2. (loan) (noun) drum (musical instrument).
Whakahīhī ana tā mātau whakatangi haere i ā mātau pūtōrino, me te patu i ā mātau pēne e rua (HP 1991:33). / We proudly walked along playing our flutes and beating our two drums.
2. (noun) band - tying something to something else.
Nā Ngāti Maniapoto taua taiaha, ā, nā rātou i whakairo, ā, i mahi te tauri ki taua taiaha (White 5 1888:42). / That taiaha belonged to Ngāti Maniapoto and it was they that carved it and made the band on it.
piopio
1. (noun) North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra, South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis - an endemic plump olive-brown forest bird of distinctive subspecies which are probably extinct.
Nāu, nā te Pākehā te kurī me te ngeru nāna i huna ngā kai o te motu nei, te weka, te kiwi, te kākāpō, te piopio, me te tini o ngā manu o te motu nei (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / It was you, the Pākehā that introduced the dog and the cat which destroyed the food of this country, the weka, kiwi, kākāpō, the piopio and the many endemic birds.
Synonyms: koropio, korohea, tiutiu, tiutiukata
2. (noun) banded dotterel, Charadrius bicinctus - a squat bird with a large head and robust bill distinguished from the New Zealand dotterel (tūturiwhatu) by two bands on the lower neck and breast. Endemic, found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries.
See also pohowera
Synonyms: pohowera, tūturiwhatu
3. (noun) tūrutu, New Zealand blueberry, Dianella nigra - loose tussock forming evergreen perennial herb, forming dense to open, diffuse clumps; rhizomes horizontally 150 mm (or more) long, strong and well developed. Leaves 250-800 x 12-18 mm, uniformly green to dark green, upright to strongly curved and distinctly drooping, more or less flat. Green or white flowers November - December and berries from grey-white and dull to strongly violet-blue and glossy.
tāngāngā
1. (noun) banded wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola - purple-green fish with five indistinct yellowish bands. Generally found in areas of dense seaweed or kelp, usually in depths of 0-15 m around the Aotearoa/New Zealand coast.
See also tāngahangaha
Synonyms: tāngahangaha
tāngahangaha
1. (noun) banded wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola - purple-green fish with five indistinct yellowish bands. Generally found in areas of dense seaweed or kelp, usually in depths of 0-15 m around the Aotearoa/New Zealand coast.
Ko te tāmure me te hake ki te raki, ko te tāngahangaha, te koihi, te puaihakarua ki te tonga (Te Ara 2013). / Snapper and kingfish are to the north, while banded wrasse, telescope fish and sea perch are to the south.
Synonyms: tāngāngā
pohowera
1. (noun) banded dotterel, Charadrius bicinctus - a squat bird with a large head and robust bill distinguished from the New Zealand dotterel (tūturiwhatu) by two bands on the lower neck and breast. Endemic, found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 98; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 249;)
Synonyms: piopio, tūturiwhatu
tūturiwhatu
1. (noun) New Zealand dotterel, Charadrius obscurus - a squat bird with a large head, robust bill and rusty orange chest in breeding birds. Found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries. This name is also sometimes used for the banded dotterel.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 98;)
Synonyms: piopio, pohowera, rako, tākaikaha, tākaikai, turiwhati, tūturiwhati, turiwhatu, turuwhatu, tuturuwhatu, tākahikahi, kūkuruatu, turuturuwhatu, turuatu, tuturuatu
kairākau
1. (noun) band of experienced warriors - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kai rākau.
Engari ko ngā toa katoa me te kairākau o ērā matua me hui mai ki a au hai matua māku (JPS 36:141). / But all the fighters and the experienced warriors of those battalions must gather round me as a battalion for me.
2. (adjective) be striped, banded, ridged.
He kōakaaka, he tāwakawaka rānei ētahi taonga ka iri i ngā hei (Te Ara 2016). / Some ornaments hung from necklaces were grooved or ridged.
Synonyms: tāekaeka, whakatāwakawaka
3. (modifier) striped, banded, ridged, undulating.
Arā ngā whenua tāwakawaka o tōku kāinga. / There is the undulating land of my home.
4. (noun) band, stripe.
