Tahuaroa
1. (location) ocean - a name for the ocean.
Ko tō rātau marae ko Marae-nui, ko Tahuaroa, ko Mahora-nui-ātea; tā rātau mahi i reira he koakoa ana, e takataka ana, he takaaho ki a rātau anō (JPS 1926:39). / Their marae was Marae-nui, Tahuaroa, Mahora-nui-ātea; and what they did there was to play amongst themselves (referring to the winds).
Synonyms: mātai, moana tuauriuri, moana waiwai, moana, au
2. (noun) open sea.
Kāhore he māharahara o Tiaki ki te hoe mai i tōna poti paku noa nei i te aumoana mō te rua hāora, nuku atu rānei (TTR 1998:123). / Tiaki would think nothing of rowing his little boat in the open sea for two, or more, hours.
Synonyms: moana tuauriuri, moana waiwai, waho, tahora, au o te moana
3. (noun) blue, blue clay.
He whero, he mā, he aumoana, ngā kara o te kara a te Ingarihi (HKW 1/11/1900:12). / Red, white and blue are the colours of the flag of the English.
au
1. (noun) smoke.
Ko ngā tuākana e whakapuru wahie ana ki ngā taha o te whare, ā, ka tahuna ki te ahi. Ka kā tēnei wāhi, me tēnei wāhi, ka puta ki te roro, ka uhia te whare e te au o te ahi; ka kapia hoki te mataaho o te whare e te ahi (TWK 4:28). / The older brothers piled firwood against the side of the house and the fire was lit. The fire burnt at each part and when it reached the verandah the house was covered by the smoke of the fire; and the window of the house was enveloped by the fire.
See also auahi
2. (noun) cloud, mist, fog.
Ātaahua ana te tāiri mai o te au i runga ake i te roto i te ata nei (PK 2008:43). / The mist suspended above the lake is so beautiful this morning.
Synonyms: haumaringi, pūkohu, pūnenehu, kōnenehu, tārehu, waikohu, tūkōrehu, pūrehu, haumāringiringi, kōnehunehu, kākahi, pūnehunehu, haumaringi, pūkohu, pūnenehu, tākohu, pūnehu, tuarehu, tūkōrehu, pūrehu, kohu, rehu, kākahi, pūnehunehu
3. (noun) current.
Poto tonu rātou te mau ki ngā hoe, ā, i mua i te rironga anō o te waka i te au o te moana, ka poua ngā hoe, ka kōkiri atu whakawaho a 'Tainui' ki te moana nui (NIT 1995:37). / They all took a paddle and, before they could be carried off again by the current of the sea, they plunged in the paddles and 'Tainui' short out to open sea.
4. (noun) whirlpool, rapid.
Rere pāhukahuka ana te wai i te au o te awa (PK 2008:43). / The water flows with froth in the rapids of the river.
5. (noun) wake (of a canoe, etc.).
E kaikainga ana te tahatika e te au nui o ngā waka e whakawhiti ana i Te Moana-o-Raukawa (PK 2008:43). / The shoreline is being eaten away by the big wake of the vessels crossing Cook Strait.
6. (noun) sea, ocean.
Nā, kātahi te tangata nei ka kahu i ana kahu whakapaipai, ka puta ki waho o te whare, ko te māhunga i tiaina ki te huia, ki te kōtuku. Nā, ka puta te whakataukī, 'me he toroa e tau ana i runga i te au' (TWK 4:13) / Then this man put on his beautiful cloaks, came out of the house, and his head was adorned with huia and kōtuku feathers. Now the whakataukī was expressed, 'like an albatross landing on the sea'.
Synonyms: moana, mātai, Tahuaroa, moana tuauriuri, moana waiwai
7. (noun) gall-bladder, gall.
Kātahi ka whakamoetia au. I werohia he ngira ki taku ringaringa katau. E rima hāora pea ina au e moe ana, e tapahia ana, ka tangohia ngā kōhatu e rima i roto i taku au (HP 1991:268). / Then I was sedated. A needle was inserted into my right arm. I was asleep for approximately five hours when I was operated on and five stones in my gall-bladder were removed.
8. (noun) string, cord.
Tuia ki runga ki te au kotahi (W 1971:20). / Tie it on top with a single string.
moana tuauriuri
1. (noun) ocean, open sea.
I mua atu i a koe ko te kaipuke iti a Kāpene Kuku, ōna hoe he kōmaru, i whiti mai ai i te moana tuauriuri, tau ana ki ngā wai o Hauraki (TWM 27/5/1869:2). / Before you, it was Captain Cook's small sailing ship, its propulsion was with sails, that crossed the ocean and arrived to the waters of the Hauraki Gulf.
Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana waiwai, moana, Tahuaroa
moana
1. (noun) sea, ocean, large lake.
Kei te mōhio katoa rātau ki ngā tauranga tāmure, tauranga tarakihi, tauranga hāpuku me ērā atu ika o te moana (TWK 54:3). / They know all the fishing grounds for snapper, tarakihi, groper and those other fish of the sea.
