parapara
1. (noun) coastal five finger, Pseudopanax lessonii - a native tree with toothed leaves arranged in a hand-shape with 3-5 stalkless 'fingers' of glossy leaves with a raised midvein. Small, black seeds are in loose clusters. Found in coastal scrub and forest of northern North Island.
See also houpara
Synonyms: houparapara, houmāpara, whauwhau
2. (noun) parapara, Pisonia brunoniana, bird-catcher tree - a native shrub of quick, rather soft growth carrying leaves up to 40 cm long of dark glossy green with nodular ridges down the length of the fruit that secrete a sticky substance.
He tikanga tā Ngāti Porou ki te tango i te hinu mai i ngā kākano o te parapara mā te koromamao, te paopao me te penupenu i ngā kākano (Te Ara 2012). / The Ngāti Porou tribe had a practice of extracting the oil from the seeds of parapara by steaming, pounding and pressing them.
Synonyms: pūhāureroa, pūwhāureroa
parapara
1. (noun) remains, scraps, leftovers, part of the afterbirth, offal.
Haere tonu ai mā raro i ētehi wā mō ngā māero e hia kē nei te roa, ki te āta titiro i te puna wai inu o aua kāinga, ki te wāhi pangaina ai ngā parapara tae atu ki ngā whakaritenga parukore, ā, ki te āwhina i te hunga e māuiuitia ana (TTR 1996:140). / He sometimes travelled many miles on foot to inspect the water supply of those villages, the places where rubbish was disposed and sanitary arrangements and to help the sick.
Synonyms: parakai, waipara, whaipara, karaweta, toenga, parahanga, pakapaka, paka
parapara
1. (noun) talents, gifts, faculties.
Nā ōna parapara ki te tuhituhi, ki te kōrero, ki te tatau, ā, he tangata pono hoki, taka rawa ake ki te pokapūtanga o te tekau tau mai i 1860, kua whakatūria a ia e William Thomas, te kaiwhakawā takiwā, hei āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke e ū ake ana ki Ōwenga (TTR 1990:152). / Because of his talents in writing, speaking, numeracy and general reliability, in the mid 1860s William Thomas, Resident Magistrate, appointed him as tidewaiter at Ōwenga.
pēke parapara
1. (noun) rubbish bag, trash bag.
Synonyms: pēke rāpihi
pūwhāureroa
1. (noun) parapara, Pisonia brunoniana, bird-catcher tree - a native shrub of quick, rather soft growth carrying leaves up to 40 cm long of dark glossy green with nodular ridges down the length of the fruit that secrete a sticky substance.
See also parapara
Synonyms: pūhāureroa, parapara
pūhāureroa
1. (noun) parapara, Pisonia brunoniana, bird-catcher tree - a native shrub of quick, rather soft growth carrying leaves up to 40 cm long of dark glossy green with nodular ridges down the length of the fruit that secrete a sticky substance.
See also parapara
Synonyms: pūwhāureroa, parapara
