pārera
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs. Distinguishable from the female mallard by having a green speculum without white edges.
Ko ngā kai o Ngāruawāhia i tukua mai mā Te Kāwana, he poaka, he rīwai, he rohi, he pīpipi, he pārera, he heihei (TPM 10/2/1863:8). / The food of Ngāruawāhia presented to the Governor was pork, loaves of bread, turkey, duck and chicken.
2. (noun) whistle.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 168;)
Kātahi ka whakatangihia te whio o te tima, hei karanga i a Te Apere, Kaiwhakawā, kia puta mai ia ki waho, ā haere mai ana ia (TWMNT 27/6/1876:155). / Then the whistle of the ship was blown to call Mr Aubrey, the Magistrate, to appear and he came out.
2. (noun) whistle sound - e.g. the call of a male kiwi.
Ko te tangi a te kiwi uha, ‘Poai! Poai!’; ko tā te kiwi tāne i rite ki te korowhio. Nā reira ko te whakangē o te kiwi he korowhio (M 2004:80). / The call of the female kiwi was, 'Poāi! Poāi!', while that of the male kiwi was like a whistle. So the lure call of the kiwi was a whistle.
3. (noun) blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos - blue-grey duck with a pale pink bill found along fast-flowing mountain streams and rivers in native forest and tussock grassland. Named after the call of the male bird.
See also whio
kōwhiowhio
1. (verb) to whistle.
E umere noa ana, e pakipaki noa ana, e kōwhiowhio noa ana, e hāparangi noa ana, nā te pai noa o te kai a te mata engari ko tua atu he aha te aha! (HM 2/1994:1) / They were just applauding, clapping, and shouting out because they looked good, but beyond that what else was there!
2. (noun) whistling spirits.
Ka mōhio ngā Māori nei he tūrehu, he patupaiarehe, he aparangi, he atua kahukahu, kōwhiowhio (TP 1/1911:5). / These Māori perceived that they were tūrehu, patupaiarehe (fair-skinned mythical beings of human form), evil spirits, spirits of unborn children and whistling spirits.
3. (noun) whistle.
Kātahi te kaiwhakatere ka kite i te kāhui erepata (kurī nui rawa nei) e haere mai ana i runga i te raina o te rerewē. Kātahi ia ka whakatangi i te kōwhiowhio (TWMNT 18/9/1877:194). / Then the driver saw the herd of elephants (very large animals) travelling towards him on the railway line. Then he blew the whistle.
4. (noun) blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos - blue-grey duck with a pale pink bill found along fast-flowing mountain streams and rivers in native forest and tussock grassland. Named after the call of the male bird.
See also whio
rakiraki
1. (loan) (noun) duck (bird), mallard, Anas platyrhynchos - especially an introduced duck.
Titiro ki te hēki rakiraki, pīpipi rānei, kuihi rānei, e hoatu ana kia pēhia e te heihei (TW 17/8/1878:414). / Look at a duck’s egg, or the egg of a brown creeper or a goose, given to a hen to sit on.
māunu
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs. Distinguishable from the female mallard by having a green speculum without white edges.
See also pārera
karakahia
1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs.
See also pārera
2. (noun) yellow-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus auriceps, red-crowned parakeet, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - small green parrots with long tails.
Synonyms: torete, tōreterete, pōwhaitere, kākāwaiariki, kākāwariki, kawariki, kākāriki, porete
karo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to parry, avoid, dodge, duck, evade, elude, save.
Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā, ko te patu parāoa i te ringa, ka hāpainga mai tana patu ki a Puhihuia, ā nō ka tata, ka whiua te patu rā ki te upoko o te kōtiro nei. Karohia ake, tērā te haere rā, tahi anō te whiunga o te arero o te taiaha rā ki te poho o tērā, koropeke ana, noho ana tērā ki raro (TAH 46:20). / One of those women stood up with a whalebone patu in her hand and raised her patu against Puhihuia and when she was close she aimed a blow with it at Puhihuia's head; but Puhihuia parried it and with one thrust of the point of her taiaha to the chest of that one, she doubled up and sat down.
Synonyms: karokaro, turou, papare, whakarauora, whakaoraora, whakaora, penapena, whakaputa i te ihu
2. (noun) armpit.
Ka kowhera te uira i roto i ngā kēkē o Tāwhaki (NM 1928:45). / The lightening burst forth from inside the armpits of Tāwhaki.
3. (noun) area under the wing of a bird at the place where the wing is attached to the body.
Ko te pōhoi taringa nō te huruhuru maheni o te kēkē o te toroa (TTT 1/9/1924:s4). / The feather ornament for the ear is of smooth feathers from under the wing of the albatross.
raipo
1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.
See also pāpango
Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, tītīpōrangi, pōkeke, pāpango, kaiharopia, matapōuri
tētē wai
1. (noun) grey teal, Anas gracilis - a light grey-brown duck with pale grey cheeks, chin and foreneck, a blue-grey bill and red eyes, found in lowland lakes, lagoons and estuaries.
See also tētē
tītīpōrangi
1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.
See also pāpango
Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, pōkeke, pāpango, kaiharopia, matapōuri
wetawetangū
1. (noun) Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis - a duck with a wide flat bill, living in shallow lowland wetlands and muddy wetlands.
See also kuruwhengi
