2. (noun) month.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47;)
Ko te take i tae mai ai rātou ki Nui Tīreni nei, i haere mai ki te hāereere, i runga i te homaitanga i te hararei mā rātou, e ono marama (TJ 24/8/1899:7). / The reason they came to New Zealand was for them to travel about, as they had been given a holiday of six months duration.
Rākaunui
1. (modifier) full moon.
Kei ngā pō atarau, kei ngā pō rākaunui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona, me tana tahā, me te rākau ngaio e tū ana i tana taha (TWK 2:13). / On moonlit nights, on nights when the moon is full, Rona can be seen with her calabash and the ngaio tree standing at her side.
2. (personal noun) full moon on the fifteenth night (sometimes the seventeenth or eighteenth night) - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this night marks the start of the month. A good day for fishing and planting.
Ko Rākaunui te rā ka taka mai i muri i te pō o te raununui o te marama (Wh3 2003:106). / Rākaunui is the day after the night of the full moon.
Synonyms: Takirau
3. (noun) full moon.
Kia pā te rā ki te pae, kia whakatātare mai te marama i runga i ngā pae maunga, kia kī mai te tai i te ahiahi, koia nā te marama tūturu. Koia nā te Rākaunui (WT 2013:17). / When the sun touches the horizon in the evening; when the moon peers over the hills and the tide is at its fullest, that is the fullest of the full moons. That is Rākaunui (WT 2013:17).
Ōrongonui
1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-seventh night (sometimes the twenty-eighth night) of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the thirteenth night of the lunar month.
He pai a Orongonui mō te hao īnanga (Te Ara 2016). / Ōrongonui is good for netting whitebait.
2. (noun) thirteenth night after the full moon.
Pērā anō te āhua o te Ōrongonui nei i ērā rā e rima kua pahure ake. He pō tino pai mō ngā mea katoa (WT 2013:37). / Ōrongonui is just the same as those past five days. It's a very good day for everything.
Ōtāne
1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-sixth night (sometimes the twenty-seventh night) of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twelfth night of the lunar month. A productive day on both land and sea .
Ko ēnei mea katoa e kōrero ana mō te āhua o Ōtāne (WT 2013:37). / All these things refer to the nature of Ōtāne (the twelfth night after the full moon).
Rākaumatohi
1. (personal noun) moon on the sixteenth (or eighteenth) night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the second night of the lunar month.
Rākaumatohi: He rā tino pai mō te ono kai, mō te hī ika, kāore mō te tuna (Wh3 2003:106). / The sixteenth night of the lunar month: A very good day for planting food, for fishing, but not for eels.
Takirau
1. (personal noun) moon on the seventeenth (eighteenth or nineteenth) night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the third night of the lunar month.
Ko ngā rā ka whakatō kai te Māori, ko Ōuenuku (rā 4) ko Ari (rā 9), ko Rākau-nui (rā 16), ko Rākau-matohi (rā 17), ko Takirau (rā 18), ko Ōrongonui (rā 27) (Te Ara 2013). / Māori planted kūmara on the nights called Ōuenuku (4th day), Ari (9th day), Rākau-nui (16th day), Rākau-ma-tohi (17th day), Takirau (18th day) and Ōrongonui (27th day).
Synonyms: Rākaunui
2. (noun) moon on the third night after the full moon.
E whakatūpato ana ngā pakeke mō tēnei āhua o te Takirau, nō te mea kai waenganui i te pai, i te kino tēnei pō e tītakataka ana (WT 2013:25). / The old people caution about this aspect of the Takirau night, because this night wavers between producing a good or bad crop.
Mutuwhenua
1. (personal noun) thirtieth night of the lunar month. In some districts the twenty-ninth - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the fifteenth night of the lunar month.
Mutuwhenua: He rā kino rawa, kua mate te marama (TTT 1/7/1923:16). / Mutuwhenua: A very bad day and the moon has disappeared.
I te ata moata tonu, i muri iho i a Mutuwhenua, i a Takatakapūtea rānei kē, marangai ai ngā pakeke ki te titiro i te putanga o te marama hou (WT 2013:42). / Early in the morning after Mutuwhenua or Takatakapūtea the elders will rise to look for the appearance of the new moon (WT 2013:42).
2. (noun) moon fifteen days after the full moon.
Tēnā, kia waiho ake te Mutuwhenua nei mō te wā poto, kia peka ake ki te whakamārama i ēnei kōrero whakatauākī (WT 2013:39). / Now, let's leave Mutuwhenua for a short time so that we can digress to explain these aphorisms.
Māwharu
1. (personal noun) moon on the twelfth or thirteenth night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-seventh night of the lunar month.
