ika
1. (noun) fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales.
Ka kite a ia i te kekeno e noho ana i te ākau, ā ko te mea i te ringa o taua tamaiti he tarapu tera hōiho, ā, nā taua tamaiti i patu taua ika ki taua tarapu tera (TW 31/8/1878:432). / He saw a seal sitting on the shore, and the thing in that boy's hand was a horse’s saddle stirrup and the boy beat that animal with that saddle stirrup.
Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate (NM 1928:29). / When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
2. (noun) slain warrior, victim.
Kei te urupā o Muruika, i Ōhinemutu i Rotorua, te rangatira nei e okioki ana, kei te taha tonu o tōna matua tipuna, o ōna whanaunga, me ngā ika a Whiro o ngā pakanga e rua o te ao (TTR 2000:52). / This leader rests at the Muruika cemetery at Ōhinemutu in Rotorua right beside his father and other relatives and the veterans of two world wars.
3. (noun) prized possession - a figurative use.
Ka haramai a Ngāhue ki te whai mai i tana ika, arā i te pounamu (JPS 1899:49). / Ngāhue came in pursuit of his prized possession, that is, of greenstone.
Synonyms: matahīapo
kaumoana
1. (noun) crew member, mariner.
Ka taea e Mahuta te tātai ōna hono hikahika matua mai i ngā kaumoana o Tainui, o Te Arawa, o Mātaatua, o Tokomaru, o Kurahaupō, o Tākitimu me ētehi atu o ngā waka (TTR 1996:83). / Mahuta could trace his descent directly from the crew members of Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Tokomaru, Kurahaupō, Tākitimu and other canoes.
2. (verb) to be a new moon.
Heoi anō hekenga o tōu rā, e kore anō tōu marama e pewa (PT Ihaia 60:20). / Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself.
3. (noun) eyebrow, anything arched, arc.
Ka moe ngā kanohi, ka hī ngā pewa, ka tau ngā pane, ka whakatau te reo katoa i te rōreka e whakahaua rā e te waiata (M 2006:42). / The eyes close, the eyebrows are raised, the heads are bowed and they all join in sweet music as directed by the song.
4. (noun) perch for a bird snare.
He rite te mahi a te pewa ki tā te mutu me te tumu (Te Ara 2012). / The pewa was used in a similar way to the mutu and tumu.
5. (noun) roe (of fish and marine creatures).
Ka noho ki te kaiota i ngā pewa o ngā pāua (PK 2008:191). / They sat down to eat the uncooked roe of the pāua.
2. (noun) fermented food - food prepared by steeping in water.
He pūhā, he riki, he kuku i roto i te ipu. He whakamara tēnei, engari he kai tauhou ki a Okoroire (TWK 36:4). / Sowthistle, onions and mussels were in the bowl. This was fermented food, but an unfamiliar food to Okoroire.
2. (noun) conch shell trumpet - with an attached short, wooden mouthpiece.
3. (noun) Cook's turban shell, Cookia sulcata - a large, round, heavy univalve that lives under rocks just below low tide.
See also kāeo
4. (noun) knobble whelk, Austrofusus glans - a species of medium-sized sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc.
5. (noun) dark rock shell, snail whelk, Haustrum haustorium - a large species of predatory sea snail. The shell has a low point, weak spiral groves and large aperature. Dark brown to purple in colour, white inside. Common among rocks between tides.
He tōrino te āhua o te anga o te kākara, he anga manauri, he mā a roto, he awaawa whāiti e kōmiro ana i te anga, he waha nui tonu. / The shell shape of the dark rock shell is spiral, a dark shell that is white inside having narrow grooves spiralling around the shell and it has a quite wide mouth opening.
tuare
1. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
See also tuere
napia
1. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
See also tuere
kuhakuha
1. (noun) large dog cockle, Tucetona laticostata - a circular-shaped, bivalve mollusc that lives partly buried in gravel or coarse sand along clean-swept channels at depths of 5-75 m. Shell thick and strong, yellowish to rusty-brown or pinkish with reddish-brown blotches and white inside with a grooved lip.
2. (noun) small dog cockle, Glycymeris medesta - a marine bivalve mollusc that lives in fine sand from shallow water to depths of 75 m. Solid shell, whitish to orange-brown, or reddish-brown or streaked with these colours. White and purple-brown inside.
2. (verb) to roll (as the sea).
3. (noun) necklace shell, Tanea zelandica - medium-sized sea snail predatory, a marine gastropod mollusc that lives in shallow water to depths of 550 m around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Light-brown shell usually covered in rows of brown V-shaped markings.
2. (verb) (-a) to be rough (of the sea).
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, karekare, tū, kōrawarawa
3. (modifier) boggy, miry, marshy.
Otiia e kore e waimāori ngā wāhi oru o reira (PT Ehekiera 47:11). / But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed.
Synonyms: reporepo, ngaeki, kōreporepo, pōwharuwharu
4. (noun) bog, quagmire, mire, deep hole.
Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hōhonu, ki te wāhi kāore nei he tūnga (TPH 15/6/1900:5). / I sink into a deep quagmire, a place where there is nowhere to stand.
Synonyms: kene, wharu, hū, poharu, pōharuharu
5. (noun) heart, midst, thick (of a crowd).
Ka haere i roto i te oru o te tangata (W 1971:242). / She went into the midst of the crowd.
6. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
See also whai
7. (noun) koru, colensoa, Colensoa physaloides - a shrubby plant found in shady areas and stream banks in Northland and on northern offshore islands. The attractive soft, dark green, large leaves are prominently veined and serrated. Deep blue, tubular flowers occur for several months from spring. The berries are also dark blue.
2. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
whai repo
1. (noun) eagle ray, Myliobatis tenuicaudatus - a ray with greenish-grey upper surface and blue markings, pale yellow-white below. Tail is thin with small spines and a small dorsal fin at the base. Head thick and protruding, eyes lateral. Most abundant from Cook Strait north over soft sediments and rocky reefs from 0-422 m.
Synonyms: whai keo
2. (noun) short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata - disc quadrangular, flattened and slightly wider than long. Tail stout at the base, broad and flattened, narrowing rapidly to the sting. Plain greyish to light brown, whitish to cream ventrally. Bottom-dwelling marine ray widespread in coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere at depths of 5-300 m. Adults common inshore during summer and autumn.
3. (noun) log-tail stingray, Dasyatis thetidis - one of the largest species of marine stingrays and may reach 210 kg. Uniformly greyish to black dorsally, white to creamish ventrally, head slightly elevated and eyes are small. Tail stout at the base, tapering gradually. Widespread in subtropical and temperate waters off coasts. In Aotearoa/New Zealand occurs mainly north of east Cape.
See also whai
