creek - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

awa

1. (noun) river, stream, creek, canal, gully, gorge, groove, furrow.

Ahakoa te kino o ngā rā o te hōtoke o tērā tau, e 40 anake ngā hōkete i toromi i te waipuketanga o te awa (TRA 1/1/1929:914). / Despite the bad weather in winter last year, only 40 hoggets drowned when the river flooded.

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Synonyms: wai

kiwakiwa

1. (noun) creek fern, Blechnum fluviatile - a common fern in damp shady areas of bush throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Has narrow ladder-like fronds that lie almost horizontal to form a rosette. The fronds have almost-round, dull green leaflets.

kiwikiwi

1. (noun) creek fern, Blechnum fluviatile - tufted native ground fern. Dense flattish or drooping rosette of barren fronds with a few upright, spike-like, fertile fronds in the centre. Fronds have 20-30 pairs of almost round, olive-green, fairly uniform-sized leaflets. Common in damp, shady forest, mostly by streams. Also known as kiwakiwa.

Ko te maro he rau otaota, kiwikiwi pea, aha rānei, ka āpiti ki te kōhatu, ko te ariā tēnā o te tangata (W 1971:183). / The 'maro' consists of leaves, possibly of creek fern, or something similar, that is placed beside a stone, and that represents the person.

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manga

1. (noun) branch (of a river or tree), bough, creek, watercourse, ditch, drain.

I muri iho i tēnei ka utaina he manga rākau kokonati ki runga i te hāngī (TP 8/1902:7). / After this branches from the coconut tree are loaded onto the hāngī.

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2. (noun) greens, leafy vegetables.

He tāngata ahu māra te mahi a ngā Rikihana, ā, i mua o te haerenga, o te hokinga mai rānei o Īnia i te kura, he miraka kau, he kato manga, he kohikohi, he tapahi tāwhaowhao mai i te ākau wāna mahi (TTR 2000:225). / The Rikihanas were market gardeners and before or after school Īnia had to milk cows, pick vegetables, and collect and chop driftwood from the beach.

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3. (noun) act (of a play).

Nāna i whakarite te puoro mō te whakamatuatanga i waenganui i ngā manga o te whakaari (RMR 2017). / She arranged the music for the interval between the acts of the play.

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Paru-roa

1. (location) Big Muddy Creek (Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Pītoitoi

1. (location) Brigham's Creek, Riverhead (Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

E kīia ana, ka mahia te rerewei atu anō i Ākarana, ā tae noa ki Pītoitoi i te awa o Waitematā, kia ahu mai ai te tangata i Te Awaroa i Kaipara, ā Ākarana mai anō (TW 16/12/1876:464). / It is said that the railway will be built from Auckland right to Brigham's Creek on the Waitematā Harbour so that a person can travel from Te Awaroa at Kaipara to Auckland.

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pūkaki

1. (noun) stream, creek, brook.

I pakeke ake ki te tino pā o Ngāti Ruanui, i Pūtake, he whenua tū-ā-papa i te pūkaki o Tangāhoe (TTR 1990:305). / He grew up in the main Ngāti Ruanui pā, Pūtake, a terrace on the Tangāhoe Stream.

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2. (noun) source.

Ko te pūkaki o taua awa, nāna i tapa, ko Te-wai-pōtiki-a-Tāneatua (TWK 36:27). / The source of that river that he named was Te-wai-pōtiki-a-Tāneatua.

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wai

1. (noun) water, liquid, juice.

Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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Synonyms: wē, ngongi

2. (noun) stream, creek, river.

Ka haupū te kupenga tawhito ki uta, ki ngā parenga o ngā wai tauraki ai ki te rā, ka maroke, ka pakapaka (TP 1/1/1901:6). / The old net lies in a heap on the shore and on the banks of streams to dry in the sun. It dries out and is baked.

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Synonyms: awa

3. (noun) tears.

Kai te pūheke mai te wai i aku kamo (TW 26/1/1875:12). / The tears are flowing from my eyes.

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