1. (noun) stalk (of a plant), stem.

1. (noun) Orion - the three stars of the belt of Orion (The Pot) is known as Tautoru, but Te Kakau includes these three and another row extending out from them at an angle suggesting a 'handle'. Sometimes also called Te Huihui o Te Kakau. Stowell gives Te Kakau as Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo.

1. (noun) gummy weed, Splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Its tubular fronds are full of sticky gum, which protects the seaweed from shrivelling up when the tide is out.

1. (loan) (noun) straw.

1. (noun) swimming costume.

1. (noun) Orion - the three stars of the belt of Orion (The Pot) is known as Tautoru, but Te Kakau includes these three and another row extending out from them at an angle suggesting a 'handle'. Sometimes also called Te Huihui o Te Kakau.

1. keep it brief - an expression reminding speakers to keep their speech brief. Literally ‘keep the mouthpiece of your pipe short’.

1. (personal noun) The Canoe of Rangi - a great canoe in the sky made up of stars. The canoe extends from Matariki (Pleiades) at the prow to Tautoru (Orion's Belt), and includes Te Kakau (Orion's scabbard) and Te Hao o Rua (Orion's nebula) at the stern, where Taramainuku, the captain of this canoe, stands. He is the owner of a giant net that hauls the dead from the earth and places them in the canoe where the spirits of the dead spend eternity.