hinarepe
1. (noun) sand tussock, Austrofestuca littoralis - coastal dwelling grass growing in dunes and rocky soils close to the shore in both North and South Islands, and in temperate Australia. Has fine, rolled yellowgreen leaves that fade at the tips to silver; older leaves dry to a golden-straw colour. Barleylike seed heads that grow no longer than the leaves are produced in summer.
See also pouaka
Synonyms: mātiatia, mātihetihe, pouaka
hura
1. (noun) giant centipede, Cormocephalus rubriceps - the largest centipede in Aotearoa/New Zealand and endemic to the North Island and Australia. It is up to 25 cm in length and can deliver a poisonous bite using its razor sharp pincers.
See also hara
kōtoretore
1. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
E kīia ana he maramara nō te whēkau o Ruatapu ngā kōtoretore o te moana (TWMNT 22/5/1877:135). / The red sea anemone are said to be portions of the entrails of Ruatapu.
Synonyms: kōtore moana, tou, toretore, kōtore
mātiatia
1. (noun) sand tussock, Austrofestuca littoralis - coastal dwelling grass growing in dunes and rocky soils close to the shore in both North and South Islands, and in temperate Australia. Has fine, rolled yellowgreen leaves that fade at the tips to silver; older leaves dry to a golden-straw colour. Barleylike seed heads that grow no longer than the leaves are produced in summer.
See also hinarepe
Synonyms: mātihetihe, hinarepe, pouaka
mātihetihe
1. (noun) sand tussock, Austrofestuca littoralis - coastal dwelling grass growing in dunes and rocky soils close to the shore in both North and South Islands, and in temperate Australia. Has fine, rolled yellowgreen leaves that fade at the tips to silver; older leaves dry to a golden-straw colour. Barleylike seed heads that grow no longer than the leaves are produced in summer.
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.
pouaka
1. (noun) sand tussock, Austrofestuca littoralis - coastal dwelling grass growing in dunes and rocky soils close to the shore in both North and South Islands, and in temperate Australia. Has fine, rolled yellowgreen leaves that fade at the tips to silver; older leaves dry to a golden-straw colour. Barleylike seed heads that grow no longer than the leaves are produced in summer.
Synonyms: mātiatia, mātihetihe, hinarepe
2. (adjective) be inflamed (of the eyes).
He toretore kei te pī o te karu (PK 2008:630). / There's inflammation at the corner of the eye.
3. (modifier) inflamed.
Paupau ana ēnei moni i te waipiro i ngā rā i a Wiapo i reira. Ngā whakautu mō ērā moni, he waha piro, he ānini, he tangi, he tūhauwiri, he ngau poho, he poho tīangoango, he kākahu tāreparepa, he karu toretore, he arero hōripi, he ihu parehe, he ngutu pupuhi, he haere wharara, he tupu heke, me te tini atu o tā te waipiro whakautu mō te moni a te tangata e rukea noatia ana mō tērā kaiwhakahātana (KO 15/12/1884:3). / While Wiapo was there, this money was wasted on liquor. The results of that money was bad breath, dizziness, despondency, shivering, chest pains, contraction of the chest, loose clothing, eye inflammation, lacerated tongues, flat noses, swollen lips, walking with a stoop, social decline and many other effects of alcohol from the money cast about for those temptations.
4. (noun) sleep - discharge from the eyes.
Āta karohia ake te toretore i ō karu, e hoa (HJ 2012:266). / Remove the sleep from your eyes properly, my friend.
5. (noun) anus.
6. (noun) carping, faultfinding, nitpicking.
Ko ngā uaua o te hunga ngoikore ko te amuamu, ko te toretore (Milroy 2016). / Grumbling and carping are the muscles of the weak (Milroy 2016).
8. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
9. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
See also kōtoretore
Synonyms: kōtoretore, kōtore moana, tou, kōtore
tou
1. (noun) anus, posterior, tail (of a bird).
Āta horoia tō tou, kia kore ai e paruparu tō tarau iti (PK 2008:979). / Wash your anus properly so that your underpants don't get dirty.
Synonyms: papaihore, tāreperepe, miki, kumu, remu
2. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
See also kōtoretore
Synonyms: kōtoretore, kōtore moana, toretore, kōtore
kōtore moana
1. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
Synonyms: kōtoretore, tou, toretore, kōtore
moramora
1. (loan) (noun) Deep sea cod, ribaldo, Mora moro - Moramora is a loan word taken from the ribaldo's scientific name. A common deep sea cod found around New Zealand and Southern Australia. They have grey to pink backs that fade into a white belly.
I kai mātou i te moramora ināpō, he rerekē i te tāmure heoi anō he pai. / We ate deep sea cod lastnight, it's different to snapper but still nice.
kōura
1. (noun) salt-water crayfish, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, spiny rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii - a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
Synonyms: matapara, kōura papatea
2. (noun) packhorse rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi - found in the north and east of the North Island, live around rocky reefs at depths of 5 to 275m. Larger and have a slightly greener colour than rock lobster (crayfish). Distinguished by its much larger body size, smoother tail and its very broad carapace.
Synonyms: pawharu
3. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons, South Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops zealandicus - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
