karaehe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror.
Ko te karaehe kotahi rā anō i inumia e Te Kopi āku i kite ai (MM.TKM 1/5/1855:5). / That one glass was the only one I saw Te Kopi drink.
Synonyms: karāhe, karaihe, whakaata, whakaataata
karaihe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror, telescope, microscope.
Otirā he māmā noa te kite a te Pākehā, i tāna taonga, i te karaihe whakanui, hei whakanui i ngā mea ririki kia kitea ai (TP 4/1901:6). / But the Pākehā can easily see them with his instrument, the microscope, to enlarge tiny things so that they can be seen.
Synonyms: karu whārahi, karu whakarahi, karaehe, karāhe, whakaata, whakaataata
karāhe
1. (loan) (noun) glass, mirror.
Synonyms: karaehe, karaihe, whakaata, whakaataata
2. (loan) (noun) class.
mōhiti
1. (noun) ring, hoop.
Riro mai ana i a ia he hū mō ana waewae, he mōhiti mō ana ringa, patua ana te kūao mōmona a te kau māna (TPH 30/12/1900:1). / He obtained shoes for his feet, rings for his hands and the fatted calf was killed for him.
Synonyms: koropewapewa, tioro, mōwhiti, tangi, koropewa, pere, porohita, porowhita, rīngi, tarawhiti, waea
2. (noun) lens.
He tipihori te āhua o te mātātuhi ka hua ake i te mōhiti kōpapa (RP 2009:281). / The image that results from a concave lens is distorted.
Synonyms: arotahi
3. (noun) glasses, spectacles.
Kei te pai tonu nōtemea ka riro anō mā Ngata e whakamārama atu ki te mema kore mōhiti (TTT 1/10/1930:2166). / It's quite alright because it will be left to Ngata to explain to the member who has no spectacles.
mōwhiti
1. (noun) glasses, spectacles, goggles, ring, hoop.
He kitenga tuatahi atu nō te Māori i ngā mōwhiti, tapaina tonutia atu tōna ingoa ko Te Wiremu Karuwhā (TTT 1/3/1923:8). / When the Māori first saw the spectacles he was instantly named Mr Williams Four Eyes.
See also mōhiti
Synonyms: koropewapewa, tioro, mōhiti, tangi, koropewa, pere, porohita, porowhita, rīngi, tarawhiti, waea
2. (noun) (material) glass.
2. (adjective) crystal.
2. (modifier) pied, flecked - varied with patches of colour. Used for stained glass, e.g. matapihi ōpure (stained glass window).
Ko te tohu whakamaharatanga mōna he matapihi ōpure kei te whare karakia Māori o Moeraki (TTR 1990:352). / There are stained glass windows in the Māori church at Moeraki as a memorial to him.
He tohu whakamaharatanga tēnei mataaho ōpure mō ngā hōia o Ngāti Porou i hinga i te Pakanga Tuatahi o e Ao (Te Ara 2016). / This stained glass window is a memorial to the soldiers of Ngāti Porou who fell in the First World War.
2. (noun) greenstone, nephrite, jade.
Ko ā rātou rākau patu tangata, he koikoi, he huata, he taiaha, he tewhatewha, he hoeroa; he mea tārai ki te toki pounamu, ki te toki kōhatu (JPS 1899:179). / Their man-killing weapons were spears, lances, taiaha, tewhatewha and long whale-bone weapons fashioned with greenstone and stone adzes.
See also pounemu
Synonyms: waipounamu
3. (noun) glass bottle - named because early bottles were green like greenstone.
Kaua e tuhatuha haere, engari me tuha ki roto i tētahi ipu, pounamu rānei (TKO 11/1920:6). / Don't spit all over the place, but expectorate into a container or a bottle.
tūhua
1. (noun) obsidian - a hard, dark, glass-like volcanic rock which was used for cutting.
Ka tere mātao te tokarewa, ā, ka hua mai he toka matarehu pērā i te ōnewa, te tokapata me te tūhua (RP 2009:406). / The magma cools quickly and fine-grained rocks like basalt, granite and obsidian are produced.
Synonyms: matā, matā tūhua, mātara
