2. (personal noun) eighth month of the Māori lunar calendar, approximately equivalent to January.
3. (personal name) an important male atua associated with kindness, enjoyment and entertainment – said by some to be the eldest child of Rangi and Papa.
Atutahi mā Rehua
1. (personal noun) Canopus with Antares - Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky, Antares is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius and the one associated with summer. Despite this, Atutahi mā Rehua often refers just to Canopus. Also as Autahi mā Rehua.
See also Autahi
Pūtahi-nui-o-Rehua
1. (personal noun) Canis Major - line of stars leading southward from Rehua (Antares) and culminating in the great star triangle. A small constellation, the brightest star of which is Takurua (Sirius). Also said to be the highest of the heavens and the home of Rehua.
See also Kāhui Takurua, Rehua
rehu
1. (verb) (-a) to pass out of sight, disappear, render unconscious.
Synonyms: whakanumi
2. (noun) haze, mist, spray, fine dust.
Synonyms: haumāringiringi, tārehu, tārehu, tuarehu, tuarehu, waikohu, waikohu, tūkōrehu, tūkōrehu, pūrehu, pūrehu, kōnenehu, kohu, kōnehunehu, kōnehunehu, kākahi, pūnehunehu, haumaringi, pūkohu, au, pūnenehu, tākohu, pūnehu
3. (noun) premonition, extra-sensory perception, foreboding.
2. (personal noun) ninth lunar month of the Māori lunar calendar - approximately equivalent to February and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.
See also Huitanguru
Rūhīterangi
1. (personal name) Alniyat - a star in the constellation Te Waka o Mairerangi. According to some, Rehua (Antares) married Pekehāwini and they had Rūhīterangi and Whakapae-waka. According to others, Rūhī and Pekehāwini were the wives of Rehua.
See also Rūhī-te-rangi
Pekehāwani
1. (personal noun) star in the constellation Te Waka o Mairerangi. According to some, Rehua (Antares) married Pekehāwini and they had Rūhīterangi and Whakapae-waka. According to others, Rūhī and Pekehāwini were the wives of Rehua. Some say Pekehāwani's appearance marked the eighth month of the Māori year.
See also Rūhīterangi
Rūhī
1. (personal noun) star in the constellation Te Waka o Mairerangi. According to some, Rehua (Antares) married Pekehāwini and they had Rūhīterangi and Whakapae-waka. According to others, Rūhī and Pekehāwini were the wives of Rehua.
See also Pekehāwani, Rūhī-te-rangi, Rūhīterangi
Matariki
1. (personal noun) Pleiades, Messier 45 - an open cluster of many stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki, with at least nine stars visible to the naked eye. The brightest star in the centre of the cluster, also known as Matariki (Alcyone), married Rehua (Antares) and is the mother of the other eight stars of the Pleiades known to Māori. The other eight stars are: Tupuārangi (Atlas), Waipunarangi (Electra), Waitī (Maia), Ururangi (Merope), Tupuānuku (Pleione), Waitā (Taygeta), Pōhutukawa (Sterope) and Hiwa-i-te-rangi (Calaeno). The first appearance before sunrise of Matariki in the north-eastern sky, in the Tangaroa phase of the lunar month, indicates the beginning of the Māori year - about mid-June - and is the cause for celebrations. Matariki disappears at the end of the Māori year and traditionally this was also a reason for celebration with some iwi. During this time when Matariki was absent from the sky, she was said to visit four places, each for seven nights, Maukahau, Tārarau-ātea, Papa-whakatangitangi and Tītore-māhu-tū. Matariki is a truncated version of the name Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea (the eyes of the atua Tāwhirimātea). Matariki is associated with good health and wellbeing.
See also Huihui-o-Matariki, Te, Tupuārangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī, Ururangi, Tupuānuku, Waitā, Tātai-o-Matariki
Synonyms: Huihui-o-Matariki, Te, Tātai-o-Matariki