2. (noun) flower.
Ka makā atu e Taininihi tōna kura, ka ākiritia ki te waitai i tana kitenga tuatahi i ngā puaka ngangana o te rātā (TMT 2/9/1861:11). / Taininihi threw away his treasured possession, he threw it into the sea when he first saw the red flowers of the rātā tree.
3. (noun) dry twig.
Ka kopenua te pepa, hei tūāpapa mō te ahi. Kātahi ka whakatakotoria ngā puaka me ngā wahie nui ake ki runga ake (HJ 2012:198). / The paper is scrunched up as a foundation for the fire. Then the dry twigs and larger firewood are laid on top.
korukoru
1. (noun) flower of the scarlet-flowered beech mistletoe, Peraxilla colensoi - a hemiparasitic bushy shrub with thick leaves and obscured viens. Flowers red, long and narrow, fruit oval and yellow. Found on tawhai, pōhutukawa and Pittosporum species.
See also pirita
2. (noun) small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata, large-flowered rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora - vines with white, fluffy flowers. A number of climbing plants have aka- as a prefix to their names.
See also akatea
Synonyms: akatoki, akatea, whakapiopio, torotoro, akatorotoro, koro
3. (noun) Vine - a short form video-sharing service that allows users to record and edit six-second long video clips, which can be then published through Vine's social network and shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Usually Te Aka.
remuroa
1. (noun) black nightshade, Solanum nigrum, small-flowered nightshade, Solanum americanum - similar branching common herbs growing to 1 m. They have white to purple flowers with yellow centres and round berries, shiny black when ripe.
See also raupeti
kūmarahou
1. (noun) gumdiggers' soap, golden Tainui, kūmarahou, Pomaderris kumeraho - a native shrub with alternating, blue-green leaves on top and undersides pale with protruding veins. Flowers are creamy yellow in large, fluffy clusters. The whole plant is covered in a soft mat of hair. Found north of Bay of Plenty and Kāwhia.
Synonyms: kūmara rau nui, pāpapa
2. (noun) pale-flowered kūmarahou, Pomaderris hamiltonii - a rare shrub to 4m tall with soft oval pointed leaves which have prominent veins on the underside and sprays of pale cream flowers. Leaves 5-6.5cm long by 2-3cm wide, tip pointed, with white star-shaped hairs underneath. Fruit dry, small.
3. (noun) koheriki, Scandia rosifolia - prostrate or scrambling shrub with woody stems at the base and 2-5 pairs of leaflets arranged along each side of a midrib.Leaflets have no stem, distinct veins and are finely serrate. Flowers numerous and have white petals. Found north of Taranaki and Napier.
4. (noun) tāwheowheo, Quintinia serrata - a small bushy tree of the North Island with pointed oval leaves. The mottled leaves have wavy, shallowly serrated margins. Favours shady places, steep slopes and banks.
See also tāwheowheo
Synonyms: tāwheowheo
manahua
1. (verb) to be open (as a flower), open out.
He maha ngā putiputi ka manahua i te awatea, ka kati i te pō (PK 2008:389). / There are many flowers that open in the daytime and close at night.
Synonyms: whera, puaki, wherawhera, tāwaewae, tūhāngai
2. (noun) flowering, full bloom.
Ko tēnei te wā o te pūāwai, o te manahua o te kōwhai. / This is the time of the flowering and full bloom of the kōwhai.
2. (noun) flower stem of the flax.
Nā, ka mahia e ngā tohunga ka unuhia ngā rito kōrari, ka karakiatia kia mōhiotia ai, ka mate ka ora rānei (M 2005:280). / Now, the tohunga plucked the centre shoots of the flax, and recited incantations over them to ascertain whether the result would be defeat or victory.
3. (noun) New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax - an important native plant with long, stiff, upright leaves and dull red flowers. Found on lowland swamps throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. It has straight, upright seed pods.
Kei reira tētahi kōrari (harakeke) e tupu ana ināianei (TP 1/10/1901:11). / A flax plant is growing there now.
Synonyms: harakeke, harareka, kohungaiti, tīhore
4. (noun) flax trumpet.
rāpupuku
1. (verb) to bud, put forth buds.
Kua pihi te tokotoko a Ārona, tā te whare o Rīwai, kua wana, kua rāpupuku, kua kohera hoki he puāwai, kua hua he aramona (PT Tauanga 17:8). / The rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
2. (noun) bud, flower bud, knop.
Ā he hīta i roto i te whare, he mea whakairo ki te rāpupuku, ki te puāwai kowhera (PT Kingi 1 6:18). / And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers.
pua
1. (verb) to bloom, produce flowers.
