maniua
1. (loan) (noun) manure, fertiliser.
Tāpukea ngā take o ngā rākau ki te maniua, engari kia tūpato kei hutihutia ngā pakiaka (TP 6/1908:11). / Cover round the bases of the trees with manure but be careful not to pull up the roots.
Synonyms: whakawairākau, wairākau, whakamōmona
wairākau
1. (noun) manure, fertiliser, compost.
He āhua rite te wairākau ki te paraumu, arā, he maramara tipu, he tiko kararehe, he rau rākau kua hanehane, kua popo. / Compost is a bit like humus, that is it consists of pieces of vegetation, dung and leaves which have decayed and rotted.
Synonyms: maniua, whakawairākau, whakamōmona
2. (noun) dye - traditionally from the sap of trees, etc.
Kua waimehatia taku wairākau e te ua, kāore e ū ki te muka, arā, kāore e pango (W 1971:476). / My dye has been diluted by the rain and has not become fixed to the flax fibre, that is, it won't be black.
whakawairākau
1. (verb) (-tia) to manure, fertilise, enrich, nourish.
Mā ngā rau o te wao nui a Tāne e whakawairākau te oneone (KA 1/1/1862:17). / The leaves of Tāne's great forest will fertilise the ground.
Synonyms: maniua, wairākau, whakamōmona, whaipainga, whai painga, whāngai
whakamōmona
1. (verb) (-tia) to make fat, fatten, enrich, make fertile.
Ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / When this river flooded it brought down silt of the fertile lands upstream and deposited it on our land to enrich it.
2. (noun) nourishment, manure, fertilizer.
Ki te kāhore he whakamōmona mō te rākau e tupu kino taua rākau, ā, tae ana te memehatanga ki ōna manga me onā rau (KO 15/5/1884:7). / If there is no nourishment for the tree it will grow poorly, and its branches and leaves will become unhealthy.
Synonyms: maniua, whakawairākau, wairākau
paranoke
1. (noun) worm-cast, vermicast, worm castings, worm humus, worm manure.
Ko te pararopi: Ko ngā momo matū ka takea mai i te tipu, i te kīrehe rānei, ahakoa ora, ahakoa mate. Hei tauira, ko te tūtae kīrehe, ko te paranoke, ko te tipu, ko te rau rākau, ko te kiko kīrehe (RP 2009:319). / Organic waste: Material originating from a plant or animal whether dead or alive. For example, animal waste, vermicast, plants, leaves, animal flesh (RP 2009:319).
