2. (noun) grain (in wood, greenstone, etc.).
He tāekaeka te kakano o te tōtōweka (PK 2008:197). / The grain of tōtōweka greenstone is streaky.
3. (noun) texture.
He tini ngā momo kahu o te Māori, me te rerekē anō o te kakano o tēnā, o tēnā. Ko ētahi he mārō, he kaitara, ko ētahi ia he newanewa (HJ 2012:282). / There are many types of garments of the Māori, and the texture of each is distinctive. Some are stiff and rough, but others are soft.
4. (noun) texture (music).
Ko te kakano puoro te āhua o te kōtuitui i ngā reo o roto i tētahi puoro, ahakoa reo tangata, reo taonga puoro rānei, pēnā he apiapi te kakano, he māmā rānei (RTP 2015:59). / Musical texture is the way the sounds are combined, whether they be human voices or the sounds of instruments. The texture could be dense or sparse (RTP 2015:59).
kara
1. (loan) (modifier) coloured.
...arā, paraikete, paranene, wūru whatuwhatu, hōro, paraikete kara me ngā hūtu tāngata, tamariki hoki, hāte, tarau, tōkena, here kakī, perehi, karapu ringa... (TJ 4/1/1898:b). / ...that is, blankets, flannels, wool rugs, shawls, coloured blankets and men’s and boys’ suits, shirts, trousers, socks, ties, braces, gloves...
2. (loan) (noun) colour.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 86; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-165;)
Ko ō rātou kara he whewhero he mangu (TJ 6/6/1899:2). / Their colours are red and black.
2. (noun) remnant.
hāmā
1. (stative) be light-coloured, grey, faded (of colours).
E ai ki a rātau e mahara ana ki a ia, he tangata pakupaku noa a Tuakana, he hāmā nei tōna āhua, ā, tae atu ki ngā makawe me te pāhau pakupaku nei te mā (TTR 1994:6). / According to those who remember him, Tuakana was a small man of pale complexion, and his hair and small beard were white.
2. (modifier) colourful, bright, bold, vivid (of colour).
Nana, e koutou katoa e tahu nā i te ahi, e whītiki nā i a koutou ki ngā rama muramura; haere i te mārama o tā koutou ahi, i ngā rama muramura hoki i whakangihaia nā e koutou (PT Ihaia 50:11). / Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled.
3. (noun) flame, blaze.
Kua tata ngā muramura o Te Rēinga ki a koe (THM 1/4/1894:5). / The flames of Te Rēinga are near you.
parauri
1. (verb) to be dark in colour, dark brown, chocolate colour.
I a ia ka pakeke nei, e ono putu tōna roa, ā, he parauri nei tōna kiri me ōna kanohi, he pango kē nei hoki ngā makawe (TTR 2000:12). / When he was maturing he was six feet tall and his complexion and eyes were dark, and his hair black.
2. (modifier) dark in colour, dark brown, chocolate colour.
He whakaarotanga ki ngā iwi manauri, ki ngā iwi parauri, kiritea hoki, o te motu o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu i tukutuku reta tonu atu ai ahau kia pānuitia e koe (TP 3/1905:10). / Some thoughts for the dark people, the brown people and the white-skinned of the country, the North Island and the South Island, are the reasons that I send letters for you to publish.
2. (adjective) be reddish-brown, ginger-coloured, chestnut, burnt orange, ochre.
He matamoe te ingoa, ā, he āhua rarahi tonu. He āhua pākākā me te mōhinahina ka whakauru haere (HP 1991:15). / Its called a short-finned eel and it's rather large and brownish with touches of grey.
3. (noun) reddish-brown, ginger-coloured, chestnut, burnt orange, ochre.
Kei roto tonu mai i te waharoa ki te whare karakia me te urupā o te Rīpeka Tapu kei Waipārera tētahi whakamaharatanga marutuna e whā mita te teitei. Ko te āhua ia, he pou māpere e whakatāekaekatia ana e te pākākā, ā, e toko ana i te anahera māpere mā (TTR 1994:76). / Just inside the gateway to the Rīpeka Tapu Church and cemetery at Waipārera is a four-metre-tall monument. It is in the shape of a marble pole flecked with brown supporting a white marble angel.
kākā parakiwai
1. (noun) dark coloured kākā - as opposed to a kākā kura, a kākā with scarlet colouring regarded as the leader of a flock.
Ka eke te kākā parakiwai, kaua e tākiritia, engari ka eke te kākākura, tākiritia! (JPS 1912:98). / If an ordinary kākā should land here, do not snare it, but if a kākākura (scarlet parrot) comes, snare it! (A pepeha. Ngāti Maru were living under the protection of Ngāti Urunumia, a hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto. At that time Ngāti Urunumia were on bad terms with Ngāti Hāua. Hari-maruru, a chief of Ngāti Urunumia thought it a good opportunity to pay off some old scores against his southern neighbours, Ngāti Hāua. So he made this statement to Ngāti Maru, who understood this to refer to Tū-te-mahurangi, who they obligingly killed.)
tae
1. (noun) hue, dye, colour, stain, pigment - not normally used before the names of colours.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 86; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-165; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 63-64;)
Ko te tae o ngā hune, e rite ana ki te pūkohu, ā, he kōrangorango te āhua (HM 4/1998:4). / The colour of the down feathers is similar to moss and is mottled.
