2. (loan) (noun) teacup.
E hoko ana i te huka, tī, parāoa, purēti, kaputī, naihi me te paoka, tupeka, māti, hopi, kānara (TJ 7/6/1898:8). / Selling sugar, tea, flour, plates, teacups, knives and forks, tobacco, matches, soap, candles.
pōhue
1. (noun) convolvulus, bindweed, New Zealand bindweed, Calystegia sepium - a herbaceous perennial that twines around other plants to a height of up to 2-4 m. Leaves are arranged spirally, simple, pointed at the tip and arrowhead shaped, 5-10 cm long and 3-7 cm broad. Flowers are produced from late spring to the end of summer. The open flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3-7 cm diameter, white, or pale pink with white stripes. A name given to several climbing plants.
Ko te rite ia kei te whare pakaru e awhitia nei e te pōhue, matomato tonu, ngotongoto tonu, ki te titiro atu, ko roto ia he pirau, he popopo (TTT 1/3/1923:195). / It is but a ruined building wreathed with ivy, all lush and fresh to look at, but rotten inside.
2. (noun) New Zealand passionfruit, Passiflora tetrandra - native tendril climber with alternating, pointed, shiny leaves, white flowers smaller than the garden passionfruit and orange-coloured, pear-shaped fruit.
E kī ana, i mua i pai te kai a te Māori, he kūmera, he aruhe, he pōhue, he manu, he kaingārā, he tuna, he mātaitai; e mea ana anō i kaha rawa te tangata i tērā wā. Ināianei, kua mahue te aruhe, me te pōhue kua kore te kaingārā, kua iti haere te manu, kua iti haere hoki te ngaki o te kūmera, kua tahuri te tangata ki te kānga piro (TH 1/7/1859:2). / It is said that in former times the diet of the Māori consisted of kūmara, fern root, New Zealand passionfruit, birds, yellow moray eels, eels and seafood; and it was also said that people were stronger at that time. Now, the fern root has been abandoned along with the New Zealand passionfruit and the yellow moray eels is gone, birds have decreased and the cultivation of kūmara has also dwindled and people have turned to fermented corn.
See also kōhia
Synonyms: kūpapa, kōhia, kohe, kāhia, kaimanu, akakaikū, akatororaro, akakūkū, akakaikūkū, akakaimanu
3. (noun) wire vine, Muehlenbeckia complexa - a native twining stem climber found behind sand dunes and on rocky ground. It has small, round to heart-shaped alternating leaves. The flowers are inconspicuous and the fruit is a black, three-angled seed in a fleshy, ice-coloured cup.
2. (noun) one-stringed bow-like instrument - played by tapping with a stick while using the mouth cupped over the string as a modifying resonator. It was made of supplejack with a muka string, which was also plucked and scraped.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 166;)
Nā, ka tae te mahi, he kū, he pākuru, he tō, he pūtōrino, he kōauau, he tōrehe, he tī papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka - kāore a Kae i kata (JPS 1928:270). / So they tried playing kū, pākuru, tō, pūtōrino, kōauau, tōrehe, hand-clapping, porotiti, and kaupeka - but Kae did not laugh.
panikena
1. (loan) (noun) pannikin - a small metal drinking cup.
Me kōrorirori ēnei katoa, me whakatakoto ki te kāpata kia kotahi hāora; hei reira ka riringi ki roto kia kotahi panikena wai āhua werawera (KA 1/1/1862:30). / These should all be stirred and then placed in a cupboard for one hour; then pour in one pannikin of quite hot water.
pōhuehue
1. (noun) convolvulus, bindweed, New Zealand bindweed, Calystegia sepium - a herbaceous perennial that twines around other plants to a height of up to 2-4 m. Leaves are arranged spirally, simple, pointed at the tip and arrowhead shaped, 5-10 cm long and 3-7 cm broad. Flowers are produced from late spring to the end of summer. The open flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3-7 cm diameter, white, or pale pink with white stripes. A name given to several climbing or trailing plants.
Ko te takiwā tonu tēnei hei tō i te hapi tae noa ki e mutunga o Hepetema. Ko tōna āhua e pēnei ana me te pōhuehue (TWMNT 17/7/1872:92). / This is the season to plant hops right until the end of September. Its form is similar to convolvulus.
See also pōhue
2. (noun) wire vine, Muehlenbeckia complexa - a native plant found behind sand dunes and on rocky ground. It has small, round to heart-shaped alternating leaves. The flowers are inconspicuous and the fruit is a black, three-angled seed in a fleshy, ice-coloured cup.
3. (noun) large-leaved muehlenbeckia, Muehlenbeckia australis - a native plant that often clambers over trees and shrubs, sometimes smothering other vegetation. The leaves are heart-shaped and the fruit tiny black seeds sitting in a white swollen flower.
Synonyms: puka
4. (noun) creeping muehlenbeckia, Muehlenbeckia axillaries - common in scrub and on river flats to subalpine altitudes south of Rotorua.
turipi
1. (loan) (noun) tulip - a bulbous spring-flowering plant of the genus Tulipa with showy cup-shaped flowers of various colours.
Ua whewhengi ngā rau, nā maroke ngā kakau o te turipi me ērā aua pērā, keria ngā kai o raro, kawea ki te whare takoto ai, mō te ngahuru ka whakatō (TKM 6/11/1851:2). / When the leaves have withered and the stalks of the tulips and other bulbs have dried, dig them up and take them into a building for storage for planting in autumn.
hōpua
1. (stative) be depressed (like a cup or trough), lying in pools, lying in puddles.
He pai atu te kāri mehemea he wai kei roto e rere ana, engari me tuku kia rere, kaua e waiho kia hōpua ana i roto i te kāri (TP 4/1908:11). / It's better if the garden has running water, but it must be flowing, don't let it lie in pools in the garden.
Synonyms: tāpuapua, pūroto, pūrotoroto
2. (noun) pool of water, swimming pool, diving pool, puddle.
I a ia e keri ana ka kitea taua hōpua wai nei, 14 putu i raro o te whenua (TWMNT 6/4/1875:80). / While he was digging he discovered that pool of water which was 14 feet below ground level.
Synonyms: hāpua
3. (noun) porch, verandah.
Ka whakarongo te matua ki te wahine e tangi rā kei te hōpua o te whare e tangi ana (JPS 1894:98). / The father listened to the woman crying in the porch of the house.
Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai
