2. (noun) old dry leaves (of harakeke, etc.).
Kua hāpinetia ngā whā harakeke, kua tīhorea mai ngā koka. / The flax leaves have been scraped and the old dried leaves have been stripped.
3. (noun) rough cape - made of undressed leaves of harakeke, tī or kiekie.
Heoi anō ā rātou kākahu i tae ora mai ai rātou, he koka, he pākē (W 1971:129). / All the clothes they had when they arrived safely, were rough capes.
hāuratea
1. (stative) be pale brown, light brown.
Kia maroke te pātītī kua hāuratea (PK 2008:92). / When grass dries it is light brown.
Synonyms: pākā kōrito, mangaeka
kehu
1. (stative) be brown, reddish, reddish-brown.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
Synonyms: pākā, pākākā, whero, mākurakura, kaho, pūwhero, pūwherowhero, wherowhero, whewhero, kuratea, mawera
kiwi
1. (noun) northern brown kiwi, North Island brown kiwi, kiwi feather, Apteryx mantelli and tokoeka, Apteryx australis - flightless, nocturnal endemic birds with hair-like feathers and a long bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.
Ko ō rātou tiakete he mea mahi anō ki te kiri houi, engari ki te titiro atu rite tonu ki te kiwi (TP 8/1901:5). / There jackets were made of bark of the lacebark tree, but they looked just like kiwi feathers.
See also rowi, kiwi pukupuku, roa, tokoeka, tokoweka
hūrepo
1. (noun) brown bittern, Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus - a rare bird living in swamps. Has a bulky, thick neck and is mottled brown and buff for camouflage. Known for its loud booming call.
See also matuku, hūroto, matuku-hūrepo
hūroto
1. (noun) brown bittern, Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus - a rare bird living in swamps. Has a bulky, thick neck and is mottled brown and buff for camouflage.
Me he hūroto au kei rō repo, me te kākā, e whakarāoa ana (M 2004:20). / I am like a bittern in the swamp, or like a kākā making a choking sound.
2. (noun) Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis - a duck with a wide flat bill, living in shallow lowland wetlands and muddy wetlands.
See also kuruwhengi
kautuku
1. (noun) brown bittern, Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus - a rare bird living in swamps. Has a bulky, thick neck and is mottled brown and buff for camouflage. Known for its loud booming call.
Ka ara te kautuku nei ko Poho-kura, e kai nei i a au (M 2006:34). / This bittern, Poho-kura, rises up and is consuming me.
See also matuku, matuku-hūrepo, hūrepo
pīpipi
1. (noun) brown creeper, Mohoua novaeseelandiae - a small endemic forest bird of the South Island and Stewart Island, reddish-brown crown, rump and tail, ash-grey on face and neck, and light buff underparts. Usually found in small, fast-moving noisy flocks high in the canopy.
Synonyms: tītirihika, pipirihika, toitoi
2. (noun) shining sunset shell, Soletellina nitida - a triangular-shaped bivalve mollusc common in sand near low tide. Fragile shell, often with a greenish-yellow, varnish-like coating. Purplish near the hinge and inside.
Kātahi taua tangata rā ka mahara he pakake; kātahi ka nuku atu ki te taha titiro atu ai. Nō te kitenga o taua tangata i ngā kanohi e kamokamo ana mai i roto i te pīpipi, kātahi anō taua tangata ka mōhio he tangata tonu (JPS 1921:43). / The man at first thought it was a minke whale, but then he moved nearer to have a closer look. When he saw the eyes of that man, which were blinking from amidst the shining sunset shells, he knew it was a human being.
3. (noun) cirrostratus - cloud forming a thin, fairly uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitude. Often used in the phrase pīpipi o te rangi.
Ka kite a Tūpai i te rangi e tuhi ana te pīpipi o te rangi (JPS 1926:240). / Tūpai saw the sky adorned with cirrostratus cloud.
See also pipi
pipirihika
1. (noun) brown creeper, Mohoua novaeseelandiae - a small endemic forest bird of the South Island and Stewart Island, reddish-brown crown, rump and tail, ash-grey on face and neck, and light buff underparts. Usually found in small, fast-moving noisy flocks high in the canopy.
See also pīpipi
Synonyms: tītirihika, toitoi, pīpipi
