2. (modifier) eloquent, articulate, well-expressed.
E ngoto ana te reta wahapū whakahē a Tiramōrehu (TTR 1990:351). / Tiramōrehu's eloquent letter of protest was impassioned.
3. (noun) eloquence, articulateness.
Kātahi kē te matatau, te wahapū, te mātātoa kē nei o Rina Moore (TTR 2000:124). / Rina Moore was intelligent, eloquent and vivacious.
4. (noun) mouth (of a bay or river), estuary, harbour.
Kāore e tahuri ki te whakapai ake i tō rātou wahapū, i ngā paipa harihari wai, harihari paru rānei o tō rātou tāone (TP 7/1913:4). / They aren't improving their harbour, the pipes for water reticulation or for carrying the sewage of the town.
5. (noun) eloquent speaker, articulate speaker, orator.
Waiho mā ngā wahapū, mā ngā kōkō tatakī ngā poroporoaki ki te iwi kāinga (HJ 2017:13). / Leave the farewell speeches to the hosts for the eloquent speakers to do, for the witty orators.
Synonyms: manu kōrero, māngai, pūkōrero, kākā tarahae
Kupenga o Taramainuku, Te
1. (location) Manukau Harbour bar.
Nō ēnei ngā rā, ka whano ka wareware ki ngā tētē, ki ngā tīwai, ki ngā tāraro i hoea ai Te Moana ki Tīkapa, ki Te Kupenga o Taramainuku, ki ngā tahataha o Tāmaki, o hea, o hea (KO 15/8/1883:6). / These days we are on the verge of forgetting the canoes with a figurehead without arms and legs, the dugout canoes and the canoes adorned with plumes and carving that paddled the Hauraki Gulf, the Manukau Harbour bar, the shores of Tāmaki and other places.
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) 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
kōkota
1. (noun) pipi, Paphies australis - a common edible bivalve with a smooth shell found at low tide just below the surface of sandy harbour flats. Hinge is near the middle of the shell.
Ka mate i a Ngā Puhi, ka kainga, ka mahue ngā kōiwi i konā haupū ai, pērā i te kōkota, i te pipi, i te aha (TTT 1/12/1924:s43). / They were killed by Ngā Puhi, eaten and the bones were left pilled up like shellfish, pipi, and suchlike.
See also pipi
