aua
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
Ka kitea atu te mahi a te aua e ngote ana i te wai tai (HP 1991:16). / Lots of yelloweye mullet were seen sucking the salt water.
2. (noun) grey mullet, Mugil cephalus - an olive-grey fish, silvery grey to white below. Body elongate with a small head. Found in coastal and estuarine waters of the North Island.
Pai noa iho te toro o te kupenga e rua tekau mā rima iāri ki tērā taha o te awa, hai hopu kanae i ngā pō (HP 1991:17). / Stretching the net twenty-five yards to the other side of the river to catch grey mullet at night was quite easy.
Synonyms: kanae raukura, tīpara
kātaha
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
He haere tonu tana mahi ki ngā roto o Waihora, o Wairewa, me te hāpua o Wainono ki te hopu kātaha, taraute me te kōkopu (TTR 1996:71). / She regularly visited Waihora (Lake Ellesmere), Wairewa (Lake Forsyth) and Wainono Lagoon to catch yellow-eyed mullet, trout and kōkopu.
See also aua
kātaka
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
makawhiti
1. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
2. (noun) commoner.
Ka kī a Tamahae, " E, taku taiaha ka hē ki te marahea!" " E tā, he marahea hoki au! Ko au rā tēnei ko Kurī Teko." (TP 3/1911:9). / Tamahae said, "My taiaha is wasted on a person of such lowly status!" "Sir, am I indeed a commoner! This is me Kurī Teko."
3. (noun) fry of the yellow-eye mullet, young of Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
mokowhiti
1. (verb) to jump, leap, spring.
Nā te haruru o te mura o te ahi, me te rū o te tanukutanga o ētahi wāhi o te whare ka mokowhiti ake i tōna moenga (TTT 1/11/1925). / Because of the noise of the flames of the fire and the shaking caused by the collapse of some parts of the building, he leaped from his bed.
Synonyms: rei, mawhiti, mahiti, rēinga, rere, mōwhiti, mokohiti, tiapu, tarapeke, mōwhīwhiti, mokopeke, mahuta, hūpeke, peke, tūpeke
2. (verb) to escape, get away, flee, bolt.
Kua mate kē atu a Te Tauri i a Ngāti Kahungunu i mua atu. I rokohanga e te taua ko tana kotahi i te kāinga e uhi ana i tana whare; ka karapotia, ka mokowhiti iho, kāore i puta ka mau ka patua a Te Tauri, te toa 'ika-huirua' (M 2004:266). / Te Tauri had previously been killed by Ngāti Kahungunu. He was discovered alone by a war party at his home whilst engaged in roofing his house; the house was surrounded; he leaped to escape, was caught and killed, and thus died Te Tauri, 'the two-fold slayer of the fish of war' (M 2004:267).
3. (verb) to beat, palpitate.
Ko te kore e mokowhiti o te manawa te tino tohu kua hemo te tangata (PK 2008:468). / The lack of a heartbeat is the main sign that a person has died.
Synonyms: mokohiti, hotohoto, kakapa, whētuki, kapakapatū
4. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
2. (noun) yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in schools in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
pōnaho
1. (adjective) be small, diminutive.
Heoi, e noho hemo kai ana ngā tāngata o Waikato i tēnei takiwā; ko te kai mā ngā tamariki he pūhā, he roi, he pōnaho rīwai kai poaka nei (MM.TKM 15/11/1859:3). / However, the people of Waikato are starving at this time; the food for the children is sowthistle, fern root and small potatoes that pigs eat.
2. (noun) fry of the yellow-eyed mullet, young of Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
āhuruhuru
1. (noun) goatfish, red mullet, Upeneichthys porosus - an endemic fish varying from pale pink to bright red with brownish blotches along the sides. Small mouth with long chin barbells. Found around northern New Zealand from the Kermadec Islands to Golden Bay-Marlborough Sounds.
Pēnei i a tātou nei, moe ai te āhuruhuru i te pō. Ko te mea rerekē i a tātou, ka huri whero kitakita tō rātou tae ina moe ana rātou (TWK 36:11). / Like us, the goatfish sleeps at night. The thing that is different from us is that their colour turns bright red when they are sleeping.
Synonyms: rarahi
tīpara
1. (noun) young of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus - an olive-grey fish, silvery grey to white below. Body elongate with a small head. Found in coastal and estuarine waters of the North Island.
See also kanae
Synonyms: kanae raukura, kanae
