tāmana
1. (loan) (noun) salmon, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar and five species of the genus Oncorhynchus, Pacific salmon.
Nā Te Pāti o Ākarana, rāua ko Rewi Maniapoto i kawe ngā ika Pākehā, he tāmana te ingoa, ki te awa i Pūnia, i Waikato (TW 24/11/1877:3/459). / Mr Birch of Auckland and Rewi Maniapoto have brought introduced fish, called salmon, to the Pūniu River in Waikato.
Synonyms: hāmana
māeneene
1. (stative) be smooth, soft to the touch.
Ka warua katoa ngā tapeha, māmā ana tērā ki te pupuri. Māeneene ana (HP 1991:15). / When the bark was scraped off it was easy to hold. It was quite smooth.
See also maene
2. (noun) variety of harakeke from Te Urewera. Tall, bendy, but strong durable blades. Medium green with red margins and keel. Very bright salmon red at base of plant and inside the base of the cut blade. Has few, very tall kōrari. a fine kete and whāriki variety.
