tōwāwahi
1. (verb) to be moist, watery.
Tōwāwahi ana ngā kanohi; me te mea e tangi ana (W 1971:442). / The eyes were watery, as if he was crying.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi
2. (verb) to shine, glisten, gleam.
Tōwāwahi ana te taupoki o te pouaka (W 1971:442). / The lid of the box was shining.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi
haumākū
1. (stative) be moist, wet, damp.
Ka mōhio ahau ki te kaha o te mate, tā te mea, e nohoia ana e ngā Māori ngā wāhi e tata ana ki ngā repo, ki ngā parenga awa. Tētahi, he haumākū i roto i ngā whare, tae noa ki ngā marae (KO 15/4/1884:6). / I know how sick they are because Māori are living in places near swamps and river banks. In addition it's damp inside the houses, including the marae.
Synonyms: whakamākūkū, hauwai, kōpūtoitoi, tōwāwahi, tōwahiwahi, monoku, mākū, toriwai
2. (modifier) moist, damp.
He mea whakatipu te taro i ngā oneone haumākū (Te Ara 2015). / Taro was grown in damp soils.
3. (noun) dampness, moisture.
Kei ngā marama o te hōtoke he nui rawa te ua, he kaha te hau, he tūpuhi marangai: he āhua whitiwhiti kē te āhua o te rangi ki reira, he mea anō he nui rawa te pūmāhu me te haumākū anō o te rangi (TWMNT 28/7/1874:187). / In the winter months a great deal of rain falls, with strong winds and northerly gales; the climate there is somewhat variable, and also very humid and wet.
Synonyms: tōmairangi, mākū, takawai, haukū
2. (modifier) damp, moist.
He one maroke, mā te tau hauwai e tipu ai te kai (W 1971:42). / Dry ground and in moist years food will grow.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
3. (noun) hydrogen (H).
kōpūtoitoi
1. (intransitive verb) to be moist, spongy.
Meatia ngā reihana ki te wai mahana mō te hāwhe hāora, kia kōpūtoitoi ai (HJ 2017:113). / Place the raisins in warm water for half an hour so that they are moist and spongy.
Synonyms: monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) moistness, sponginess.
Ka pai kē te kōpūtoitoi o te keke nei - kāore e rite ki ētahi, ka rāoa te tangata ki te kore he inu i te taha (PK 2008:314). / How nice the moistness of this cake is - not like some others when a person could choke if she didn't have a drink to go with them.
mākūkū
1. (stative) be somewhat moist, wettish, damp.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 31;)
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.
monoku
1. (modifier) damp, wet, moist.
He piki pari tonu tā rātou mahi; he kuhu haere tonu i roto i ngā ngahere ururua, apiapi, monoku rawa, he whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā repo kua kino i te ua, kua tāpokopoko (TWMNT 2/5/1876:102). / They had to climb cliffs, to enter dense, saturated forest undergrowth, and to cross swamps made worse by rain and had become boggy.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) moisturiser.
2. (verb) to be solitary, desolate, deserted, uninhabited, devasted.
Kua pau ngā kāinga i te ahi, kua mōwai te whenua, kua mate kai ngā mōrehu (TTR 1990:294). / The villages had been razed by fire, the land devastated, and the survivers were starving.
3. (verb) to became moist.
4. (modifier) smooth, calm, solitary, desolate.
Ahiahi mōwai, ata roki (TP 10/1908:7). / A calm evening is followed by a settled morning.
whakamākūkū
1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to moisten, dampen, irrigate.
Otirā ināianei kua tīmata anō rātou ki te hanga waikeri hei kawe mai i te wai o ngā maunga hei whakamākūkū i ngā māra ina ka puta he raki ki te whenua (KO 20/11/1886:5). / But now they have again begun to build canals to bring the water of the mountains to irrigate the gardens when droughts occur.
2. (modifier) damp, moist.
Me horohoroi te tinana ki te kaka whakamākūkū ki te wai mahana paku nei (TTT 1/8/1928:834). / The body should be washed with a cloth dampened with a little warm water.
Synonyms: mākū, toriwai, haumākū, kōpūtoitoi, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi, hauwai, monoku
3. (noun) moistening, dampening, watering, irrigation.
I ngā wā maroke he mea pai te whakamākūkū i ngā puke ki te wai, kia ngoto ai te tipu a ngā paukena (TTT 1/10/1922:6). / In dry spells it pays to water the mounds so that the growth of the pumpkins is vigorous.
toriwai
1. (verb) (-tia) to be moist, watery.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
tōwahiwahi
1. (verb) to shine, glisten, gleam.
Tetere tonu rātou, tōwahiwahi ana (PT Heremaia 5:28). / They are waxen fat, they shine.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwāwahi
2. (verb) to be moist, watery, sleek.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwāwahi
mākū
1. (modifier) wet, moist, damp, soggy.
Ki te puta mai te wai, te huhuka rānei o te waha, kāti, tukua ki raro, kia tere te unu i ngā kākahu mākū, hoatu he kākahu maroke (TP 1/1904:11). / If liquid emerges or there's frothing of the mouth, well, put her down, quickly take off the wet clothes and put on dry garments.
Synonyms: haumākū, hauwai, kōpūtoitoi, tōwāwahi, tōwahiwahi, monoku, toriwai, whakamākūkū
2. (noun) dampness, wetness, moisture.
He pai mēnā he one-paraumu, he māmā hoki te mahi, ko te kirikiri ka ruia ki raro i ngā rau kia kore ai e pāngia e te paru me te mākū (Te Ara 2011). / Dark, friable soil is desirable as it's easier to work and the gravel is sprinkled carried under the leaves, lest they suffer from the mud and wet.
Synonyms: tōmairangi, takawai, haukū, haumākū
kōkopu taiwhara
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao
kōpakopako
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao
kōawheawhe
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. a term used especially for he juvenile form, called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōriwhariwha, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao
ruao
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruwao
kōriwhariwha
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao
kōkopuruao
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao
ruwao
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
See also kōkopu
Synonyms: kōpakopako, kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōkopu, moruru, para, parakeke, ruao
tūrepo
1. (noun) large-leaved milk tree, Streblus banksii, small-leaved milk tree, Streblus heterophyllus - spreading canopy trees growing up to 12 m high with a short, stout trunk. The large-leaved variety is found in lowland forests as far south as the Marlborough Sounds, while the small-leaved variety is found in moist areas in both the North and South Islands.
wīwī
1. (noun) knobby clubrush, Isolepis nodosa, sea rush, Juncus kraussii - the name for several species of native plant which grow in stiff, rush-like clumps with tall, shiny, unjointed, wire-like stems with a brownish, tiny, ball-like cluster of seeds near the top of the stem. They are found on moist lands, the sea rush being mostly in coastal marsh and salty sand-flats.
Ka tango ki te pū wīwī, ka rere iho taua wahine nei ki roto ki te kōruarua, ākina iho hoki taua pū wīwī nei (NM 1928:9). / The woman removed the clump of rushes and fled down into the hole and replaced the clump of rushes.
