pākurakura
1. (modifier) red, crimson.
Uenuku: he atua Māori, tōna kāinga kei ngā kapua pākurakura o te rangi i te marangai i te uru; he mea anō kei roto kei te āniwaniwa (TKM.MM 3-4/1855:32). / Uenuku: a Māori ancestor of significance, whose residence is in the red clouds of the eastern and western sky; and is also in the rainbow.
Synonyms: ura, whero, nganangana, pūwhero, tōwhero, waipū, ngangana, hīwera, kākaramea, kura
2. (noun) red, red glow, redness.
Ko te āhua pai mai o ēnei tini tāngata rerekē nei ngā kahu, ko te rangatira o ngā hōiho, ko te pākurakura o ngā pōtae, te āhua rangatira o ngā whītiki o ngā tāngata, me ngā kāhahu hoki, me ngā hou ngāueue o ngā pōtae, nui atu te rawe me te āhua rangatira mai o aua tini kaiwhiu hāriata me ngā hōia (TKM.MM1/1/1855:17). / The appearance of the numerous men with unusual garments, the beauty of the horses, the red of the caps, the grand sashes and clothing and the quivering plumes of the hats of the coachmen and soldiers was a very striking and impressive sight.
3. (noun) red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus - has a deep body and pointed head. Adults are orange-red to scarlet, white ventrally, lower flanks with faint, red longtudinal lines. Large, black spot on dorsal fin. A species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from southeastern Australia to northern Aotearoa/New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. It inhabits reefs and offshore waters, where it occurs at 6-60 m deep.
waha o te parata
1. (noun) brink of disaster, path to destruction, jaws of death – a metaphor referring to the near disaster of the Te Arawa canoe caught in a whirlpool in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Takahuri haere atu ana taua tokorua ki tahaki. Heoi rā, ka ora te tangata, ka hoki ake i te waha o te parata (TWM 11/7/1863:4). / That pair rolled over the bank. However, the man survived and returned from the jaws of death.
Synonyms: korokoro o te parata
korokoro o te parata
1. (noun) brink of disaster, path to destruction – a metaphor referring to the near disaster of the Te Arawa canoe caught in a whirlpool in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Ka nui te kōrero whakahē a ētahi tāngata mō te moumou o ngā moni e whakapaua nei ki tēnei whenua, me te kī a ētahi kua heke anō te waka o Te Arawa ki te korokoro o te parata i tēnei pāmu (TTT 1/6/1927:602). / There is much criticism by some people about the money being wasted on this land, and some are saying that the Te Arawa canoe is again on the brink of disaster with this farm.
Synonyms: waha o te parata
