pūhoi
1. (verb) to be slow, sluggish, unhurried.
E pūhoi ana mātou ki te whakamutu i te puta o te pepa ki te tangata, otirā kaua hoki koutou e pūhoi ki te tuku mai i tā koutou (TP 1/6/1902:4). / We are unhurried about ending the sending of the paper to people, soyou should not be slow to send your subscription.
2. (adjective) be dull.
Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi, he pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo, ō rātou kanohi kua whakamoea e rātou (PT Nga Mahi 28:27). / For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed.
3. (modifier) blunt, blunted.
pūhuki
1. (verb) to be blunt, dull, not sharp.
Ki te pūhuki te rino, ā kāhore e whakakoia te mata, kia nui ake anō tōna kaha (PT Te Kaikauwhau 10:10). / If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength.
Synonyms: kuruhuki
2. (adjective) be blunt, dull, not sharp.
Kāore e taea e au te mīti te tapahi, he pūhuki nō te naihi nei. / I can't cut the meat because this knife is blunt.
3. (modifier) blunt, dull, not sharp.
He toki pūhuki, mā te hōanga e whakakoi (HJ 2012:204). / A blunt axe can be sharpened with a grindstone.
3. (noun) continual sound, rumble, hum.
I kōrero rātou mō te rarā o te whatitiri, me te mura o te uira e kōhikohiko ana. / They spoke about the rumble of the thunder and the glow of the lightning flashing.
Ka rongo au i te rarā o ngā waha, ka mōhio iho kua tae au ki te rūma tika (HJ 2017:16). / When I heard the hum of voices, I knew I had reached the right room.
Synonyms: māorooro, wheoro, kokō, ngunguru, oro, wawā, haruru, hanguru, horu
2. (verb) to dried up, dry.
Ka pūtītia taku waha i te kainga aruhe (W 1971:317). / My mouth is try from eating fern root.
3. (modifier) dried up, desiccated, dry, dull.
Ko te whakaaro o ētahi, ahakoa kai tōtika te parāoa pakapaka, me whai wāhi mai anō he pikopiko, he pīkara, he aha ake, hei kīnaki i ēnei kōrero āhua pūtī nei (HM 1/1995:2). / Some think that although dried bread is appropriate food it should be accompanied with greens, pickles and other delicacies to spice up this somewhat dry talk.
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, whakaheahea, hārangi, wawau, heahea, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, ngā mahi a te hore
pārūrū
1. (modifier) dull, sultry (especially of the weather), humid, tropical.
Ka hoki anō a Erihana ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou i te tau 1925 ki te whai i te mātauranga o runga atu e pā ana ki ngā rongoā o ngā whenua pārūrū (TTR 1998:39). / In 1925 Ellison returned to Otago University to undertake postgraduate studies in tropical medicine.
2. (modifier) filariasis - a disease common in the tropics, caused by filarial worms. It is transmitted by blood sucking flies and mosquitoes.
Nā Erihana anō i takoto ai te kaupapa whakakore i te ngārara nei, i te waeroa, inarā nāna i whakawātea rawa atu ngā kāinga i ngā wai whakaroau; nā te pērātanga kua kore haere te mate pārūrū e ahu mai rā i te timonga waeroa, i ōna momo rango anō hoki (TTR 1998:41). / Ellison also introduced a programme to eradicate mosquitoes by removing stagnant water from around homes; as a result it reduced the incidence of filariasis which was caused by the mosquito bite and other similar insects.
3. (noun) humidity.
Kāore he matangi, kāore he aha, koirā i tino kino ai te pārūrū (PK 2008:424). / There was no breeze, nothing at all, and that's why the humidity was so bad.
2. (modifier) dim, dull, stupid.
3. (modifier) airy, cool.
He rūma māhorahora, he rūma pongipongi tōna. / She had a spacious, airy room.
ngunguru
1. (verb) (-tia) to make a continued dull sound, growl (suppressed), grunt, rumble.
Ka rere te tangata nei ki raro, ka pōwhiriwhiri atu ki te tohorā nei. Ka ngunguru mai, ka mihi mai ki a ia, me te whakatorotī i te wai ki runga (HP 1991:11). / This man swam down and waved farewell to this whale. It rumbled, thanked him and spouted water.
2. (verb) to groan.
Ka koropupū te moana ānō he puia. Muri tonu iho, kua kite atu au e kāngia ana ētahi wāhi o te tima, kua rongo atu hoki au ki aku tāngata e auē ana, e ngunguru ana i te mamae (TP 1/7/1902:2). / The sea was boiling like a volcano. Just after that I saw some parts of the ship burning and I heard my men crying out and groaning with pain.
