2. (noun) book, paper, letter, document, pamphlet, sheet (paper), manuscript, stationery, volume, petition, roll, memorandum, treaty, newspaper, proclamation.
Kua tae mai te pukapuka a tētahi Pākehā i tuhituhi ai (TW 31/8/1878:2/430). / A pamphlet written by a Pākehā has been received.
Synonyms: reta, manatu, pānuitanga, mātārere, pānui, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, pākiki, pitihana, petihana, pukapuka inoi, takahuri, kōpiupiu, whakarārangi, hurihuri, pīrori, rōra, rōru, perehi, niupepa, nūpepa, pepa
2. (noun) origami.
2. (noun) toilet paper.
Tuhia atu he whēru ki tā tāua rārangi - kei wareware noa iho ina haere tāua ki ngā toa (PK 2008:1172). / Write our list on a piece of toilet paper - or we'll forget when we go to the shops.
2. (noun) tissues.
pepa
1. (loan) (noun) paper, newspaper.
Ko te kupu tuatahi o te rīpoata he whakamihi ki te kaha o Rēweti T. Kōhere ki te whakahaere i te pepa, me i kore ana ia kua mate noa atu (TP 9/1907:4). / The first statement of the report is to thank Rēweti T. Kōhere for his energy in managing the newspaper. If it were not for him it would have ceased long ago.
aute
1. (noun) paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera - formerly cultivated to make cloth, but now no longer found in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
He rākau iti te aute, hōrapa te tipu ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, heoi kāore i kaha te tipu ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2015). / The paper mulberry is a shrub that grows throughout the Pacific, but did not thrive in New Zealand.
2. (noun) cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree.
Te manu aute nō te iwi Māori: Mehemea ka whatua taua mea, kia rite tonu ki te āhua o te manu e rere nei. Ka mahia e te Maori hei manu, ko ngā paihau me te tinana o te manu. Ka takaia te tinana o te manu, me ngā paihau, ki te aute. Koia tōna ingoa he manu aute (JPS 1901:191). / The kite made of paper mulberry cloth of the Māori people. That thing was woven into the exact resemblance of a flying bird. It was made by the Māori as a bird having wings and a body, and these wings and body were wound around with paper mulberry cloth. That is why it was called a manu aute.
hēru
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to wipe (the anus).
See also whēru
2. (noun) toilet paper.
Nōhea hoki te heru e whakamahia hei hēru (HM 4/1995:7). / There's no way that a 'heru' (comb) can be used as 'hēru' (toilet paper).
muheke
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.
See also pūpū tarakihi
Synonyms: pūpū tarakihi
tawhera
1. (verb) to be open, gaping.
Synonyms: marake, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha
2. (noun) leaf, sheet (of paper), leaflet.
Ahakoa te ruarua o ngā tawhera o 'Te Pipiwharauroa', ka whakamomori anō ia ki te whakaatu ki ōna kaiāwhina i te āhua o tēnei whenua o Hāmoa (HKW 1/8/1899:3). / Although the leaves of 'Te Pipiwharauroa' are limited in number, he is keen to show its helpers the nature of this country of Samoa.
3. (noun) compound leaf.
kinipepa
1. (loan) (noun) paper clip.
Ahakoa iti, he taonga te kinipepa. / Although only small, paper clips are treasures.
Synonyms: pine pepa
