2. (noun) skin markings (of mackerel).
Anō te kiri, me te anuhe tawatawa ngā mahi a te kauri (NM 1928:23). / Look at the skin, the abundance of tattooing is like the markings on the skin of a mackerel!
hōtete
1. (noun) caterpillar, kūmara moth caterpillar, Agrius convolvuli caterpillar.
Otiia hei aha te ngaro noa ai ētahi o ngā purapura pai e ruia ana tērā pea e hua ake ētahi, me te tangata hoki e whakatō ana i tana kānga e whā ngā pata ki te pukepuke kotahi, ā e rua anake ngā mea e tupu, ko ētahi ka pau i te hōtete, i te mōwhitiwhiti rānei (TK 2/10/1884:39). / But some good seeds are scattered and perhaps some bear fruit, and a person plants four grains in a single mound and only two grow and others are consumed by caterpillars and grasshoppers.
āwheto
1. (noun) caterpillar of the kūmara moth, caterpillar of the convolvulus hawk moth, Agrius convolvuli - a large caterpillar that was a pest in gardens, eating the leaves of the kūmara. Burrows into the ground in February to become a chrysalis.
Ki ētahi iwi he āwheto te anuhe (TTT 1/12/1924:s44). / To some tribes 'āwheto' is another name for an 'anuhe' (caterpillar).
See also hīhue
2. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
See also āwhato
hāwato
1. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
See also āwhato
nutara
1. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
See also āwhato
mokoroa
1. (noun) larva or caterpillar of the pūriri moth - gnaws into the trunk of the pūriri tree and other trees. Lives on the sap, causing its eventual death.
He iti te mokoroa nāna i kakati te kahikatea (TTT 1/4/1923:9). / Although the mokoroa is small it attacks kahikatea. (A whakataukī suggesting that something that appears insignificant can bring down the mighty.)
2. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
See also āwhato
2. (verb) to grunt, snort.
I ōku haerenga ki ētahi kāinga i te mokemoke, i te manuheko noa iho o te āhua, i te nui o te poaka e horuhoru ana i tahi taha, i te kāhui kurī e auau ana i te aroaro, kāore kau he take hei pupuri i te wairua kori o te Māori i te kāinga, nā, ka mōhio au ki te take i ngākaunui ai te tangata ki te haere ki ngā pāparakāuta ki reira noho ai, he ngahau kē hoki i tōna ake kāinga (HKW 1/1/1902:2). / In my travels to some homes that were isolated, I saw that they were quite dirty, with many pigs grunting to one side and packs of dogs barking in front of you. It's pointless holding on to the lively spirit of the Māori at home, and I know the reason that a person was keen to go to the hotel to spend time, because it's more enjoyable than his own home.
3. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
See also āwhato
āwhato
1. (noun) vegetable caterpillar, Cordyceps robertsii - actually a type of fungus. When the caterpillar of some moths retreats underground to start to form into a pupa, preparing to develop into a moth, the fungus starts to grow using the caterpillar’s body for food. As the fungus grows, it forms a shell around the caterpillar’s body, and slowly the whole thing dries out. The caterpillar is slowly turned into a mummy and is dried and preserved in the fungal casing. The fungus feeds from the nutrients in the caterpillar’s body. It slowly grows a small stem through the head of the caterpillar, which is the part of the body closest to the forest floor. The stem grows slowly until it pushes through to the forest floor, eventually producing spores.
makokōrori
1. (noun) magpie moth caterpillar, Nyctemera annulata - a furry caterpillar that eats the leaves of daisy-like plants such as ragwort and cineraria.
He makokōrori te mea e kino ai te tupeka, he ngata ēnei e noho ana i te tupeka, he mea anō ka kainga ko ngā rau o te tupeka (TW 5/2/1876:70). / The thing that destroys tobacco plants is the magpie moth caterpillar, which live in the tobacco and eats the tobacco leaves.
Synonyms: tuahuru, tūpeke, mōkarakara
tuahuru
1. (modifier) hairy, shaggy, rough.
Ka whai tonu te wahine ki te ringa tuahuru hei mahi kai māna (W 1971:445). / A woman will pursue the man with hands roughened with hard work.
Synonyms: māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua, pūhutihuti, tarakinakina, tito
2. (noun) hairiness, shagginess, roughness.
I kite koe i te tuahuru o te tangata rā? E kore e makariri i ngā pō takurua (PK 2008:984). / Did you see the hairiness of that man? He won't be cold on wintry nights.
Synonyms: pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, pūhutihuti
3. (noun) magpie moth caterpillar, Nyctemera annulata - an endemic furry caterpillar predominantly black with yellowish-orange stripes running along the length of its body. Eats the leaves of daisy-like plants such as ragwort and cineraria.
Ko te pīpīwharauroa tētahi manu kāore e mate i te tuahuru (PK 2008:984). / The shining cuckoo is a bird that will not be killed by the magpie moth caterpillar.
See also tūpeke
Synonyms: makokōrori, tūpeke, mōkarakara
4. (noun) orangutan.
tūpeke
1. (verb) (-tia) to jump, leap.
Ara mai ana ngā taua a ētahi hapū noa atu, tū ana ki runga pūkanakana ai ngā karu me te whētero te arero, tūpeke ngā waewae, aroarohaki ngā ringaringa (TWMNT 30/11/1875:283). / Hostile bands of other distant subtribes rise up, dilating their eyes, protruding their tongues, jump about and their hands tremble.
Synonyms: tiapu, mokohiti, mokopeke, mahuta, mokowhiti, hūpeke, mōwhiti, peke, mōwhīwhiti, tarapeke, rēinga, rere, mahiti, mawhiti, rei
2. (noun) jumping, high jump.
Ko te omaoma, ko te tūpeke, ko te haka, ko te tākaro he ngahau nā te tinana (TTT 1/8/1926:441). / Running, jumping, performing posture dances and wrestling are physical activities.
3. (noun) magpie moth caterpillar, Nyctemera annulata - an endemic furry caterpillar predominantly black with yellowish-orange stripes running along the length of its body. Eats the leaves of daisy-like plants such as ragwort and cineraria.
Synonyms: makokōrori, tuahuru, mōkarakara
2. (verb) to be extended, spread out, wide apart.
Kia whangawhanga te tū o ngā waewae, arā kia tātahi (W 1971:488). / Stand with the feet extended, that is wide apart.
3. (verb) to be troublesome.
Kaua tātou e whangawhanga ki tā Waikato e mahi mai nei (MM.TKM 3/8/1860:57). / Do not let us trouble ourselves with what Waikato are doing.
4. (noun) looper moth, looper caterpillar, geometrid, palmerworm (Biblical) - a small caterpillar which progresses by looping its body and has no legs in the middle of its body.
Ā ka whakahokia mai e ahau ki a koutou ngā tau i kainga e te māwhitiwhiti, e te tatarakihi, e te moka, e te whangawhanga, e taku ope nui i tukua atu e ahau ki a koutou (PT Hoera 2:25). / And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Synonyms: tāwhana, tāwhanawhana
2. (noun) stick insect (of several species).
See also rō
4. (noun) soft tree fern, Cyathea smithii - native tree fern with very soft, pale horizontal fronds that leave a distinctive short skirt of dried stalks on older trees. Common in colder, wetter forests.
See also kātote
5. (noun) small person, dwarf.
