2. (noun) wing (of a bird, sports team, etc.).
Kei te rite rātou ki te pūrerehua e rere haere nei i te taha o te kānara ka hunuhunua ngā paihau, ā nāwai rā ka wera katoa te tinana (TP 5/1912:6). / They are like the moth flying to a candle and the wings are singed and after a time the whole body is burnt.
3. (noun) wing fin.
Te āhua o te ika nei i rite ki te whai, kei Wairarapa ki Porirua ki Muaupoko, kei Taranaki ki Hikurangi ko ngā paihau, kei Karamaina ko te waero, kei Ngāti Whātua heke atu ki te hiku, kei Taupō ko te pūkonohi, kei Heretaunga nei ko Te Matau-a-Māui (TTT 1/1/1925:158). / The form of this fish is like a stingray, at Wairarapa to Porirua is Muaupoko, at Taranaki to Hikurangi are the fins, at Coromandel is the tail and Ngāti Whātua descends down to the tail, at Taupō is the eye and at Heretaunga is Te Matau-a-Māui (Māui's fish-hook).
kumikumi
1. (noun) beard, moustache, whiskers, bristles - like makawe, usually used in the plural.
Kīhai te tamaiti i mātau ki a Mātenga i te oroko tirohanga ki a ia, nā te mea hoki, i heua ngā paihau me ngā kumikumi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:4). / The boy did not recognise Marsden when he first saw him because his beard and moustache had been shaved off.
2. (noun) white throat feathers of the tūī.
3. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - beard-like tuft attached to old mussels.
2. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - a yellowish-brown, fine hair-like mass which grows amongst tidal seaweeds, in rock pools and on the shells of mussels.
3. (noun) influence, effect, impact.
Ka riro mā ngā whakawai, mā ngā kawekawe o te ao kōrero Pākehā tōna reo Māori e tāmoe, e tārona ka puta ia i te maru o taua kura (HM 3/1993:6). / The distractions and the influences of the English speaking world will smother and strangle their Māori language when they emerge from the shelter of that school.
2. (modifier) thin (not of people's physique), fine (of texture).
He koti raina ki te huruhuru, he koti raina ki te kiri angiangi (TPH 26/7/1912:1). / Coats lined with fur, and coats lined with fine pelts.
3. (noun) gentle breeze.
Ka tiri atu tō whāngai, ko angiangi ki te whakarua, ē, ko angiangi ki te māwake (M 2006:380). / For you have been portioned out as food for the easterly breeze, and by the gentle southerly breeze (M 2006:381).
4. (noun) taupata, Coprosma repens - a large native shrub or low creeper-like plant with very glossy leaves, often rolled under at the edges. Found on cliffs and sand dunes of the North Island and the northern South Island. Fruit bright orange and borne only on female plants from summer to autumn.
See also taupata
5. (noun) bearded lichen, Usnea spp - a lichen that grows on sick or dying trees due to the pre-existing loss of canopy leaves, allowing for greater photosynthesis by the lichen's algae. It is a combination of green or orange alagae covering a white elastic-like fungus thread through the middle. Was used extensively as an absorbant and for nappies and sanitary pads, and to prevent and treat infection. It makes an excellent antibiotic or antifungal application.
pāhau
1. (noun) beard, moustache.
Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 3:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 3:493).
See also paihau
2. (noun) whalebone, baleen - plates of whalebone in the mouth of toothless whales for straining plankton from the water.
Synonyms: pāhautea, hihi, hihi tohorā
