2. (noun) bundle, bunch.
Kātahi te tangata rā ka hoatu i te pūpū aruhe (JPS 1893:45). / Then that man gave him the bundle of fern-root.
3. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
He kai ngāwari hoki tērā, te pūpū, ki te mahi (TTT 1/2/1929:933). / Cats eyes are an easy food to produce.
4. (noun) large trumpet shell, Charonia lampas rubicunda - shell from deep water which is almost white and was used as a trumpet.
Ka pūhia te pūpū e ngā kaipupuhi i te pūpū (Kāretu 2015). / The conch shell was blown by the conch shell blowers.
See also pūpū tara
pūpū tarakihi
1. (noun) paper nautiluses, Argonauta tuberculata, Argonauta nodosa- related to the octopus that has a rounded body, eight arms and no fins. Female produces a delicate pure white embossed spiral shell to house the egg mass. Lives near the surface of the sea in deep water.
Synonyms: muheke
pūpū tara
1. (noun) large trumpet shell, Charonia lampas rubicunda - shell from deep water which is almost white and was used as a trumpet.
E kore koe e ora, ē ī, i ngā hau o te tiu e āia nei te pūpū tara ki uta (M 2005:278). / You will not survive the northerly winds that drive the large trumpet shell ashore.
pūpū kōrama
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
pūpū atamarama
1. (noun) winkle, common cat's eye, cat's eye turban shell, Turbo smaragdus - a univalve mollusc common on rocks between tides, the shell is dark, heavy and smooth, and has an eye-like operculum. Lives on the tiny young seaweeds on the rocks. A favourite traditional food of Māori.
See also pūpū
pūpū harakeke
1. (noun) flax snails, Placostylus spp. - large snails with a long, tapered coil, most being dark reddish-brown to chocolate.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 164;)
Kai Te Aupōuri me Ngāti Kurī tētahi atu ngārara ngata he pūpū harakeke tōna ingoa (TWK 41:17). / In Te Aupōuri me Ngāti Kurī territory there is another monster snail called a pūpū harakeke (Placostylus ambagiosus).
2. (noun) shell of the flax snail used as a musical instrument.
Ka hangaia tēnei taonga whakatangitangi, te pūpū harakeke i te anga o te pūpū harakeke, he momo ngata ka noho ki te pū harakeke (RTP 2015:79). / This musical instrument, the pūpū harakeke, is made from the shell of a flax snail, a type of snail that lives in flax bushes.
pūpū rangi
1. (noun) kauri snails, Paryphanta spp. - look like ordinary garden snails but are much bigger.
See also pūpū whakarongotaua
Synonyms: pūpū whakarongotaua
pūpū whakarongotaua
1. (noun) kauri snails, Paryphanta spp.
Synonyms: pūpū rangi
pūpū karikawa
1. (noun) Cook's turban shell, Cookia sulcata - a large, round, heavy univalve that lives under rocks just below low tide.
See also kāeo
pūpū rore
1. (noun) Arabic volute, Alcithoe arabica - a mollusc with a large, smooth, spindle-shaped shell and found half-buried in sand or mud from low tide level to depths of 75 m.
Synonyms: kaiwhao, pūpū tarataratea