parera

1. (noun) north-west wind, nor'wester.

He hau rongonui te parera o Waitaha, pērā anō hoki te hau tonga ka kawe i ngā naku mai i Te Tiri o Te Moana (Te Ara 2012). / Canterbury’s nor’wester is a well-known wind, as is the southerly, which blasts up from Antarctica.

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Synonyms: kōtiu, tūpātiu, kapekape, māuru, hauāuru-mā-raki, uru-mā-raki, hauātiu

pārera

1. (noun) grey duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa - a dark brown duck of remote wetlands with a striped pale head and greenish-brown legs. Distinguishable from the female mallard by having a green speculum without white edges.

Ko ngā kai o Ngāruawāhia i tukua mai mā Te Kāwana, he poaka, he rīwai, he rohi, he pīpipi, he pārera, he heihei (TPM 10/2/1863:8). / The food of Ngāruawāhia presented to the Governor was pork, loaves of bread, turkey, duck and chicken.

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pārera maunu

1. (noun) a moulting grey duck, someone who can't swim.

He pārera maunu ki te kau i te moana (TW 16/9/1876:341). / Like a moulting duck swimming in the ocean [i.e. out of one's depth].

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Kutu Pārera

1. (location) Gaer Arm (Fiordland).

ngutu pārera

1. (noun) musket.

Ngā pū a Te Ahanatī he hakimana roroa, ngutu pārera nei; takirima putu e ono inihi te roroa o te kōhatu o aua pū (TWMNT 19/5/1874:123). / The guns of the Ashantee are long single barrel muskets, the length of the barrel of those guns being about 5 feet 6 inches.

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ngutu pārera

1. a type of pistol.

parera kotipu

1. (noun) west-north-west wind, west-north-west.

He parera kotipu te hau nei, kāore i te ahu tūturu mai i te uru (PK 2008:605). / This wind is a west-north-west wind, it doesn't come from the true west.

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ngutu pārera

1. (noun) pistol.

arero-parera

1. (noun) An inferior variety of fern root.

pū ngutu pārera

1. (noun) musket.

I whānau i te tau 1835 i te rohe o Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki i a Ngāti Koura e torotoro ana i ō rātau whanaunga o reira, ā, ki te hoko pū ngutu pārera (TTR 1994:113). / He was born in 1835 in the Ngāti Maru territory in Hauraki during a visit by Ngāti Koura to see relatives there and to purchase muskets.

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