miha
1. (noun) calf of a whale, whale calf.
Nā, ka tae mai a Kae kāore he kīnaki kai mā te tohunga nei, ka tonoa a Tutunui he pakake, ka tangohia mai te miha pakake, te kuao a Tutunui, ka patua hei kai mā Kae (JPS 1928:269). / Now, when Kae arrived there happened to be no choice food for him, and so Tutunui was summoned, and the whale calf, the young of Tutunui, was killed as food for Kae.
2. (noun) young fronds of rarauhe (bracken fern).
tētēkura
1. (noun) canoe figurehead - carved without arms or legs.
Koia rā i tangohia mai ai te mahi toa a te tētēkura ki te pakaru i te ngaru moana ki runga ki te tangata toa ki te pakanga (TP 3/1910:4). / That is why the bold function of the canoe figurehead in breaking the waves of the sea is applied to a brave person in battle.
2. (noun) brave warrior.
Tētēkura: mō te tangata toa, i putake mai i te tētēkura i te ihu o te waka (TP 3/1910:4). / Tētēkura (brave warrior): for the brave warrior and it originates from the term for the figurehead of a canoe.
3. (noun) young shoot, frond (of a fern or plant).
Ka ngaro he tētēkura, ka whakaete mai he tētēkura (HKW 1/8/1900:9). / As one fern frond disappears, another one thrust upwards. (A whakataukī with a number of variations in wording, all referring to chiefs being replaced when they die by younger emerging leaders, e.g. 'Mate atu he tētēkura, whakaete mai he tētēkura' (TP 7/1908:9).)
4. (noun) chief, leader.
Kātahi nei anō ka whakawhitia mai te tētēkura ki runga ki te rangatira, nō te mea kua kore ngā toa pakanga (TP 3/1910:4). / More recently the term 'tētēkura' has been transferred for a chief, because there are no longer warriors in battle.
See also tētē kura
Synonyms: tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, manu taupua, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, tātāriki, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao
5. (noun) Prince of Wales Feathers, crape fern, Leptopteris superba - native tufted ground fern, often with a short woody trunk. Fronds tapered equally at both ends, very finely divided. Fluffy to touch. Grows best in cool, wet forest.
See also heruheru
Synonyms: maikukuroa, ngutu kākāriki, pūniu, tētē kura, ngutungutu kiwi, pūnui, tētē, heruheru
2. (noun) chief.
Mate atu he tētē, ara mai he tētē (TTR 1990:120). / When a fern frond dies another emerges. (A figurative use - as one chief dies another rises to take his place.)
3. (noun) figurehead of a canoe without arms and legs.
E whā ngā waka nei, he waka toiera, he waka pītau, he waka pakoko, he waka tētē (TP 4/1911:10). / These four canoes were: a war canoe with a carved stern and stem, a canoe with a figurehead, a canoe with an armless figurehead, and a canoe with a figurehead without arms and legs.
4. (noun) Prince of Wales Feathers, crape fern, Leptopteris superba - native tufted ground fern, often with a short woody trunk. Fronds tapered equally at both ends, very finely divided. Fluffy to touch. Grows best in cool, wet forest. Frond tapers at both ends.
See also heruheru
Synonyms: maikukuroa, ngutu kākāriki, pūniu, tētē kura, tētēkura, ngutungutu kiwi, pūnui, heruheru
2. (noun) short kilt, loin cloth, apron - a type of short garment worn by males and females.
Kātahi ia ka maranga ake; anana, kua noho tahanga ia, ka rapurapu noa ia i tētahi maro, i tētahi tū mōna, nōwhea hoki i kitea? (NM 1928:8). / Then she got up and behold she was still naked, so she searched about for a 'maro' and a girdle for herself, but she couldn't find them anywhere.
3. (noun) fern fronds, twigs or a fragment of cloth used as a sign to prohibit people from entering an area where a rāhui has been set in place.
Ko te maro he rau otaota, kiwikiwi pea, aha rānei, ka āpiti ki te kōhatu, ko te ariā tēnā o te tangata (W 1971:183). / The 'maro' consists of leaves, possibly of creek fern, or something similar, that is placed beside a stone, and that represents the person.
See also rāhui
2. (noun) perforated spiral carving.
Ko wai te tangata kei te kainga-a-ngaru o te waka, ko wai kei te tainga-riu, ko wai kei te pītau o te kei? (TTT 1/1/1924:8). / Who is the person at the bow of the canoe, who is at the bailing place, and who is at the carved stern post.
3. (noun) figurehead of a canoe ornamented with perforated spiral carving.
Kei runga kei te pītau e whēterotero ana te arero (W 1971:284). / On top was the carved figurehead with the tongue protruding.
4. (noun) canoe with a pītau figurehead.
Kei te puhinga ki ngā huruhuru kererū, tūī, ehara! kātahi anō ka āta pīwari tēnei mea te waka taua, he toiere, he waka whakarei, he pītau (M 2006:364). / When it is adorned with pigeon and tūī feathers, behold how beautiful the war canoe is, a toiere (war canoe with carved stem and stern), a whakarei (ornamental canoe) and a pītau (canoe with a figurehead ornamented with perforated spiral carving).
rau
1. (noun) leaf, frond, plume, spray, feather.
