pene
1. (loan) (noun) pen, pencil.
Ko te kāmura, whakamārōkia mai ana e ia te aho, tuhia iho e ia ki te pene, mahia ana e ia ki te waru; tohungia ana e ia ki te kāpehu, mahia ana e ia kia rite ki te āhua o te tangata (PT Ihaia 44:13). / The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man.
Synonyms: pene rākau, pākaka, pēne, rāihe
2. (loan) (noun) pen, holding pen.
I te pō pēnā tonu te āhua o ngā tiriti me te pene hipi te apiapi (TP 2/1901:12). / At night, the streets seemed to be as crowded as a sheep pen.
pene rākau
1. (loan) (noun) pencil.
Kei tētahi wāhanga o te whenua nei te wāhi o te Īnia-rapa, arā he mea horoi tuhituhi pene rākau, mangumangu rānei (TP 8/1903:3). / In one area of this land is the place of India rubber, that is, the stuff used to clean off pencil writing or ink.
Synonyms: pene
waikure
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
pene kēhi
1. (noun) pencil case.
Ko te tīmatanga o te tau kura te wā e kaha ai te pakaru o ngā pūkoro o ngā mātua i a rātou e hoko ana i ngā pukapuka tuhituhi, i ngā pēkepuka, i ngā pouaka kai, i ngā pene kēhi, i ngā aha atu, i ngā aha atu. The start of the school year is when parents tend to go broke with having to buy exercise books, book bags, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and all of those sorts of things. /
2. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
paetai
1. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
