whero
1. (verb) to be red, turn red.
Kite noa ake ngā iwi o Tū-parahaki kua whero tonu te wai o te awa o Rangi-tāiki i te toto tangata (NIT 1995:151). / Tū-parahaki's people saw that the water of the Rangi-tāiki River had turned red with men's blood.
Synonyms: kura, pākurakura, ura, pūwhero, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū, nganangana, hīwera, kākaramea
2. (adjective) be red.
He whero te kara o ngā pua o te pōhutukawa. / The colour of the flowers of the pōhutukawa is red.
3. (modifier) red, reddish-brown, orange-red.
Otirā ehara i te mea ko te pītiti anake, engari ko ngā āhua rākau katoa pēnā tonu tō rātou ritenga tae iho ana ki ngā huarākau ririki, arā, ki te karani pango, mā, whero, me te rāhipere, me te kūpere me ētahi atu o ngā huarākau ririki katoa (TP 12/1905:7). / But it's not as if it is only peaches, but all sorts of trees that are treated in that way, including small fruits, that is, black, red and white currants, raspberries, gooseberries and all the other small fruits.
4. (noun) red, reddish-brown, orange-red.
Ko te pou rāhui te tohu o te rāhui, he mea pani ki te whero (Te Ara 2014). / A rāhui was indicated by a post, painted red.
tōwhero
1. (verb) to be red.
Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kākaramea, kura, pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, waipū
pākurakura
1. (modifier) red, crimson.
Uenuku: he atua Māori, tōna kāinga kei ngā kapua pākurakura o te rangi i te marangai i te uru; he mea anō kei roto kei te āniwaniwa (TKM.MM 3-4/1855:32). / Uenuku: a Māori ancestor of significance, whose residence is in the red clouds of the eastern and western sky; and is also in the rainbow.
Synonyms: ura, whero, nganangana, pūwhero, tōwhero, waipū, ngangana, hīwera, kākaramea, kura
2. (noun) red, red glow, redness.
Ko te āhua pai mai o ēnei tini tāngata rerekē nei ngā kahu, ko te rangatira o ngā hōiho, ko te pākurakura o ngā pōtae, te āhua rangatira o ngā whītiki o ngā tāngata, me ngā kāhahu hoki, me ngā hou ngāueue o ngā pōtae, nui atu te rawe me te āhua rangatira mai o aua tini kaiwhiu hāriata me ngā hōia (TKM.MM1/1/1855:17). / The appearance of the numerous men with unusual garments, the beauty of the horses, the red of the caps, the grand sashes and clothing and the quivering plumes of the hats of the coachmen and soldiers was a very striking and impressive sight.
3. (noun) red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus - has a deep body and pointed head. Adults are orange-red to scarlet, white ventrally, lower flanks with faint, red longtudinal lines. Large, black spot on dorsal fin. A species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from southeastern Australia to northern Aotearoa/New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. It inhabits reefs and offshore waters, where it occurs at 6-60 m deep.
amokura
1. (noun) red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird feather - rare tropical bird with white feathers, a red bill, black feet and long thin red streamers. Breeds in the Kermadec Islands and sometimes seen at sea in northern Aotearoa/New Zealand. Red tail feathers were highly prized in traditional Māori society.
Ka titia te amokura o tana tāne ki ngā makawe o tōna mātenga (M 2004:160). / She then stuck her husband's red-tailed tropicbird feather plume on the hair of her head.
2. (noun) chief, leader - a figurative term.
I Hānuere o 1869, ka haere tahi ngā amokura tokotoru nei a Mete Kīngi, a Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, a Wī Tako Ngātata i te taha o Kāwana G. F. Bowen ki Ōtautahi (TTR 1990:264). / The three leaders, Mete Kīngi, Tāmihana Te Rauparaha and Wī Tako Ngātata accompanied Governor G. F. Bowen to Christchurch in January 1869.
Synonyms: manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū
kuratea
1. (stative) pale red, reddish, light red, pink.
Kia maoa, ka huri kuratea te kōura (Ng 1993:382). / When cooked crayfish turns a reddish colour.
Synonyms: mākura, pūwhero, mākurakura, māwhero, pūwhero-mā, pūwherowhero, mawera, kehu, kaho, whewhero, wherowhero
2. (modifier) red, scarlet, red feather.
He kahu kura te kākahu (NM 1928:87). / The garment was a red feather cloak.
Synonyms: pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū, kākaramea, pūwhero, hīwera
3. (noun) red feathers, feathers used as decoration, treasure, valued possession, heirloom, precious possession, sacred, divine law, philosophy, darling, chief.
