2. (noun) beach spinach, New Zealand spinach, Tetragonia tetragonioides, and climbing New Zealand spinach,Tetragonia implexicoma - similar native plants with round to heart-shaped, alternating, thick, fleshy leaves glistening with a fine powder. Have small, yellow flowers in spring. Creeping plants with stems and leaves often reddish. Found on sand dunes, beach gravel, and rocks.
Synonyms: tūtae ikamoana, rengamutu, rengarenga
kōkihi
1. (verb) to murmur, whisper, rustle.
He aha rawa te hau e kōkihi mai nei (TKP 5/7/1858:3). / Just what is the wind that rustles.
Synonyms: kikihi, pakē, tihitihi, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, warowaro, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, kotekote, tāwara, kotete