rare
1. (modifier) dull, stupid, unintelligent, moronic, silly, ludicrous, ridiculous.
Maihi Parāone Kawiti has overturned those ridiculous statements. / Kua hurahia e Maihi Parāone Kawiti aua kupu rare (KO 18/11/1887:10).
Synonyms: haraki, nenekara, whakarorirori
kōtuku rerenga tahi
1. rare visitor, white heron of single flight - used figuratively of rare and important visitors.
Kua tae mai ēnei kōtuku rerenga tahi, kua takahi ō rāua waewae i ngā marae maha o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (TTT 1/4/1927). / These rare visitors have travelled to the many marae of the North and South Islands.
Synonyms: waetapu, waewae tapu
2. (modifier) rare, precious, valued, prized.
Mai i tō kōkā, ki ahau, ko koe te tangata tino puiaki o tēnei ao katoa (TWK 56:23). / You are the most precious person in the whole world to your mother and me.
Synonyms: whakaonge, mokorea, ouou, mokomokorea, matapopore, puipuiaki, hokoi, tongarerewa, piripoho, kāmehameha, māpuna, tongarewa, marihi, matahīapo, matenui, kahurangi, mōmōhanga
3. (noun) treasure, prize.
He paru te puiaki o te autaia mate nei, nā reira i tika ai kia whakapaia ō tātou kāinga, whare, me ō tātou tinana (HKW 1/4/1900:2). / Filth is this terrible disease's treasure, so clean up our homes, buildings and our bodies.
Synonyms: matapopore, paraihe, whakamānawa
puipuiaki
1. (modifier) rare, precious, valued, prized.
Synonyms: ouou, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mokorea, matapopore, matenui, kahurangi, mōmōhanga, tongarerewa, hokoi, kāmehameha, piripoho, puiaki, māpuna, tongarewa, marihi, matahīapo
2. (noun) treasure.
Whakamahia anō ngā angaanga hei kanohi mō ngā whakairo. Ko te kōngutu o te angaanga ka auahatia hei mahi pā kahawai. Whakairotia anō ngā angaanga hei puipuiaki (Te Ara 2012). / The shells are used for the eyes in carvings, and the lip of the shell was fashioned into a fishing lure. The shells are also decorated for jewellery.
mokorea
1. (verb) to be scarce, solitary, rare.
Ka tō haere te rā ki a ia, ka ngana ia ki te whakatakoto i ana mōhiotanga, pērā i ētahi waiata a tōna iwi kua mokorea kē, nāna rā i waiata atu ki runga rīpene (TTR 1998:104). / In his declining years he made a concerted effort to record his knowledge, including some rare songs of his people that he sang on tape.
Synonyms: ouou, mōmōhanga, puipuiaki, puiaki, mokomokorea, whakaonge, ongeonge, nihoroa, mōtī, pūhore
2. (modifier) scarce, rare, treasured, precious.
Ā he taonga mōmōhanga te kupu a Ihowā i aua rā; kāhore he whakakitenga nui (PT Hamuera 1 3:1). / And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
Synonyms: pūhore, ouou, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mokorea, ongeonge, nihoroa, mōtī, marihi, matahīapo, matenui, kahurangi, puiaki, puipuiaki, hokoi, kāmehameha, piripoho, tongarerewa, māpuna, tongarewa
3. (noun) remnant, remainder, leftover.
Tiakina tēnei pukapuka, he mōmōhanga nō ngā pukapuka a tōku tupuna. / Look after this book because it is a remnant of my grandparent's books.
Synonyms: toenga, whakamakere, makorea, rurenga, mōrehu
hunahuna
1. (verb) (-ia) to hide, conceal (a number of things).
I hiahia ētahi o ngā tāngata o Tikopia ki te haere mai i runga i te tima, i hunahuna ētahi, engari he pirihimana anō ō rātou hei tirotiro, hei whakahoki (TP 1/1909:4). / Some of the people of Tikopia wanted to travel on the ship and some hid, but they have policemen to look for and return them.
2. (modifier) rarely seen, seldom seen, hidden.
He hōkioi i runga, ngā manu hunahuna, kāore i kitea e te tini, e te mano (M 2005:384). / They are hōkioi above, birds seldom seen and not seen by the thousands, by the multitude.
ouou
1. (verb) to be few, rare.
Inā hoki he pāmu anō i rongo ai mātou, e toru tau i ngakia ai, otiia kāhore i hoatu he whakamomona; e 800 tana taewa o te tau tuatahi, i te rua o ngā tau ka ouou haere te taewa, ā, i te toru o ngā tau 150 tana taewa ngote (TWMNT 30/7/1873:82). / Because there is a farm that we have heard about, which was cultivated for three years, but no fertilizer was applied. In the first year there were 800 tons of potatoes, in the second year the number of potatoes diminished, and in the third year it produced only 150 tons of tiny potatoes.
Synonyms: mōmōhanga, puipuiaki, puiaki, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mokorea
2. (noun) few.
