whā
1. (noun) leaf - especially those of plants such as harakeke.
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.
pepe
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to imitate bird calls, using a leaf to imitate bird calls.
He tohunga taku pāpā ki te pepe manu ki te rau karamū (PK 2008:626). / My father is an expert at attracting birds by imitating their call with a karamū leaf.
Ka mau ki te raurēkau, ka pepea (W 1971:277). / He took the large-leaved coprosma leaf and used it to imitate bird calls.
2. (noun) call leaf - leaf used for imitating bird calls to attract them.
Mā Mātete e whakatangi te pepe (W 1971:277). / Mātete will play the leaf to attract the birds.
rau
1. (noun) leaf, frond, plume, spray, feather.
Ko te mate anake o te tohetaka ka horoia te mamae he uaua ka mākerekere mai ngā rau tohetaka nō te mea he tino piri kē ki te mamae (HP 1991:24). / The only problem with the dandelion, which reduces the pain, is that it's difficult to remove the dandelion leaves because they really stick to the wound.
2. (noun) blade of a weapon.
Ko te rangatira kaitaotao i te taha mauī o te matua e whakakapakapa ana i te rau o tana mere (TWMNT 27/6/1876:149). / A chief on the left of the column was flourishing the blade of his greenstone mere.
3. (noun) beat, rhythm (of a poi).
I te rekanga pea o te poi ki ngā kanohi o te Tiuka, ka haere tonu tana waewae i runga i te rau o te poi (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Perhaps because of how melodious the the poi dance was in the eyes of the Duke, his foot went on the beat of the poi.
kiokio
1. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
Arā anō he aruhe i kainga e te Māori, tae atu ki ngā pihinga o te kōwaowao, te rereti, te mouku, te huruhuru whenua, te koru o te kiokio me te pikopiko (Te Ara 2011). / Māori ate other ground ferns, including the young fronds of hound’s tongue fern, rereti, hen and chickens fern and shining spleenwort. They ate the curled shoots of kiokio and common shield fern.
2. (noun) page, sheet, leaf (of a book).
Haere ki a Wiremu wherawhera mai ai ngā whārangi, nā ka kitea aua kupu i reira, nō reira he aha kē tēnei tāwai i te reo? (HM 4/2009:3) / Go to Williams' dictionary and open the pages and those words will be found there, so just what is this criticism of the language about?
Synonyms: puka
3. (noun) rangiora, Brachyglottis repanda - a small tree to 6 m tall with very large, dull green, soft leaves which are white and felted underneath and have wavy edges. Tiny fragrant flowers cover the tree during spring and early summer. Found in both the North and South Islands.
hiku
1. (noun) tail (of a fish or reptile), footer (word processing), fullback (sport), suffix.
Kātahi ka kowheta te hiku, ka rongo hoki i te mamae o ngā taura kua nonoti tonu rā i waenganui o te puku (TWM 15/7/1865:3). / Then its tail thrashed about as it felt the pain of the ropes tightening around its stomach.
2. (noun) rear (of an army on the march, or travelling party), rearguard.
Taihoa, kia tapeke mai te hiku (W 1971:50). / Wait until the rear of the party catch up.
Kāore hoki i rongo i te kupu atu a te tuakana, kia kaua e takahia te hiku o te taua e whati ana, me waiho kia waiho kia tau te tapuwae (M 2004:280). / He did not listen to his elder brother's order that he was not to pursue the rear of the retreating enemy, but was to wait until they had halted and come to rest.
Synonyms: whakatautopenga
4. (noun) point, tip (of a leaf, etc.).
Ka whakatoretorea te kākaho, ko te hiku o runga o te kākaho hei whakatoretorenga, hei māhanga (W 1971:438). / The stem of toetoe was made into a noose, the tip of the toetoe stem was a noose, a snare.
Synonyms: koinga, toi, toitoi, tara, tihi, mata, matū, koi, tongi, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore, matamata
5. (noun) headwaters.
horokio
1. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
Nō te taenga o Tainui ki Kāwhia, ka ngakia ngā purapura a ngā wāhine i mau mai nei i Hawaiki, wehe kē ngā māra a tētehi, wehe kē ā tētehi. Ko te whenua i whakatōkia ai ko Te Papa-o-Kārewa, wāhi o Kāwhia. Te tupunga ake o ngā māra nei puta mai te kūmara a Mārama he pōhue, puta ana te hue he māwhai, puta ana te aute he whau, puta ana te para he horokio, ka hē te tupu o ngā purapura a Mārama, te take i hara ia ki tana taurereka (TWMNT 12/12/1872:156). / When the Tainui canoe reached Kāwhia, the women, who had brought seeds from Hawaiki, planted them, each woman having a separate garden. The land that was planted was Te Papa-o-Kārewa, a place at Kāwhia. When these gardens grew Mārama's kūmara emerged as convolvulus, the gourd plants appeared as māwhai, the paper mulberry as corkwood and the king fern as kiokio. The reason that Mārama's seeds grew incorrectly was because she misbehaved with her slave.
See also kiokio
piupiu
1. (verb) (-a) to wave about, move to and fro, oscillate, swing, skip (with a rope), wield, brandish.
Tino mīharo ana ngā tamariki o te marae ki te hōiho o te Kōmihana, o John Cullen e kanikani haere mai ana, me te Kōmihana e piupiu mai ana i tana pītara (TTR 2000:246). / The children of the marae admired Commissioner John Cullen’s horse as it danced towards them, with the commissioner waving his pistol.
Synonyms: ngapu, ngāruerue, pioi, takaoreore, kōpiupiu, ngarue, kaurori, koiri
2. (noun) skipping, skipping rope.
3. (noun) waist-to-knees garment made of flax - has a wide waistband and is used in modern times for kapa haka performances.
Nā Te Arawa te poi tuatahi, e 50 te matua, he mā te kākahu, he piupiu te paki (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Te Arawa performed the first poi song and there were 50 in their group, with white garments and piupiu as their skirts.
5. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
6. (noun) gully fern, Pneumatopteris pennigera - tufted native ground fern, sometimes forming a short thin trunk. Its brown-stalked, pale, dark-veined fronds have 15-30 pairs of long, round-notched leaflets. Common in damp forest gullies.
See also pākauroharoha
Synonyms: pākau, pākauroharoha
