2. (verb) (-a) to hold (the breath).
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to clench, close.
I te kumu ngā meke, ā, kōmā ana ngā monamona i mua i te tauronarona (Ng 1993:248). / Fists were clenched, and knuckles showed white before the tug of war.
4. (noun) anus, posterior, buttocks, bum, backside, tail (of a bird).
Ka karanga tētahi o rātou kia kaua e mataku. Kā kī atu taua Pākehā i mate e kore ia e pai kia tae atu te hāona o te kau ki tōna kumu (TWM 23/7/1864:2). / One of them called that he should not be afraid. That Pākehā who was in trouble replied that he did not want the cow's horn to contact his backside.
Synonyms: papaihore, miki, nono, whero, tāreperepe, tou, remu
kūmū
1. (noun) promontory, headland.
noninga kumu
1. (noun) home, settlement.
Ko te nuinga o ngā koroheke nā rātou ētehi kōrero i whakapuaki ki a au i roto i ngā tau mō tēnei iwi kua heke atu kei te wahangūtanga, e takoto mai rā te nuinga o rātou i ngā noninga kumu o ngā tūpuna o roto o tērā karangatanga (B 1979:vii). / Most of the elders who, over the years, told me some of this information about this tribe are now silent, most are lying in the homes of the ancestors of that generation.
Synonyms: kāenga, whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, kāinga, whakaritenga, whakatutukitanga
2. (noun) red gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu - a fish reddish pink to red above, white below. Pectoral fins very large with one large dark spot, smaller white spots. Head bony.
Hei ngā marama o Ākuhata me Hepetema ka haongia ko te tarakihi, te pōrae , te rāwaru te taipua rānei, te kehe tae atu ki te kumukumu (Te Ara 2012). / In August and September tarakihi, trumpeter fish, rock cod, marble fish and gurnard are caught in nets.
Synonyms: pūwhaiau
3. (noun) lizard.
Te ingoa o taua waka, ko 'Mangarara'; ngā rangatira o runga, ko Wheketoro, ko te Waiopotango, ko Rauarikiao, ko Tarawhata, me ētahi atu. Nā tēnei waka i mau mai te tuatara, te teretere, te kumukumu, te moko pārae, me te moko kākāriki, (he mea āhua rite katoa ki te tuatara) (TWMNT 22/8/1876:201). / The name of the canoe was 'Mangarara', and the chiefs who came on it were Wheketoro, Waiopotango, Rauarikiao, Tarawhata, and a number of others. This canoe brought the tuatara, the brown gecko, the kumukumu, the moko pārae, and the green gecko, (all reptiles like the tuatara).
