poroporo
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
Ka whakamahia te kawakawa ki te umuroa mō te rūmātiki me ētahi atu mate. Heoi, ka whakawerangia ngā kōhatu, ka ringihia ki te wai, ka utaina ngā rau kawakawa me ngā kete ki runga. Ka noho te tūroro ki runga. Ka taea anō ētahi atu rau rākau, pērā i te koromiko, te mānuka, te kāretu, te kāramuramu, te poroporo (Te Ara 2012). / Kawakawa was used in the umuroa, an oven or vapour bath for those with rheumatism or other complaints. Stones were heated and water was poured over. Kawakawa leaves and flax baskets were put on the stones. The patient sat on top. Other leaves could also be used, including koromiko, mānuka, kāretu, karamū and poroporo.
2. (stative) deep purple, mauve, violet.
poroporo
1. (verb) (-a) to lop off, cut off, cut into lengths.
He wāhi tērā ka wāwāhitia ngā rākau, ka poroporoa pea, kātahi ka tāraitia hai rākau mō ngā taha o tō mātau whare (HP 1991:12). / That was a place where the trees were split and probably cut into lengths, then dressed as timber for the sides of our house.
Synonyms: kaikawau
2. (noun) bracelet.
He poroporo pāua e mau ana i tōna ringa mauī (Ng 1993:39). / She wore a pāua bracelet on her left arm.
poroporo
1. (noun) breadfruit tree, breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis - a large, evergreen, tropical tree with large, round, starchy fruit originating in the South Pacific and was spread to the rest of Oceania. It has been an important staple crop in the Pacific for more than 3,000 years, but does not grow in the colder climate of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Ko te haerenga atu o Tamatekapua i runga i āna poutoti, ka tīmata te katokato i ngā hua o te poroporo (TWK 3:14). / Tamatekapua went on his stilts and began picking the fruit of the breadfruit tree.
See also pōporo
kaoho
1. (noun) fruit-bearing poroporo (Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum), poroporo fruit .
Ko tētehi ritenga patu anō mō taua manu, mō te tūī, he tumu, kei ngā wā e mōmona ai te tūī i te kainga i te hua o te kaoho (JPS 1895:139). / Another method of hunting that bird, the tūī is the tumu, used at the times when the tūī is fat from eating the berries of the poroporo.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: kahoho
hareto
1. (noun) ripe fruit of the poroporo.
Kainga ai te hareto i ngā wā o mua, engari he tāoke ki te tangata mehemea i kainga matatia. / Ripe poroporo fruit was eaten in former times, but it is toxic to humans if eaten unripe.
Synonyms: hōreto
pōporo
1. poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe. .
Ko tēnei mea ko te hōuto, he hua pōporo, he mea āta kimi ki ngā mea papai, pai o te maoa, o te āhua hoki; ka huihui aua hua pōporo, ka herea ki tētehi pito o te tumu, kia haere atu ai te tūī ki te kai i aua hua (JPS 1895:139). / The hōuto is the poroporo fruit very carefully selected for the best ones, quite ripe and of a perfect shape; that poroporo fruit is gathered and tied to an end of the bird snare to attract the tūī.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: kohoho, tūpurupuru, peoi
2. (noun) breadfruit tree, breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis - a large, evergreen, tropical tree with large, round, starchy fruit originating in the South Pacific and was spread to the rest of Oceania. It has been an important staple crop in the Pacific for more than 3,000 years, but does not grow in the colder climate of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Ka kite i te pōporo whakamarumaru o Uenuku, ka kainga e rāua (M 2004:28). / When they saw Uenuku's shady breadfruit tree, they ate them.
See also pōporohua
kohoho
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare - native shrub to 3m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: tūpurupuru, pōporo, peoi
2. (noun) fruit of the poroporo and other species.
Ka kite rāua i te tūī e kai ana; te kohoho i te kohe (JPS 1941:125). / They saw the tūī feeding on the fruit of the kohe tree.
tūpurupuru
1. (noun) variety of harakeke from Te Tai Rāwhiti. Known as Tarariki in Taranaki District. Medium to tall in height, slightly bendy. Leaves dull olive green, soft, but strong. Chocolate-coloured margin and keel. 4-8 cm of brownish smudging at the tips of the young blades. Tall, pointed seed pods. Useful for ordinary purposes, kete and whāriki.
2. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
hōreto
1. (noun) ripe fruit of the poroporo.
Synonyms: hareto
peoi
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare - native shrub to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: kohoho, tūpurupuru, pōporo
