moana

1. (noun) sea, ocean, large lake.

Kei te mōhio katoa rātau ki ngā tauranga tāmure, tauranga tarakihi, tauranga hāpuku me ērā atu ika o te moana (TWK 54:3). / They know all the fishing grounds for snapper, tarakihi, groper and those other fish of the sea.

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Synonyms: tahuaroa, tai, moana waiwai, mātai, au, Tahuaroa, moana tuauriuri

moana

1. (verb) to be uneven.

I moana tētahi taha o te rua (W 1971:204). / One side of the pit was uneven.

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2. (noun) roof of a kūmara storehouse.

moana

1. (noun) The panel space in the wall of a house (Whang.).

tauā moana

1. (noun) navy.

Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.

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Synonyms: pukepoto, ōrangiuri

2. (modifier) naval.

Rokohina atu ko Te Arawa rātau ko ngā hōia a te kāwanatanga me ngā waka taua moana o Peretānia e tū mai ana (TTR 1994:152). / Te Arawa and the government troops, with British naval vessels standing by, came upon them.

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kūiti moana

1. (noun) (geography) sound.

toke moana

1. (noun) thorny worm, Glycera americana - a large slender species found in mud at low tide. Sometimes grows to 600 mm.

2. (noun) zebra earthworm, Notoscolex equestris - earthworm with zebra-like bands of pale cream alternating with purplish-brown. Found on Poor Knights Islands.

kiore moana

1. (noun) sea horse, Hippocampus abdominalis - a quaint little fish usually mottled in browns. The body is narrow and strongly cross ridged on the sides. Head resembles a horse, but the tail is curled.

matuku moana

1. (noun) white-faced heron, Ardea novaehollandiae - a much more common heron than the rare reef heron. Bluish-grey with a white face.

(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)

2. (noun) reef heron, Egretta sacra - a slaty-grey heron with a long, heavy, grey to yellowish bill. Legs relatively short, yellow-green. Hunched and almost horizontal when feeding. Found in mangrove inlets, rocky shores, wave platforms and intertidal mudflats.

Synonyms: matuku nuia, matuku tai, matuku waitai, tīkāka, mātukutuku, kākatai

Raukawa Moana

1. (location) Cook Strait.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

takutai moana

1. (noun) coast, foreshore and seabed.

I tōia ki te awa ka mānu mai ki te takutai moana, ka tōia mā te waka ki Whāngārā (TTR 1990:16). / It was hauled to the river and floated to the coast, and towed by canoe to Whāngārā.

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ika moana

1. (noun) whale - a general term.

Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.

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kai moana

1. (noun) seafood, shellfish.

Synonyms: kaimoana, mātaitai

kakaru moana

1. (noun) jellyfish.

Synonyms: kūreperepe moana, maremare tai, kūreperepe ā-tai, tepetepe, pūkarukaru, petipeti, pūkahukahu

kūreperepe moana

1. (noun) jellyfish.

kanohi moana

1. (noun) sea-gooseberry, Pleurobrachia pileus - a free-swimming transparent animal resembling a jelly-fish, but with eight external bands of short comb-like structures which run from top to bottom of the oval or pear-shaped animal. The body is 15-50 mm long.

kakau moana

1. (noun) gummy weed, Splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Its tubular fronds are full of sticky gum, which protects the seaweed from shrivelling up when the tide is out.

kōtore moana

1. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.

Synonyms: kōtoretore, tou, toretore, kōtore

mate moana

1. (noun) sea sickness.

porotaka moana

1. (noun) globe sponge, Tethya aurantium - brilliant orange spong resembling a golf ball. Common in lower intertidal rocky zone attached under boulders and to the roofs of caverns.

huru moana

1. (noun) freshwater hydra, Hydra viridis - a solitary polyp about 10 mm long, usually found attached to the under surfaces of water plants in ponds and streams. An animal similar to a sea anemone consisting of a hollow cylinder with a mouth surrounded by tentacles.

moana

moana

moana

tauā moana

kūiti moana

toke moana

kiore moana

matuku moana

Raukawa Moana

takutai moana

ika moana

kai moana

kakaru moana

kūreperepe moana

kanohi moana

kakau moana

kōtore moana

mate moana

porotaka moana

huru moana

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