matapaia
1. (noun) pottery clay, clay work, pottery.
He rite te āhua o ngā matapaia a te iwi Lapita ki ērā o ō rātou tīpuna. Ko te mea rerekē, ko ngā whakanikoniko ki ngā matapaia i hua ake i Ngā Moutere o Bismarck (Te Ara 2014). / The pottery of the Lapita people was similar in form to that of their forebears, but the thing that was different was the decoration on the pottery that emerged in the Bismarck Islands.
Synonyms: taonga uku, uku, pereti
2. (noun) clay, white clay.
Ka oti, ka pania ki te uku a waho, kei puta atu te wai ki a ia (JPS 1904:92). / When it was completed it was plastered with clay, so the water might not get in.
3. (noun) pottery.
He kura ukiuki te mahi uku nō Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Nō te taenga ki Aotearoa ka ngaro i te Māori ēnei pūkenga. Nō te tekau tau 1950 kātahi anō ka tīmata anō te whakamiha atu ki ngā mahi uku i ngā mahi a ngā iwi taketake o Amerika (Te Ara 2017). / Pottery making was an ancient Pacific practice. By the time the Māori reached New Zealand they had lost these skills. From the 1950s Māori artists began making pottery again, drawing inspiration from the work of the native peoples of America.
Synonyms: taonga uku, pereti, matapaia
4. (noun) soap.
kerepeti
1. (noun) clay worked and pressed, pliable clay, plasticine.
Synonyms: kerepēhi
pōrakaraka
1. (modifier) small and round (e.g. like a pill).
E whā hāora, arā i te wā i te tūnga o te rā mōiri noa ki te pae, i muri iho o te kainga o te rongoā whakaruaki, me whāngai ki ngā rongoa pōrakaraka e rua (TKM.MM 16/12/1862:6). / Four hours, from the time the sun is high above the horizon (i.e. noon), after taking the emetic, two of the pills should be given.
whakakeretā
1. (verb) (-tia) to turn to clay, damage, turn to mush, destroy.
He whakapopo i ngā niho, he whakahauā i te korokoro me te atewharowharo, me ngā whanewhane katoa o te kōpū; he whakakeretā i ngā roro me ngā akaaka katoa o te tinana (TKM.MM 20/8/1862:21). / It rots the teeth, damages the throat and lungs, and all the organs of the abdomen, and destroys the brain and all the nerves of the body.
kōmiri uku
1. (noun) moulding clay.
Ko te kōmiri uku, arā, ka kinikinitia te uku, ka pēhia, ka kōtēngia, ka kōmiria kia puta ai te āhua e hiahiatia ana. Mēnā he ipu te hua o tēnei tikanga mahi, ka kīia he ipu kiniuku (RTA 2014:198). / Moulding clay, that is, the clay is pinched, pressed, squeezed and rubbed so that the desired form is achieved. If the result of this process is a pot, that is called a pinch pot.
2. (noun) rampart, earthwork, fortification (of a pā).
Ka tū a ia i runga i te pākaiahi ka whakatumatuma atu i te hoariri (Ng 1993:374). / He stood on the rampart and acted defiently towards the enemy.
pākeho
1. (noun) limestone, white clay.
I tōna kaumātuatanga ka noho a Maniapoto ki Te Ana-uriuri, tētehi ana pākeho kei te takiwā o Waitomo (Te Ara 2011). / In his old age Maniapoto lived in Te Ana-uriuri, a limestone cave in the region of Waitomo.
Synonyms: pākeho
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.
kākaramea
1. (noun) red clay, red, coloured with ochre.
He mea pani rawa ki te kōkōwai, ki te kākaramea o ngā waiariki o Te Rapa (TTR 1990:188). / It was painted red with red clay from the hot springs of Te Rapa.
Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kura, pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū
2. (noun) speargrass scent.
Ka hoatu te hei kākaramea e Tini ki tana tamaiti (White 2 1889:123). / Tini gave the speargrass neck ornament to his son.
