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karauna

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to crown.

He mea karauna ia ki te ture Atua, ki te ture kāwanatanga i whakaputaia mai nei, i roto i tōna whare wānanga Pāremata, i paiherea nei, e te iwi Ingarangi (TJ 4/1/1898:1). / She was crowned according to God’s law, and the law of government which issued forth from her Parliament, which was bound by the English people.

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2. (loan) (noun) crown.

Ka nui tō mātou pai kia rongo, kua whakakorea te Komiti te mea atu ki a te Kāwana kia whakangeingei i te mea o te karauna, ki a Arikihanara Makitonore (TW 12/2/1875:9). / We are pleased to learn that the Executive have refused to recommend his Excellency the Governor to extend the clemency of the Crown to Alexander McDonald.

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karaone

1. (loan) (noun) hoe - a long-handled gardening tool with a metal blade used for weeding.

...i oti hoki tā rāua kōrero ko tōna hoa Pākehā i kōrero ai kia 21 tau ka hoki atu te whenua ki a koe, ka mea atu te Māori, “Ororaiti, i a koe māu te karaone.” (TW 16/11/1878:10/578). / ...and he and the Pākehā complete their deal, saying that when 21 years is up, the land will return to you, the Māori says, “All right, you have the hoe.”

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2. (loan) (noun) crown.


3. (loan) (noun) sovereign - former gold coin worth one pound.

niao

1. (noun) gunwale - upper side walls of a canoe.

Hihiratia te wāhi i kino o te niao (W 1971:52). / Check the bad parts of the gunwale of the canoe.

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2. (noun) rim, lip, edge, brim.

Kaua e whakakīia tō karaehe kia tae rawa te inu ki te niao, kei puhake (HJ 2015:48). / Don't fill your glass right to the brim, in case it overflows.

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Synonyms: ngutu, tapa, taku


3. (noun) crown.

I hangā anō e ia he niao kōura mō taua mea a tawhio noa (PT Ekoruhe 37:26). / Also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

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tōreterete

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

porete

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 13, 163;)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: merengi rāka

pōreterete

1. (verb) to be treated like ducks.

Ka hereherea ki te taura, ka tākina ki runga i ngā waka. Kei reira te wāhi i pōreterete ai (M 2004:328). / They were tied up with ropes and led on to the canoes. There they were treated like ducks.

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2. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

kākāwariki

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

kākāwaiariki

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

Mata Aroturuki Rawa a te Karauna, Te

1. (loan) Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit, Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit.

torete

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

pōwhaitere

1. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.

kawariki

1. (noun) large-leaved coprosma, Coprosma grandifolia - a bitter plant that was given to children to make them stronger. Some references say the kawariki is a species of buttercup (Ranunculus spp.).

Koirā a ia i kī ai: 'Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare. Ko te tāhuhu he hīnau ko ngā poupou he māhoe, patatē. Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga, me whakapakari ki te hua o te kawariki.' (TTR 1994:134) / That's why he said: 'I myself shall build my house. The ridge-pole will be of hīnau and the supporting posts of māhoe and patatē. Raise the people with the fruit of the rengarenga, strengthen them with the fruits of the kawariki.'

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See also kanono

Synonyms: raurēkau, raurākau, manono, patutiketike, kanono, kapukiore


2. (noun) kākāriki, yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green native parrots with long tails.


3. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.

Synonyms: kākāriki

petipeti

1. (noun) jellyfish - a general name.

Te tangata tuatahi he petipeti (W 1971:278). / The first being was a jellyfish.

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Synonyms: kakaru moana, kūreperepe moana, maremare tai, kūreperepe ā-tai, tepetepe, pūkarukaru, pūkahukahu


2. (noun) common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita - translucent umbrella of 75-125 mm across and often washed ashore in spring and summer.


3. (noun) crown fern, Blechnum discolor - tufted native ground fern with an erect crown of fronds, paler on the undersides. Separate, rather shrivelled, more erect fronds bear the spores. Also spreads from runners to form colonies. Common in drier and open forest.

