kūkū
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ka kitea i konei te kai nei: te parāoa, te tī, te huka, te poaka, te heihei, te take, me te manu ngāherehere - te kūkū, te kākā, te kōkō (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / Here these foods were seen: bread, tea, sugar, pork, chicken, turkey, and the birds of the forest - pigeon, kākā, tūī.
Synonyms: karoro tangi harau, parea, kererū, rupe
2. (verb) to be concentrated.
He tukanga te rerewai e neke ai te wai mā roto i tētahi kiriuhi tukutaritari, mai i te wāhi kāore e kukū ana te matūmeha ki te wāhi e kukū tonu ana (RP 2009:370). / Osmosis is a process where water moves through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low concentration of solute to a region of higher concentration (RP 2009:370).
3. (noun) thick liquid.
kukū
1. (verb) to make a grating sound.
Synonyms: ngakeke
2. (noun) grating sound.
I te waka rā anō e tōia ana, ka rongo a Kupu i te kukū o te takere o te waka rā (NM 1928:27). / When that canoe was being dragged Kupe heard the grating sound of the canoe's hull.
kuku
1. (noun) green-lipped mussel, common mussel, Perna canaliculus - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks and wharf piles from low tide level to depths of about 55 m.
Ka kitea i konei te kai nei: te parāoa, te tī, te huka, te poaka, te heihei, te take, me te manu ngāherehere - te kūkū, te kākā, te kōkō; me ngā mea o te wai tai - te ika, te kuku, te pipi; ngā mea o te wai māori - te tuna, te inanga, te kōura me te tini noa iho o ngā kai (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / Here these foods were seen: bread, tea, sugar, pork, chicken, turkey, and the birds of the forest - pigeon, kākā, tūī; and the foods of the salt water - fish, mussels, pipi; the things of the fresh water - eels, whitebait, crayfish and many other foods.
Synonyms: pōrohe
kuku
1. (verb) (-a,kūngia,-tia) to nip, hold in the breath or a feeling, hold back, draw together, clamp.
I le mutunga o tana kōrero mō tana tamaiti, ka kūkua tōna manawa i te 10 o ngā rā, pō noa te rā i te 11, ka riro ia (TW 2/3/1878:105). / When he ended his talk about his child, he had a heart attack on the 10th of the month, and at 11pm after the sun had set, he died.
Synonyms: kikini, kini, kinikini, timotimo, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuti, kati, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni
2. (verb) (kūkua,kūngia,-tia) to close, double up, clasp.
Ka tūturi aua rangatira, taua rua, ka kuku i ō raua ringa, ka whakatoro ki te rangi, ka whakawhetai atu ki te Atua (TWMNT 23/2/1875:43). / Those two chiefs knelt down, clasped their hands and stretch them to heaven, and praised God.
3. (verb) (kūkua,-ngia,-tia) to clench (the fist).
Ka kukua te ringaringa, ka motokia ake ki tōna ihu, ā, ka toto te ihu, ka pania ki te matau (TAH 38:48). / He clenched his fist, punched his nose and when his nose was bloody, he smeared it on the fish-hook.
4. (verb) (kūkua) to haunt.
Nāna i wete te kēhua kua roa kē nei e kuku ana i a Timi Kara, ā, noho māmā ana tōna ngākau (TTR 1994:15). / He shed the ghost that had long haunted James Carroll, who was relieved.
5. (noun) fear, nightmare, colic.
Ka moe koe, ā, e haere mai ana te wairua o tētahi tangata ki te patu i a koe, he kuku tēnā (W 1971:155). / When you sleep and the spirit of a person comes to kill you, that is a nightmare.
6. (modifier) fearful, dreadful, awful, horrible.
Kei te pēnei anō a Poihākena, ko ngā wāhi paru o te tāone e kaha ana te pāngia e te mate urutā hou nei. Nā reira, e te iwi, e tūmatatenga ana mātou, ki te whiti mai tēnei mate ki Niu Tīreni nei ko taua, ko te Māori, hei tipinga mā tēnei atua kuku (HKW 1/4/1900:2). / Sydney is in a similar position with the dirty parts of the city being hit hardest by this new epidemic. So, people, we are concerned that if this disease crosses to Aotearoa/New Zealand we, the Māori, will be decimated by this fearful disease.
7. (noun) haunting.
Waiho ērā kia noho tapu ki te whānau, ngā āhuatanga tapu nei, ngā āhuatanga o te kuku o te tangata e te kēhua (Milroy 2015). / Let those things remain sacred to the family, these matters of tapu, the ways a person is haunted by a ghost.
8. (noun) pincers, tweezers, forceps.
Puritia te paepae mā te kuku i a au e whaiuru ana (Ng 993:339). / Hold the bar with the pincers while I file it.
2. (noun) (substance) concentrate.
3. (noun) (substance) concentration.
Kāpene Kuku
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain Cook.
Kāhore he tangata i tae mai ki ēnei motu i muri i a ia; ā, tae noa mai ki a Kāpene Kuku; nō te tahi tekau mā rima o ngā rā o Ākuhata 1769 i rere mai ia i Tahiti... (TKM 4/1/1849:3). / No person came to these islands after him, until the arrival of Captain Cook. On the 15th day of August, 1769, he sailed from Tahiti...
kuku-mau-toka
1. (noun) nesting mussel, banded mussel, Modiolarca impacta - bivalve mollusc with a brown shell, frequently with a mixture of green near the edge. The centre is smooth, but both ends are ornamented with fine radiating ridges. The interior is highly iridescent. Found in both Islands, in seaweed or grass and under rocks, both in harbours and on ocean beaches. Also written as one word (i.e. kukumautoka) or three words (i.e. kuku mau toka).
kuku o te manawa
1. heartthrob, darling, beloved.
Kīhai hoki i tawhitawhi tana whakaaro, nō te mea, kua whakaarorangi noa ake tōna ngākau ki te ātaahuatanga o Te Whatuiāpiti, te kuku o tōna manawa (TWM 25/8/1864:3). / And she didn't hesitate because her heart was intent upon the beauty of Te Whatuiāpiti, her heartthrob.
kāwhiu
1. (noun) basket used in collecting seafood - used exclusively when diving for kina, pāua and kuku. It has a wide mesh and a rope at the opening edge so that it can be closed when swimming back to shore.
He mahi pai ki a ia te raranga whāriki, waikawa, rahu, kāwhiu, kete, ā, kōpae hoki (TTTT 2006:39). / She liked weaving mats, course mats, baskets of undressed harakeke, baskets for collecting seafood, kits and round baskets.
I ērā wā āta rarangatia ai e ngā māmā, e ngā kuia he kete motuhake hai hari mā ngā kairuku o te whānau ki te moana. He kāwhiu te ingoa o ngā kete nei. He kete nunui mō te ruku kaimoana anake (WT 2013:28). / In those times the aunties and elderly women plaited special baskets for the divers of the family to take to the sea. These baskets were called kāwhiu. They were large and used exclusively for diving for seafood.
Kōkōuri
1. (personal name) Hyades - an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, appearing to surround the bright star Taumata-kuku (Alderbaran).
See also Kōkota, Te
