2. (modifier) rough, violent, tempestuous, stormy, turbulent (of wind, rain or the sea).
Me ko au tērā i runga i te waka e rutua ana e te moana hūkerikeri, he ruaruaki kau te mahi! (HJ 2012:150). / If that was me on the canoe being tossed about by the rough sea, I would have been vomiting endlessly.
3. (noun) roughness, tempestuousness, storminess, turbulence (of wind, rain or the sea).
I te hūkerikeri o te wai me te kaha o te hau ka rere te pūpūtai ki te tāhuna rā anō (PK 2008:717). / Because the water was so rough and the wind so strong the spray flew as far as the sandbank.
kina
1. (noun) sea egg, common sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus - a marine echinoderm which has a spherical or flattened shell covered in mobile spines with a mouth on the underside. Lives under rock ledges below low tide. Covered with long, sharp brown spines and feeds on seaweed.
Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.
See also kina ariki
Synonyms: pūrau
2. (noun) line, rail - on which anything is hung.
Me hanga he tārawa, kia rima tekau whatianga te tiketike (PT Ehetere 5:14). / Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high.
3. (noun) wave, swell, roller (of the sea).
Ko Korongata tētahi kāinga i ngaromia e te wai me ngā tārawa (HTK 9/12/1893:5). / Korongata was one village destroyed by the water and the waves.
5. (noun) stave, staff (music) - a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch.
E rua ngā tohu tārawa matua, ko tētahi mō ngā oro mārū, ko tētahi mō ngā oro tīkā. Mēnā e hono ana ngā tārawa, he tohu tērā kia haere tahi ngā oro kei ngā tārawa e rua (RTP 2015:114). / There are two main clefs, one for the low pitched notes and the other for high pitched notes. If the staves are joined that is a symbol that the notes should go together on the two staves.
2. (noun) pointed stick or instrument with which to take food, skewer.
Ko ia te kaiwhāngai i a Pinepine. He pūrau te tikanga whāngai i a Pinepine, pērā i ngā tohunga tapu o mua atu (TTR 1996:132). / She fed Pinepine in the manner of the sacred tohunga of former times using a pointed stick as the method to feed her.
3. (noun) sea egg, common sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus - a marine echinoderm which has a spherical or flattened shell covered in mobile spines with a mouth on the underside. Lives under rock ledges below low tide. Covered with long, sharp brown spines and feeds on seaweed.
kakerangi
1. (noun) New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri - distinguished from the larger New Zealand sea lion by lacking obvious ears and being unable to stand on all fours when on land.
Kei Parakiwitini e patu mai rā a Taiaroa i te kakerangi e takaru rā kei te moana (G 1853:380). / At Parakiwitini Taiaroa is killing fur seals that splash about in the sea.
2. (noun) New Zealand sea lion, Hooker's sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri - larger than the New Zealand fur seal, it has small, obvious ears and can move on land on all fours. The male is heavily-built, with a thick coat of dark brown hair. The female is smaller, sleeker, and grey.
Ka hia rau ngā momo ika kei ngā wai tai o Aotearoa. Kitea anōtia ai he kekeno, he kakerangi, he aihe, he tohorā (Te Ara 2015). / There are many fish species in New Zealand’s coastal waters. Fur seals, sea lions, dolphins and whales are also seen.
3. (noun) bird species that figures in traditional narratives.
Ka hoki mai a Manu-korihi me tōna iwi ki tō rātou nei kāinga, ki Whiti-ānaunau, me ngā huruhuru o ngā manu nei o te kakerangi, o te kohiwai, o te kohirangi, koia nei ngā huruhuru hūmaeko i riro mai i a rātau. He nui te pai o aua huruhuru e kīia ana, te huatau (JPS 1922:20). / Manu-korihi and his people returned to their home at Whiti-ānaunau, bringing with them the feathers of the kakerangi, kohiwai, and kohirangi birds, these were the tail feathers that they obtained. Those feathers were very beautiful and were considered to be elegant.
au tuke
1. (noun) heavy seas, rough sea.
I ngā rā tōmua o Oketopa 1844, ka rere whaka-te-raki ia i roto i tētahi kahupapa waka itiiti. Nō tō rātou taenga ki te kūrae o Paparoa i te 10 o Oketopa, ka ākina e te au tuke, ka tahia atu a Tūhawaiki ki te moana (TTR 1990:370). / Early in October 1844 he sailed north in a flotilla of small boats. When they reached Paparoa Point on 10 October, they were buffeted by heavy seas and Tūhawaiki was swept overboard.
2. (noun) New Zealand sea lion, Hooker's sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri - larger than the New Zealand fur seal, it has small, obvious ears and can move on land on all fours. The male is heavily-built, with a thick coat of dark brown hair. The female is smaller, more sleek, and grey. Sometimes used for the male only.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 18;)
He maha tonu ngā uwha whakahao kua hapū i te toa kotahi (PK 2008:1082). / Quite a few female New Zealand sea lions become pregnant from one male.
2. (noun) leader.
