konihi
1. (verb) (-tia) to creep, sneak up on, go stealthily.
Mahara noa ia ko te tāne pea tēnei e hoki mai ana i te ngahere; nō te āta tirohanga atu, aue rā! Ko te wahine e konihi haere mai ana me te naihi kokonaiti i te ringa e mau ana (TWM 6/2/1864). / He thought that it might be a man returning from the forest, but when he looked carefully, oh dear! It was a women creeping along with a knife for splitting coconuts held in her hand.
2. (verb) (-tia) to attack by stealth, attack by surprise.
Kātahi ngā Pākehā ka mea ki te whawhai, kātahi ka rapu utu mō ō rātou tūpāpaku i mate ki Puketākauere i a Waikato, mō ā rātou taonga i riro i a Waikato, mō ngā Pākehā i konihitia e Waikato (TH 1/12/1860:2). / Then the Pākehā decided to fight and to seek revenge for their casualties who were killed at Puketākauere by Waikato, for their possessions taken by Waikato, and for the Pākehā who were attacked by surprise by Waikato.
3. (modifier) stealthily, avoiding observation.
E haere ana rātou, inamata e whakataka ana te ara konihi a Te Puhi-huia rātou ko ngā hoa (NM 1928:143). / They are going, but immediately Te Puhi-huia and her companions take a circuitous route along a path avoiding observation.
4. (noun) marauding party moving stealthily.
Ko tēnei, ehara i te pūhaehae, engari he mauāhara, he hiahia rapu utu mō ngā mea i mate i te konihi, i te hīanga (KO 2/1/1890:4). / This was not jealousy, but hatred, a desire to seek revenge for the ones killed by the marauding party moving stealthily and with deception.
5. (noun) predator.
Ka noho te kina ki raro toka, ki roto kapiti rānei ki raro i te papa o te tai pari. He rite tonu te wā e mau ana ngā kōhatu, angaanga, rimurapa hoki ki a ia hei huna i a ia mai i ngā tāmure me ētahi atu konihi (Te Ara 2015). / Sea urchins live under rocks or in crevices under rock shelves on the shore below the high-tide mark. They often have small stones, shells, and kelp on them to hide from snapper and other predators.
2. (modifier) used frequently.
Ka huihui atu ki te wāhi mutunga e ngaro i te tai, ki te ngaro taua wāhi i te moana ka rere ki ngā wāhi onepū muremure, kāore he otaota, kāore he aha, ka noho i reira pēhea te nunui o te kāhui, he tatari kia wātea ngā tāhuna i te tai (TP 1/11/1901:1). / They gather at the last place that disappears under the tide, and when that part disappears under the tide they fly to the beaches they frequent where there is no vegetation, nothing at all and stay there no matter how large the flock is, waiting until the sand bank re-emerges from the sea.
3. (noun) tiger beetle lava, penny doctor, butcher boy, Cicindela tuberculata, Neocicindela tuberculata - an endemic tiger beetle to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Adults are ground predators and larvae may live for several years in a hole in the ground, and grab and eat passing insects.
pāpapa
1. (noun) eggshell, husk, chaff, bran.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 27;)
He uru hua rākau rahi anō tō rāua, ā, e 60 eka te rahi o te whenua whakatipu ōti, whakatipu pāri, hai pāpapa whāngai i ngā hōiho (TTR 1998:159). / They had a large orchard and 60 acres growing oats and barley to make chaff to feed the horses.
2. (noun) squash, kamokamo - a variety of vegetable marrow. This word seems to be peculiar to the northern Ngāti Kahungunu region.
He pēnā anō ngā tōhuka, ngā kānga, ngā pāpapa, ngā merengi, ngā kākāriki, ngā taro me ngā rīwai (HP 1991:14). / The sugar cane, maize, kamokamo, melons, rock melons, taro and potatoes were exactly the same.
3. (noun) beetle - used as a general term for beetles.
E whā ngā momo pāpapa i mau i a mātau (Ng 1995:30). / We caught four kinds of beetles.