Takoto mai, e koro, kia tangihia koe e ō iwi. Auē! Ka mau te punga here o te waka nei. Ka ngaro koe, te kaihautū, te kākākura o roto i te pōkai, te puhi o Aotearoa, te kura whakahirahira o Te Waipounamu, te mauri o te whenua, te mauri o te tangata, haere! Haere rā! (TP 7/1906:9). / Lie in state, sir, to be wept over by your people. Oh, dear! The anchor of this canoe is taken. You are gone, the fugleman, the leader of the flock, the adored one of the North Island, the important treasure of the South Island, the life force of the land and the people. Depart! Farewell!
Synonyms: tapu, whakatapu, puaroa, rapunga whakaaro
4. (noun) glow.
Ko ngā ingoa o taua kura koia tēnei - he āniwaniwa, he koroirangi kei te rā, kei te marama, kei te whakaumu te marama, te rā rānei, koia nei ngā whakahua. Engari ko te tino ingoa ia he kurahaupō tō te marama, he kura-hau-awatea tō te rā (JPS 1927:357). / The names of that glow are these - āniwaniwa and koroirangi pertain to the sun or moon, when the moon or sun are encircled, those are the terms. But the genuine names are kurahaupō, that is of the moon, and kura-hau-awatea is that of the sun.
5. (noun) bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica - a brown-and-white migratory wading bird with a long, slightly upturned, black bill and a pink base which breeds in the northern hemisphere and summers in the southern. This term is applied to the red plumage of the bird immediately prior to the migration to the northern hemisphere.
Ka mārama pea te manu nei: he kuaka te ingoa iwi, he kura, he kakao, he karoro, ngā ingoa hapū (HKW 1/11/1901:1). / This bird probably needs explaining: the species name is 'kuaka' and 'kura', 'kakao' and 'karoro' are the varietal names.
See also kuaka
Synonyms: rakakao, kakao, hakakao, tarakakao, rīrīwaka, kuhikuhiwaka, karoro, kuaka
tūtutupō
1. (noun) redness, red glow.
Ka tata mai ki uta, kite rawa mai ki te pōhutukawa o te tahatika e ura atu ana, ehara, tau ana te tūtutupō ki te wai (NM 1928:63). / When they were near the shore they saw the pōhutukawa flowers of the coast glowing red, and behold, there was a red glow on the water.
Synonyms: pākurakura, papakura, pūwhero, mumura
2. (noun) will-o'-the-wisp, Ignis fatuus - a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
kākaramea
1. (noun) red clay, red, coloured with ochre.
He mea pani rawa ki te kōkōwai, ki te kākaramea o ngā waiariki o Te Rapa (TTR 1990:188). / It was painted red with red clay from the hot springs of Te Rapa.
Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kura, pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū
2. (noun) speargrass scent.
Ka hoatu te hei kākaramea e Tini ki tana tamaiti (White 2 1889:123). / Tini gave the speargrass neck ornament to his son.
pūwhero
1. (verb) to be reddish, pink, blush.
I a Pakaue i hoki mai ai ka kitea atu he kapua e pūwhero ana mai i runga o Tirohanga - Kāwhia (NIT 1995:263). / When Pakaue was returning a cloud showing a reddish colour was seen above Tirohanga-Kāwhia.
Synonyms: kuratea, mākurakura, māwhero, pūwhero-mā, pūwherowhero, mawera, kehu, kaho, whewhero, wherowhero
2. (adjective) be reddish, pink, blush, bloodshot.
Ko ana whatu he pūwhero, he tōtoto (TTR 1990:359). / His eyes were bloodshot and fierce
3. (modifier) reddish, pink, blush.
E ai ki ngā kōrero i whakapurua e Te Whānau-a-Apanui ngā karu o te papa angaanga o tana matua, o Te Pori-o-te-rangi, ki te harare pūwhero (TTR 1990:276). / It is said that Te Whānau-a-Apanui plugged up the eye sockets of the skull of her father, Te Pori-o-te-rangi, with red sealing wax.
4. (noun) reddishness, pink, red, redness, blush.
I a ia e takoto ana, ka titiro whakarunga ia ki ngā pītiti e tautau mai ana i runga, te ātaahua ki te titiro atu, te ngohe, te pūwhero o te huarākau (TWK 43:30). / While he was lying there he looked up at the peaches hanging above and how beautiful they were to look at, the softness and the blush of the fruit.
Synonyms: hīwera, kākaramea, kura, pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū, tūtutupō, mumura
5. (modifier) high-ranking, high-born, aristocratic.
