parawhenua
1. (noun) flood, avalanche, tsunami - destructive action caused by a natural event such as an earthquake.
E rua rau tāngata i mate rawa i te parawhenua o te hukarere i heke mai i ngā maunga (KO 16/3/1888:9). / Two hundred people were killed by the avalanche that descended from the mountains.
See also tai āniwhaniwha, parawhenua mea
2. (personal name) personification of floods, avalanches and tsunamis - destructive action caused by natural events such as earthquakes and floods. Often as Parawhenua mea, said to be the wife of Kiwa.
Kia mau te taura o tēnei o ō tātau waka, koi motu ka haria e Parawhenua mea ki runga ki te tūāhu o tāna tama (TJ 10/5/1898:7). / Hold on to the rope of our canoe lest it is severed and taken by Tsunami onto the sacred place of rituals of her son.
See also parawhenua mea
2. (noun) flood debris, flotsam - fragments of wood and rubbish brought down by a flood.
Waiho mai ko tātou, ngā kōkīkī, ngā poro tāwhaowhao kua rutua ki rahaki (Jason King 29/10/2010). / Leave us, the flood debris, the driftwood that has been tossed aside.
pūkeri
1. (verb) (-a) to rush along violently (as a flood or wind), blow strongly.
Synonyms: pūkerikeri
2. (modifier) violent (as a flood or wind), blowing strongly.
Ki konei rā koutou noho ake ai, kia pūawhehia e ngā hau pūkeri a Tāwhiri-mātea (HM 4/1990). / Remain here to be blown about by the violent winds of Tāwhiri-mātea.
pūkerikeri
1. (verb) to rush along violently (as a flood or wind), blow strongly.
Ka tukua aua hau e Māui kia pūkerikeri (White 2 1889:82). / Those winds were sent to blow strongly,
Synonyms: pūkeri
2. (modifier) violent (as a flood or wind), blowing strongly.
Kua tae mai ngā rongo o Amerika e mea ana i puta he hau pūkerikeri ki ētahi wāhi o tērā tuawhenua (KO 15/5/1884:8). / News of America has arrived describing violent winds in some parts of that continent.
2. (verb) to be glowing, aglow - of the sky just before dawn, etc.
Oho rawa ake i te ata, e kōtuhi ana te rangi. / On waking in the morning the sky was aglow.
3. (verb) to be unpleasant, unpalatable, unappetising.
4. (noun) smog, smoky appearance, haze.
Tērā te kōtuhi auahi ana ia i te ripa o Tautari i raro (M 2004:148). / There are the hazy smoke clouds rising from the peak of Maungatautari mountain.
puke
1. (verb) (-a) to well up, rise (as water), swell, flood.
Ka whano ka tākiri te ata, ka puke mai tētahi ngaru nui, ka taupokina taua iwi, ngaro katoa - neke atu i te rua mano taua iwi (JPS 1901:71). / When morning had nearly dawned, a great wave rose up and completely overwhelmed that tribe, more than two thousand of them.
kato
1. (modifier) flowing, flood (of the tide).
Ko tēnei ka eke mātou ki runga poti, ka hoe ki ngā kāinga i te tai kato, kei eke ki ngā tāhuna onepū, kei kore rawa rānei e tata atu i te mimiti rawa o te wai, ā, takoto maroke ana ngā tāhuna (TWMNT 16/5/1876:114). / And now when we board a boat, we row to the villages on the flowing tide, lest we go aground on the sand banks, or are unable to get close to our destination because of the receding tide and are left high and dry on the sand banks.
2. (noun) flow, current.
I ahu mai te ingoa o Waikato nō te hekenga o Tainui i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ka tae mai ki Aotearoa, ka tau te waka ki waho i te wahapū o te awa, ka tohu ngā tāngata o runga ki te kaha o te kato o ngā wai o te awa i te wai tai. Nō konei tapaina ai te ingoa o te awa, ko Waikato (Te Ara 2015). / The name Waikato originated during the migration of the Tainui canoe over the Pacific Ocean. When it reached New Zealand and arrived off the mouth of the river, the crew remarked upon the pull of the river current in the sea. So the river was named Waikato.
waipuke
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to flood, inundate.
Ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / When this river flooded it brought down silt of the rich lands upstream and deposited it on our land to enrich it.
2. (noun) flood.
Ko ētahi wāhi atu o te motu nei ka nui te mate i te waipuke, i te tūpuhi (TWM 5/3/1868:3). / Some other parts of this island have major problems with floods and storms.
mapu
1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to sigh, pant, hum, draw in breath - often used with tangi, e.g. tangi te mapu.
Ka eke ngā tāngata rā me tā rāua wahine ki runga ki te taumata ki Taumata-hīnaki, ka rongo mai te wahine rā, a Wairaka, i te tangi o te mapu o Hau (JPS 1927:281). / The two men and their woman ascended the ridge at Taumata-hīnaki, when the woman, Wairaka, heard the sighing of Hau.
Ka titiro mai ki ahau, ka āhua tangi te mapu, ka kōrero anō (WT 2013:9). / He would look at me, sigh and continue (WT 2013:9).
Synonyms: whakapāha, pūhoto, harapuka, nguru, muri, kahekahe, huatare, tūngāngā, ngaingai, kihakiha, kuhakuha, mapumapu, whakaaeaea, whakahotuhotu, taretare, hotu
2. (verb) (-a) to flow freely, pump.
