kōura
1. (noun) salt-water crayfish, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, spiny rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii - a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
Synonyms: matapara, kōura papatea
2. (noun) packhorse rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi - found in the north and east of the North Island, live around rocky reefs at depths of 5 to 275m. Larger and have a slightly greener colour than rock lobster (crayfish). Distinguished by its much larger body size, smoother tail and its very broad carapace.
Synonyms: pawharu
3. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons, South Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops zealandicus - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
kēkēwai
1. (noun) blue damselfly, Austrolestes colensonis - similar to dragonflies but smaller.
See also tīemiemi
matapara
1. (noun) rock lobster, spiny rock lobster, red rock lobster, spiny crayfish, Jasus edwardsii - reddish orange to purple crayfish with spines on the tail.
Synonyms: kōura papatea, kōura
kōura mara
1. (noun) crayfish fermented in fresh water.
Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.
2. (noun) crayfishing.
Māwharu: He rā ngāwari tēnei mō te pouraka kōura (TTT 1/1/1923:10). / Māwharu (twelfth night of the lunar month): This is a suitable day for crayfishing.
3. (noun) crayfish net.
Ka hoki a Te Atinuku ki a Māhu, i te kāinga e whatu ana i tōna pouraka, arā taruke kōura (JPS 1926:96). / Te Atinuku returned to Māhu, who was at home making a crayfish net, that is a crayfish trap.
4. (noun) receptacle for the dead, coffin.
Ka hoatu te tūpāpaku ki roto i te pouraka, kātahi ka haria ki te tanu (PK 2008:682). / The corpse was placed in the coffin and then was taken to the burial.
2. (noun) hollow of the hand, palm.
Ko te rongoā nei me riringi ki te kapu o te ringa, ā, ka ngongo ake mā te ihu, ā, ka tuha mai mā te waha (TTT 1/2/1925:188). / This medicine should be poured into the palm of the hand and sucked up via the nose and then spat out through the mouth.
See also rāhui
3. (noun) instep (of the foot).
Ka rapa te uira i konei, ka papā te whatitiri, arā i tawhiti, i tawhiti, ka tae te ngiha ki ō rāua tinana, hauporoa tonutia iho ngā rekereke o tētahi, o tētahi, ka mau ko tētahi wāhi o te raparapa, me ngā kapu (KO 15/10/1883:6). / The lightning flashed here and the thunder exploded, that is at a distance, but the lightning reached their bodies, severing the heels of them both, leaving some parts of the soles and the insteps.
4. (noun) crayfish tail.
5. (noun) curl.
Ka tīmata te whākanakana o ngā kanohi; titiro rawa atu ki te moana, e whakangaro atu ana ngā waka, ko te kapu kau o ngā hēra e kitea atu ana (JPS 1973:136). / He began to stare, looking far out on the ocean where he saw the canoes just disappearing from sight, only the curve of the sails was to be seen.
6. (noun) object invested by a tohunga with the powers of a rāhui - it can be hidden so that nobody can render the rāhui ineffective.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 226;)
Ko te tikanga o te kapu kia kore ai e taea taua rāhui te takahi e huhua noa iho e ngaro ai te mana o taua rāhui (Wh4 2004:226). / The purpose of the 'kapu' is so that a rāhui can not be abused by anybody whereby the power of that rāhui dissipates.
7. (noun) wooden funnel - for feeding a tapu person.
2. (noun) bait (for crayfish).
karawai
1. (noun) freshwater crayfish Paranephrops planifrons.
See also kēwai
2. (noun) dressed flax placed in water for dyeing.
kēwai
1. (noun) freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
E kitea ana te kēwai kei ngā kōawa, ngā roto me ngā repo puta noa i te takiwā (Te Ara 2015). / The freshwater crayfish are found in streams, lakes and swamps throughout the country.
papa
1. (noun) board, timber, floor, slab, plank, chart, plane surface, bed (of a lake or the sea), Earth, shell of crayfish and molluscs - anything broad, flat and hard.
Ka tūtaki ētahi tāngata whakatū taiapa ki te papa kōhatu pāia pōnānā (HP 1991:27). / When some fencers encountered rocky land they became flustered.
Synonyms: paraki
2. (noun) victory.
Ko te ritenga tēnei o ngā hapū Māori ina tautohetohe ki te whenua - he whakaekeeke ki te whawhai, ā riro ana te papa i te hunga uekaha ki te pana atu i te hoariri (TKM.MM 12/2/1863:2). / This was the custom of the Māori tribes in disputes over land - they would engage in warfare, with the stronger party achieving the victory and driving out the enemy.
poraka
1. (noun) crayfish pot.
Ka taea te kōura mā te poraka (he kupenga ka rite ki te pūkoro, ka tuwhera te waha), ka haongia te īnanga mā te koko, he kupenga whiri ita (Te Ara 2012). / Crayfish could be caught in a crayfish pot (an open-mouthed net like a bag), and whitebait in a koko – a close-weave net.