I a ia e tupu ake ana i te kāinga o Te Karaka, ā, atu i te tau 1904, i te kāinga pātata mai nei, i Whakarapa, i tino kawekawea ake ai a Whina e ngā mahi a tōna matua, he poutoko nei mō tōna iwi (TTR 2000:56). / While growing up at the village of Te Karaka and, from 1904, the adjacent settlement of Whakarapa, Whina was profoundly influenced by her father’s roles as a community leader.
See also poutoko iwi
Synonyms: kaiārahi, kaiārahi, kākākura, kākākura, pouwhenua, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, kaiwhakataki, wheao, wheao, tumuaki, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, uru, kaihautū, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ariki, ihorei, ihorei, kahika, kahika, tātarariki, tātarariki, whakataka, whakataka, amorangi, kaitaki, hautū, hautū, amorangi, kaitātaki, manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki
rāpoka
1. (noun) New Zealand sea lion, Hooker's sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri - larger than the New Zealand fur seal, it has small, obvious ears and can move on land on all fours. The male is heavily-built, with a thick coat of dark brown hair. The female is smaller, more sleek, and grey. Sometimes used for the male only.
au hāro
1. (noun) calm sea, smooth sea.
Kua mawhiti anō te haere ki roto o Tākitimu waka, ki reira rumaki ai i te wairua ki tō tātou reo Māori, ki reira anō hoki rumaki ai i te tinana ki te au hāro o Waimārama (HM 3/1995:2). / We have jumped again into the Tākitimu canoe territory, there to immerse the soul in our Māori language and to immerse our bodies in the calm sea of Waimārama.
au miha
1. (noun) heavy seas, rough sea.
E tino mōhio ana tātou katoa e ikapahi nei e ū ai te waka e hoea nei i tēnei wā i te au miha o te kūare, o te tino kore mōhio nei, ki uta, me mātua whakangungu ngā kaiwhakaako (HM 3/1995:5). / All of us assembled here well know that in order for the canoe we are paddling at this time in the heavy seas of ignorance and great lack of understanding, to reach the shore we must train the teachers.
2. (verb) to be rough, disturbed (of the sea).
Ka heua ā rātou karakia e pohepohe ai ngā wai o te whanga e kore ai e taea e te taua o Ngāmotu te whakawhiti atu (Te Ara 2016). / They performed incantations, making the waters of the harbour too rough for the war party of Ngāmotu to cross.
Synonyms: whenewhene, karekare, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
3. (verb) to be dazzled, blinded.
4. (modifier) rough, disturbed (of the sea).
He rite te waka hourua ki te waka ama. He tere, he ngāwari ki te hautū, taea noa te whakatere i ngā moana pohepohe (Te Ara 2016). / Double-hulled canoes were similar to outrigger canoes. They were fast and easy to manoeuvre, and could sail rough seas.
5. (noun) roughness (of the sea).
Nā te pohepohe o ngā wai o tōna takutai, he uaua te hī ika (Te Ara 2016). / Because of the roughness of the waters of its coast fishing was difficult.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pukepuke
2. (noun) roughness, mountainous (of the sea).
Ahakoa te haruru o te hau, te pukepuke o te moana, haria atu ana a ia mā te waka tere ki te motu o Ruapuke tāpuke ai i te taha o ōna tūpuna (TTR 2000:242). / Despite the howling wind and the mountainous seas, he was ferried to Ruapuke Island to be buried by his ancestors.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe
3. (noun) hill, hillock, small hill, mound.
He tino whakaahua ātaahua ki a rātou ngā maunga, ngā pukepuke, ngā ngahere, ngā kapua, ngā pārae e hipokina nei e ngā tarutaru matomato (TTT 1/8/1926:442). / To them the mountains, hills, forests, clouds and the undulating country covered in lush grass is a beautiful picture.
hūmenga
1. (noun) wandering sea anemone, Phlyctenactis turberculosa - not permanently fixed to a base, the surface is studded with bladder-like projections and it has numerous short tentacles encircling the open end. Amber-grey or light brown on the outside with yellowish tentacles.
Hopukina ai e ngā humenga ngā ika nohinohi me ētahi atu kararehe pakupaku, mā ō rātou kawekawe tini (TWK 36:10). / Small fish and some other small creatures are caught by the wandering sea anemones with their multitude of tentacles.
whenewhene
1. (modifier) rough, choppy (of the sea).
Kia tūpato i a koutou e tere ana i te ara whenewhene o Te Moana o Raukawa. / Be careful when you are travelling on the rough routes of the Cook Strait.
Synonyms: pohepohe, karekare, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
2. (noun) roughness, choppiness (of the sea).
Engari kia maumahara tātou ko te wā o te āiō tēnei, taihoa anō te tuarangaranga, te whenewhene o Hinemoana! (HM 2/1989:1). / But we should remember that this is a time of calm, in the future the boisterousness and roughness of Hinemoana will occur again!
kōrawarawa
1. (verb) rough, agitated (of the sea).
Kōrawarawa te ngaru, ka rere te nehu (W 1971:140). / The waves are rough and the spray is flying.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, karekare, tū, oru
