2. (stative) be slippery.
E hoa mā, kia tūpato, kua mania te auheke nei i te ua. / My friends, be careful, this slope is slippery from the rain.
3. (stative) be soft, smooth, silky - of hair.
4. (noun) Pacific gecko, brown gecko, Dactylocnemis pacificus - previously called Hoplodactylus pacificus. The markings on this species may often be brighter and with greater contrast compared to the common gecko. Widespread throughout the North Island and offshore islands in the north. Nocturnal, hiding during the day, and rarely seen basking. Lives on the ground, but will climb trees. Found in a variety of habitats.
See also teretere
Synonyms: pāpā, ngārara pāpā, teretere
mānia
1. (stative) be an open plain, levelled.
Tae rawa ake ki te wā o Tāwhirimātea, pāpā o Ngātuere, kua mānia katoa taua wāhi (TTR 1990:84). / Coming to the time of Tāwhirimātea, Ngātuere's father, when all of that placed had become an open plain.
Synonyms: karapotapota
2. (noun) plain, plateau.
Mā te tūpararā o roto o te kōtonga e whiu, kia haumiri haere i runga i ngā mānia papatairite o te Taiwhakararo (TP 11/1912:7). / The strong winds of the southerly will strike to caress the flat plains of the North.
Synonyms: mānia pūwhata, more, māmore, kōkau, taramore, tōkau, papatairite, mahuki, mōkau, momore, tōtōkau
3. (noun) Buchanans sedge, Carex buchananii - an endemic sedge found in the North and South Islands, but uncommon in the North Island. Densely tufted, stiffly erect, reddish brown sedge. Fine tips of leaves are bleached and distinctively curled.
mānia pūwhata
1. (noun) upraised plain, plateau.
Ko te nuinga o ngā whenua e mahia ana he whenua uaua, he whenua akeake, tae atu ki ngā whenua pungapunga o te mānia pūwhata o te puku o te ika (TTR 1996:109). / The majority of the land being developed was on difficult, infertile country, including the pumice lands of the central plateau.
Synonyms: mānia
