Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

tōroa

1. (noun) middle finger.

Synonyms: māpere

toroa

1. (noun) albatross, wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, black-browed mollymawk, Diomedea melanophrys, southern royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora, northern royal albatross, Diomedea sanfordi - very large oceanic birds with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nest on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin).

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 99;)

Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.

Show example

Hide example


2. (noun) tuft of albatross down worn as an adornment.

Ka tukua ā rātou nei hinu kakara, me ngā remu huia, me ngā hou toroa, me ngā ipu taramea ki te tino rangatira o taua pā nei, o Maungawhau (TAH 44:24). / Their fragrant oils, huia tail-feathers, albatross feathers, and containers of taramea scent were given to the head chief of the pā of Mount Eden.

Show example

Hide example

toroa

1. (loan) (noun) drawer.

E mōhio ana au i konei ngā toroa, ngā kāpata, ngā tūru, ngā pēti, ngā whāriki me ngā mahi katoa e tika ana mō ngā whakapaipai whare (TJ 16/8/1898:8). / I know that here there are drawers, cupboards, chairs, beds, rugs and all manner of activities appropriate for decorating the houses.

Show example

Hide example

Pōhoi toroa

1. An endeared one compared to a plume from the down of the albatross.

Taku pōhoi toroa kua nunumi ki raro tēnei ka tangi. / My alb

Show example

Hide example

roimata toroa

1. tukutuku pattern formed with stitches that fall vertically, like albatross tears, representing misfortune and disaster.

toroa haunui

1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.

toroa pango

1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.

toroa ruru

1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.

kahu toroa

1. (noun) cape covered with albatross down.

Ko ngā kākahu ēnei o roto o te puku—: he kaitaka, he pukupuku-pātea, he pukupuku, he kahu waero, he kahu toroa, he pūahi, he kākahu kura, he kahu kiwi, he kahu kekeno, he maiaorere, he kahakaha, he korirangi, he tātata, he mangaeka tātara, he pūreke, me ērā atu (NM 1928:129). / These were the garments that were in the stomach: a flax fibre cloak with tāniko border, a cloak with an ornamental border, a cape of dog tail skins, a cape covered with albatross down, a cloak of strips of dogskin, a cape of red feathers, a kiwi feather cloak, a sealskin cape, a maiaorere fine cloak, an undergarment, a cloak ornamented with black and white thrums of unscraped flax, a flax garment worn from the waist, a cape of undressed and undyed flax, a garment of undressed flax leaves, and other garments.

Show example

Hide example

toroa ingoingo

1. (noun) royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - a very large oceanic bird with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nests on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin). Distinguished from other albatrosses by a black cutting edge to its upper mandible.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25;)

See also toroa whakaingo

toroa whakaingo

1. (noun) royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - a very large oceanic bird with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nests on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin). Distinguished from other albatrosses by a black cutting edge to its upper mandible.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25;)

toroa-a-ruru

1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.

toro

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na) to visit, go to see, pay a visit, call on, survey, reconnoitre, probe, explore.

Nō te tau 1864, ka haere atu a Hine-i-tūrama i Whakatāne ki Waikato ki te toro i tana tamāhine, i a Ewa, ā, ki te whakamōhou hoki i ōna hononga ki a Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:14). / In 1864 Hine-i-tūrama travelled from Whakatāne to Waikato to visit her daughter, Ewa, and to renew her relationship with Ngāti Maniapoto.

Show example

Hide example


2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-ngia) to stretch forth, stretch out, extend.

Ka toro mai te ringa o te wahine nei, ka raraku (NM 1928:165). / This woman stretched out her hand and scratched him affectionately.

Show example

Hide example


3. (noun) extension, stretching.

Pai noa iho te toro o te kupenga e rua tekau mā rima iāri ki tērā taha o te awa, hai hopu kanae i ngā pō (HP 1991:17). / Stretching the net twenty-five yards to the other side of the river to catch mullet at night was quite easy.

Show example

Hide example


4. (noun) scout.

Te taenga ki te one i Tīrau tērā ka kitea mai e ngā toro (JPS 1911:22). / They reached the beach at Tīrau and then they were sighted by the scouts.

Show example

Hide example


5. (noun) probe.

ororuarangi

1. (noun) long flute made from the stem of a gourd or toroa wing bone with two finger holes side by side.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 164;)

Ko ētahi hue he roa ngā kakau. He pai ēnei hai hanga ororuarangi. Ko tēnei taonga pūoro he rite ki te kōauau, engari ko ngā wenewene noho piri tonu (TWK 41:9). / Some gourds have long stems. These are suitable for making 'ororuarangi'. This musical instrument is like a kōauau, but the holes sit close together.

Show example

Hide example

Te Kākano 3rd Edition

New edition of the leading Māori-language textbook out now.

More info

The App

Te Aka Māori Dictionary is also available as an iOS and Android app. Download below.

iOS Android

The Book

Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.

More info

He Pātaka Kupu

Te kai a te rangatira

He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.

Visit website

00:00