pekanga
1. (noun) side road, branch off, branch road, extension (telephone), branch, branch path.
He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.
2. (noun) method, procedure, process, way, route.
Ko tētahi huarahi e ora roa ai tō tāua reo me whakaako i ngā kura Māori, kāhore he huarahi kē atu (RK 1994:49). / One way for our language to survive for a long time is that it should be taught in Māori schools, there is no better way.
2. (noun) kākā perch and snare.
Tau atu ana te kākā ki te huanui, ehara, ka mau (PK 2008:143). / The kākā lands on the perch and snare, and behold, it is caught.
3. (noun) horizontal guard position using a taiaha or tokotoko - the taiaha or tokotoko is held horizontally before the body and in the case of the taiaha the arero end is to the left.
Ko te huanui ko te takoto tonu o te tokotoko i mua i te kaihāpai. I a ia ka haere ki tana taha katau ka mau ki te tokotoko ki tana ringa mauī, ā, i a ia ka haere ki te taha mauī e rua ringaringa ki te tokotoko. / The huanui position is when the walking stick is held horizontally in front of the carrier. When he is walking to his right side he holds the walking stick in his left hand and when he goes to the left side both hands are on the walking stick.
4. (noun) locus (maths).
Ko te huanui tētahi huinga pūwāhi ka hua mai i tētahi ture (TRP 2010:217). / The locus is a set of points resulting from a formula.
pūrātoke
1. (verb) to glow, gleam.
Ka kitea, i tētahi taha o te huarahi e haere atu nei ia, e rua ngā mea e pūrātoke mai ana i roto i te wāhi ururua. Mōhio tonu ia he kanohi kurī kai tangata e rarama mai ana (TWM 11/7/1863:3). / On one side of the road along which he was travelling he saw two things glowing in the undergrowth. He knew immediately that they were the gleaming eyes of a man-eating animal.
2. (noun) glowworm, Arachnocampa luminosa, glowworm larvae - common on the walls of caves, damp road banks and riverbanks. The larvae live in a slimy, tube-like nest. Each has up to 70 sticky 'fishing lines' and a blue-green light attracts flying insects at night. The adult lives for two to three days.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 48;)
Nāna i whakamau he pūrātoke e rua ki tana pakihiwi hei ārahi i a rātou i roto i te pōuri (TTR 1998:48). / He placed a couple of glowworms on his shoulder to guide them in the dark.
See also titiwai
3. (noun) bright spark, clever person.
kiokio
1. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
Arā anō he aruhe i kainga e te Māori, tae atu ki ngā pihinga o te kōwaowao, te rereti, te mouku, te huruhuru whenua, te koru o te kiokio me te pikopiko (Te Ara 2011). / Māori ate other ground ferns, including the young fronds of hound’s tongue fern, rereti, hen and chickens fern and shining spleenwort. They ate the curled shoots of kiokio and common shield fern.
taramu
1. (loan) (noun) tram - a passenger vehicle powered by electricity conveyed by overhead cables, and running on rails laid on the road.
Nō te rerenga o te taramu ka mīharo te kaiwhakahaere i tōna kitenga i te pēpi nei (TKO 15/3/1916:9). / When the tram moved off the operator was amazed to find this baby.
See also taramukā
horokio
1. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
Nō te taenga o Tainui ki Kāwhia, ka ngakia ngā purapura a ngā wāhine i mau mai nei i Hawaiki, wehe kē ngā māra a tētehi, wehe kē ā tētehi. Ko te whenua i whakatōkia ai ko Te Papa-o-Kārewa, wāhi o Kāwhia. Te tupunga ake o ngā māra nei puta mai te kūmara a Mārama he pōhue, puta ana te hue he māwhai, puta ana te aute he whau, puta ana te para he horokio, ka hē te tupu o ngā purapura a Mārama, te take i hara ia ki tana taurereka (TWMNT 12/12/1872:156). / When the Tainui canoe reached Kāwhia, the women, who had brought seeds from Hawaiki, planted them, each woman having a separate garden. The land that was planted was Te Papa-o-Kārewa, a place at Kāwhia. When these gardens grew Mārama's kūmara emerged as convolvulus, the gourd plants appeared as māwhai, the paper mulberry as corkwood and the king fern as kiokio. The reason that Mārama's seeds grew incorrectly was because she misbehaved with her slave.
See also kiokio
tūhara
1. (noun) pēpepe, Machaerina sinclairii - a sedge found throughout most of the North Island, often on damp cliffs and road banks. It has long, slightly drooping bright green iris-like leaves. The flowering stems are rigid with drooping, fine, rusty red flowers.
Synonyms: toetoe tūhara, pēpepe
piupiu
1. (verb) (-a) to wave about, move to and fro, oscillate, swing, skip (with a rope), wield, brandish.
Tino mīharo ana ngā tamariki o te marae ki te hōiho o te Kōmihana, o John Cullen e kanikani haere mai ana, me te Kōmihana e piupiu mai ana i tana pītara (TTR 2000:246). / The children of the marae admired Commissioner John Cullen’s horse as it danced towards them, with the commissioner waving his pistol.
Synonyms: ngapu, ngāruerue, pioi, takaoreore, kōpiupiu, ngarue, kaurori, koiri
2. (noun) skipping, skipping rope.
3. (noun) waist-to-knees garment made of flax - has a wide waistband and is used in modern times for kapa haka performances.
Nā Te Arawa te poi tuatahi, e 50 te matua, he mā te kākahu, he piupiu te paki (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Te Arawa performed the first poi song and there were 50 in their group, with white garments and piupiu as their skirts.
5. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
6. (noun) gully fern, Pneumatopteris pennigera - tufted native ground fern, sometimes forming a short thin trunk. Its brown-stalked, pale, dark-veined fronds have 15-30 pairs of long, round-notched leaflets. Common in damp forest gullies.
See also pākauroharoha
Synonyms: pākau, pākauroharoha
pēpepe
1. (noun) butterfly, moth.
Ko ētahi o te aitanga pepeke ko te waeroa, te pūrerehua, te pēpepe, te pūngāwerewere, te namu (Te Ara 2012). / Some of the creatures of the insect world are mosquitoes, butterflies and moths, spiders and sandflies.
Synonyms: pūrerehua, pepe, pūrēhua, pūrerehu, pūrehurehu
2. (noun) pēpepe, Machaerina sinclairii - a sedge found throughout most of the North Island, often on damp cliffs and road banks. It has long, slightly drooping bright green iris-like leaves. The flowering stems are rigid with drooping, fine, rusty red flowers.
See also tūhara
Synonyms: tūhara, toetoe tūhara
