kōhai
1. (noun) kōwhai of various species including Sophora microphylla, Sophora tetraptera and prostrate kōwhai, Sophora prostrata - small-leaved native trees common along riverbanks and forest margins and noted for their hanging clusters of large yellow flowers in early spring.
Synonyms: kōwhai
2. (stative) be yellow.
pungapunga
1. (adjective) be yellow.
E whakaaturia ana anō te āhua o te ngākau e te āhua o ngā kākahu, arā, pēnei me ētahi wāhine e mau kākahu wherowhero nei, kākāriki, pungapunga, kānapanapa me te huhua noa iho o te kara; nāwai rā tērā e pōhēhētia he āniwaniwa (HKW 1/10/1900:3). / Personality is revealed by the nature of the clothes, that is like some women who wear reddish dresses, green, yellow, emerald and many colours and after a while one would think they're rainbows.
2. (modifier) pumiceous, pumice-ridden.
He whenua pungapunga, akeake kē nei ēnei whenua o Pouākani, ā, nā te kore huarahi, mā runga pāti rawa e whakawhiti atu ai te tangata i te awa o Waikato (TTR 2000:27). / This land of Pouākani was pumice-ridden and of poor quality, and because there were no roads a person must cross the Waikato river by barge.
3. (noun) lump, pumice stone.
Ko taua ngaru e kīia ana ko Te tai a Ruatapu. Ko ngā pungapunga o Kaingaroa, Taupō, e kīia ana nā taua ngaru i homai ki reira (TWMNT 22/5/1877:135). / That flood was called 'The tide-wave of Ruatapu'. The pumice stones of Kaingaroa, Taupō, are said to have been brought there by that flood.
Synonyms: tāhoata, pōkurukuru, tipu, repe, koropuku, poikurukuru, huahua, pukupuku, puku, punga
4. (noun) pollen of raupō.
Mahia ai te komeke i te pungapunga o te raupō (Te Ara 2013). / Cakes were also made from the pollen of bulrush.
5. (noun) ankle.
He tauri kōmore e mau mai ana ki te pungapunga o te wahine tapairu, he mea whiri ki te muka (HJ 2012:267). / The aristocratic woman was wearing an anklet on her ankle, which was woven from flax fibre.
2. (noun) kōwhai of various species including Sophora microphylla, Sophora tetraptera and prostrate kōwhai, Sophora prostrata - small-leaved native trees common along riverbanks and forest margins and noted for their hanging clusters of large yellow flowers in early spring.
pirinoa
1. (modifier) parasitic.
He kino te mahi a ētahi huakita pirinoa. Arā he mate ka hua mai i te whakaputanga tāoke a te huakita (RP 2009:204). / The effects of some parasitic bacteria are harmful. That is, illness results from bacteria that become toxic.
Synonyms: parakūkā
2. (noun) parasite.
Ko tētahi o ō rāua uri ko Pepetuna, arā, he pirinoa ka kai i te pūriri (Te Ara 2015). / One of their descendants was Pepetuna, the pūriri moth, a parasite that eats the pūriri tree.
Synonyms: parakūkā
3. (noun) yellow mistletoe, Alepis flavida - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick bright green to yellow-green leaves. Flowers yellow and fruit oval and yellow. Found mainly on tāwhai species.
See also pirita
4. (noun) green mistletoe, Ileostylus micranthus - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick leaves of various shapes. Flowers greenish yellow and fruit pale yellow. Found on a range of hosts throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also pirita
6. (noun) white mistletoe, Tupeia antarctica - a hemiparasitic shrub with broad to narrow leaves. Flowers yellow or yellow-green and fruit white to pink, often speckled darker pink. Found particularly on tarata, maire raunui and whauwhaupaku.
See also tāpia
pirita
1. (noun) supplejack, Ripogonum scandens - a high-climbing, woody native plant with tough pliant stems used in the construction of hīnaki, etc. Longish leaves are opposite, toothless, with obvious lengthwise parallel veins and the round fruit bright red. Stem is usually finger-thick, smooth and almost black.
Ki te mau mātau e takahi ana i tēnei ture a rātau, ka whiua mātau ki te kirikau, ki te pirita rānei, mamae rawa (HP 1991:32). / If we were caught disobeying this rule of theirs we were punished with the strap or a supplejack cane and it really hurt.
See also kareao
Synonyms: kekereao, karewao, taiore, kakareao, kakarewao, akapirita
2. (noun) green mistletoe, Ileostylus micranthus - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick leaves of various shapes. Flowers greenish yellow and fruit pale yellow. Found on a range of hosts throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also pirinoa
4. (noun) yellow mistletoe, Alepis flavida - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick bright green to yellow-green leaves. Flowers yellow and fruit oval and yellow. Found mainly on tāwhai species.
See also pirinoa
5. (noun) white mistletoe, Tupeia antarctica - a hemiparasitic shrub with broad to narrow leaves. Flowers yellow or yellow-green and fruit white to pink, often speckled darker pink. Found particularly on tarata, maire raunui and whauwhaupaku.
