paraoa - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

parāoa

1. (loan) (noun) bread, flour, dough.

Kāhore hoki te pāpā e mōhio ki te reo Ingarihi, engari e mōhio ana ia ki te reka o te parāoa i āta tunua (TP 5/1902:1). / The father might not understand the English language, but he understands the sweet taste of a carefully cooked loaf of bread.

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parāoa

1. (noun) sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus - a toothed whale with a massive head and narrow lower jaw, typically feeding at great depths on squid. It grows to 18 m. Also used as a general term for whales.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-7;)

Ko Ureia he ika tonu, he ika nunui atu i te parāoa, i ētahi wā, i iti iho i ētahi (JPS 1946:30). / Ureia was actually a fish, a fish larger than whales of some species and smaller than some others.

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puehu parāoa

1. (loan) (noun) flour.

I te wā i whānau ai a Maata, he kawe puehu parāoa, hua atu hoki te mahi a tana pāpā, atu i Whakatāne ki Ākarana, mā runga i te kaipuke o tōna iwi, ko te 'Ira' te ingoa (TTR 1996:230). / At the time Maata was born her father was engaged in transporting flour and produce from Whakatāne to Auckland on his people's ship, the 'Ira'.

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tunumanga parāoa

1. (noun) baking.

Synonyms: tunu

wē parāoa

1. (noun) whale oil.

parāoa rimurapa

1. (loan) (noun) pasta - an Italian food made from flour and water dough into various shapes, such as spaghetti.

parāoa pokepoke

1. (loan) (noun) dough.

Ā tunua iho e rātou ētahi taro rēwenakore i te parāoa pokepoke i maua atu e rātou i Īhipa, kāhore hoki i rēwenatia (PT Ekoruhe 12:39). / And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened.

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papa parāoa

1. (noun) breadboard.

parāoa koroua

1. (loan) (noun) unleavened bread (i.e. made without yeast).

Mēnā i pai mātou ka whāngaia mātou ki te parāoa koroua (Te Ara 2012). / If we were good we were fed unleavened bread.

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parāoa roa

1. (noun) a long weapon made of a whale's rib.

patu parāoa

1. (noun) short club made of whalebone.

Ka whakaritea ngā tāngata hei pātaritari atu i te ngutu o te ana, ka rite; ka whakaritea ngā tāngata mau kāheru, me ngā tāngata mau patu, taoroa, patu parāoa, meremere, ka rite (TWM 15/7/1863:3). / When the men to lure it out were in place at the mouth of the cave, the men holding spades and the men armed with clubs, long spears, whalebone clubs, greenstone clubs were set in place.

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Uaua parāoa

1. The muscles of a whale: somebody who is physically strong.

Whakamahia ō uaua paraoa ki te hiki i ngā mea rā ki runga i te taraka / use your big muscles to lift those things onto the truck.

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kihu parāoa

1. (loan) (noun) spaghetti.

mira parāoa

1. (noun) bread knife.

taparua parāoa

1. (noun) breadbin.

tīkohu parāoa

1. (noun) macaroni.

kai parāoa

1. (modifier) everyday, ordinary.

Whāia a tua atu o te reo kai parāoa noa iho nei, kei noho noa iho hoki ki ōna pīnakitanga tē eke kē ai ki te akitu ka taea (TTTT 2006:13). / Strive to achieve that which is beyond ordinary language or the language will not improve and reach excellence.

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Synonyms: kai paipa, māori, noa, kaipaipa