Ina ranua te kōwhai me te whero, ko te karaka ka hua mai (HJ 2012:98). / When yellow and red are mixed together, orange results.
Synonyms: kano
2. (modifier) bright (of colours), tightly, fast, intensely - follows and intensifies colour words, including white.
Pēnei i a tātou nei, moe ai te āhuruhuru i te pō. Ko te mea rerekē i a tātou, ka huri whero kitakita tō rātou tae ina moe ana rātou (TWK 36:11). / Like us, the goatfish sleeps at night. The thing that is different from us is that their colour turns bright red when they are sleeping.
3. (noun) intensity (of colour).
Inā te rerehua o te kaui ki tāku titiro, nā te kitakita o ngā tae (RTA 2014:99). / In my observation, the appeal of the mobile is the intensity of the colours.
4. (noun) miniature, anything very small.
Ko ngā rīwai tino moroiti nei ka kīia e taku kuia he kitakita (PK 2008:267). / My grandmother called the very small potatoes 'kitakita' (miniatures).
Synonyms: mākari
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.
kakawai
1. (noun) dark-coloured variety of kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that are slender, lack scales and carry a dorsal fin set far to the rear. There are at least 13 species in Aotearoa/New Zealand, including the banded kōkopu (Galaxias fasciatus). The juvenile form is called whitebait.
2. (noun) kōaro, Galaxias brevipinnis, whitebait - a small spotted freshwater fish dark greenish-brown to grey-brown in colour. The juvenile form is one of the five species called whitebait. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in clear, fast-flowing, cobble to boulder streams and rivers with forest cover.
2. (noun) earthworm of milky colour - found in forests and used for eeling.
Karia ai ngā tarawa me ngā waiū i roto i ngā ngāherehere (HP 1991:15). / Tarawa and waiū earthworms are dug for in the forests.
See also noke waiū
3. (noun) relative, relation.
Kātahi ka whakataka a Ngāti Rangiwewehi e ia, e Te Moemiti, ka tangi ki tōna waiū (JPS 1893:229). / Then Te Moemiti organised a war party of Ngāti Rangiwewehi to avenge his relative's death.
2. (modifier) black, dark in colour.
He nui anō te whai rawa o te iwi kiri pango i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te peara me ngā kōhatu utu nui me te whenua (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The blacks have great wealth in gold, silver, pearls and precious stones and land.
3. (noun) variety of harakeke from Tawatapu district, south of Gisborne. Short, bendy variety. Overall bush has a dark appearance. Rito blades are a bronze colour. Reddish-brown margin and keel. Brownish-purple kōrari. Flowers well. used for green kete harakeke. Not good for muka.
kākāriki
1. (verb) to be green (in colour).
I te ngutu o te awa o Hamurana ka tau tō mātou tima, ka haere mā uta, ka mātakitaki ki te āhua o tēnā awa, purata tonu, kākāriki ana (TP 1/12/1901:10). / At the mouth of the Hamurana stream our steamer docked and we went inland, gazing at the appearance of that stream, which was quite clear and green.
2. (adjective) be green (in colour).
He kākāriki tō tētahi, he kākāriki-mā tō tētahi (HP 1991:249). / That of one was green, that of another was pale green.
3. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 13, 163;)
I nāianei kua kore te manu, kua mate, kua ngaro te kākā me te kākāriki (TWMNT 22/9/1874:239). / Now the birds are no more, they've died and the kākā and kākāriki have disappeared.
Synonyms: kākā, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, pōreterete, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki, kawariki, porete, torete
4. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.
Synonyms: kawariki
5. (noun) green (colour).
He harakeke iraira, he mumura te kākāriki o ngā whā, he kōwhai ngā tāekaeka, he karaka ngā tapa me te tuaka, he mā, he mōhinuhinu te muka o tēnei harakeke (PK 2008:603). / A variegated flax, with bright green leaves, yellow stripes, orange edges and midrib, while the fiber of this flax is white and shiny.
6. (noun) rock melon, cantaloupe.
He pēnā anō ngā tōhuka, ngā kānga, ngā pāpapa, ngā merengi, ngā kākāriki, ngā taro me ngā rīwai (HP 1991:14). / The sugar cane, maize, kamokamo, melons, rock melons, taro and potatoes were exactly the same.
Synonyms: merengi rāka
2. (modifier) darkish, gloomy, sombre in colour, dark.
E noho ana a Wiri rāua ko Tūmatakuru ko rāua anahe i tō rāua whare pōuriuri, e kōrero kēhua ana ki a rāua anō (HKK 1999:190). / Willy and Tūmatakuru are sitting alone in their dark house telling ghost stories to each other.
3. (noun) intense darkness.
Hei konei rā, i te aotūroa! Ka haere tēnei ki te pōuriuri (M 2006:168). / Remain there in the enduring world! I go to the intense darkness.
