2. (noun) A small species of eel.
2. (noun) a small black eel.
2. young gulls.
toitoi
1. (verb) (-tia) to trot (horses), move quickly, walk briskly.
Ehara, kua heke haere i ngā turi, kua huri kua toitoi haere atu (HP 1991:84). / Lo and behold, he dropped down on his knees, turned and trotted away.
See also toi
Synonyms: oma, whārona, karapetapeta
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to encourage, incite, inspire, motivate.
Synonyms: whakaohooho, whakahihiko, toitoi manawa, whakapakepake
3. (verb) fish for eels with an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
He pō pai tēnei mō te toitoi tuna (TWK 54:18). / This is a good night for fishing for eels with an eel-bob.
See also toi
4. (noun) eel-bob.
Whakatikatikangia ngā aho, ngā pīhuka maha, ngā matau, ngā tāruke, ngā pouraka, ngā kupenga, ngā hīnaki, ngā toitoi, ngā mōunu me ērā katoa (WT 2013:25). / Prepare the lines, the many spears, the fish hooks, the crayfish traps, the round nets, the long nets, eel traps, bobs, the bait and all those things.
tautau
1. (verb) (-tia) to tie in bunches, hang in clusters, hang, dangle.
I tana kumenga mai i tōna ringa e tautau tonu ana te nākahi, nāna tonu i rui ka makere, otirā kua whara kē tōna ringa kua uru te paihana ki ōna toto (TP 1/12/1901:5). / When he pulled out his hand a snake was hanging off it, he himself shook it off, but his hand was hurt and the poison had entered his blood.
2. (verb) to hang, suspend, dangle.
Nō te whakamautanga a Rāpata i te hāte i riro mai i a ia, ka tautau ki raro rawa i ōna pona, ka iri tangatanga noa iho i runga i ōna pakihiwi (HW 1969:134). / When Robert put on the shirt that he had obtained it dangled right down to his knees, hanging loosely on his shoulders.
3. (noun) cluster (of objects), bunch.
Nā hohoro tonu a Apikaira, maua atu ana e ia he taro e rua rau, he wāina e rua ngā ipu, he hipi e rima, he mea kua oti te taka, he kānga pāhūhū e rima ngā mehua, he tautau karepe maroke kotahi rau, he papa piki e rua rau, he mea whakawaha ki te kāihe (PT I Hamuera 25:18). / Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
4. (noun) eel bob, loops for an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
Ka hopukina te ngōiro mā te tautau noke kīia ai he whakapuku (Te Ara 2011). / The conger eel is caught with a bob of worms, called a 'whakapuku'.
Synonyms: ngara
5. (noun) pendant - usually of greenstone with the lower end curved.
Ka rawe te iwi rangatira e noho rā, ka oti te whakakākahu ki ngā kākahu rangatira, he aurei katoa te here o ngā kākahu. Ko Tapuae, he paepaeroa, ko te māhiti ki waho. Kitea te nui o te aurei, o te kuru pounamu ki runga ki te pakihiwi o Tapuae, te here o ngā kākahu o te māhiti, me te wahine a Tapuae, he wahine rangatira hoki, he kākahu kiwi te kākahu, me ngā kōtore huia te rākai ki tahi taha, ki tahi taha, o te māhuna, ko te tiki ki te poho, ko ngā tautau tongarerewa ki tahi pakihiwi, ki tahi (TP 9/1908:3). / The aristocratic folk were gorgeous as they sat decked out in their grand clothes all fastened with ivory pins. There was Tapuae with a paepaeroa and a māhiti over it. An abundance of ivory pins and greenstone ornaments could be seen on Tapuae's shoulder, fastening his garments and his māhiti. His wife too, a well-born woman, was wearing a kiwi cloak, with tail feathers of the huia adorning both sides of her head, a tiki on her breast, and quite a cluster of greenstone drops on each shoulder.
2. (verb) fish for eels with an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
Ko tētahi tikanga hopu tuna ko te toi, ko te tautau rānei ki ētahi (Te Ara 2013). / A common method of catching eels was bobbing, called toi, or tautau by some.
tuna
1. (noun) eel of various species, including the longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eel (Anguilla australis).
Ko te hīnaki aka anō te mea pai ake ki te hopu tuna, i tā te Pākehā (HP 1991:15). / The eel pot made from vines is a better one to catch eels than that of the Pākehā.
