taringa
1. (verb) to be deaf, unhearing, indifferent, unresponsive - often in the phrase taringa turi.
I momoho anō hoki te mahi a Ngata ki te whakawhere i te hunga kua roa kē nei e taringa turi ana, nā te mea, i murua ō rātau whenua (TTR 1996:108). / Ngata was also successful in persuading people who had been unresponsive, because of the confiscation of their land.
2. (noun) ear.
Kāore i ārikarika ngā pātaitai a taku māmā ki a au, me te papaki i aku taringa (HP 1991:23). / My mother asked me a lot of questions and slapped my ears.
2. (noun) walkman, iPod, portable MP3, earplug.
hakeka
1. (noun) ear fungus, cloud ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly on māhoe, karaka and houhere.
He tuku kāpia kauri, hakeka nei tana mahi ki tāwāhi (TTR 2000:39). / She exported kauri gum and ear fungus.
See also hakeke
2. (noun) mountain holly, Māori holly, Olearia ilicifolia - a shrub with long, pointed, stiff, leathery leaves and wavy, sharply toothed edges, hence the English names. During spring the bush is covered in clusters of white daisies. Found from East Cape to Stewart Island.
See also hakeke
Synonyms: kōtaratara, haki, wharangi kura, hakeke, arorangi
hōkeke
1. (noun) ear fungus, cloud ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly on māhoe, karaka and houhere.
Ka kaumātua haere au, ka huri ngā mahi ahuwhenua a ngā tāngata ki te moana, ki te hī ika hei hoko ki ngā Pākehā mai i Ākarana, ki te ngahere ki te mahi hōkeke hei hoko ki ngā tāngata Hainamana (TAH 58:9). / As I grew older the people turned to harvesting the sea, fishing and selling their catch to Pākehā from Auckland, to the forests to collecting ear fungus to sell to the Chinese.
See also hakeke
keka
1. (noun) ear fungus, cloud ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly onmāhoe, karaka and houhere.
He keka piri ki te hinahina, he kai nā Mangumangu (W 1971:113). / Cloud ear fungus that clings to māhoe, food of Mangumangu.
See also hakeke
2. (noun) tattoo marks under the ear.
Nōwhea e oti i a ia, i a Te Māhuki, ngā pūhoro, me ngā peke-ngārara - ngā pūtaringa, te ngū, ngā tītī, ngā tīwhana, me ērā atu hanga (KO 14/4/1883:5). / There was no way that he, Te Māhuki, could complete the tattoos on the thighs, on the limbs, the marks under the ears, on the side of the nose, the uppermost lines on the forehead, the lines above the eyebrows, and other ornamentation.
popoia
1. (noun) tragus (of the ear) - the prominence on the inner side of the external ear, in front of and partly closing the passage to the organs of hearing. Sometimes used of the whole ear.
Nō te ata, pō iho, e moe ana i te taha o te ahi, tēnā e kīia he kurī pai, he kurī noho tonu ki te kāinga. Kāore, te tukua te rā kia āta toremi ki raro, ana, ka oho, tūtū ana ngā popoia, ka maranga ki te kaiā mea māna (MM.TKM 30/5/1857:3). / From morning to night it sleeps by the fire, and it will be called a good dog, quietly staying at home, but when the sun sets, it wakes up, pricks up its ears and sets off to steal food for itself.
pāua
1. (noun) pāua, abalone, sea ear, Haliotis spp. - edible univalve molluscs of rocky shores that have flattened, ear-shaped shells with a row of small holes for breathing. They have a strong grip on rocks but move about at night grazing on seaweed. Haliotis iris, the largest pāua, has peacock-like colours on the inside of the shell.
Ka tahuri rātau ki te koko rimu hei takotoranga mō ngā pāua me ngā ika maroke kia mākūkū ai, koi kino i te rehu waitai (JPS 1913:111). / They proceeded to pull up seaweed as receptacles for the pāua and the dried fish so that they would be moist, and so that they should not be spoiled by the sea spray.
Synonyms: tuke o rangi
2. (noun) spinner, fishing lure with a pāua shell inlay.
Ka tae ki tana pāua pounamu, ka hoe ki te moana, ka whiu i tana pāua ki te wai (Biggs 1997:43). / He took his greenstone and pāua spinner, paddled out to sea, and cast it onto the water (Biggs 1997:42).
3. (noun) hoof.
Hei te haruru o te takahi o ngā pāua o ōna hōiho kaha, hei te rorohū o ōna hāriata, hei te ngaehe o ōna wīra, kore iho ngā mātua e tahuri ki muri ki ā rātou tamariki (PT Heremaia 47:3). / At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children.
ngau taringa
1. (noun) ear biting ceremony - a ceremony by which the mana of a dying tohunga or rangatira was transferred to a younger person by biting the ear of the dying person.
Ka whakaheke te tohunga, a Taipāhau, ka tukuna e ia ōna mana katoa ki a Te Heuheu i runga i te kawa o te 'ngau taringa.' Koia tēnei; ko tā te taitama ko ia te whākapi he komikomi i te taringa o te kaumātua (TTR 1990:186). / The tohunga, Taipāhau, transferred all his powers to Te Heuheu by the ceremony known as 'ngau taringa'. This is: the young man, who is to be the successor, bites the ear of the elder.
tarawhata
1. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly onmāhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
paheke
1. (verb) to move, slip, slip by, slide, be slippery.
Kōrimurimu ana ngā kōhatu, ka paheke (W 1971:142). / When the rocks are covered in seaweed they're slippery.
Synonyms: neke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori
2. (verb) to fail, decline.
I ōna tau whakamutunga, ka paheke haere te hauora o Hepi Te Heuheu, ka pāngia nei ia e te matehuka me ōna pōauautanga (TTR 2000:215). / In his last years Hepi Te Heuheu’s health was failing as he was affected by diabetes and related complications.
3. (verb) to trickle, flow - of any running discharge.
Ka motu koe ko tawhiti, ka rau aku mahara mō te roimata rā, e paheke i aku kamo (M 2004:346). / You are cut off at a distance. leaving a hundred memories for the tears that flow from my eyes.
4. (noun) decline, failure.
Tērā pea nō te urunga mai o ngā kurī a te Pākehā i te tōmuatanga o te rau tau 1800, ka tīmata te paheke o te kurī Māori (Te Ara 2016). / With the entry of the dogs of the Pākehā from the early 1800s the disappearance of the Māori dog began.
6. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly onmāhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
tuke o rangi
1. (noun) pāua, abalone, sea ear, Haliotis iris - edible univalve mollusc of rocky shores that has flattened, ear-shaped shells with a row of small holes for breathing. Has a strong grip on rocks but move about at night grazing on seaweed. Haliotis iris, the largest pāua, has peacock-like colours on the inside of the shell.
2. (noun) mountain holly, Māori holly, Olearia ilicifolia - a shrub with long, pointed, stiff, leathery leaves and wavy, sharply toothed edges, hence the English names. During spring the bush is covered in clusters of white daisies. Found from East Cape to Stewart Island.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, wharangi kura, hakeka, arorangi, haki
hākekakeka
1. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly on māhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
taringa o Tiakiwai
1. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly on māhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
