heihei
1. (modifier) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Arā hoki ko taua kaiwhakaako ka pēnā ia me ngā kātua heihei e tū pōrangi ana ki te huna i āna tamariki ki roto i ōna paihau; kei kapohia e te kāeaea (JPS 1990:17). / There was that teacher who was acting like a mother hen, distracted with hiding her brood within her wings in case they were snatched by the New Zealand falcon.
2. (noun) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Ka ruia ana ngā witi e te tamaiti, ka rere mai ngā heihei ki te timotimo i aua kākano. / When the child scattered the wheat the hens rushed to peck at the seeds.
mouku
1. (noun) hen and chickens fern, Asplenium bulbiferum - tufted native ground fern. Stalks and midribs dark brown below, green above. Fronds feathery, and often recognised by young plants growing on the upper surface. Found in forests throughout the country.
Arā anō he aruhe i kainga e te Māori, tae atu ki ngā pihinga o te kōwaowao, te rereti, te mouku, te huruhuru whenua, te koru o te kiokio me te pikopiko (Te Ara 2011). / Māori ate other ground ferns, including the young fronds of hound’s tongue fern, rereti, hen and chickens fern and shining spleenwort. They ate the curled shoots of kiokio and common shield fern.
pīkaokao
1. (noun) rooster, cock bird, chicken.
Kohia he keke, he pīkaokao, he hanawiti, he inu, he takakau uhi āporo (TWK 42:26). / Collect cake, chicken, sandwiches, drinks and apple pie.
See also tame heihei
Synonyms: tame heihei, tīkaokao
manamana
1. (noun) hen and chickens fern, Asplenium bulbiferum - tufted native ground fern. Stalks and midribs dark brown below, green above. Fronds feathery, and often recognised by young plants growing on the upper surface. Found in forests throughout the country.
See also mouku
manehau
1. (noun) sprouts of the hen and chickens fern, Asplenium bulbiferum.
Kātahi anō te wahine a Paoa ka hoki mai i te whawhaki pikopiko, i te whawhaki manehau (NM 1928:158). / Paoa's wife had just returned from picking pikopiko (common shield fern shoots) and manehau (hen and chickens fern shoots).
toitoi okewa
1. (noun) inviting a lack of success in hunting, fishing, etc., counting one's chickens before they hatch.
Uru: Kei a au te pata me te parāoa, heoi anō tāu, he whakahoki mai i tā tāua tāmure! Pare: E hoa, kāti te toitoi okewa! Ka pūhore noa taku haere i ēnā tū kōrero (HJ 2012:21). / Uru: I have the butter and the bread, and all you've got to do is bring back our snapper! Pare: My fiend, stop counting your chickens before they hatch! That type of talk is inviting failure.
2. (noun) shining broadleaf, Griselinia lucida - a shrub with large, leathery, very glossy, alternating leaves. The fruit is dark purple. It often grows up in trees, extending its white, pliable roots down the trunk of the host tree, eventually becoming an independent tree.
4. (noun) swamp maire, Syzygium maire - a tree of swampy forests with a smooth-barked trunk, red berries and elliptic-oblong leaves tapering at each end and in pairs.
See also maire tawake
pukanui
1. (noun) puka, Meryta sinclairii - a tree with large, shiny, leathery leaves found in warm climates and native to the Three Kings Islands and on the Hen and Chicken Islands. Fruit black and succulent. It is common as a garden tree in warmer parts of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: puka
2. (noun) curse, swearword, oath, expletive.
Ko te 'pūrari paka' he kohukohu nā te Pākehā (RK 1994:101). / 'Pūrari paka' (bloody bugger) is an expletive of the Pākehā.
Synonyms: oati, whakaoati, oatitanga, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kupu taurangi
3. (noun) scleranthus, Scleranthus biflorus - a native groundcover that looks like a stiff hummocky moss. Bright spring green colour with very small flowers. Found naturally in grassland and rocky places along the coast and inland.
4. (noun) moss - a general term for mosses, which were used as wrappers and absorbents.
He kohukohu te kai o te renetia, kei ngā toka i te whenua e piri ana taua taru, mā taua kurī anō e keri i te wāhi e ngaro ana i te huka, ko ōna haone me ōna waewae hei raku (TWMNT 2/7/1873:74). / The food of the reindeer is moss and that vegetation clings to the rocks in that land. That animal digs for it in places hidden by the snow using its horns and legs to scratch.
Synonyms: kōpuru, whareatua, pūkahukahu, pūkohukohu, rimu, pūkohu
5. (noun) kōhūhū, Pittosporum tenuifolium - a small native black-barked tree of lowland forest and scrub, having light green leaves with a wavy margin. Commonly cultivated for hedges. Also called rautāhiri and tāwhiri.
6. (noun) chickweed, Stellaria media - a common weed found in gardens, pastures, crops and wastelands across the country. Native to Europe and was probably introduced to Aotearoa/New Zealand by the early settlers who prized chickweed for its herbal properties and its use as a cheap vegetable. A prized food of chickens and other birds.