4. (noun) common tiger beetle, Cicindela tuberculata, Neocicindela tuberculata - an endemic tiger beetle to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Adults are ground predators and larvae may live for several years in a hole in the ground, and grab and eat passing insects. Adults are commonly seen on clay banks in summer, running around and making short flights as they hunt other insects.
6. (noun) slater, pill bug, sow bug, woodlice - terrestrial Isopoda which vary slightly in appearance, but most are conspicuous and easily recognised by their elliptical, flattened segmented bodies, and seven pairs of legs. Colour is usually in the shades of grey, from dark to light, often mottled with green and yellow. Aotearoa/New Zealand slaters range in size from several millimetres to more than 2 cm in length. Slaters are mainly scavengers, feeding on a variety of decaying vegetation, tree bark, rotting wood, etc.
7. (noun) gumdiggers' soap, golden Tainui, kūmarahou, Pomaderris kumeraho - a native shrub with alternating, blue-green leaves on top and undersides pale with protruding veins. Flowers are creamy yellow in large, fluffy clusters. The whole plant is covered in a soft mat of hair. Found north of Bay of Plenty and Kāwhia.
See also kūmarahou
Synonyms: kūmara rau nui, kūmarahou
8. (noun) koropuka, bush snowberry, fool's beech, Gaultheria antipoda - native bushy shrub bearing rounded small leathery toothed leaves on hairy twigs. Hairs on twigs black mixed with shorter paler hairs. Flowers white, bell-shaped, solitary at base of leaf. Leaves alternating on stem, 7-10mm long by 6-10mm wide, sometimes much smaller at tip of twig, Fruit red or white.
See also koropuka
Synonyms: koropuka, takapo, tāwiniwini, taupuku
tuare
1. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
See also tuere
napia
1. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
See also tuere
kohutapu
1. (noun) shore plover, Thinornis novaeseelandiae - a rare endemic dotterel that was once widespread but is now found only on the Chathan Islands and predator free islands. Crown, neck and underparts greyish brown; white halo around the head above the eyes; black forehead, side of the face and throat in males, dirty brown in females. Underparts white. Bill red tipped black; legs orange.
2. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
See also tuere
3. (noun) lamprey, Geotria australis - an eel-like fish that has a sucker mouth with horny teeth and a rasping tongue. A highly valued food of Māori. Found around North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands coasts, penetrating inland to 230 km.
See also piharau
Synonyms: kanakana, nganangana, pihapiharau, pipiharau, kanakana wairaki, wairaki, waituere, puhikorokoro, piharau, tuna korokoro, korokoro
tuere
1. (noun) blind eel, common hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus - a primitive eel-like fish that lives only in marine habitats. Though blind, hagfish are predators of other fish, which they detect by movement and smell. Body cylindrical with a paddle-like tail. Six barbels around the mouth. Pink-grey variably spotted with black and white. Found throughout shelf and slope waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 922 m.
Hopukina ai e te Māori ngā momo tuna katoa – te ngōiro, te tuere, te pāra, te piharau (Te Ara 2012). / Māori caught all types of eels and conger eels, hagfish, frostfish and lamprey.
tuturuatu
1. (noun) shore plover, Thinornis novaeseelandiae - a rare endemic dotterel that was once widespread but is now found only on the Chathan Islands and predator free islands. Crown, neck and underparts greyish brown; white halo around the head above the eyes; black forehead, side of the face and throat in males, dirty brown in females. Underparts white. Bill red tipped black; legs orange.
Synonyms: kohutapu
2. (noun) New Zealand dotterel, Charadrius obscurus - a squat bird with a large head, robust bill and rusty orange chest in breeding birds. Found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries. This name is also sometimes used for the banded dotterel.
See also tūturiwhatu
Synonyms: tākaikaha, tākaikai, turiwhati, tūturiwhati, turiwhatu, turuwhatu, rako, tākahikahi, kūkuruatu, turuturuwhatu, turuatu, tūturiwhatu, tuturuwhatu
