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pāua

1. (noun) pāua, abalone, sea ear, Haliotis spp. - edible univalve molluscs of rocky shores that have flattened, ear-shaped shells with a row of small holes for breathing. They have a strong grip on rocks but move about at night grazing on seaweed. Haliotis iris, the largest pāua, has peacock-like colours on the inside of the shell.

Ka tahuri rātau ki te koko rimu hei takotoranga mō ngā pāua me ngā ika maroke kia mākūkū ai, koi kino i te rehu waitai (JPS 1913:111). / They proceeded to pull up seaweed as receptacles for the pāua and the dried fish so that they would be moist, and so that they should not be spoiled by the sea spray.

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Synonyms: tuke o rangi


2. (noun) spinner, fishing lure with a pāua shell inlay.

Ka tae ki tana pāua pounamu, ka hoe ki te moana, ka whiu i tana pāua ki te wai (Biggs 1997:43). / He took his greenstone and pāua spinner, paddled out to sea, and cast it onto the water (Biggs 1997:42).

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3. (noun) hoof.

Hei te haruru o te takahi o ngā pāua o ōna hōiho kaha, hei te rorohū o ōna hāriata, hei te ngaehe o ōna wīra, kore iho ngā mātua e tahuri ki muri ki ā rātou tamariki (PT Heremaia 47:3). / At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children.

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tuke o rangi

1. (noun) pāua, abalone, sea ear, Haliotis iris - edible univalve mollusc of rocky shores that has flattened, ear-shaped shells with a row of small holes for breathing. Has a strong grip on rocks but move about at night grazing on seaweed. Haliotis iris, the largest pāua, has peacock-like colours on the inside of the shell.

See also pāua

Synonyms: pāua

hihiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

karahiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karariwha, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

karariwha

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karahiwa, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

kararuri

1. (noun) young pāua, Haliotis iris.

Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

koeo

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

koio

1. (noun) virgin pāua, Haliotis virginea - a smaller and rarer shellfish, this pāua occurs as two subspecies, one from the southern areas and one from the north. Both have most attractive and strongly coloured shells.

Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, kōrama, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

korohiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, koeo, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, koeti, kōrama, korona, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, kararuri, kawari, koio, koriakai, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu taua, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, angarite, harihari, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko

kororiwha

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karahiwa, karariwha, koeo, korohiwa, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koio, koriakai, kūpā, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, matapura, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, miware, kararuri, karekawa, koeti, kōrama, korona, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totorere, tupa, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, tākai, piritoka, angarite, harihari, hopetea, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, pūpū, ngārahu taua, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hinangi, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

marapeka

1. (noun) virgin pāua, Haliotis virginea - a smaller and rarer shellfish, this pāua occurs as two subspecies, one from the southern areas and one from the north. Both have most attractive and strongly coloured shells.

See also koio

Synonyms: karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeti, kōrama, korohiwa, kororiwha, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, tikoaka, tuangi, kaitua, karariwha, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totorere, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, tuatua, toretore, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, poro, pūpū tarataratea, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, whētiko

marariwha

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

hauwai

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.


2. (modifier) damp, moist.

He one maroke, mā te tau hauwai e tipu ai te kai (W 1971:42). / Dry ground and in moist years food will grow.

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Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi


3. (noun) hydrogen (H).

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