pūrerehua
1. (noun) butterfly, moth.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 170;)
Ko te hīhue, he pūrerehua, he mea rere i te pō, engari ko tōna kāinga tuatahi kai te whenua, ka puta ake ka noho ki runga ki ngā puāwai hue (W 1971:49). / The hawk moth is a moth that flies at night, but its first home is in the ground and when it emerges it lives on the gourd flowers.
Synonyms: pepe, pūrēhua, pūrerehu, pūrehurehu, pēpepe
2. (noun) bullroarer - a traditional Māori musical instrument made of wood, stone or bone attached to a long string.
Tērā tētahi taonga pūoro a te Māori he rangorango tōna ingoa nātemea he rite te tangi ki te rangorango. Ko tētahi atu ingoa mō taua taonga pūoro he pūrerehua (TWK 41:24). / There is another musical instrument of the Māori called a 'rangorango' because it sounds like a blowfly. Another name for that musical instrument is 'pūrerehua'.
pēpepe
1. (noun) butterfly, moth.
Ko ētahi o te aitanga pepeke ko te waeroa, te pūrerehua, te pēpepe, te pūngāwerewere, te namu (Te Ara 2012). / Some of the creatures of the insect world are mosquitoes, butterflies and moths, spiders and sandflies.
Synonyms: pūrerehua, pepe, pūrēhua, pūrerehu, pūrehurehu
2. (noun) pēpepe, Machaerina sinclairii - a sedge found throughout most of the North Island, often on damp cliffs and road banks. It has long, slightly drooping bright green iris-like leaves. The flowering stems are rigid with drooping, fine, rusty red flowers.
See also tūhara
Synonyms: tūhara, toetoe tūhara
oia
1. (noun) butterfly perch, Caesioperca lepidoptera - a fish with a compressed, ovoid body and a continuous dorsal fin without a notch between the spinous and soft portions. Brownish-red to orange-red above, whitish-tan ventrally and a conspiuous dark blotch on each flank near the pectoral fin tips. Numerous small dark brown spots scattered over the body. Usually found in schools among and above rocky reefs at depths of 5-151 m.
kahukura
1. (stative) be multicoloured.
Synonyms: kanorau
2. (noun) rainbow.
Ka tare i runga he haki, he kara, ko ngā āhua katoa o te kahukura e tāwhana nei i runga (TP 1/2/1901:13). / Hanging on it was a flag with all the colours of the rainbow forming an arch on it.
Synonyms: Uenuku, Tūāwhiorangi, āniwaniwa, kōpere, Ōuenuku, tāwhana, tāwhanawhana, āheahea, atuapiko
4. (noun) cloak coloured with red ochre.
pepe
1. (noun) moth, butterfly.
Pēnā te mahi a te Poa me te ahi e kā ana ka rere ngā pepe ki roto (TJ 21/12/1899:6). / What the Boers' did was like a burning fire that moths fly into.
Synonyms: pūrerehua, pūrēhua, pūrerehu, pūrehurehu, pēpepe
manu
1. (noun) bird - any winged creature including bats, cicadas, butterflies, etc.
Ki te kore he kai, kua riro mā tētahi o ngā tohunga e karakia, kua rere mai he kai ki runga ki te waka. He ika, he manu me ētahi atu tūmomo kai mata (HP 1991:9). / If there was no food, one of the tohunga would say a ritual chant and food would fly onto the vessel - fish, birds and other types of raw food.
2. (noun) kite.
Ka eke ki runga, ka whakahakahaka iho ngā manu rā, ka piki anō whakarunga ngā manu rā, aua tonu ake, ka tiu anō ki runga ki te pā (JPS 1905:76). / Those kites ascended to a height, and then descended, then climbed upwards again until they were a long way up, and swooped again over the pā.
Synonyms: manu tū, pākau, manu aute, manu tukutuku, horewai
3. (noun) person held in high esteem - a figurative use usually qualified by an epithet, e.g. manukura (leader in council, leader).
Synonyms: manukura
4. (noun) family muttonbirding territory - each muttonbirding island is divided into a number of manu, with boundaries defined by geographic features, trees, etc.
