makawe
1. (noun) hair (of the head) - used mainly in the plural, but can be used in the singular as a collective noun.
Me paraihe i ia ata, i ia ahiahi, ā kia kaua e tukuna kia pūtikitiki ngā makawe (TTT 1/4/1923:2). / It should be brushed each morning and night and don't let the hair become knotted.
2. (noun) hanging spleenwort, drooping spleenwort, Asplenium flaccidum - tufted native perching fern. Fronds leathery, spindly and yellowish-green, usually drooping rather limply. Common in forest. Also known as ngā makawe o Raukatauri.
See also ngā makawe o Raukatauri
3. (noun) variety of karengo, southern laver, Porphyra columbina - a greenish-purple edible seaweed with a tough, silky texture. Found on upper intertidal rocks on moderately sheltered coasts.
He maha ngā āhua karengo: ko ngā tino karengo he tupata, he makawe - ko te karengo tino reka ia ko te makawe, ko tēnei hoki te mea tino mātāmua (TTT1/2/1927:541). / There are numerous forms of karengo: the main ones being tupata and makawe - but the tastiest karengo is makawe, and this is the superior one.
See also karengo
makawe tapairu
1. (noun) maidenhair fern, Adiantum spp. - terrestrial ferns.
See also huruhuru tapairu
Synonyms: huruhuru tapairu
taio makawe
1. (noun) lock of hair, sample of hair.
Ka tahuna te ahi whakaene, ka karakia te tohunga, ka hoatu te taio makawe (W 1971:27). / The mākutu fire was lit, the tohunga performed ritual chants, and a lock of hair was thrown in.
Synonyms: kaio
ngā makawe o Raukatauri
1. (noun) hanging spleenwort, drooping spleenwort, Asplenium flaccidum - tufted native perching fern. Fronds leathery, spindly and yellowish-green, usually drooping rather limply. Common in forest. Also known as makawe.
See also makawe
kumikumi
1. (noun) beard, moustache, whiskers, bristles - like makawe, usually used in the plural.
Kīhai te tamaiti i mātau ki a Mātenga i te oroko tirohanga ki a ia, nā te mea hoki, i heua ngā paihau me ngā kumikumi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:4). / The boy did not recognise Marsden when he first saw him because his beard and moustache had been shaved off.
2. (noun) white throat feathers of the tūī.
3. (noun) mussel's beard, Amphisbetia minima - beard-like tuft attached to old mussels.