See also tāpia
6. (noun) leafless mistletoe, Korthalsella salicornioides - very small, tufted, succulent, leafless mistletoe. Dense mass of green to reddish-yellow beaded succulent stems to 10cm long growing on twigs of another plant (mainly mānuka and kānuka). Leaves (stems) 3-10mm long by 1-3mm wide, round. Flowers tiny, fruit small, yellowish.
kātaha
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
He haere tonu tana mahi ki ngā roto o Waihora, o Wairewa, me te hāpua o Wainono ki te hopu kātaha, taraute me te kōkopu (TTR 1996:71). / She regularly visited Waihora (Lake Ellesmere), Wairewa (Lake Forsyth) and Wainono Lagoon to catch yellow-eyed mullet, trout and kōkopu.
See also aua
korohiwa
1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.
See also hauwai
Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, koeo, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, koeti, kōrama, korona, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, kararuri, kawari, koio, koriakai, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu taua, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, angarite, harihari, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko
tuna kaingārā
1. (noun) yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus - a fish varying in colour from dull golden yellow to bright green. Body elongated and laterally compressed. Large head with strong, hinged teeth and small gill openings. Skin leathery. Found from the Bay of Plenty northwards.
See also kaingārā
pōnaho
1. (adjective) be small, diminutive.
Heoi, e noho hemo kai ana ngā tāngata o Waikato i tēnei takiwā; ko te kai mā ngā tamariki he pūhā, he roi, he pōnaho rīwai kai poaka nei (MM.TKM 15/11/1859:3). / However, the people of Waikato are starving at this time; the food for the children is sowthistle, fern root and small potatoes that pigs eat.
2. (noun) fry of the yellow-eyed mullet, young of Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
mokowhiti
1. (verb) to jump, leap, spring.
Nā te haruru o te mura o te ahi, me te rū o te tanukutanga o ētahi wāhi o te whare ka mokowhiti ake i tōna moenga (TTT 1/11/1925). / Because of the noise of the flames of the fire and the shaking caused by the collapse of some parts of the building, he leaped from his bed.
Synonyms: rei, mawhiti, mahiti, rēinga, rere, mōwhiti, mokohiti, tiapu, tarapeke, mōwhīwhiti, mokopeke, mahuta, hūpeke, peke, tūpeke
2. (verb) to escape, get away, flee, bolt.
Kua mate kē atu a Te Tauri i a Ngāti Kahungunu i mua atu. I rokohanga e te taua ko tana kotahi i te kāinga e uhi ana i tana whare; ka karapotia, ka mokowhiti iho, kāore i puta ka mau ka patua a Te Tauri, te toa 'ika-huirua' (M 2004:266). / Te Tauri had previously been killed by Ngāti Kahungunu. He was discovered alone by a war party at his home whilst engaged in roofing his house; the house was surrounded; he leaped to escape, was caught and killed, and thus died Te Tauri, 'the two-fold slayer of the fish of war' (M 2004:267).
3. (verb) to beat, palpitate.
Ko te kore e mokowhiti o te manawa te tino tohu kua hemo te tangata (PK 2008:468). / The lack of a heartbeat is the main sign that a person has died.
Synonyms: mokohiti, hotohoto, kakapa, whētuki, kapakapatū
4. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
makawhiti
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
hoiho
1. (noun) yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes - adult has a band of yellow feathers starting at the eye and encircling the back of the head, and slate-grey underparts.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19-20; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 24;)
Tapaina ai te hoiho mō tana tangi, te pokotiwha mō tōna koukou kōwhai me ōna tukemata tāhei, ko te kororā mō tana tangi (Te Ara 2012). / The yellow-eyed penguin was named for its call, the Fiordland crested penguin for its yellow crest and eyebrow stripes and the blue penguin for its call.
takaraha
1. (noun) yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes - adult has a band of yellow feathers starting at the eye and encircling the back of the head, and slate-grey underparts.
See also hoiho
2. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
kaingārā
1. (noun) yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus - a fish varying in colour from dull golden yellow to bright green. Body elongated and laterally compressed. Large head with strong, hinged teeth and small gill openings. Skin leathery. Found from the Bay of Plenty northwards.
E kī ana, i mua i pai te kai a te Māori, he kūmera, he aruhe, he pōhue, he manu, he kaingārā, he tuna, he mātaitai; e mea ana anō i kaha rawa te tangata i tērā wā. Ināianei, kua mahue te aruhe, me te pōhue kua kore te kaingārā, kua iti haere te manu, kua iti haere hoki te ngaki o te kūmera, kua tahuri te tangata ki te kānga piro (TH 1/7/1859:2). / It is said that in former times the diet of the Māori consisted of kūmara, fern root, New Zealand passionfruit, birds, yellow moray eels, eels and seafood; and it was also said that people were stronger at that time. Now, the fern root has been abandoned along with the New Zealand passionfruit and the yellow moray eels is gone, birds have decreased and the cultivation of kūmara has also dwindled and people have turned to fermented corn.
karahiwa
1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.
See also hauwai
Synonyms: karariwha, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko
karariwha
1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.
See also hauwai
Synonyms: karahiwa, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko
pūharakeke
1. (noun) yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus - a fish varying in colour from dull golden yellow to bright green. Body elongated and laterally compressed. Large head with strong, hinged teeth and small gill openings. Skin leathery. Found from the Bay of Plenty northwards.
See also kaingārā
