Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

Matau-a-Māui, Te

1. (location) Hawke Bay.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Ko Pāwhare te ingoa o te hau rangaranga te muri kei Te Matau-a-Māui (Te Ara 2013). / Pāwhare is the name of the north-north-east wind in Hawke’s Bay.

Show example

Hide example

mukimuki

1. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum​ molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.

mokimoki

1. (noun) fragrant fern, Microsorum scandens - scrambling or climbing fern with a wiry, rambling stem. The dull, thin fronds are strap-like when young, becoming deeply lobed into up to 20 pairs of leaflets. Common in forest or on trees, rocks or damp ground. Traditionally used for scenting oil.

See also moki

Synonyms: moki


2. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum​ molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.

See also mukimuki

naupiro

1. (noun) stinkwood, Coprosma foetidissima - shrub or tree up to 6 m tall with narrow to broadly ovate leaves which smell of rotten eggs when crushed. Drupes yellow to orange.

See also hūpiro


2. (noun) mountain aniseed, New Zealand aniseed, Gingidia montana - stout to somewhat laxly erect perennial herb. An endemic plant found in the North and South Islands. In the North Island now extremely scarce but formerly said to have occurred from about Kāwhia and the southern Hawkes Bay south to the Wairarapa. In the South Island widespread throughout. Now largely confined to cliffs, rock outcrops and seepages above roadsides.

New favourites & quiz!

The Te Aka Māori Dictionary mobile app now has the ability to sort your favourite words into folders. Plus, these folders can be turned into a quiz for a fun way to learn words and definitions. Download or update the app today!

iOS Android

The App

Te Aka Māori Dictionary is also available as an iOS and Android app. Download below.

iOS Android

The Book

Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.

More info

He Pātaka Kupu

Te kai a te rangatira

He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.

Visit website

00:00