taro
1. (noun) taro, Colocasia esculenta - a plant with edible, starchy corms and large, edible, fleshy leaves.
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.
2. (noun) bread, loaf of bread.
Nā hohoro tonu a Apikaira, maua atu ana e ia he taro e rua rau, he wāina e rua ngā ipu, he hipi e rima, he mea kua oti te taka, he kānga pāhūhū e rima ngā mehua, he tautau karepe maroke kotahi rau, he papa piki e rua rau, he mea whakawaha ki te kāihe (PT I Hamuera 25:18). / Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
taro
1. (stative) presently, by and by - denotes the lapse of a short interval of time.
Ā ka taro ka haere a Ihu-wareware ki te kōrero atu ki a Tinirau (NM 1928:24). / And after a time Ihu-wareware went to speak to Tinirau.
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, ināianei, taro ake, taro kau iho, nāwai, nāwai, (ā), ka ..., karo, nāwai, i nāianei, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ā kō ake nei, ākuara, nāwai (rā) (ā), ka ..., ā muri ake nei, tākaro, i nāia nei
taro ake
1. (stative) presently, in a little while, by and by.
Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990:351). / After a time he complained that the rights of his people of Moeraki had been disregarded.
See also taro
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, ināianei, taro, taro kau iho, nāwai, nāwai, (ā), ka ..., karo, nāwai, i nāianei, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ā kō ake nei, ākuara, nāwai (rā) (ā), ka ..., ā muri ake nei, tākaro, i nāia nei
taro kau iho
1. presently, in a little while, by and by, in a very short time.
Ka roa nei ia i te hokinga atu ki te kāinga, ā, taro kau iho, ka heria kia tūtaki ki ōna huānga o Ngāti Toa i te tonga (TTR 1994:93). / It was a long time after returning home, when she was taken to meet her Ngāti Toa relatives in the south.
See also taro
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, ināianei, taro, taro ake, nāwai, nāwai, (ā), ka ..., karo, nāwai, i nāianei, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ā kō ake nei, ākuara, nāwai (rā) (ā), ka ..., ā muri ake nei, tākaro, i nāia nei
kīhai i taro
1. it wasn't long before, not long after that.
Kīhai i roa e whanga ana ka tīmata te heru mai o te tai, tere tonu te haere mai o te wai. Kīhai i taro kua tae mai ki te wāhi i noho ai a Parapoa rātou ko ōna hoa (TWMNT 2/5/1876:104). / He was not long waiting when the tide began to rise, and the waters rushed in. It wasn't long before they reached the place where Balboa and his companions were sitting.
2. (noun) pit, hollow, depression in the earth, bowl - e.g. for placing eels caught with a bob or for planting taro.
Kātahi ka whakarake tēnā me tēnā i tōna wāhi noho, me te keri mai i tētahi momo pārua mōna i te oneone (HM 4/1998:5). / Then each one clears his spot to live, and digs a type of bowl for himself in the ground.
Synonyms: kororua, mārua, rua, kōruarua, kōrua, poka, pōpokorua, pokopokorua, pokorua, hāpoki, pokere, waro