I reira ka wewehe a ia. Ko te tau o tana ate ko te wāhine pūwhero rā, ko Materoa Ngārimu (TTR 1996:12). / There he fell in love. The object of his desires was that high-born woman, Materoa Ngārimu.
kōkōwai
1. (stative) be dark red, crimson, ruby, red-brown, auburn.
Kitea nuitia ai te kōkōwai, te pango me te mā i ngā kōwhaiwhai (PK 2008:294). / Red-brown, black and white are seen commonly in painted rafter patterns.
Synonyms: rūpi
2. (noun) red ochre.
I pania te kanohi ki te ngārahu, ki te kōkōwai rānei (M 2004:62). / The face was smeared with charcoal or red ochre.
Synonyms: karamea, tākou, hōrū, pōrakaraka, hōrua
tarāpunga
1. (noun) red-billed seagull, Larus novaehollandiae scopulius, black-billed gull, Larus bulleri - a grey-and-white gull found mainly on the coast, with back and wings pearly-grey except for black wingtips with small white patches. The red-billed also has red legs, while the black-billed gull has black legs and a longer, thinner black bill.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 2;)
2. (adjective) be inflamed (of the eyes).
He toretore kei te pī o te karu (PK 2008:630). / There's inflammation at the corner of the eye.
3. (modifier) inflamed.
Paupau ana ēnei moni i te waipiro i ngā rā i a Wiapo i reira. Ngā whakautu mō ērā moni, he waha piro, he ānini, he tangi, he tūhauwiri, he ngau poho, he poho tīangoango, he kākahu tāreparepa, he karu toretore, he arero hōripi, he ihu parehe, he ngutu pupuhi, he haere wharara, he tupu heke, me te tini atu o tā te waipiro whakautu mō te moni a te tangata e rukea noatia ana mō tērā kaiwhakahātana (KO 15/12/1884:3). / While Wiapo was there, this money was wasted on liquor. The results of that money was bad breath, dizziness, despondency, shivering, chest pains, contraction of the chest, loose clothing, eye inflammation, lacerated tongues, flat noses, swollen lips, walking with a stoop, social decline and many other effects of alcohol from the money cast about for those temptations.
4. (noun) sleep - discharge from the eyes.
Āta karohia ake te toretore i ō karu, e hoa (HJ 2012:266). / Remove the sleep from your eyes properly, my friend.
5. (noun) anus.
6. (noun) carping, faultfinding, nitpicking.
Ko ngā uaua o te hunga ngoikore ko te amuamu, ko te toretore (Milroy 2016). / Grumbling and carping are the muscles of the weak (Milroy 2016).
8. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
9. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
See also kōtoretore
Synonyms: kōtoretore, kōtore moana, tou, kōtore
pūhaiwhakarua
1. (noun) scorpionfish, red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis - a fish from the northern North Island east coast, with variable colouration, usually mottled red, orange-brown and white. Spiny head and large mouth, eyes prominent. Inhabits rocky reefs at depths of less than 154 m.
See also matuawhāpuku
Synonyms: pāhuiakaroa, pūaiwhakarua, rai, matuawhāpuku, rarai
kōtore
1. (noun) lower end, bottom.
I mua i te hūnga i tū tō mātou wharenui i te kōtore tonu o te maunga (PK 2008:341). / Before the eruption our meeting house stood right at the bottom of the mountain.
Synonyms: remu
2. (noun) tail (of a bird), tail feather.
He kōtore huia kei te māhunga, he kuru kahurangi kei te taringa (KO 15/2/1883:3). / Huia tail feathers on the head and a precious greenstone ornament at the ear.
3. (noun) buttocks, anus.
I werohia tōna kōtore i a ia e noho ana i te paepae hamuti (Te Ara 2015). / He was speared in the anus while he was sitting on the latrine.
4. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
See also kōtoretore
Synonyms: kōtoretore, kōtore moana, tou, toretore
pūaiwhakarua
1. (noun) scorpionfish, red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis - a fish from the northern North Island east coast, with variable colouration, usually mottled red, orange-brown and white. Spiny head and large mouth, eyes prominent. Inhabits rocky reefs at depths of less than 154 m.
See also matuawhāpuku
Synonyms: pāhuiakaroa, pūhaiwhakarua, rai, matuawhāpuku, rarai
rai
1. (noun) scorpionfish, red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis - a fish from the northern North Island east coast, with variable colouration, usually mottled red, orange-brown and white. Spiny head and large mouth, eyes prominent. Inhabits rocky reefs at depths of less than 154 m.
See also matuawhāpuku
Synonyms: pāhuiakaroa, pūaiwhakarua, pūhaiwhakarua, matuawhāpuku, rarai
