hōreto
1. (noun) ripe fruit of the poroporo.
Synonyms: hareto
hōuto
1. (noun) ripe fruit of the pōporo - used as bait for snaring tūī.
Ko tēnei mea ko te hōuto, he hua pōporo, he mea āta kimi ki ngā mea papai, pai o te maoa, o te āhua hoki; ka huihui aua hua pōporo, ka herea ki tētehi pito o te tumu, kia haere atu ai te tūī ki te kai i aua hua (JPS 1895:139). / The hōuto is the poroporo fruit very carefully selected for the best ones, quite ripe and of a perfect shape; that poroporo fruit is gathered and tied to one end of the bird snare to attract the tūī.
2. (stative) be ripe, mature (of fruit).
Ka maoa ngā hua o te tawa me te taraire i te tōmuringa o te raumati me te tōmuatanga o te ngahuru (Te Ara 2011). / The fruit of tawa and taraire are ripe in late summer and early autumn.
2. (stative) be ripe, mature (of fruit).
Kei tētahi tāone, ko Nerehana te ingoa, kua tīmata te hua tuarua anō o ngā rākau, te āporo, te paramu, me te karani, nui atu, kua maoka ngā hua rākau ināianei (HTK 11/8/1894:2). / In one town, called Nelson, the second harvest of the trees has begun, apples, plums and currants and many others and the fruit is ripe now.
pakari
1. (verb) to be mature, ripe, strong, hard, strapping, muscular, well-built, sturdy, robust.
Ka tae ki te wā kua pakari a Iratūmoana, ka rongo mō Tarakura, kotahi atu ka patua te taniwha rā (EM 2002:83). / The time arrived that Iratūmoana had matured and when he heard about Tarakura, he went straight off and killed that taniwha.
Synonyms: ruarangi, tōtōpū, whakapūioio, hiwa, maonga, maoka, maoa, tuakaka, pūioio, kōpaka, mārōrō, pakaua, whakapakeke, koeke, taikaumātua, tūpakeke, whatutoto, taipakeke, pakeke, pāhake
2. (modifier) mature, ripe, strong, hard, strapping, muscular, well-built, sturdy, robust.
He tangata nui, pakari te tipu, he ātaahua (HP 1991:24). / He was a big man of solid build and was handsome.
3. (noun) maturity, toughness.
Kite rawa hoki a Te Koreneho i te pakari, i te ātaahua o Karaitiana, me te pai hoki o tana pānui i te Paipera Tapu i te reo Māori (TTR 1990:223). / Colenso saw the maturity and how handsome Karaitiana was, and his fluency in reading the Bible in Māori.
Synonyms: poutūmārōtanga, pakeke, poutūmārō
hareto
1. (noun) ripe fruit of the poroporo.
Kainga ai te hareto i ngā wā o mua, engari he tāoke ki te tangata mehemea i kainga matatia. / Ripe poroporo fruit was eaten in former times, but it is toxic to humans if eaten unripe.
Synonyms: hōreto
tāngorungoru
1. (intransitive verb) to be thoroughly ripe, thoroughly cooked.
Ki a au nei kia roa tonu te kamokamo e tunu ana, kia tāngorungoru tonu, kātahi ka tino reka rawa atu (HJ 2017:114). / I think that when kamokamo is cooked for quite a long time so that it's thoroughly cooked, then it's the tastiest.
maonga
1. (stative) be cooked.
Ka kī ngā ipu i ngā kōkō, ka mauria ki te ahi, ka kōhuatia; ka maonga, ka mauria mai ki te aroaro o Rupe (NM 1928:25). / When the containers were filled with tūī they were taken to the fire, boiled, and when cooked they were presented to Rupe.
See also maoa
ngoungou
1. (verb) to be thoroughly ripe, well cooked, soft.
Kāore i tua atu o te pītiti ka waiho kia ngoungou mai i te rākau, ka rere te wai i te kauae, i ngā ringa (PK 2008:533). / There is nothing better than a peach that's been left to ripen thoroughly on the tree, when the juice flows down the chin and from the hands.
2. (noun) topknot on the forehead.
kohoho
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare - native shrub to 3m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: tūpurupuru, pōporo, peoi
2. (noun) fruit of the poroporo and other species.
Ka kite rāua i te tūī e kai ana; te kohoho i te kohe (JPS 1941:125). / They saw the tūī feeding on the fruit of the kohe tree.
pēia
1. (noun) kiekie, Freycinetia banksii - a thick native vine which has long leaves with fine teeth crowded at the end of branches. Flowers consist of three cream-coloured fingers surrounded by fleshy white bracts. Fruit spikes are 15 cm long, green when unripe, brownish when ripe. Leaves used for weaving. Found in both the North and South Islands in coastal and lowland forest and scrub.
remuroa
1. (noun) black nightshade, Solanum nigrum, small-flowered nightshade, Solanum americanum - similar branching common herbs growing to 1 m. They have white to purple flowers with yellow centres and round berries, shiny black when ripe.
See also raupeti
tīrori
1. (noun) fruit of kiekie, Freycinetia banksii - a thick native vine which has long leaves with fine teeth crowded at the end of branches. Flowers consist of three cream-coloured fingers surrounded by fleshy white bracts. Fruit spikes are 15 cm long, green when unripe, brownish when ripe. Leaves used for weaving. Found in both the North and South Islands in coastal and lowland forest and scrub.
tōtara papa
1. (noun) pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi, Leucopogon fraseri - a very small shrub up to 15 cm high. The small leaves are very close-set with a sharp stiff point at the apex. The fruit are yellowish-orange when ripe.
See also pātōtara
Synonyms: tōtara pārae, tōtara tāhuna, pātōtara
tōtara pārae
1. (noun) pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi, Leucopogon fraseri - a very small shrub up to 15 cm high. The small leaves are very close-set with a sharp stiff point at the apex. The fruit are yellowish-orange when ripe.
Synonyms: tōtara papa, tōtara tāhuna, pātōtara
tōtara tāhuna
1. (noun) pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi, Leucopogon fraseri - a very small shrub up to 15 cm high. The small leaves are very close-set with a sharp stiff point at the apex. The fruit are yellowish-orange when ripe.
Synonyms: tōtara papa, tōtara pārae, pātōtara
