pūmoana
1. (noun) conch shell trumpet.
Ko te pūtātara he taonga pūoro he mea hanga i te anga wahanui nō te moana. Ka hono he waha ki te pito koikoi o te anga. Arā atu anō ētahi ingoa mō tēnei taonga: he potipoti, he pūmoana (TWK 41:12). / A pūtātara is a musical instrument made from the conch shell of the ocean. A mouthpiece is attached to the sharp end of the shell. There are other names for this instrument: 'potipoti' and 'pūmoana'.
See also pūtātara
pūtātara
1. (noun) knobbed triton, Charonia lampas rubicunda - a subspecies of very large sea snail the shell of which is used for conch shell trumpets.
Synonyms: tātara, tūteure, pūtaratara
2. (noun) ostrich foot snail, Struthiolaria papulosa - a spindle-shaped, univalve mollusc common near low tide just beneath the surface on sand or tidal flats on open coasts. The shoulder of the shell spiral is knobbly and the heavy lip is white.
Synonyms: pūtaratara
3. (noun) conch shell trumpet with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 164; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 75;)
Ko te pūtātara he taonga pūoro he mea hanga i te anga wahanui nō te moana. Ka hono he waha ki te pito koikoi o te anga. Arā atu anō ētahi ingoa mō tēnei taonga: he potipoti, he pūmoana (TWK 41:12). / A pūtātara is a musical instrument made from the conch shell of the ocean. A mouthpiece is attached to the sharp end of the shell. There are other names for this instrument: 'potipoti' and 'pūmoana'.
4. (noun) trumpet - best distinguished from the traditional instrument by adding Pākehā.
wahanui
1. (noun) conch - a tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell with a flared lip.
Ko te pūtātara he taonga pūoro he mea hanga i te anga wahanui nō te moana. Ka hono he waha ki te pito koikoi o te anga. Arā atu anō ētahi ingoa mō tēnei taonga: he potipoti, he pūmoana (TWK 41:12). / A pūtātara is a musical instrument made from the conch shell of the ocean. A mouthpiece is attached to the sharp end of the shell. There are other names for this instrument: 'potipoti' and 'pūmoana'.
2. (noun) conch shell trumpet - with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
3. (noun) Cook's turban shell, Cookia sulcata - a large, round, heavy univalve that lives under rocks just below low tide.
See also kāeo
4. (noun) knobble whelk, Austrofusus glans - a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc.
5. (noun) dark rock shell, snail whelk, Haustrum haustorium - a large species of predatory sea snail. The shell has a low point, weak spiral groves and large aperature. Dark brown to purple in colour, white inside. Common among rocks between tides.
He tōrino te āhua o te anga o te kākara, he anga manauri, he mā a roto, he awaawa whāiti e kōmiro ana i te anga, he waha nui tonu. / The shell shape of the dark rock shell is spiral, a dark shell that is white inside having narrow grooves spiralling around the shell and it has a quite wide mouth opening.
pūtoto
1. (noun) conch shell trumpet with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
See also pūtātara
tūteure
1. (noun) knobbed triton, Charonia lampas rubicunda - a subspecies of very large sea snail the shell of which is used for conch shell trumpets.
See also pūtātara
Synonyms: tātara, pūtātara, pūtaratara
2. (noun) conch shell trumpet with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
See also pūtātara
pūtaratara
1. (modifier) thorny, spiny, spinous, craggy.
Ki te titiro a te tauhou e āhua whāiti ana te wahapū o Whangaroa, nō te mea e āraitia ana e tētahi kūmore e totoro atu ana ki te wai. Engari kia tae ki roto ka kitea ngā kokorutanga marino, ngā toka pūtaratara, ngā pari poupou, me ngā awaawa, me ngā wāhi e tupuria ana e te rākau (TWMNT 27/6/1876:148). / To a stranger the entrance to the harbour of Whangaroa appears quite narrow, because it is screened by a headland stretching out into the water. But once in the harbour the placid bays, the craggy rocks, the steep cliffs, and the ravines and the places covered by trees can be seen.
3. (noun) conch shell trumpet with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
I te taenga mai o te taua, haruru ana te tangi a ngā pūtaratara a te iwi kāinga, tioro ana ki te taringa (TTR 1990:89). / When the war party arrived the conch shell trumpets of the local people were sounded and it was very loud.
See also pūtātara
4. (noun) ostrich foot snail, Struthiolaria papulosa - a spindle-shaped, univalve mollusc common near low tide just beneath the surface on sand or tidal flats on open coasts. The shoulder of the shell spiral is knobbly and the heavy lip is white.
Synonyms: pūtātara
potipoti
1. (noun) trumpet made from a conch shell.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 164; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 75;)
Ko te pūtātara he taonga pūoro he mea hanga i te anga wahanui nō te moana. Ka hono he waha ki te pito koikoi o te anga. Arā atu anō ētahi ingoa mō tēnei taonga: he potipoti, he pūmoana (TWK 41:12). / A pūtātara is a musical instrument made from the conch shell of the ocean. A mouthpiece is attached to the sharp end of the shell. There are other names for this instrument: 'potipoti' and 'pūmoana'.
See also pūtātara
2. (noun) sandhopper, Corophium acutum - small crustaceans which spring up and down when a piece of seaweed or wood on the beach is disturbed.
Synonyms: mōwhitiwhiti, mōwhiti, mōwhīwhiti
tātara
1. (noun) knobbed triton, Charonia lampas rubicunda - a subspecies of very large sea snail the shell of which is used for conch shell trumpets.
See also pūtātara
Synonyms: tūteure, pūtātara, pūtaratara
