koka

1. (stative) be brown.

E rua ngā kiore, he pūhina tētahi, he koka tētahi (W 1971:305). / There are two rats, one is grey and the other is brown.

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2. (noun) old dry leaves (of harakeke, etc.).

Kua hāpinetia ngā whā harakeke, kua tīhorea mai ngā koka. / The flax leaves have been scraped and the old dried leaves have been stripped.

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3. (noun) rough cape - made of undressed leaves of harakeke, tī or kiekie.

Heoi anō ā rātou kākahu i tae ora mai ai rātou, he koka, he pākē (W 1971:129). / All the clothes they had when they arrived safely, were rough capes.

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Synonyms: pōkeka, hipora

kōkā

1. (noun) mother, aunty - eastern dialect.

He tauira mā tātau ko ā tātau tamariki, kotahi te pāpā, kotahi te kōkā, he rerekē te tama, he rerekē te tamāhine, he rerekē te tuatoru, me te tuawhā, me ngā ritenga hoki, he ahuwhenua tētahi, he māngere tētahi, he hūmārie tētahi, he haututū tētahi (TPH 15/8/1903:4). / Our children are an example for us and although there is one father and one mother the son, the daughter, the third and fourth are all different, one is industrious, another is lazy, another is handsome and another is mischievous.

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Synonyms: kōkara, kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene, hākui, ūkaipō