pukepoto
1. (noun) dark blue, cobalt blue, navy, dark-blue earth - used as a pigment.
He momo uku te taioma, ka tahuna, ka pehua, ka konatua ki te hinu kia puta te momo hinu tā, kīia ai ko taioma. Waihoki, tērā te pukepoto, he hinu kikorangi te tae (Te Ara 2012). / Taioma is a type of clay that was created by burning and pulverising, then mixing it with oil so that a type of paint, called taioma, resulted. Likewise, pukepoto was a cobalt blue colour.
Synonyms: tauā moana, ōrangiuri
kororā
1. (noun) little penguin, little blue penguin, blue penguin, fairy penguin, Eudyptula minor - the smallest penguin, has slate-blue underparts with white below. Breeds on rocky coasts but the nest can be several metres inland. Spends daylight hours at sea.
Kātahi ka pātai te hunga i noho atu, "He aha te ngako o tō koutou motu?" Ka utua atu, "He tuna, he hāpuku, he manu, he kākā, he kūkū, he tītī, he kororā (kāore e rere tērā manu)." (JPS 1901:70). / Then the people who lived there asked, “What are the fat things of your island?” They replied, “Eel, groper, birds, kākā, New Zealand pigeon, mutton bird and blue penguin (that bird does not fly)."
2. (stative) be bluish grey, grey.
He kororā te tae o ngā huruhuru o te kōkako. / A kōkako's feathers are bluish-grey in colour.
2. (noun) open sea.
Kāhore he māharahara o Tiaki ki te hoe mai i tōna poti paku noa nei i te aumoana mō te rua hāora, nuku atu rānei (TTR 1998:123). / Tiaki would think nothing of rowing his little boat in the open sea for two, or more, hours.
Synonyms: moana tuauriuri, moana waiwai, waho, tahora, au o te moana
3. (noun) blue, blue clay.
He whero, he mā, he aumoana, ngā kara o te kara a te Ingarihi (HKW 1/11/1900:12). / Red, white and blue are the colours of the flag of the English.
2. (adjective) sea green.
3. (adjective) blue-green.
matawhā
1. (noun) bronze whaler, Carcharhinus brachyurus - a heavy-bodied shark up to 3 m long with a broadly rounded snout. Bronze above, sometimes olive-green. Common around upper North Island but occurs south to Cook Strait and Tasman Bay in summer.
See also ngengero
2. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also aupounamu
Synonyms: mangō au pounamu, mangō pounamu, taha pounamu, ngengero, aupounamu
taha pounamu
1. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - sometimes as taha-pounamu or tahapounamu. Light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also aupounamu
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō au pounamu, mangō pounamu, ngengero, aupounamu
ngengero
1. (noun) bronze whaler, Carcharhinus brachyurus - a heavy-bodied shark up to 3 m long with a broadly rounded snout. Bronze above, sometimes olive-green. Common around upper North Island but occurs south to Cook Strait and Tasman Bay in summer.
E toru putu te tangata e kau rā i te mangō, ka peke tērā i te māripi ki te moana, titi tonu atu ki te kōpū o te mangō rā te māripi, pūwherowhero ana te moana i te toto. Ka mate ko te ngengero, ka ora ko te tangata (KO 15/11/1884:6). / The man was three feet from where the shark was swimming when that fellow jumped with the knife into the sea and stuck the knife into the belly of the shark. The sea was red with blood and the bronze whaler shark died but the man survived.
2. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also aupounamu
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō au pounamu, mangō pounamu, taha pounamu, aupounamu
mangō pounamu
1. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also aupounamu
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō au pounamu, taha pounamu, ngengero, aupounamu
2. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - sometimes as mangō aupounamu or mangō au pounamu. Light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Kia akona hoki ki a koe te karakia taki mai i ngā mokopuna a Rongo-huakai, te mangō aupounamu, te mangō huri taniwha, te mangō makomako, te mangō waha tara. He mangō kai tangata katoa ēnei (JPS 1922:23). / You should be taught the karakia that attract the offspring of Rongo-huakai, the blue shark, the huritaniwha shark, the mako shark and the dogfish. These are all man eating sharks.
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō au pounamu, mangō pounamu, taha pounamu, ngengero
mangō au pounamu
1. (noun) blue shark, Prionace glauca - light-bodied with long pectoral fins. Body slender, tapering from the snout. The top of the body is deep blue, lighter on the sides, and the underside is white. The male blue shark commonly grows to 1.82 to 2.82 m at maturity, whereas the larger females commonly grow to 2.2 to 3.3 m. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey. Common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also aupounamu
Synonyms: matawhā, mangō pounamu, taha pounamu, ngengero, aupounamu
maomao
1. (noun) blue maomao, Scorpis violaceus - bright blue fish with a deep body and small mouth, usually found in large schools north of East Cape.
He whakataukī nā te Māori: " He rāngai maomao ka taka i tua o Nukutauria e kore a muri e hokia." (TP 1/1909:6). / There is a saying of the Māori: "A shoal of maomao fish that passes beyond Nukutaurua Reef will not return."