See also puraka
ngehe
1. (verb) to be weak, languid, lazy, lethargic, listless, weary.
Ko te āhua o taua mate tīmata ai ki te tūnāwiri, ka mamae te māhunga, ka ngehe katoa te tinana, me ngā turi, ka mamae hoki ngā konohi (HTK 21/7/1894:2). / The symptoms of that illness begin with shivering, the head is sore, the body is weak all over, together with the knees, and the eyes are also sore.
2. (modifier) weak, languid, lazy, lethargic, listless, weary.
He kupu whakatene ēnei mō te tangata māngere, mō te tangata taumaha, mō te tangata ngehe (TP 2/1909:3). / These are annoying statements for a lazy person, an ill person and for a lethargic person.
Synonyms: iwingohe, whakaparure, parure, haumaruru, toupiore, ruhi, pāroherohe, pōuruuru, hinamoe, kiriahi, takurutu, turikore, momoe, tō kumu, makuku, tūkeke, waimori, mākoko, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tūpaku, tārure, whakatairuhi, pōngenge, whakapahoho, ānewa, hauhauaitu, kahakore, ārangirangi, taharangi, iwikore, hangenge, anuhea, whakaroau, ngoikore, korou kore, ngoringori, maninohea, wairuhi, tūrūruhi, maero
3. (modifier) peaceful, calm.
Rapua he purapura e tupu ai tātou. He tau ngehe te tau nei (TWMNT 8/5/1872:66). / Seek out seeds that we will grow. This year is a peaceful one.
Synonyms: āio, whakamārire, whakamāria, whakamārie, ukiuki, rangimārie, mārie, aumārire, hūmārie, houkura, whakaaio, hūmārire, mārire, tō
4. (noun) weakness, feebleness, lack of strength.
Ko te mate o te tamaiti nei, he ngehe nō ngā waewae (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / This child's illness is weakness of the legs.
5. (noun) crayfish that have recently shed their shells.
6. (noun) marblefish, Aplodactylus arctidens - herbivorous fish, feeding on seaweed but they also eat the small invertebrates which live on the seaweed. They are active at twilight and during the day rest in crevices or amongst dense seaweed. The juvenile is silvery on the sides, blue grey dorsally, adults are green or brown with fine mottled lines of white, which gives a marbled appearance. Found around New Zealand coasts in depths down to 40m. Their length is between 40 and 60cm.
pūihi
1. (modifier) afraid, shy, retiring, timid.
Ki te kōrero a Kuki, kāore i aro atu ki ana whakarata - he iwi pūihi, ā, kāore e rata mai ki ngā inoi atu mō te kai, mō te wai, mō te aha rānei (TWK 19:17). / According to Cook, they took no notice of his friendly overtures - they were a shy people and would not respond in a friendly way to the pleas for food, water and other provisions.
Synonyms: tōngā, memeke, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, moke, konekone, matakakā, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, whakamā, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi
2. (noun) antenna (of crayfish, etc.).
See also pūhihi
koeke
1. (verb) (-tia) to mature, grow old.
I a ia ka koeketia, i te kaha tonu ki te ārahi i tōna iwi, i a Tūhourangi me te iwi kāinga i Te Whakarewarewa; kāore tētehi take e ara, māna rawa e whakamana (TTR 1994:126). / When he reached old age he continued to lead Tūhourangi and the people of Whakarewarewa; nothing could be done without his approval.
Synonyms: whatutoto, whakapakeke, pāhake, pakeke, taipakeke, tūpakeke, pakari, taikaumātua
2. (verb) (-tia) to distend, inflate, expand.
Kua koeketia te poho o te wahine nei (W 1971:123). / This woman has distended her chest.
3. (noun) elderly man, old man, adult.
Nā tōna pāpā ake me ngā koeke i whāngai ki ngā kai mārō a tōna iwi, ā, whakangaua rawatia ki te paepae (TTR 1994:124). / His own father and the elders fed him the deep knowledge of his people, and initiated him.
Synonyms: korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, nehe, tāua, kokoro, koroua, tauheke, koroheke, pou
4. (noun) grasshopper.
5. (noun) shrimp, Paratya curvirostris - a species of freshwater shrimp endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found from North Island to Stewart Island, and including the Chatham Islands.
Synonyms: kōuraura, mōwhīwhiti, tarawera, kōura rangi, uraura
6. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
pawharu
1. (noun) packhorse rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi - a dark olive-green to brownish crayfish.
Ka kitea anō te pawharu ki ngā waitai o Aotearoa, ā he mātotoru ake i te kōura whero (Te Ara 2012). / Also found in New Zealand is the packhorse crayfish, which is thicker than the red species.
Synonyms: kōura
