangi
2. (noun) stone flake.
Ka kitea ngā pāra pai, ka mahia hai kautete (JPS 1929:217). / When good stone flakes are found they're made into cutting tools.
para
1. (noun) king fern, horseshoe fern, Marattia salicina - huge, tufted native ground fern with unusually large, heavy, dark, glossy fronds, divided into long, strap-like leaflets. Stalks clasping at base, with large ear-like lobes. The underground stems were an important food.
Ka tunua ki te ahi ka maoa, ka romia, tangotango ana, ka mawhaki, ka kitea te māngaro, ka kīia kātahi te para māngaro (TP 1/1911:4). / It is cooked in the fire and when ready, it is squeezed, handled, broken open and the flouriness is discovered so the comment is made that it is floury para fern tubers.
Synonyms: parareka, paratawhiti, uwhi para
2. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, kōpakopako, parakeke, ruao, ruwao, moruru, kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe
3. (noun) orchid tuber - tuberous edible roots of potato orchids, Gastrodia cunninghamii, Orthoceras strictum.
para
1. (noun) refuse, rubbish, waste, trash.
Makaia atu ai ngā para me ngā aha noa iho o ngā kāinga ki reira. / Rubbish and any old thing from the homes is discarded there.
See also parakore
Synonyms: parahanga, rāpihi, kohe, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, kapurangi, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, huru, kape, tohe, whakahoe, whakakāhore
2. (noun) sediment.
E rite ana ngā uaua toto o te tinana ki te kōrere wai. Ka mahea ana te kōrere, pai ana te rere o te wai. Ka putu ana he para ki roto i te kōrere, kua iti haere te rere o te wai. Mehemea ka purutiti i te para, kati tonu atu. Pērā tonu te āhua o te rere o te toto i ngā uaua ki te manawa (Wh3 2003:121). / The arteries of the body are like water pipes. When the pipe is clear, the water flows well. When sediment collects in the pipe, the flow of water diminishes. If it is clogged up with sediment, it is blocked. The flow of blood in the arteries to the heart are exactly the same.
3. (noun) left over pieces stripped off in preparing harakeke (New Zealand flax).
See also kaku
pārae
1. (noun) level or undulating open country.
He tino whakaahua ātaahua ki a rātou ngā maunga, ngā pukepuke, ngā ngahere, ngā kapua, ngā pārae e hipokina nei e ngā tarutaru matomato (TTT 1/8/1926:442). / To them the mountains, hills, forests, clouds and the undulating country covered in lush grass is a beautiful picture.
Synonyms: raorao, manaha, mānahanaha, pākihi, koraha
pāra
1. (loan) (noun) parlour - a sitting room in a private house or a room in a hotel for the private use of residents.
Ka mutu tēnei ka haere atu rātau ki te pāra ki te haina i ō rātau ingoa ki te pukapuka a te wahine a te Kāwana (TPH 7/6/1898:6). / When this ended they went to the parlour to sign the book of the Governor's wife.
para
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ngia) to clear, cut down (bush, etc.), remove obstructions, shine clearly, come out from behind the clouds.
Nei te pōwhiri atu ki a koutou, kei pōkaku noa mai koutou e aukatihia noahia mai ana ki ēnei kura e toru nā rātou nei i te para te huarahi (HM 2/1999). / Here is the invitation to you all in case you are mistaken into thinking that you are being excluded from these three schools which paved the way.
Synonyms: huawaere
para
1. (noun) bellbird, Anthornis melanura - an olive-green songbird with a short curved bill and dark bluish-black wings known for its loud, clear, liquid songs. Female has a lighter colour and a white stripe below the eye.
See also korimako
tōtara pārae
1. (noun) pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi, Leucopogon fraseri - a very small shrub up to 15 cm high. The small leaves are very close-set with a sharp stiff point at the apex. The fruit are yellowish-orange when ripe.
Synonyms: tōtara papa, tōtara tāhuna, pātōtara
2. (noun) trial of skills in a game or a sport.
He rawe a Kurawhā mehemea ka tū ki te para whakawai (W 1971:262). / Kurawhā is excellent if trials of skill in games are held.
moko pārae
1. (noun) gecko (an unidentified species).
Te ingoa o taua waka, ko 'Mangarara'; ngā rangatira o runga, ko Wheketoro, ko te Waiopotango, ko Rauarikiao, ko Tarawhata, me ētahi atu. Nā tēnei waka i mau mai te tuatara, te teretere, te kumukumu, te moko pārae, me te moko kākāriki, (he mea āhua rite katoa ki te tuatara) (TWMNT 22/8/1876:201). / The name of the canoe was 'Mangarara', and the chiefs who came on it were Wheketoro, Waiopotango, Rauarikiao, Tarawhata, and a number of others. This canoe brought the tuatara, the brown gecko, the kumukumu, the moko pārae, and the green gecko, (all reptiles like the tuatara).
para ahumahi
1. (noun) industrial waste.
Ko te para ahumahi: Ko ngā para ka puta i ngā momo ahumahi, pērā i te auahi me te hauhā ka tukuna ki te kōhauhau (RP 2009:317). / Industrial waste: The waste that results from different types of industry, such as smoke and carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.
