Hepetema
1. (loan) (personal noun) September.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47;)
He rā nui ki Niu Tīreni nei te 26 o ngā rā o Hepetema, te rā i iriiritia houtia ai a Niu Tīreni, i patua ai te ingoa koroni, i kīia ai ko te Tominiona o Niu Tīreni (TP 10/1907:2). / The 26th of September is an important day in New Zealand, the day New Zealand was newly christened in which the name of “colony” was overturned, and it was called the Dominion of New Zealand.
Mahuru
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to September. Also the name of the star Alphard, whose reappearance in the night sky heralds the start of this month.
Mahuru: Kua pūmahana te whenua, me ngā otaota, me ngā rākau (Best 1922:15). / The earth is warm as are the vegetation and the trees.
Whā o Mahuru, Te
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to September and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.
Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua, Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutū-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru mā rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelfth months.
See also Mahuru
2. (noun) karapapa, Alseuosmia macrophylla - a shrub found in forest undergrowth from North Cape to the upper South Island that grows to about 2 m, with red-brown branches and dark green foliage. It has alternating glossy leaves with widely spaced teeth. The tubular flowers are 2.4-4 cm long and highly scented. They vary in colour from dark red to cream. Fruit is crimson.
See also karapapa
3. (noun) Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia - endemic bushy slender shrub up to 1 m tall of Northland forests from Kaitaia to about Kaiwaka. Often associated with kauri. Leaves vary, much longer than wide, green, margin smooth. Small creamy yellow flowers, tubular, dropping in September - December. Fruit fleshy, red.
pīnaki
1. (noun) New Zealand carrot, Daucus glochidiatus - an erect, yellow-green to dark reddish green, biennial up to 300-800 mm high, mostly sparingly branched. Reddish-pink to white flowers in September to February. A native found in coastal, lowland to montane on cliff faces, rock outcrops, talus slopes, in short tussockland or grassland and in open forest of the North, South and Chatham Islands.
mārū
1. (noun) kānuka, white tea-tree, Kunzea ericoides - leaves similar to mānuka but soft to touch. Taller than mānuka. Has small white flowers. Leaves are soft, unlike mānuka leaves which are prickly.
See also kānuka
Synonyms: kōpuka, mānuka rauriki, kānuka
2. (noun) burr-reed, Sparganium subglobosum - native plant from North and South Islands, though often scarce over large parts of this range. Perennial herb of aquatic or fertile swamps, usually in shallow water, often on the margins of ponds, lakes and slow flowing streams. Stems usually partially submerged in water, silt, mud or peat. Plants at flowering up to 1 m tall. White flowers September - April.
namunamu
1. (modifier) small, diminutive, narrow.
Ko te ara namunamu he ara whāiti (M 2006:12). / The passage-way is a narrow one (M 2006:15).
Synonyms: kāwitiwiti, whāiti, kūiti, pīrahirahi
2. (noun) dove's-foot crane's-bill, dovesfoot geranium, Geranium molle - a small plant reaching 5–30 centimetres in height. It is a very branched plant, quite hairy, with several ascending stems. The leaves are palmate, cut 5 to 9 times. The basal leaves are arranged in a rosette, the upper ones are sessile, rounded and hairy, with a long petiole of about 5–12 millimetres. The flowers are pinkish-purple, 8-12 mm in diameter, with very jagged petals. It blooms from April to September.
Tapere-wai
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to September and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Mahuru