He mā, he mangu ngā tāwakawaka o ngā poraka o tō mātou tīma. / The stripes of the jerseys of our team are black and white.
tāekaeka
1. (stative) be striped, streaked, banded.
He kōiraira kei te rēparo, he tāekaeka kei te taika (PK 2008:286). / The leopard has spots and the tiger has stripes.
Synonyms: tāwakawaka, whakatāwakawaka
pāna
1. (loan) (noun) band (music).
E whā ōna pēne, (he pāna ki ētahi iwi) (TP 12/1900:5). / He has four bands (for some tribes the word pāna is used for band).
Synonyms: rōpū puoro
whakatāwakawaka
1. (modifier) striped, banded.
He tarau peretihi – huruhuru – haere hōiho nei, 30 pea. He mea whakatāwakawaka (TWM 3/10/1863:4). / Pleated jodhpurs – woolly – for horse riding, 30 pairs and striped.
Synonyms: tāwakawaka, tāekaeka
katatai
1. (noun) banded rail, Gallirallus philippensis assimilis - a secretive native bird with upperparts olive-brown and black with white spots, and underparts barred black-and-white. Lives in salt marshes, mangroves and swamps.
He mea māhanga te katatai, me te moho (TW 11/9/1875:211). / The banded rail and the takahē were snared.
See also moho pererū
Synonyms: pepe, pātātai, oho, pūohotata, motarua, pōpōtai, ohomauri, moho, moho pererū
ruruku
1. (verb) (-tia) to draw together with a cord, bind together, lash, coordinate.
Ka rere mai a Mātaatua, a Tokomaru, a Tākitumu, i muri ka mahia taua waka, ka rurukutia, ka karakiatia e ngā tohunga, e Te Hoka-o-te-rangi. Ko Tu-kai-te-uru te atua nāna taua waka i ruruku (JPS 1894:63-64). / After the sailing of Mātaatua, Tokomaru, and Tākitumu, that canoe was repaired; the parts were drawn and sewn together, whilst the tohunga recited their ritual chants, including Te Hoka-o-te-rangi. It was by the aid of the god, Tū-kai-te-uru, that that canoe was lashed together.
Synonyms: rona, karawhiu, mīmiro, tui, tauhere, whakarorerore, mimire, whiu, tātā, whiwhita
2. (noun) band, bond, commitment.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
2. (modifier) striped.
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.
3. (noun) necklace, neck ornament.
Ko ngā taonga i mauria mai e ngā kaiheke tōmua i Hawaiki he tautau, he tāhei me ētahi kahurangi (Te Ara 2013). / The early immigrants from East Polynesia brought pendants, necklaces, and other ornaments.
4. (noun) collar-bone, clavicle - either of the pair of bones joining the breastbone to the shoulder blades.
Ka keria iho ki raro, kitea ana te rua o aua taringa-pihi, me tētahi wāhi o te angaanga, me ngā tāhei o te kakī, me ētahi o ngā rara, me tētahi o ngā niho (TWMNT 9/2/1875:36). / On digging down, the second of those tusks was discovered, as well as part of the skull, collar bones, and some of the ribs, and one of the teeth.
See also paemanu
5. (noun) band, stripe - contrasting colours on an animal.
Kua ngaro te kawekaweau i te ngaro a te moa; heoi i ōna rā ko te kawekaweau te gecko nui rawa o te ao – e 60 henemita te roa. He tāhei parauri, whero tōna kiri (Te Ara 2013). / The kawekaweau is now extinct like the moa. However, it was the world’s largest gecko – 60 centimetres long, with brown and red stripes on its skin.
6. (noun) bird snare.
Kotahi te wā, e rua rānei ngā wā i roto i te rā ka tirohia te tāhei; haere ai te kaihopu ki te kohi i ngā manu me te whakatika anō i ngā tāhei (Te Ara 2013). / Bird snares were checked once or twice a day. The fowler would go to gather the birds and reset the snares.
rōpū puoro
1. (noun) band (music).
Synonyms: pāna
piriora
1. (noun) plaster, adhesive bandage, band aid.
Auē, e tama, kua motu tō waewae! Māku e horoi, ka tiki ai i tētahi piriora. / Oh dear, son, you leg is cut! I'll clean it and then go and get a plaster.
Synonyms: ukutea