Māwharu: He rā ngāwari tēnei mō te pouraka kōura (TTT 1/1/1923:10). / Māwharu (twelfth night of the lunar month): This is a suitable day for crayfishing.
2. (noun) moon on the twenty-seventh night after the full moon.
Ko te Mawharu nei tētahi o ngā pō mutunga mai o te mōmona o ngā pō katoa o te maramataka (WT 2013:67). / Mawharu is one of the richest nights of the maramataka (WT 2013:67).
2. (noun) moon on the thirtieth night after the full moon.
Koia nei te Turu - te rā hai whakaohooho i ngā puna waihanga o roto i te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā (WT 2013:72). / This is Turu - the day when the creative spirit within the soul of each person is roused.
2. (noun) moon on the fourth night after the full moon.
I kite au i ētahi o ōku pakeke ohooho, koi ngā hinengaro, e rumaki kai ana i te pō o te Oike ki te whakamātau mehemea ka mau tonu te mana o te Takirau i kō atu i a ia anō, kāre rānei (WT 2013:26). / I have seen some of my energetic and enquiring old people planting on the night of Oike to test if the Takirau night effect persisted beyond itself or not (WT 2013:26).
Okoro
1. (personal noun) moon on the fifth night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twentieth night of the lunar month - a good day for planting and fishing.
Synonyms: aokatoa
2. (noun) moon on the twentieth night after the full moon.
Mō te Okoro, ko taua kōrero poto anō, 'pērā mō Ōuenuku' (WT 2013:47). / For Okoro it's that same short statement, 'as for Ōuenuku'.
Ōmutu
1. (noun) thirtieth night of the lunar month - in some districts the twenty-ninth and for Te Whānau-ā-Apanui this is the fourteenth night of the lunar month. The last day of the productive period of fishing, planting and eeling.
Ka ū ana te waka ki Rangitoto; ka roa e noho ana i konā, ka tae ki a Akaaka-nui te kaupeka o te tau, i te Ōmutu o te marama (JPS 1914:63). / The canoe landed at D'Urville Island, where they stayed for some time until the last day of the month of Akaaka-nui (December).
Poutūterangi
1. (personal noun) tenth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to March. Also the name of Altair, the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila, whose appearance in the night sky heralds the start of the month. Others say that Ōtamarākau (Fomalhaut) is the star of the lunar month of Poutūterangi.
Poutūterangi: Kua hauhake te kai (Best 1922:16). / Poutūterangi: The crops are harvested.
2. (personal noun) Altair - the brightest star in the constellation Aquila.
Paengawhāwhā
1. (personal noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to April. Also the name of Pegasus whose appearance heralds the start of the month. Some say Kaipō or Whetūkaupō is the star heralding the start of this month.
Mō te marama o Āperira, arā o Paenga-whāwhā ki te Māori o te tau 1922, ko Kaipō te whetū kei te ārahi i tēnei marama, nā reira kia tūpato he ua, he mātao kei te haere! (TTT 1/4/1922:13) / For the calendar month of April, that is the lunar month of Paenga-whāwhā of 1922, Kaipō heralds this month, so be careful because rain and cold is going to occur!
Ōuenuku
1. (personal noun) moon on the fourth night of the lunar month - sometimes called Ōue. For some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the nineteenth night of the lunar month - a good day for laying down seedling beds, planting and fishing.
He pai hoki a Ōuenuku me Okoro mō te mahi tuna (Te Ara 2016). / Ōuenuku and Ōkoro were also good nights for eeling.
2. (noun) moon on the nineteenth night after the full moon.
Ka tīmata te whakaotioti haere o ngā whakaahua ata pō i te Ōuenuku nei (WT 2013:49). / The completion of the pre dawn images began with Ōuenuku.
3. (noun) rainbow.
Synonyms: kahukura, Uenuku, Tūāwhiorangi, āniwaniwa, kōpere, tāwhana, tāwhanawhana, āheahea, atuapiko
Ōhua
1. (personal noun) moon on the 14th (or 12th, 13th or 15th) night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-ninth night of the lunar month - a good day for planting crops.
Kia mahara, kai waenganui te Mawharu i a Huna rāua ko Ōhua e noho ana (WT 2013:70). / Note that Mawharu sits between Huna and Ōhua.
2. (noun) moon on the twenty-eighth night after the full moon.
I te ata o te Ōhua, kia hikina ake ngā tāruke o te Mawharu ki roto i te poti, kikī ana a roto, a waho i te kōura (WT 2013:68). / On the morning of Ōhua, when the crayfish traps of Mawharu (the previous night) are pulled up into the boat, they were absolutely full of crayfish both inside and out.