Synonyms: hikumutu, takotowhenua, tuna hinahina, putu, tuna heke, matamoe, papakura, aopori, hao
ngara
1. (noun) eel bob, loops for an eel-bob - flax loops with bait attached used for entangling the eels' teeth.
Ko te ngara he toke i tuituia ki te whītau, ka here ki te pito o te rākau, ka tuku ki roto i te wai (HP 1991:15). / The eel bob is an earthworm threaded with string and then tie it to the end of a stick and put it into the water.
Synonyms: tautau
pā tauremu
1. (noun) eel weir, eel trap.
Ko te nuinga o ngā momo pā tuna he pā tauremu - arā, e rua ngā taiapa ka whāiti haere kia rere ai ngā tuna ki roto i te hīnaki (Te Ara 2016). / Most pā tuna were pā tauremu – that is they had two fences that gradually narrowed funnelling the eels into a hīnaki.
2. (verb) (-tia) to secure.
E whakaae ana te Poari o Te Arawa mā rātou e punga te moni e £250 i ia tau mō ngā tau e rima, mō te oranga o te Pīhopa Māori (TTT 1/6/1928:794). / The Board of Te Arawa agrees that they will secure £250 each year for five years for the Māori Bishop's stipend.
3. (verb) (-a) to fall (of kōwhai flowers).
4. (noun) anchor, lump, swelling.
Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.
Synonyms: repe, koropuku, pungapunga, huahua, pukupuku, puku, pōkurukuru, poikurukuru, tipu
5. (noun) tarsal, ankle bone.
He pona kaurori te punga e hono atu ana ki te takakaha me te kapiti (RP 2009:348). / The tarsal is the pivot joint joining the tibia and the fibula.
6. (noun) collateral, security for a loan or a debt.
He mea tuku atu nei e Niniwa aua taonga rā ki te kaitaupua moni, hei punga mō te moni whakatārewa (TTR 2000:26). / Niniwa gave those heirlooms to the pawnbroker as collateral for loans.
Synonyms: whakahaumaru, taituarā
7. (noun) odd number.
8. (noun) eel trap, eel-catching basket.
Ka oti aua punga nei, ka hoatu he poa, arā, he māunu mō roto i aua punga (White 2 1889:112). / When the eel-catching baskets were completed, an enticement was provided, that is bait was placed inside those eel traps.
9. (noun) particle - a small grammatical word that comes before or after a base (i.e. a word that contains the main meanings of a sentence). Some particles indicate grammatical relationships and functions, but other particles limit and define the meaning of bases. Particles that come before bases include: ka, i, te, ki te, kei, tō, taku, o, a, e, mō, nā, he, te. Particles that come after bases include: nei, nā, rā, ana, ai.
Punga: Ngā kupu iti, kikokore o te reo ka tuitui haere i ngā kupu kiko e oti ai he kīanga whai tikanga, he rerenga whai tikanga (HJ 2015:12). / Particles: The small words of the language that lack real meaning but tie together the meaningful words to complete a meaningful phrase or sentence.
10. (noun) coral - a general name.
kōkopu
1. (noun) banded kōkopu, cockabully, Galaxias fasciatus, whitebait - small, blunt-nosed, endemic freshwater fish that is slender, lacks scales and carries a dorsal fin set far to the rear. Head and body dark brown to olive-green with narrow polar bars crossing flanks and continuous across back. Widespread in forested areas. Capable of climbing moist vertical faces. The juvenile form is called whitebait.
E kīia ana, kua tae mai ngā ika o Karapōnia, e kīa nei, he tarauta (e pēnei ana me te kōkopu wai māori a te Māori) ā kua tukua atu aua ika ki tētahi o ngā roto i Waikato (TW 2/11/1878:546). / It is reported that fish from California have arrived, which are called trout (and are like the Maori’s fresh water kōkopu) and those fish have been released in one of the lakes in Waikato.
Synonyms: kōriwhariwha, kōawheawhe, kōkopuruao, kōkopu taiwhara, kōpakopako, para, parakeke, ruao, ruwao, moruru
2. (noun) large species of eel.