Ko taua tangata kāore e tahuri ki te kai; e whakatiki ana i a ia kia mate ia. Kātahi ia ka herea ki raro e te tākuta, ka mapua he kai ki roto ki tōna korokoro hei oranga mōna (TWMNT 19/7/18:456). / That man will not eat and is starving himself to death. But the doctor strapped him down and pumped nourishment into his throat to keep him alive.
3. (noun) pump.
I te pō kua rere ā-moana te wai ki roto i te tima kua kore i kaha te mapu, kua haere tonu ko ngā tāngata i runga ki te tīheru i te wai (TKO 20/1/1920:7). / In the night the sea water flowed into the ship and the pump was no longer able to cope so the people on board had to bail out the water.
4. (noun) flood (of the tide).
2. (verb) to pump.
Ko te mahi a ngā tāngata i runga, i te mea kāore e taea atu te āwhina ngā mea kua mau atu rā ki raro, he mapu hau atu mō rātou (TP 10/1912:11). / Because they weren't able to help the ones caught underground, the task of the people above was to pump air to them.
3. (noun) flood, pump.
tahuri
1. (verb) (-tia) to turn, accept.
Kātahi ka hoatu ngā moni ki ngā Māori, ki te kore e tahuritia aua moni e rātou kātahi ka mahia i raro i ngā tikanga o te Ture mō ngā Rerewē (TW 24/11/1874:44). / Then the money was offered to the Māori, and if that price was not accepted by them, then the matter was dealt with under the procedures of the Railways Act.
Synonyms: whakaae
2. (verb) to be sunk, capsized, overturned.
I te moana te waka nei ka aituā ka tahuri ki waho o Te Kohekohe, he wāhi e tata ana ki Uawa. Ka tahuri rā te waka, ka pupuri ētahi ki te waka, ka kau ia a Te Manuhou me tētahi atu ki uta (TP 8/1905:5). / While at sea off Te Kohekohe, a place near Tolaga Bay, this vessel had a mishap and capsized. When the vessel capsized some clung to the vessel, but Te Manuhou and another swam ashore.
Synonyms: whakataupoki, takahuri, porohuri, urupoki, huripokinga, tūpoki, whakatakahuri, totohu, torongi, whakarukuruku, paremo, taupunga, puoto, kāraha
3. (verb) to be turned, set about, turn over, turn to, set to work.
Ka tahuri ia ki te whawhati kānga, ka tari ki rō whata, i ngā tōnapi ki rō whare (TWK 6:31). / He set about picking the corn and taking it into the storage place, and the turnips into the house.
4. (verb) to be swamped, flooded, inundated.
He pā tēnei kāore i tahuri i ngā waipuke o mua, hei tēnei waipuke ka tahuri (TP 8/1906:11). / This fort had not been swamped by floods before, but in this flood it was swamped.
5. (verb) to be overthrown (of a pā).
Ka tika kē mai taua taua ki Hātaitai, ki Uruhau, ki Te Aka-tarewa, ki Te Wai-hirere, kia tahuri ēnei pā (JPS 1919:90). / The war party headed straight for Hātaitai, Uruhau, Te Aka-tarewa and Te Wai-hirere to overthrow these pā.
parakiwai
1. (noun) silt, sediment (from a flood).
Ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / When this river flooded it brought down silt of the rich lands upstream and deposited it on our land to enrich it.
parawhenua mea
1. (noun) flood, tsunami - a destructive wave caused by an earthquake.
Kei ngā kōrero tuku iho a te Māori ngā kōrero mō te rū me te parawhenua mea (Te Ara 2012). / Māori oral traditions refer to earthquakes and tsunamis.
See also tai āniwhaniwha, parawhenua
mānu
1. (stative) be floating, launch, afloat.
Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.
Synonyms: whakarewatanga, whakarewa, whakaterenga, uaki, rōnihi, rōnohi, whakamānu
pukenga
1. (noun) rising, swelling, welling up.
Kāhore i roa te putanga ki te moana ka whakawhiti i te ākau ko te pukenga o te ngaru, kātahi ka porowhiua te poti tahuri tonu atu, pūtere ana te tokorima nei i te wai (HKW 1/9/1902:10). / It wasn't long after they had put to sea and were crossing the reef that a wave rose up and the boat was thrown about, capsizing and the five people were tossed into the water.
Synonyms: panuku, hurunga, whakapupuketanga, huamo, huru
2. (noun) pools, flood waters.
inanga
1. (noun) inanga, whitebait, Galaxias maculatus - a small silvery-white native fish with a slender body. Found in streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and pools throughout the coastal regions of Aotearoa/New Zealand up to 215 km inland. Forms small to large schools. Maximum size 190 mm. Adults mature at 1 year and migrate downstream on new or full moons to spawn when the spring tide floods marginal vegetation. Eggs are left amongst the vegetation out of the water and hatch at the next spring tide.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
2. (noun) a whitish or creamy-coloured variety of greenstone.
Ko te pounamu tuatahi i kitea e ia, he inanga; i kitea atu ki te inanga ika nei, e tau ana mai i roto i te awa (JPS 1913:113). / The first greenstone he saw was that kind called 'inanga', it was seen in the river with the fish called 'inanga' (whitebait).
3. (noun) inanga, Dracophyllum longifolium, grass tree - a tree up to 12 m high found from south of East Cape to Stewart Island. Has slender erect or spreading branches. Rigid, leathery grass-like leaves are usually crowded towards the tip of the branchlets.
4. (noun) bamboo.
