raihi
1. (loan) (noun) rice.
E kore a ia e pai ki ngā kupu a Tiati Tāmati, i te mea he iwi kai nui te Māori, ā ko te kī a Tāmati e kī nei he iwi ware, he iwi kai raihi (TW 12/10/1878:504). / He will never agree with Judge Thomas, because Māori are big eaters, and Thomas was saying they were a low race, a people who eat rice.
pātītī
1. (noun) grass, meadow rice grass, Microlaena stipoides - a native grass which has a creeping habit and grows to 30 cm high, with stiff, narrow, dark green leaves that taper sharply. Found throughout lowland Aotearoa/New Zealand in open forest and scrub.
He nui ngā moni whakangao i pau i a rātau ki te whakapai ake i ngā pātītī, i ngā whare me ngā utauta, me ētahi mīhini kuti hipi hoki (TTR 1996:103). / They invested heavily to improve the pasture, buildings and equipment, and some shearing machines.
2. (noun) down, pappus - the tuft of hairs on each seed of raupō, thistles, dandelions and similar plants.
Anō he puarere te ngohengohe (Ng 1993:482). / As soft as thistledown (Ng 1993:482).
3. (noun) rice bubbles.