See also nguru
3. (noun) growl (suppressed), grunt, rumble, groaning.
Nā, i tōna taenga atu ki raro i tētahi pari, e tūpou haere atu ana hoki ia, e kuhu haere ana hoki mā raro i te ururua, ka rongo ake ia i te haruru nui, kāore i taro, ehara, kua mau ngā matihao o tētahi kurī ki tōna kakī me te ngunguru mai hoki o taua kurī nei (TWMNT 22/6/1875:175). / Now, when he reached the bottom of a cliff, and he was stooped over as he entered the undergrowth by foot, he heard a loud noise, and before long, low and behold, an animal caught his neck with its claws and it was growling.
Synonyms: māorooro, wheoro, kokō, oro, wawā, haruru, hanguru, horu, rarā
2. (noun) thud, thump, clunk.
Kauaka e koaia, ē, he ngahoa toki nui (M 2004:228). / Do not be happy over a resounding axe-blow.
2. (verb) to be worn out, faint.
Kia tino waitau ngā kaka kātahi anō ka makaina e au (Ng 1993:536). / When clothes are completely worn out then I will finally throw them away.
3. (verb) to be mouldy, decaying.
Whārikitia te rua, kei waitau ake ngā kai (W 1971:477). / Cover the storage pit with mats lest the food decay.
4. (verb) to be spiritless, lacklustre, dull.
Kua āhua waitau te haere o te waiata, kāore e ngahau (W 1971:477). / The song has become a little lacklustre, it's not entertaining.
5. (adjective) be undeveloped, immature, rudimentary.
He wiriwiri, he waitau te āhua o tana tuhituhi (TTR 1996:83). / His handwriting was shaky and undeveloped.
2. (verb) to be bland, dull, boring, unexciting, uninteresting, humdrum.
Kua āhua mākihakiha noa iho te āhua o te noho a ngā tikanga (Kāretu 2015). / The nature of the customary practices will have become somewhat bland.
2. (verb) to be weak, dull (of colour), insipid.
I ētahi wā, ka whakaritea ngā tae kia muramura, he wā anō kia memeha (RTA 2014:157). / Sometimes the colours are made to be bold, and at other times they are dull.
3. (noun) insipidness, distastefulness, lackadaisicalness.
Kai hea taku manatawa, taku manapou? He kupu whakahau ēnei mō te hunga kua taka ki roto i te waimeha o te whakaaro, ki te anuhea o te ngākau, ki te ngoikore o te tinana (Tikanga 1997:49). / Where is my manatawa and my manapou? These are words of encouragement for people who have become lackadaisical, unenthusiastic and listless.
paetai
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
waikure
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
2. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
iwituna
1. (noun) hanging clubmoss, tassel fern, Phlegmariurus varius - common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in lowland and montane forest or subalpine scrub. Either epiphytic, pendulous up to 200cm long, or terrestrial, erect with ends curled downwards up to 50 cm tall. Dull green leaves spirally arranged. Stems fork many times.
Synonyms: whiri-o-Raukatauri
2. (noun) flower stem of the flax.
Nā, ka mahia e ngā tohunga ka unuhia ngā rito kōrari, ka karakiatia kia mōhiotia ai, ka mate ka ora rānei (M 2005:280). / Now, the tohunga plucked the centre shoots of the flax, and recited incantations over them to ascertain whether the result would be defeat or victory.
3. (noun) New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax - an important native plant with long, stiff, upright leaves and dull red flowers. Found on lowland swamps throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. It has straight, upright seed pods.
Kei reira tētahi kōrari (harakeke) e tupu ana ināianei (TP 1/10/1901:11). / A flax plant is growing there now.
Synonyms: harakeke, harareka, kohungaiti, tīhore
4. (noun) flax trumpet.
raurēkau
1. (noun) manono, kanono, large-leaved coprosma, Coprosma grandifolia - a small native shrub to 6 m tall of lowland forests with pale bark and leathery-large leaves which are olive-green and wavy-edged. Flowers are greenish-white, spindly, in loose clusters. Its reddish orange berries are attractive to birds. The bark is used for producing the yellow colouring when dyeing muka.
2. (noun) rangiora, Brachyglottis repanda - a small tree to 6 m tall with very large, dull green, soft leaves which are white and felted underneath and have wavy edges. Tiny fragrant flowers cover the tree during spring and early summer. Found in both the North and South Islands.