See also piupiu

Karauna karāti

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to award a Crown grant - issued for a grant of land or to transfer Crown land into private ownership. When used in the passive in the sources, the passive ending is only used on the second word.

Nā, mō ngā rori, ka tuaruatia e au aku kupu i whakapuakina ki a koutou i Kemureti, arā kei ngā whenua kua Karauna karātitia ka hanga rori au i ngā wāhi e tika ana (TWMNT 8/5/1877:119). / Now, concerning the roads, I repeat what I said to you at Cambridge, that in lands covered by Crown grants I would make roads where necessary.

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2. (loan) (noun) Crown grant.

Hei tā Timi Kara, mā tēnei e kore ai te kōti e pōkia e te hāmenetanga heoi anō, he whakautu tēnei nā te kāwanatanga ki te whakatau a te Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngi, arā, ki tā te ture noa, kāore e taea e te Karauna karāti te tīkape, te whakakore noa atu rānei, te taitara whenua papatipu a te Māori (TTR 1994:13). / According to James Carroll, this would prevent the court being swamped by litigation; in fact, it was the government's response to the Privy Council decision, that is, under common law, native customary title could not simply be set aside or extinguished by Crown grants.

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turukio

1. (noun) crown fern, Blechnum discolor - tufted native ground fern with an erect crown of fronds, paler on the undersides. Separate, rather shrivelled, more erect fronds bear the spores. Also spreads from runners to form colonies. Common in drier and open forest.

See also piupiu

tāniwhaniwha

1. (noun) crown fern, Blechnum discolor - tufted native ground fern with an erect crown of fronds, paler on the undersides. Separate, rather shrivelled, more erect fronds bear the spores. Also spreads from runners to form colonies. Common in drier and open forest.

See also piupiu

piupiu

1. (verb) (-a) to wave about, move to and fro, oscillate, swing, skip (with a rope), wield, brandish.

Tino mīharo ana ngā tamariki o te marae ki te hōiho o te Kōmihana, o John Cullen e kanikani haere mai ana, me te Kōmihana e piupiu mai ana i tana pītara (TTR 2000:246). / The children of the marae admired Commissioner John Cullen’s horse as it danced towards them, with the commissioner waving his pistol.

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Synonyms: ngapu, ngāruerue, pioi, takaoreore, kōpiupiu, ngarue, kaurori, koiri


2. (noun) skipping, skipping rope.


3. (noun) waist-to-knees garment made of flax - has a wide waistband and is used in modern times for kapa haka performances.

Nā Te Arawa te poi tuatahi, e 50 te matua, he mā te kākahu, he piupiu te paki (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Te Arawa performed the first poi song and there were 50 in their group, with white garments and piupiu as their skirts.

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4. (noun) crown fern, Blechnum discolor - tufted native ground fern with an erect crown of fronds, paler on the undersides. Separate, rather shrivelled, more erect fronds bear the spores. Also spreads from runners to form colonies. Common in drier and open forest.


5. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.

See also kiokio

Synonyms: tupari, kiokio, horokio


6. (noun) gully fern, Pneumatopteris pennigera - tufted native ground fern, sometimes forming a short thin trunk. Its brown-stalked, pale, dark-veined fronds have 15-30 pairs of long, round-notched leaflets. Common in damp forest gullies.

See also pākauroharoha

Synonyms: pākau, pākauroharoha

koropaepae

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to make a hāngī crown - of grass or fern leaves placed around the top of a hāngī to prevent the food falling off the heated stones.

Ka karia he rua, ka koropaepaea a roto ki te kaponga, ka hoatu ngā kai ki roto, ka kīia tēnā he kōputu kai (W 1971:145). / A hole is dug and the inside is lined with silver fern leaves, the food is placed inside and that is filled with a pile of food.

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Karauna

1. (loan) (noun) Crown, government.

Mō tētahi wāhanga o tēnei upoko o te Tiriti, e pā rā ki te hoko a te Kuīni, ko tōna tikanga e here ana mā te Karauna anake e hoko ngā whenua Māori (TTT 1/6/1922:8). / One part of this article of the Treaty concerns the purchases by the Queen, and it means that buying Māori lands is restricted solely to the Crown.

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