2. (noun) shuffle, shuffling.
He haere tahi te hōnekeneke me te hina (HJ 2012:278). / The shuffle and grey hair go together.
3. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.
Kei te maumahara tonu i ahau, aku hoa takatāpui, i te wā e tamariki ana, he waewae hape tētahi, he tuarā hake tētahi (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / I still remember my close friends at the time I was young, one had deformed legs, another was a hunchback.
Synonyms: hapehape
4. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lame person - person with a leg or foot deformity.
I mōhiotia ki te hape o te waewae (NM 1928:95). / The deformity of his foot was known.
hapehape
1. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.
He tamaiti tāne, he Māori, ko tōna mate he waewae hapehape (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / A Māori boy whose problem was that he was a cripple.
Synonyms: hape
2. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lameness.
I mahia ōna hapehape ki Te Pukeroa, ora atu, pai atu, hoki atu ana ki tōna nei kāinga (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / His foot deformity was treated at Te Pukeroa, and when it had healed and was good he returned to his home.
2. (verb) to be impatient.
Ka whanga rātou, ka whanga, ka hīkaikai, ka hokihoki ki ngā kāinga. / They waited and waited, became impatient and then returned to their homes.
pīkari
1. (verb) to prance about - a term used for the dramatic way the challenger advances on the marae with quick, abrupt, jumping movements, doing the pūkana, whēterotero, making yelp-like noises and brandishing his taiaha or other long weapon.
Kātahi ka pīkari haere mai te tangata rā i te wā tonu e noho ana a Mātaatua ki te kōrero i ōna whakaaro hei whakautu i te kōrero i whiua rā e te tangata o Te Arawa (Wh4 2004:87). / Then that man pranced forward while Mātaatua sat discussing how to respond to what Te Arawa's spokesman had said.
Synonyms: hīteki, hītekiteki, pīkarikari
2. (verb) to shuffle (the feet).
Ka pīkari haere te kuia ki te hoko mai i ana kai i te toa. / The elderly woman shuffled along to buy her groceries from the shop.
3. (verb) to churn.
Ka tae ki ngā tāheke e kore ai e kaha te pīkari a ngā wīra ka hopukia te waea kei te take o te wai e toro ana, ka whakamaua ki te mīhini ka kumea te tima kia piki i te tāheke (TP 1/3.1902:10). / When it reaches the rapids where the churning of the wheels is not powerful enough they grab the wire at the foot of the rapids and it is attached to the machine and the ferry is pulled up the rapid.
4. (modifier) attentively - often used in the phrase whakarongo pīkari (listen attentively).
Nāna i kite, arā, ka whakarongo pīkari ō rātau taringa, ā, ka mau rātau ki ana tohutohu mehemea ka whiria tahitia e ia ngā uaratanga Māori me ērā a te Pākehā (TTR 1996:40). / When she incorporated both Māori and Pākehā values, she found that they listened attentively and followed her suggestions.
See also whakarongo pīkari
5. (noun) sleep - discharge from the eyes.
rakanga waewae
1. (noun) dexterity of the feet, fleet footed, skilful footwork.
I roto i te para whakawai ka ako te tāhae ki te mau rākau; ki te tūtira hōkai, ki te mau i te rākau; ki te kuru me te karo; ki te whakangungu puta taua me te mau kākaho hei rākau whakangungu. He mea nui te rakanga waewae (Te Ara 2017). / In the weapons training school young men learnt to use of weapons; to form battle formations, to wield a weapon; to attack and defend; and to take part in mock battles using reeds as training weapons. Skilful footwork was important.
rāpunga
1. (noun) seagull, southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - a common large gull with a heavy bill. Body plumage entirely white except for wings and back which are black above. Bill is yellow, eyelid orange-red and iris white. Legs and feet are olive. Young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown.
karoro
1. (noun) seagull, southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - a common large gull with a heavy bill. Body plumage entirely white except for wings and back which are black above. Bill is yellow, eyelid orange-red and iris white. Legs and feet are olive. Young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown (see illustration).
Ānō he karoro e topa ana i runga i ngā kaimoana (TP 12/1903:4). / Like a black-backed gull soaring above seafood.
Synonyms: toie, kaiē, rāpunga, pohio, kōtingotingo
2. (noun) bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica - a brown-and-white migratory wading bird with a long, slightly upturned, black bill and a pink base which breeds in the northern hemisphere and summers in the southern. This term is applied to the godwit when it is feeding during the southern hemisphere summer and the breast is accumulating large amounts of fat and the plumage is the basic pale plumage.
Tuatahi mō te karoro: Ko tōna uma katoa he mā ngā huruhuru, ko ngā parirau me te tuarā i rite ki ō ērā atu (HKW 1/11/1901:1). / Firstly about the karoro: The feathers of its breast are totally white, and the wings and back are like those other varieties.
See also kuaka
Synonyms: tarakakao, rīrīwaka, kuhikuhiwaka, kura, kuaka, kakao, rakakao, hakakao
3. (noun) ribbed venus shell, Protothaca crassicosta - an oval-shaped bivalve mollusc found on open sandy beaches just below low tide.
kawau tuawhenua
1. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
kawau pāteketeke
1. (noun) New Zealand king shag, Leucocarbo carunculatus - a large, thick-necked, black-and-white marine shag with large pink feet, blue eye-rings and yellow caruncles on each side of the bill. The upperwings are black with a white patch or stripe near the leading edge and sometimes a white patch on the black upper back. Found only in the Marlborough Sounds.
2. (noun) spotted shag, Stictocarbo punctatus - a slender grey shag with a broad white stripe from above the eye down the sides of the neck, yellow feet and a long, slender, brown bill. Lives on the coast and estuaries.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 17; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 136;)
See also pārekareka
kawau tikitiki
1. (noun) spotted shag, Stictocarbo punctatus - a slender grey shag with a broad white stripe from above the eye down the sides of the neck, yellow feet and a long, slender, brown bill. Lives on the coast and estuaries.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 17; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 136;)
See also pārekareka
kawau
1. (noun) cormorant, shag - a general term for several varieties of shags which are medium to large diving birds. They are all black or black on top and white below, with short legs and webbed feet, long necks, long hooked bills and mainly dark plumage. Commonly found near coastal waters, rivers, streams and lakes.
Synonyms: kōau
2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
Synonyms: kawau tuawhenua, kawau pū
2. (noun) mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata - a common endemic seabird with a white face, heavily mottled grey. Upperparts are dark frosty grey, with a darker M across the wings. Dark eye patch. Underparts are white except for a grey patch on the lower breast and belly. Bill small and black. Legs and feet fleshy pink.
2. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
See also kawau
