2. (stative) be angry, lowering, black as thunder.
E tama! Kua kororiko katoa ōu kanohi (W 1971:146). / My son! Your eyes as black as thunder.
Synonyms: tukupū, pōrukuruku, whētuma
mangumangu
1. (modifier) black.
Ko te whakaahua kei runga tonu ake o taua ingoa he tangata mangumangu kei roto i te tāpu wai. E rua ngā Pākehā kei te horoi i a ia ki te paraihe, ki te hopi (TTT 1/10/1921:5). / The illustration just above that name is of a black person in a bathtub. There are two Pākehā washing him with brushes and soap.
2. (adjective) be black.
Ko te āhua o ngā hōiho, he mā tētahi, he mangumangu tētahi (TKP 6/9/1858:1). / The colour of the horses: one is white, the other is black.
3. (noun) person of black skin, Black.
Ko te kura tēnei kua riro i a rātau ki te pō; ko te whakaakoranga tēnei kei te hapa i tēnei whakatipuranga tangata, i mea ai pea rātau ki te whakaiti i a rātau nā taonga tuku iho, ka rere ki ā te Pākehā, ki ā te Mangumangu, ki ā ērā atu iwi (M 2006:42). / This is a treasure which they have taken with them to the realms of night; this is a branch of knowledge in which present-day generations are lacking and having belittled their own cultural heritage, they have turned to the Pākehā, the Blacks and to other races (M 2006:43).
4. (noun) ink.
Mehemea he pepa katoa te ao, he mangumangu katoa te wai, he parāoa, he tīhi anake ngā tai, he aha rā he inu mā tātau? (Ng 1993:229). / If all the world were paper, and all the water ink, and all the seas were bread and cheese, what would we have to drink? (Ng 1993:229).
2. (verb) to be chipped, scarred, scratched, defaced.
Kua tiwha te peita o taku waka i te ara kirikiri (HJ 2012:204). / The paint on my car has been chipped from the gravel road.
Synonyms: riwhariwha, riwha
3. (verb) (-ia) to appeal for assistance in war - sometimes by a hint in a song.
Ka tono a Te Rangimōwaho ki a Ngāti Koura, i runga i te kaupapa kia pūtahi rātau ki te pakanga ki te hoariri. He mea tiwha e ia (TTR 1990:237). / Te Rangimowaho made his request to Ngāti Koura that they join in the war against the enemy. He did this by an appeal for assistance in war.
4. (adjective) be black.
He kūao tāriona, kotahi tau, he O te parani i te kūhā mauī, he tiwha te rae (TW 1/8/1875:133). / A young stallion, one year old with the brand O on the left thigh and the forehead is black.
5. (noun) patch, spot, bald patch.
He whero pūmangu, he tiwha nui kai te rae, he mā kai te matamata o te ihu, e toru waewae mā, he raho-poka, he hōiho āhua nui, he parani rānei kai te papa katau, he mate rānei, kīhai i mārama (TW 14/12/1878:631). / It has a blackish rump, a large patch on the forehead, the tip of the nose is white, it has three white legs and is a gelding. It's quite a large horse and has a brand on the right flank but the problem is that it isn't clear.
Ka herua e ia ana makawe kia kore ai e kitea tana tiwha. / He combed his hair so that his bald patch couldn't be seen.
Synonyms: hewa, korotiwha, tapi, tapitapi, pūreireitanga, āpure, pāpaki, pūrei, kōpure
6. (noun) scar (of a landslip, etc.).
Ka whakatōkia he whiro ki te tiwha, kia kore ai e horo anō (PK 2008:948). / A willow tree was planted on the scar of the landslip, so that it wouldn't slip again.
7. (noun) scratch.
8. (noun) appeal for assistance in war - sometimes by a hint in a song.
Kua mōhio a Te Maitaranui he tiwha taua waiata (W 1971:427). / Te Maitaranui had known that that song was an appeal for assistance in war.
9. (noun) iris (of the eye).
Ko te tiwha he paparanga e uhi ana i te arotahi o te karu hei whakaiti, hei whakanui rānei i te aho e uru atu ana ki te karu (RP 2009:245). / The iris is a layer covering the lens of the eye to reduce or increase the amount of light entering the eye.
māmangu
1. (stative) be black.
Ko Rāpata Mira te ingoa o tētahi; 12 ngā tau, he urukehu, 4 putu te roa, he tarautete tāhei ōna, he māmangu te koti, he pōtae mā tōna (MM.TKM 31/3/1857:17). / Robert Miller was the name of one; he was 12 years old, with ginger hair, 4 feet tall, wearing striped trousers, a black coat and a white hat.
2. (noun) ink.
Tuhia mai ki te māmangu, kaua te pene rākau (TTT 1/2/1924:7). / Write them in ink, not pencil.
kawau
1. (noun) cormorant, shag - a general term for several varieties of shags which are medium to large diving birds. They are all black or black on top and white below, with short legs and webbed feet, long necks, long hooked bills and mainly dark plumage. Commonly found near coastal waters, rivers, streams and lakes.
2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
Synonyms: kawau tuawhenua, kawau pū
tuauriuri
1. (modifier) very dark, pitch-black - sometimes pronounced with long vowels, i.e. tūāuriuri.
Ki te patero te tangata, mā te karakia whāioio tuauriuri rawa e muru (TTR 1998:206). / If a person broke wind, it evoked dark karakia.
Synonyms: pōtangotango
2. (modifier) many, countless, myriad, innumerable, umpteen - intensifies words indicating a large number.
Ko te ringa o te Atua kei runga kei tēnei whenua, nō reira i tupu ake ai te mano tuauriuri o te pūwhā, o te tātaramoa (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:26). / The hand of God is upon this land, causing countless thorns and thistles to spring up.
Synonyms: ngerongero, ngero, te mahi a te ..., tini, tokomaha, pio, maha, marea, wene, mahi, hia, tuarea, nui, maruru, makehua, rea, papata, makiu, rahi, huhua, hira, takitini, mahamaha, te hanga a te
3. (noun) blackout.
I te wetonga o te hiko ka tau te tuauriuri (RMR 2017). / When the power was extinguished the blackout occured.
2. (modifier) entirely covered in tattooing.
Ka tāia pokeretia ērā tāngata (W 1971:290). / Those men are covered entirely with moko.
tarāpunga
1. (noun) red-billed seagull, Larus novaehollandiae scopulius, black-billed gull, Larus bulleri - a grey-and-white gull found mainly on the coast, with back and wings pearly-grey except for black wingtips with small white patches. The red-billed also has red legs, while the black-billed gull has black legs and a longer, thinner black bill.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 2;)
tūarahia
1. (noun) black stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae - a rare native stilt. Adult bird is entirely black with long pinkish-red legs and a very fine black bill.
See also kakī
matangārahu
1. (noun) black nerita, Nerita atramentosa - a round univalve with a bluish-black shell, white underneath with a black lip around a D-shaped hole. Found on rocks near the high tide level.
Synonyms: matapura, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke
2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
See also kawau