Tokorua ērā rangatira Pākehā i ū mai ki Poihākena, i rere mai rāua i Ingarangi, he wahine, he tamariki ā tētahi, ā tētahi. He tangata tino whai rawa tētahi, he ouou nei ngā rawa o tētahi (TWMNT 16/10/1872:134). / There were two aristocratic Pākehā who landed in Sydney, having sailed from England and each having a wife and children. One was a wealthy man and the other had few possessions.
waetapu
1. (noun) newcomers, rare visitor - a person who has not been to a particular marae or place before.
Synonyms: waewae tapu, kōtuku rerenga tahi
waewae tapu
1. (noun) newcomer, rare visitor - a person who has not been to a particular marae or place before.
Tohaina atu rā ēnei maioha, ēnei kupu whakamihi āku, a Te Taiti Te Tomo, ki ngā iwi o Te Tai Rāwhiti, arā, ki a Porourangi rāua ko Te Poho o Rāwiri mō ngā manaaki maha i uhia nei ki runga i ngā ope waewae tapu ki runga i ōu marae maha (TTT 1/4/1930:2035). / Distribute these affectionate greetings, these words of thanks of mine, of Te Taite Te Tomo, to the peoples of the East Coast, that is to Porourangi and Te Poho o Rāwiri, for the hospitality bestowed on the groups of newcomers onto your many marae.
Synonyms: waetapu, kōtuku rerenga tahi
tātāeko
1. (noun) whitehead, Mohoua albicilla - small rare endemic bird with white underparts and head with a contrasting black bill, eyes and legs and pale brown upperparts. Lives in groups in the high canopy of forests and scrub of the North Island.
Nā, ka tae mai ngā miromiro, ngā pītoitoi, ngā tātāeko, ngā kōriroriro, ia manu, ia manu, me ngā tīrairaka, ka rūpeke mai (NM 1928:22). / So the white breasted tits, the New Zealand robins, the whiteheads, the grey warblers, each bird together with the fantails all assembled.
See also pōpokotea
Synonyms: mōriorio, mōtengitengi, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, pōpokotea, hore
tīeke
1. (noun) saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus - a rare, glossy, black bird with a chestnut saddle and rump and orange-red wattles at the base of a black bill. Feeds on the forest floor and bounds from branch to branch.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 98;)
Waihoki, whakaritea ai te raranga tarahau kiekie ki te hanga a te tīeke i tōna kōhanga i te harakeke (Te Ara 2013). / And weaving a cloak of kiekie, was like the saddleback making its nest with flax.
toitoi
1. (noun) giant bully, Gobiomorphus gobioides and other species of bully - stocky fish with large heads, two separate dorsal fins, strong body scales, and pelvic fins located forwards beneath the gill openings. Giant bully is very dark, often black with irregular, golden olive lines on cheeks and a linear series of small, golden speckles on each flank. An endemic fish widespread in esturine and coastal waters of the North and South Islands. Rarely moves more than 2 km inland. Emerges at night to feed.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
See also kōkopu
2. (noun) common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus - an endemic fish found throughout streams and waterways of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Body moderately stout and head bluntly pointed.
See also tīpokopoko
3. (noun) Cook's turban shell, Cookia sulcata - a large, round, heavy univalve that lives under rocks just below low tide.
See also kāeo
4. (noun) white-breasted North Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala toitoi - a little black-and-white bird with a large head and short tail. Lives in forest and scrub.
See also miromiro
Synonyms: kikitori, kōmiromiro, māuipōtiki, pipitore, pipitori, pīmiromiro, pīngirungiru, pīmirumiru, pīrangirangi, miromiro, hōmiromiro
5. (noun) brown creeper, Mohoua novaeseelandiae - a small endemic forest bird of the South Island and Stewart Island, reddish-brown crown, rump and tail, ash-grey on face and neck, and light buff underparts. Usually found in small, fast-moving noisy flocks high in the canopy.
See also pīpipi
Synonyms: tītirihika, pipirihika, pīpipi
tūpoupou
1. (verb) to bow frequently, pitch.
Synonyms: epa, tūkarikari
2. (modifier) be steep.
Ngāmotu: He hiwi tūpoupou kei te taha hauāuru-mā-tonga o te wāpu i Niu Paremata (M 2005:242). / Ngāmotu: A steep hill to the south-west of the wharves at New Plymouth.
3. (adjective) be seriously ill.
Synonyms: taimaha
4. (noun) pitching, lurching (e.g. of a boat).
Kua kaha haere te ngaru o te moana. Kua tīmata te tūpoupou, te tītahataha, me te wiri o te haere a 'Te Arahura' (HP 1991:36). / The waves of the sea strengthened. The 'Arahura' began pitching, rolling from side to side and shuddering.
5. (noun) serious illness.
6. (noun) Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori - a rare patterned black, pale grey and white dolphin with a small rounded fin. Distinguished from the common dolphin by its shorter beak.
Ka puta te rangai tūpoupou, tōna nui rā; te rerenga tawhetatanga atu ki ngā mangō, ngaungaua iho, ka mate, ka mate ngā mango rā (KO 15/7/1884:7). / A pod of dolphins appeared, there were so many of them, and they rushed to struggle with the sharks, biting them and killing them.
7. (noun) net for catching freshwater fish.
