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.
Synonyms: tahuaroa, tai, moana waiwai, mātai, au, Tahuaroa, moana tuauriuri
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.
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).
See also mana o te moana
2. (noun) reef heron, Egretta sacra - a slaty-grey heron with a long, heavy, grey to yellowish bill. Legs relatively short, yellow-green. Hunched and almost horizontal when feeding. Found in mangrove inlets, rocky shores, wave platforms and intertidal mudflats.
Synonyms: matuku nuia, matuku tai, matuku waitai, tīkāka, mātukutuku, kākatai
papaneke moana
1. (noun) oceanic plate.
Kei te kapi katoa a Papatūānuku i ēnei papaneke, ānō nei he pangahono. Ko ētahi he papaneke moana, ko ētahi he papaneke paparahi (RP 2009:311). / These tectonic plates cover the whole of the Earth, like a jig-saw. Some are oceanic plates, others are continental plates.
kakaru moana
1. (noun) jellyfish.
Synonyms: kūreperepe moana, maremare tai, kūreperepe ā-tai, tepetepe, pūkarukaru, petipeti, pūkahukahu
kūreperepe moana
1. (noun) jellyfish.
See also petipeti
Synonyms: kakaru moana, maremare tai, kūreperepe ā-tai, tepetepe, pūkarukaru, petipeti, pūkahukahu
ngohi moana
1. (noun) whale - a general term.
Ko ētahi o ngā iwi o ēnei wāhi e kī ana he tupuna te tangata nei nō rātou, ā, e whakahua ana i te whakataukī i roto i te ngākau hīhī, 'Ānō te mahi a Paikea, te tangata i whakaahua nei i a ia, ki te ngohi moana!' (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:32). / Some of the tribes of these parts say that this man is an ancestor of theirs, and proudly quote the proverb, 'Behold the work of Paikea, the man who transformed himself into a whale!'
See also ika moana
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.
Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana waiwai, moana, Tahuaroa
