2. (noun) Pacific azolla, azolla, red azolla, Azolla rubra - an aquatic, floating plant frequenting shallow water bodies such as ponds, lake margins, dams and slow flowing streams. Also present in swamps on muddy ground, occasionally establishing in cattle troughs. Dark-red (when exposed) or light green.
karera
1. (verb) to be light green, pale green.
I te taha runga o Rotokānapanapa e tū ana tētahi hōpua wai mātao, karera tonu te āhua, me te kakano pounamu. I hua mātou i karera te wai i te wāhi kore hei terenga ki waho (MM.TKM 24/4/1851:2). / Located on the southern side of Rotokānapanapa there is a cold pool that is quite green in appearance, like the colour of greenstone. We thought the water was green because there was no place for the water to flow out.
2. (adjective) be light green, pale green.
He karera ngā waewae me ngā ngutu o te pārera. / The legs and beak of a grey duck are light green.
3. (noun) light green, pale green.
I te raumati pea, ko te karera o te rau piki, me te wāina, hei whakaahua kē i ngā rau mangu o te ōriwa (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:26). / Probably in summer the light green of the fig tree and the vine relieves the dark foliage of the olive trees.
Synonyms: kārikitea, kārerarera
4. (noun) wooden handle of a greenstone chisel.
5. (noun) forestock, forearm (of a gun) - section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle used to hold the firearm steady and is usually made out of wood or composite material.
Puritia te karera ki tō ringa mauī. / Hold the forestock with your left hand.
2. (adjective) sea green.
3. (adjective) blue-green.
kawariki
1. (noun) large-leaved coprosma, Coprosma grandifolia - a bitter plant that was given to children to make them stronger. Some references say the kawariki is a species of buttercup (Ranunculus spp.).
Koirā a ia i kī ai: 'Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare. Ko te tāhuhu he hīnau ko ngā poupou he māhoe, patatē. Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga, me whakapakari ki te hua o te kawariki.' (TTR 1994:134) / That's why he said: 'I myself shall build my house. The ridge-pole will be of hīnau and the supporting posts of māhoe and patatē. Raise the people with the fruit of the rengarenga, strengthen them with the fruits of the kawariki.'
See also kanono
Synonyms: raurēkau, raurākau, manono, patutiketike, kanono, kapukiore
2. (noun) kākāriki, yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green native parrots with long tails.
See also kākāriki
Synonyms: kākāriki, porete, torete, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, pōreterete, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki
3. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Synonyms: kākāriki
poroka
1. (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.
Te putanga mai o tētahi poroka i roto i tōna whare raupō i waenga repo, ka pānuitia e ia ki ngā manu katoa ka taea e ia te whakaora ngā mate katoa (Popi 1887:53). / A frog emerged from inside of his raupō house in the middle of the swamp and announced to all the birds that he was able to cure all diseases.
Synonyms: poraka
poraka
1. (loan) (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.
kākāriki
1. (verb) to be green (in colour).
I te ngutu o te awa o Hamurana ka tau tō mātou tima, ka haere mā uta, ka mātakitaki ki te āhua o tēnā awa, purata tonu, kākāriki ana (TP 1/12/1901:10). / At the mouth of the Hamurana stream our steamer docked and we went inland, gazing at the appearance of that stream, which was quite clear and green.
2. (adjective) be green (in colour).
He kākāriki tō tētahi, he kākāriki-mā tō tētahi (HP 1991:249). / That of one was green, that of another was pale green.
3. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 13, 163;)
I nāianei kua kore te manu, kua mate, kua ngaro te kākā me te kākāriki (TWMNT 22/9/1874:239). / Now the birds are no more, they've died and the kākā and kākāriki have disappeared.
Synonyms: kākā, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, pōreterete, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki, kawariki, porete, torete
4. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Synonyms: kawariki
5. (noun) green (colour).
He harakeke iraira, he mumura te kākāriki o ngā whā, he kōwhai ngā tāekaeka, he karaka ngā tapa me te tuaka, he mā, he mōhinuhinu te muka o tēnei harakeke (PK 2008:603). / A variegated flax, with bright green leaves, yellow stripes, orange edges and midrib, while the fiber of this flax is white and shiny.
6. (noun) rock melon, cantaloupe.
He pēnā anō ngā tōhuka, ngā kānga, ngā pāpapa, ngā merengi, ngā kākāriki, ngā taro me ngā rīwai (HP 1991:14). / The sugar cane, maize, kamokamo, melons, rock melons, taro and potatoes were exactly the same.
Synonyms: merengi rāka
moko kākāriki
1. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Ko te moko kākāriki me te moko tāpiri ka whakanōhia kia tata ki te kōhatu mauri hei tiaki i taua kōhatu mō ake tonu atu (Te Ara 2011). / The green gecko and common gecko were released near mauri stones as guardians forever.
See also kākāriki
kamokamo
1. (noun) squash, stubby green vegetable marrow (or gourd), fruit of imported gourds, Cucurbita spp - when mature, has a deeply ribbed and extremely hard yellowish skin. This is a favoured Māori food eaten young and immature.
Ka tere mātātupu te kamokamo ki te rumakina ngā kākano ki te wai mō te pō i mua i te whakatōtanga (PK 2008:430). / Marrow shoots quickly if it is immersed in water for a night before it is planted.
2. (noun) native mint, Mentha cunninghamii - a low creeping plant with tiny tightly packed mint-scented leaves and small white flowers in summer. A common plant of grassland and open places throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
3. (noun) New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae - native bird with head and upperparts brown and streaked darker brown similar to a skylark but more slender, with the habit of flicking its long tail up and down. It inhabits open areas but avoids intensively farmed land.
2. (stative) be dark green, greeny-blue, emerald.
E whakaaturia ana anō te āhua o te ngākau e te āhua o ngā kākahu, arā, pēnei me ētahi wāhine e mau kākahu wherowhero nei, kākāriki, pungapunga, kānapanapa me te huhua noa iho o te kara (HKW 1/10/1900:3). / Personality is revealed by the nature of the clothes, that is like some women who wear reddish dresses, green, yellow, emerald and many colours.
kārikitea
1. (stative) be light green.
Synonyms: karera, kārerarera
