mako
1. (noun) shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus - a large, fast-moving oceanic shark with deep blue back and white underparts. Front dorsal fin large. Up to 5.85 m long. Found throughout the world in temporate and tropical seas and to 49 degrees south in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters from surface to over 550 m depth.
Synonyms: ngutukao
2. (noun) tooth of a mako shark, shark-tooth ornament.
Ki te hunga ki tōna whakaaro e tika ana, makere noa ana i a ia te patu pounamu, te kete, te tāniko, te korowai, te tokotoko tae noa ki tana mako tautau, tēnei rā tētahi o āna tino taonga (TTR 1998:208). / He gave to visitors he thought worthy, greenstone clubs, flax baskets, tāniko weaving, korowai cloaks, walking sticks and even one of his priceless shark's-tooth ear pendants.
mako
1. (stative) be peeled, stripped off.
Ka mako te kiri o te mānuka (W 1971:170). / The bark of the mānuka was stripped off.
Synonyms: mahore
mako
1. (noun) wineberry, Aristotelia serrat - a small native tree which bears large clusters of pink flowers followed by dark red berries and has thin leaves with deep teeth.
See also makomako
ngutukao
1. (noun) shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus - a large, fast-moving oceanic shark with deep blue back and white underparts. Front dorsal fin large. Up to 5.85 m long. Found throughout the world in temporate and tropical seas and to 49 degrees south in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters from surface to over 550 m depth.