Ko te mate anake o te tohetaka ka horoia te mamae he uaua ka mākerekere mai ngā rau tohetaka nō te mea he tino piri kē ki te mamae (HP 1991:24). / The only problem with the dandelion, which reduces the pain, is that it's difficult to remove the dandelion leaves because they really stick to the wound.
2. (noun) blade of a weapon.
Ko te rangatira kaitaotao i te taha mauī o te matua e whakakapakapa ana i te rau o tana mere (TWMNT 27/6/1876:149). / A chief on the left of the column was flourishing the blade of his greenstone mere.
3. (noun) beat, rhythm (of a poi).
I te rekanga pea o te poi ki ngā kanohi o te Tiuka, ka haere tonu tana waewae i runga i te rau o te poi (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Perhaps because of how melodious the the poi dance was in the eyes of the Duke, his foot went on the beat of the poi.
kiwikiwi
1. (noun) creek fern, Blechnum fluviatile - tufted native ground fern. Dense flattish or drooping rosette of barren fronds with a few upright, spike-like, fertile fronds in the centre. Fronds have 20-30 pairs of almost round, olive-green, fairly uniform-sized leaflets. Common in damp, shady forest, mostly by streams. Also known as kiwakiwa.
Ko te maro he rau otaota, kiwikiwi pea, aha rānei, ka āpiti ki te kōhatu, ko te ariā tēnā o te tangata (W 1971:183). / The 'maro' consists of leaves, possibly of creek fern, or something similar, that is placed beside a stone, and that represents the person.
See also kiwakiwa
kaponga
1. (noun) ponga, silver tree fern, Cyathea dealbata - tall, native tree-fern with prominent, peg-like frond bases on the trunk and having fronds green or yellow-green above and silver-white beneath. The frond stalk is white. Common in dry forest and open scrub.
kōrau
1. (noun) turnip and other similar root crops.
Ko te paukena me ērā atu tini hue, te tōnape me ērā atu kōrau, nā te Pākehā ēnā i mau mai, koia i kīia ai he hue Pākehā, he kōrau Pākehā (TP 1/1911:4). / Pumpkins and the many other types of gourd-like squash, turnips and other root crops were introduced by the Pākehā, hence they are called introduced gourds and introduced root crops.
2. (noun) fern shoots, edible fern leaves.
Ka haere te iwi nei ki te mahi aruhe, kōrau, mamaku, pītau (JPS 1928:182). / The people proceeded to collect fern root, edible fern leaves, mamaku, and succulent fern shoots.
3. (noun) black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris - a giant tree fern with flattish oval frond scars on the trunk, black and very thick frond stalks and arching fronds. Common in damp forest gullies.
See also mamaku
mamaku
1. (noun) black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris - a giant tree fern with flattish oval frond scars on the trunk, black and very thick frond stalks and arching fronds. Common in damp forest gullies.
Mō te whēwhē, whakamahia ana e ia te iho o te mamaku me tana hūare ka ūkuikuia atu hoki ki tana rīngi mārena (TTR 1998:60). / For boils, she used the pith of the mamaku fern and her spittle rubbed with her wedding ring.
tio
1. (verb) (-a) to be sharp, piercing (of the cold).
I te roa e tioa ana e te mātaratara, ka poroa ngā matimati o tana waewae mauī (PK 2008:931). / Because he was so long exposed to the intense cold, the toes of his left foot were amputated.
Synonyms: ratarata, hīmoemoe, kokoi, aneane, ngutu atamai, whakakoikoi, piki, pīrata, koi, naho
2. (modifier) freezing.
Mehemea kāhore e utua ngā nama, ka ākina rātou ki tētahi whenua e noho pūmautia ana e te huka, ā, whawhati ana ō rātou wheua i te hukapapa tio (TTR 1994:186). / If they did not pay they would be sent to an ice-bound country where their bones would crack from the freezing cold.
3. (noun) ice, freezing cold.
Kia mātaratara i runga, kia mātaratara i raro, kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keho, he hauhunga (TMT 2/9/1861:23). / Let it be intensely cold above and below, let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost.
4. (noun) rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata - a bivalve mollusc found cemented to rocks below high tide. Because of its clustering habit it assumes varied shapes. Found only on the northern coast of the North Island.
Ko ā rāua tio mā tāua mō te Kirihimete (TWK 11:21). / Their rock oysters will be for you and me for Christmas.
See also tio repe
Synonyms: tio repe, matapura, tōrire, hānea, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu
5. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
2. (noun) stumpy tree fern, Dicksonia lanata - endemic fern that has a prostrate, branching form or a slender trunk that grows to up to 2 m tall. Few fronds with slender, smooth, pale-brown stalks densely hairy at base.
See also tūōkura
uruuruwhenua
1. (verb) to perform ceremonies to preserve the title to the land or on entering new territory.
E ai ki ngā kōrero he uruuruwhenua, arā, he wāhi karakia whakamāhaki i te rangi mō ngā tira haere (TWK 36:29). / According to the information this was a ceremonial place for travelling parties on entering new territory, that is a place to perform ritual chants to calm the sky.
See also uruwhenua
2. (noun) passport.
Ka oti te uiuitanga e ia, ka tīkina atu te inarapa moko, ā, ka tāia taku uruuruwhenua. / When she had finished the interrogation, she took her rubber stamp and stamped my passport.
Synonyms: uruwhenua
3. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
2. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