He wā anō tō te kākā e mahia ai (arā e patua ai), kei ngā wā e pua ai ngā puāwai o ngā rātā, ka kitea te nui o te kākā e rere ana ki te ngongo i te wai o roto i te puāwai o te rātā (JPS 1895:135). / But the season is different for the kākā which are hunted when the flowers of the rātā bloom, and many kākā are seen flying to suck the nectar in the flowers.
2. (modifier) foaming.
3. (noun) foam, flower, blossom, seed.
Mā taua pī nui e kawe te puehu o tētahi o ngā pua ki tētahi, kātahi ka tika ōna pua, arā ngā purapura, ka tupu. Ā ka kore e pērātia ka pakoko ngā pua (KO 8/8/1890:4). / That large bee will take the pollen of one of the flowers to another one, then its flower will be fertilized, that is the seed, and it will grow. If this doesn't happen the seeds will be infertile.
hema-uwha
1. (noun) pistil, carpel - the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style and ovary.
I ētahi tipu ka noho mai te hema-uwha me te hema-toa ki te pua kotahi (RP 2009:330). / In some plants the pistil and stamen are on the one flower.
Synonyms: puapua
puapua-a-Atutahi
1. (noun) flower fungus, Aseroe rubra - a fungus that grows in spring, usually found on the ground among whauwhaupaku, kōhūhū and koromiko trees.
See also puapua-a-Autahi
puāwai
1. (verb) (-tia) to bloom, come to fruition, open out (of a flower).
Nā te nui o ngā mahi he whakarihariha ki te Māori onamata te tangata moe roa, ka whakaritea ki te tohetaka, hei te poupoutanga o te rā anō puāwai ai, inā: ‘E moe tonu ana te tohetaka’ (Te Ara 2012). / With so much work to be done, late sleepers were reviled. They were compared to the native dandelion that opens at midday: ‘The dandelion still sleeps'.
2. (noun) flower, blossom, bloom.
Ko te take i mate ai ēnei tāngata he paihana ētahi o ngā puāwai i hangaia ai e te pī ngā mīere (TP 6/1902:8). / The reason these men died was that some of the flowers which the bees used to make the honey are poisonous.
See also pua
hua
1. (verb) to bear fruit, originate, be abundant, accrue.
Ehara i te mea ko te takaro te hē, engari ko te whakaputa kē i te takaro hei huarahi e peau kē ai te tangata ki te mahi hē, ina hoki he maha ngā hē e hua ana i te kanikani (TP 2/1907:2). / It's not as if the recreational activity is the problem, but the emergence from the activity of an avenue whereby a person can be diverted into wicked deeds because there are many transgressions resulting from dancing.
Synonyms: putu, whakapūranga, tipu, pūtake, take, tupu, pū, mahamaha, maha, ngahoro, makuru, ngerongero, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro
2. (verb) to flower, bloom, blossom.
Ka hua te rātā, ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua poki te rua kūmara, arā, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua (White 4 1889:115). / When the rātā flowers and the Pleiades set in the west, autumn has arrived and the kūmara storage pit is covered over, that is the kūmara crop is all in the storage pit.
3. (verb) to be full (of the moon).
Ā te 4 o ngā rā kōwhiti ai te marama. Ā te 19 o ngā rā hua ai te marama (TMT 1/10/1861:16). / On the 4th day the new moon appears. On the 19th day is the full moon.
4. (noun) product, fruit, berry, roe, egg, progeny, value, finding, result, outcome, asset.
I ētahi tau he tino kaha kē te hua o ngā piki nei, ā, he tino reka hoki mō te kai. I ētahi rā, i te haere kē mātau, hoki rawa mai kua pau ngā hua te kai i te mahi a te tamariki (HP 1991:13). / In some years these fig trees fruited prolifically and they were very tasty to eat. Some days, when we went elsewhere, when we returned the fruit had all been eaten by the many children.
Synonyms: otinga, anaterope, whakataunga, putanga, tukunga iho, keakea, tātea, uri, aitanga
5. (noun) benefit, gain, asset.
Ahakoa te whakahāweatanga o te tangata ki te haere a Hirini Taiwhanga ki Ingarangi, he hua nunui kua puta mai i tana haere (KO 15/1/1883:6). / Despite people's intolerance towards Hirini Taiwhanga's journey to England, many benefits resulted from his trip.
ngawhā
1. (verb) to burst open, split.
Kainga ai te hua kōwhai o te poroporo. Ka hua te rākau puta i te tau, heoi, ka mate koe ki te kainga mata ngā hua – kia ngawhā rā anō kātahi anō ka pai hei kai (Te Ara 2016). / Māori ate the yellow fruit of poroporo. The tree fruits year-round, but you will die if unripe fruit is eaten – it is edible only when the skin splits.
2. (verb) to bloom (as a flower).
Ka pua te kōwhai, ka ngawhā te korari (G 1953:247). / The kōwhai flowers, the New Zealand flax blooms.
