upokohue
1. (noun) long-finned pilot whale, blackfish, Globicephala melas - a toothed whale with black skin, a grey, anchor-shaped marking on the chin and a square, bulbous head. Moves about in large schools, often stranding on beaches.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 21;)
Synonyms: parakipīhi, tukuperu, whāngai mokopuna
2. (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.
See also tūpoupou
waiaua
1. (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.
See also tūpoupou
ahoaho
1. (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 ahoaho, kei muri te taniwha (TTT 1/9/1927:649). / When a Hector's dolphin appears, behind it is a monster.
See also tūpoupou
popoto
1. (verb) to be short.
I te wā i hopukia ai a Rua i mua ake nei mō te toru marama ki te herehere ka kūtia ōna makawe kia popoto (TKO 15/4/1916:10). / At the time that Rua was previously captured and imprisoned for three months his hair was cut short.
Synonyms: kurutētete, kanepoto, takupū, hangahanga, pore, poto, pōtehe, pōtehetehe
2. (adjective) be short.
He anganga nui tōna, he popoto ngā wae (TKM.MM 16/12/1862:26). / Its has a large head and short legs.
3. (modifier) short.
He iwi tangata popoto tērā, he ngaunga hoki nā te makariri i kore ai e roroa ake (TWMNT 2/7/1873:74). / They are a race of short people and it is because of the biting cold that they are not taller.
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.
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.
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.
pehipehi
1. (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.
See also tūpoupou
tutumairekurai
1. (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.
See also tūpoupou
popokanua
1. (noun) common dolphin, Delphinus delphis - dark grey to black with a purplish sheen on the back. The belly is white. It has a well-marked beak and 45-50 pairs of small pointed teeth. Usually moves about in schools.
See also aihe
pāpahu
1. (loan) (noun) dolphin, porpoise.
I waihanga ai tēnei whakaaro i roto i ngā Marikena nā te mahi a ngā kaipuke haere raro wai o te Ingarihi he rere tonu te mahi ki ngā takutai moana o Tiamani, ka rere ana me he ope pāpahu (TKO 4/1915:6). / This idea originated amongst the Americans because there were so many English submarines travelling to the coast of Germany that they are like pods of porpoises.
aihe
1. (noun) common dolphin, Delphinus delphis - dark grey to black with a purplish sheen on the back. The belly is white. It has a well-marked beak and 45-50 pairs of small pointed teeth. Usually moves about in schools.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 2-4;)
Ka hia rau ngā momo ika kei ngā wai tai o Aotearoa. Kitea anōtia ai he kekeno, he kakerangi, he aihe, he tohorā (Te Ara 2016). / There are many hundreds of fish species in Aotearoa/New Zealand’s coastal waters. New Zealand fur seals, New Zealand sea lions, common dolphins and whales are also seen.
kākahi
1. (noun) freshwater mussel, Hyridella menziesi - a bivalve mollusc which lives in fine mud or sand in freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers. Has a dark, olive-brown coated shell and the inside is grayish-white.
Tōna maunga ko Ngongotahā, te moana ko Rotorua, ngā ika o roto he kōura, he kākahi, he īnanga (H 1992:50). / His mountain is Ngongotahā, the lake is Rotorua and the fish in it are crayfish, freshwater mussels and whitebait.
2. (noun) whale, orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca - a large, black-and-white dolphin with a tall, vertical, sharply triangular dorsal fin in the male and shorter, slightly hooked fin in the female. Because of the orca's sophisticated hunting techniques and intelligence, chiefs were sometimes likened to kākahi, as in the second example below.
Ko te kākahi i te waiata nei mō te tohorā (M 2004:232). / The term 'kākahi' in this song refers to the whale.
Te kākahi whakairoiro o te moana (W 1971:80). / The mottled orca of the sea.
See also maki
3. (noun) mist, haze.
Ki a Te Ātiawa ko te kākahi, ko te kōrehurehu i runga i te moana āio; hei te rangi ātaahua ka āhua auahi mai i runga o te moana (M 2004:232). / To Te Ātiawa the 'kākahi' is the haze on the calm sea which is seen on fine days and looks a little like smoke on the sea.
Synonyms: kōnenehu, haumāringiringi, tuarehu, waikohu, tūkōrehu, pūnehu, kōnehunehu, pūnehunehu, pūkohu, pūnenehu, kōnenehu, tārehu, tuarehu, waikohu, pūrehu, kohu, rehu, haumaringi, au, tākohu
