kohe
1. kohekohe, Dysoxylum spectabile - a tree with 3-4 opposite pairs of dark, shiny leaves. Flowers in early winter every second year, with long drooping white sprays which grow directly from the trunk or branches. Fruit is a round green capsule which splits open to reveal an orange-red centre.
Ka kite rāua i te tūī e kai ana; te kohoho i te kohe (JPS 1941:125). / They saw the tūī feeding on the fruit of the kohe tree.
See also kohekohe
2. (noun) New Zealand passionfruit, Passiflora tetrandra - native tendril climber with alternating, pointed, shiny leaves, white flowers smaller than the garden passionfruit and orange-coloured, pear-shaped fruit.
See also kōhia
Synonyms: pōhue, kūpapa, kōhia, kāhia, kaimanu, akakaikū, akatororaro, akakūkū, akakaikūkū, akakaimanu
2. (noun) nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, tommyrot, gibberish.
Ka pānui ia i te pukapuka, engari he kohe ana kōrero. / He read out from the book, but what he said was gibberish.
Synonyms: ngutungutu ahi, kutukutu ahi, kapurangi, para, parahanga, rāpihi
3. (noun) chatterbox, prattler.
Synonyms: komarero, arero kapekapetau
