kiwikiwi
1. (stative) be grey.
Nā te mea i takaina ngā tūpāpaku o ngā hōia ki ngā paraikete taua, paraikete kiwikiwi nei te kano, i kore rawa atu a Kia i whakaae ki ērā tū paraikete ki roto i tōna whare, kei hoki kē ōna mahara ki ngā tūpāpaku (TTR 2000:183). / Because the soldiers’ corpses had been wrapped in grey coloured army blankets, she flatly refused to have those sorts of blankets in her house in case they reminded her of the corpses.
2. (modifier) be grey.
Ka mea atu a Te Popoki, "Waiho i konā haere ai i te ata māhinahina; ākuanei te awatea te wā mahana takoto noa ai." Heoi tēnei o āna kupu ka waiho iho hei whakataukī, 'Te awatea a Te Popoki.' (JPS 1906:134). / Te Popoki replied, "Let them go in the grey morning; presently it will be noon, the time when it is warm." And from this comes the saying, 'The noon of Te Popoki.'
hina
1. (stative) be grey-haired, grey, pale in colour.
Ka puta mai he tangata kaumātua he hina te māhunga (THNT 21/5/1863:4). / An elderly man with grey hair appeared.
See also hinahina
2. (modifier) greying (of hair).
E whakaatu mai ana i tētehi whakaahua o Taingākawa mā i tangohia i taua wā nei, te amaru o tōna āhua rangatira, ōna makawe hina me tōna pāhaungutu mangu (TTR 1996:242). / A photograph of Taingakawa taken on this time shows him looking very distinguished, with his grey hair and dark moustache.
3. (noun) grey hair, greyness.
E whai atu nei ko te waiata a tētahi kaumātua, mō ētahi tamariki i kata ki a ia mō tōna hina (Te Ara 2015). / The following is a song of an elder, about children laughing at him and his grey hair.
2. (verb) to be grey, grizzled, grey-haired.
Kua tārekoreko te māhunga o taku koroua. / The hair of my grandfather has become grizzled.
kororā
1. (noun) little penguin, little blue penguin, blue penguin, fairy penguin, Eudyptula minor - the smallest penguin, has slate-blue underparts with white below. Breeds on rocky coasts but the nest can be several metres inland. Spends daylight hours at sea.
Kātahi ka pātai te hunga i noho atu, "He aha te ngako o tō koutou motu?" Ka utua atu, "He tuna, he hāpuku, he manu, he kākā, he kūkū, he tītī, he kororā (kāore e rere tērā manu)." (JPS 1901:70). / Then the people who lived there asked, “What are the fat things of your island?” They replied, “Eel, groper, birds, kākā, New Zealand pigeon, mutton bird and blue penguin (that bird does not fly)."
2. (stative) be bluish grey, grey.
He kororā te tae o ngā huruhuru o te kōkako. / A kōkako's feathers are bluish-grey in colour.
Kerei, Hōri
1. (loan) (location) Sir George Grey (1812-1898) Soldier, explorer, colonial governor (1845-1853, 1861-1868), politician, premier, scholar.
E kī atu ana ki te Hīti o te Wēta o Ākarana, kia whakatūria a Tā Hōri Kerei, mō te tūranga o Te Kirihi, me te whakapuaki, kāore te Kāwanatanga, e wehi i tēnei ki a Tā Hōri (TW 12/2/1875:9). / It advises Auckland City West to elect Sir George Grey instead of Mr Gillies, and declares that the Government do not in the least fear Sir George.
pohoriki
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
tētē moroiti
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.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 154;)
See also tētē
2. (noun) grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea - a seabird with a stout bill, dark grey head, ashy grey upperparts and white underparts. The underwings and undertail are dark grey.
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
2. (noun) grey mullet, Mugil cephalus - an olive-grey fish, silvery grey to white below. Body elongate with a small head. Found in coastal and estuarine waters of the North Island.
Pai noa iho te toro o te kupenga e rua tekau mā rima iāri ki tērā taha o te awa, hai hopu kanae i ngā pō (HP 1991:17). / Stretching the net twenty-five yards to the other side of the river to catch grey mullet at night was quite easy.
Synonyms: kanae raukura, tīpara
tīpara
1. (noun) young of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus - an olive-grey fish, silvery grey to white below. Body elongate with a small head. Found in coastal and estuarine waters of the North Island.
See also kanae
Synonyms: kanae raukura, kanae
nonoroheke
1. (noun) grey warbler, Gerygone igata - a small, slender, insect-eating songbird of greenish-grey colouring with a darker tail tipped white. Has an undulating, floating, feather-like flight. Lives in scrub, forest, parks and gardens.
See also riroriro
