taihemahema
1. (noun) genitals (of either gender), reproductive organ, sexual organs.
Ko ngā taihemahema ngā wāhanga ai o te tinana o te tāne me te wahine, o te tipu rānei, e whakatōkia ai he uri. / The reproductive organs are the parts of the body of a male and female, or of a plant, whereby offspring are produced.
Synonyms: taiaroaro
whanewhane
1. (modifier) irritable, irascible, grumpy, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, petulant, testy, touchy.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
2. (noun) internal organ - a word that occurs in 19th Century newspapers, suggesting it was used for internal organs generally as well as specific ones, including the liver, kidneys and lungs (see below).
He whakapopo i ngā niho, he whakahauā i te korokoro me te atewharowharo, me ngā whanewhane katoa o te kōpū; he whakakeretā i ngā roro me ngā akaaka katoa o te tinana (TKM.MM 20/8/1862:21). / It rots the teeth, damages the throat and lungs, and all the organs of the abdomen, and destroys the brain and all the nerves of the body.
3. (noun) kidney.
He kai whakamate te pia i te toto, i te kōpū, i te whanewhane, i te ate, i te ngākau, i te tinana katoa (KO 15/11/1883:4). / Beer is a food that destroys the blood, the stomach, the kidneys, the liver, the heart and the whole body.
Synonyms: mama, whatukuhu, whatumanawa, tākihi, atewhatukuhu
4. (noun) lung.
E patu toropuku ana te tupeka i te tangata i te rā, i te rā, ā, e āta haere nō ana whakaninihitanga ki te patu i te ate, i ngā whanewhane, i ngā whatumanawa, i ngā pongaponga, i ngā wheua, i ngā roro, i ngā niho, i ngā makawe, i ngā karu, i te korokoro, i ngā uaua, i te toto, i te arero, i te kirimoko (KO 15/7/1884:8). / Tobacco gradually kills a person each day and slowly and insidiously it destroys the liver, the lungs, the kidneys, the nostrils, the bones, the brains, the teeth, the hair, the eyes, the throat, the arteries, the blood, the tongue and the skin.
Synonyms: pūkohukohu
whēkau
1. (noun) internal organs, intestine, bowels, entrails, guts.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 155-156;)
Nō te tapatapahanga a ngā tākuta i tōna tinana, ka kitea te mahi a te pine, a te nēra e tītiti ana i roto i ōna whēkau me ētahi mea atu hoki i horomia e ia (TP 10/1906:9). / When the doctors cut open his body they found lots of pins and nails sticking into his intestine along with other things he had swallowed.
ōkana
1. (loan) (noun) organ (musical).
Ā nā te tama a taua minita Māori i whakatangi te ōkana o taua karakia (TW 28/8/1875:176). /
Synonyms: ōkena
ōkena
1. (loan) (noun) organ (musical).
I te tomokanga mai o te kīngi ka tangi te ōkena, he Pākehā ki te whakatangitangi (TJ 28/9/1899:10). / When the king came in, the organ played, with a Pākehā at the keys.
Synonyms: ōkana
taiaroaro
1. (noun) genitals (of either gender), reproductive organ.
He rite tonu hoki ngā taiaroaro o te wēra i ō te tangata me ngā kararehe (Wh3 2003:5). / The reproductive organs of the whale are just like those of humans and mammals.
Synonyms: taihemahema
puninga
1. (noun) camping place, camping ground, campsite.
He whakaaro nui nō Te Hāpuku kia riro māna te whenua o Tāwhara e hoko, kātahi ka whakatūria he puninga ki Whakawhiti i Ākuhata 1857 (TTR 1990:180). / Te Hapuku, determined to assert his right to sell Tawhara's block, erected a camp at Whakawhiti in August 1857.
2. (noun) tribe, family - especially in relation to descent.
Rāua tahi he puninga nā Taranaki me Te Āti Awa (TTR 1994:181). / Both of them were of Taranaki and Te Āti Awa descent.
3. (noun) genus (classification of organisms).
E ai ki tā ngā mātanga pūtaiao whakarōpū rauropi, ko te momo te rōpū rauropi iti rawa atu. Ko ngā momo e whanaunga tahi ana, ka kīia he puninga (RP 2009:290). / According to the authorities on the classification of organisms, a species is a very small grouping of organisms. Species that are closely related are called a genus.
4. (noun) blocking up, blockage.
pūtangitangi
1. (noun) harmonica, mouth organ.
He taonga puoro iti te pūtangitangi, ka kapua ki te ringa, ka puhia hei whakaputa i tōna reo. He maha ngā puare iti kei te waha o te pūtangitangi, ina puhia te hau ki roto i tētahi, ka tōiriiri te tohetohe e noho mai ana ki muri, ka puta te oro i reira (RTP 2015:87). / A harmonica is a small hand-held musical instrument which is blown to produce its sounds. It has a number of small openings along the mouthpiece, and when air is blown into them, a reed sitting in behind vibrates, producing the sound (RTP 2015:87).
2. (noun) (biology) culture.