Nō te tau 1965 ka kōrero te kaumātua rā a Tame Saunders mō ngā momo tuna heke, rere kotahi katoa ai tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna: tuatahi ko ngā hao (30 henemita te roa), whai muri ko ngā riko (he kākāriki te tuarā, kotahi mita te roa), ngā paranui (he pango te tae, he kiri mātotoru), kātahi ngā tuna kōkopu (tae ki te 1.8 mita te roa, hāwhe koma-mano te taumaha) (Te Ara 2013). / Tame Saunders, an elder, described in 1965 how the different types of eels came down in the same order: first the hao (king eels, about 30 centimetres long), then the riko (greenish-backed eels, about a metre long), then the paranui (dark, with thick skins), and finally the kōkopu tuna (up to 1.8 metres long and weighing just under 30 kilograms).
Synonyms: riko
3. (noun) variety of greenstone like tōtōweka but with smaller regular dots like the freshwater fish called kōkopu.
4. (noun) bullhead, bullies, Gobiomorphus spp. - a small, blunt-headed, sluggish, endemic freshwater fish.
5. (noun) giant bully, Gobiomorphus gobioides - stocky fish with large head, two separate dorsal fins, strong body scales, and pelvic fins located forwards beneath the gill openings. Very dark, often black with irregular, golden olive lines on cheeks and a linear series of small, golden speckles on each flank. An endemic fish widespread in esturine and coastal waters of the North and South Islands. Rarely moves more than 2 km inland. Emerges at night to feed.
pā
1. (verb) (-ia) to block up, obstruct, dam, close off an open space.
Ko te matenga o te tangata, ka hinga i te patu ki roto i te wai ka pāia, arā ka punia; koia Te Waipā (M 2004:406). / The people who were killed and fell into the stream blocking it up and bamming it, hence the name Te Waipā.
Synonyms: kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, taupare, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, ārai, aukati, hōtaetae, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei
2. (noun) fortified village, fort, stockade, screen, blockade, city (especially a fortified one).
Ka rongo ngā hōia i roto i te pā i te tangi o te piukara, ka pikipiki ki runga ki ngā tāepa o te pā (TPH 7/7/1905:5). / When the soldiers in the fort heard the bugle they climbed onto the palisades of the fort.
Synonyms: tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, tauārai, mata, ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei
3. (noun) inhabitants of a fortified place.
Ka hemokai te pā, ka kai ki te rākau tae atu ki te tangata (TKO 12/10/1918:10). / The people in the pā were starving and ate plants and even people.
4. (noun) weir to trap eels.
He pā tuna i te awa o Nūhaka i te takiwā ki a Ngāti Rangi (HP 1991:15). / There was an eel weir in the Nūhaka river in the Ngāti Rangi territory.
riko
1. (verb) to wane, diminish - of the moon.
Ki tā te maramataka Māori, nā te kaha makariri o te marama o Hereturikōkā, ‘ka kitea ngā turi o te tangata kua rāngai e te ahi’. Waihoki, ka hua, ka riko te marama (Te Ara 2013). / According to the Māori lunar calendar, the winter month of Hereturi-kōkā is so cold that ‘the scorching effect of fire is seen on the knees of man.’ But the moon continues to wax and wane.
2. (verb) to be dirty, filthy.
E tama, ka riko noa iho koe ki te kore koe e kaukau. / Son, you will will be absolutely filthy if you don't have a bath.
3. (noun) dirt, foulness, filth.
He makiki ngā whakaaro o taua wahine rā, me te aha, poua ana e ia te āhua o te whare riko kore ki roto i a Hana (TTR 1996:162). / That woman had a stern outlook, imbuing Hannah with high standards of housekeeping.
4. (noun) large species of eel with greenish back.
Nō te tau 1965 ka kōrero te kaumātua rā a Tame Saunders mō ngā momo tuna heke, rere kotahi katoa ai tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna, tēnā momo tuna: tuatahi ko ngā hao (30 henemita te roa), whai muri ko ngā riko (he kākāriki te tuarā, kotahi mita te roa), ngā paranui (he pango te tae, he kiri mātotoru), kātahi ngā tuna kōkopu (tae ki te 1.8 mita te roa, hāwhe koma-mano te taumaha) (Te Ara 2013). / Tame Saunders, an elder, described in 1965 how the different types of eels came down in the same order: first the hao (king eels, about 30 centimetres long), then the riko (greenish-backed eels, about a metre long), then the paranui (dark, with thick skins), and finally the kōkopu tuna (up to 1.8 metres long and weighing just under 30 kilograms).
Synonyms: kōkopu