Synonyms: tahuaroa, tai, moana waiwai, mātai, au, Tahuaroa, moana tuauriuri
Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki, Te
1. (location) Southern Ocean - sometimes also used for the Tasman Sea.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
E karapotia ana te rohe o Ngāi Tara e te pae maunga o Tararua ki te rāwhiti, e Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki ki te uru, e Rimurapa ki te tonga, e te awa o Rangitīkei ki te raki (Te Ara 2011). / Ngāi Tara occupied the area bounded by the Tararua Ranges in the east and the Tasman Sea in the west, and from Sinclair Head in the south to the Rangitīkei River in the north.
papamoana
1. (noun) seabed, lake bed, ocean floor - also written as two words, papa moana.
Nā te rū i Heretaunga i te tau 1931, i ārewa ake ai te papa moana o te whanga hei whenua maroke (TTR 1998:235). / The Hawke’s Bay earthquake of 1931 raised the seabed of the inner harbour, converting it into dry land.
Synonyms: takere, kaupapa o te moana, parumoana
pora
1. (modifier) foreign.
Kite toto, kau ana te tangata pora i te wai, te tāne, te wāhine te tamariki, ko te whakahē tēnei a Heke i te whakaoatitanga i te tangata me te whenua (TJ 25/1/1898:4). / Seeing blood, the strangers swam in the water, men, women and children; this was Heke’s objection to the oath of the people and the land.
2. (noun) large ocean-going canoe, ship.
He matau nāhaku i riua mai i runga o Rangiātea i ngā pora rā e, i rere mai i tawhiti (JPS 1898:172). / A fish-hook of mine brought from Rangiātea in those large sea-going canoes that sailed here from afar.
Synonyms: hūhunu, tima, motu, kaipuke, puke, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
3. (noun) stranger, foreigner.
E kīia ana e ngā tīpuna, e ngā mātua he pora atua. Nō te kitenga i te Pākehā ka kīia e ngā mātua he tangata pora, koia māua tēnei iwi a Ngāi Tahu; koia i karanga ai he tangata pora, tae noa atu ki te kaipuke he pora e rere i te moana (TPH 30/12/1900:4). / The ancestors and parents said that they were god-like foreigners. When they saw the Pākehā the parents said they were foreign people, that's why we, the tribe of Ngāi Tahu call them 'tangata pora' (foreign people), including the sailing ship which is a 'pora' sailing the ocean.
toka tū moana
1. (noun) rock standing in the ocean - sometimes written as toka-tū-moana or tokatūmoana.
Tērā tētahi wā ka whakarērea a Kapetaua, te tipuna o Te Patukirikiri, e tana taokete e Tarakumukumu ki tētahi toka tū moana kei waho i Takaparawhā. Ko te ingoa o taua toka ko Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (e mōhiotia anō ko Bean Rock) (Te Ara 2016). / There was an occasion when Kapetaua, the ancestor of Te Patukirikiri, was abandoned by his brother-in-law, Tarakumukumu, on a rock off Bastion Point. The name of that rock is Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (also known as Bean Rock).
2. (noun) stalwart, supporter, centre - a figurative term to describe a person who is there for you through thick and thin, a strong leader, etc.
Ka taea te whakawhirinaki ki a ia hei toka tū moana i te wā e whati ana ngā ngaru tōrangapū (TTR 1996:143). / He could be relied upon as a stalwart in rough political times.
mātai
1. (noun) sea, ocean.
Synonyms: moana tuauriuri, moana waiwai, moana, Tahuaroa, au, tahuaroa, tai
moana waiwai
1. (noun) ocean, open sea.
Ka tae ana te waka ki te moana waiwai, ka puta te āwhā. / When the canoe reached the open sea the storm occurred.
Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana tuauriuri, moana, Tahuaroa
hūhunu
1. (noun) double canoe, ocean-going canoe.
He hūhunu a Te Arawa, koia te waka nui rawa o ngā waka i ū mai ki Aotearoa nei (White 2 1889:165). / Te Arawa was a double canoe, it was the largest of the canoes that landed in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: pora
hone
1. (noun) ocean swell.
Ko te uma o te kōtiro e ka whakaea, ānō he hone moana āio i te waru e ūkura ana hoki i te tōanga o te rā, ka rite ki te kiri o tuawahine (NM 1928:58). / The girl's breast, oh when she breathed it was like the calm ocean swell in the eighth month (January) and the glowing of the setting of the sun was like the skin of our heroine.
pahī
1. (noun) large ocean-going canoe, ship.
Ka whakawhiti te tira i te ara moana mā runga pahī (PK 2008:558). / The travelling party crossed the ocean route on a large ocean-going canoe.
Synonyms: tima, motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
2. (noun) travelling party, expedition, section of a kinship group.
Tino kore nei e taea e te kupu te whakaea ngā manaaki i uhia mai ki runga i te pahī a te Taura Whiri (HM 4/1994:3). / Words can never repay the hospitality bestowed on the Māori Language Commission's party.
Synonyms: hapori
papaneke moana
1. (noun) oceanic plate.
Kei te kapi katoa a Papatūānuku i ēnei papaneke, ānō nei he pangahono. Ko ētahi he papaneke moana, ko ētahi he papaneke paparahi (RP 2009:311). / These tectonic plates cover the whole of the Earth, like a jig-saw. Some are oceanic plates, others are continental plates.
