2. (noun) call of the shining cuckoo.
Me tioro haere anō e koe tēnei reta e whai ake nei ki ngā marae o tama mā, o hine mā, arā, me, 'kūī, kūī, whiti, whiti, whitiwhitiora' (HKW 1/11/1900:8). / The following letter should be broadcast to the marae of our young men and women, it should call 'kūī kūī, whiti, whiti, whitiwhitiora'.
pīpīwharauroa
1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
Ki te whiua te tangata ki te pātai ‘I hea koe i te tangi o te pīpīwharauroa?’, he taunu tērā i te tangata tē kitea i te whakatōnga, heoi, i te hauhaketanga ka puta ake (Te Ara 2012). / If a person is asked, ‘Where were you when the shining cuckoo sang?' it is a derogatory comment of the person who is not seen at planting time, but shows up at harvest time.
Synonyms: whēnakonako, piripiriwharauroa, wharauroa, nakonako
2. (noun) white and green variety of greenstone like the dappled breast plumage of the shining cuckoo.
wharauroa
1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
See also pīpīwharauroa
Synonyms: whēnakonako, piripiriwharauroa, nakonako, pīpīwharauroa
nakonako
1. (verb) (-tia) to adorn, ornament.
He wheua toroa ngā uhi, arā te mea māna e nakonako te kiri o te tangata (W 1971:217) / The chisels were albatross bone, that is the one for him to adorn the skin of a person.
Synonyms: tāraro, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakaniko, whakarei, pōria, whakanakonako, whakapīwari
2. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
See also pīpīwharauroa
Synonyms: whēnakonako, piripiriwharauroa, wharauroa, pīpīwharauroa
whēnakonako
1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
See also pīpīwharauroa
Synonyms: piripiriwharauroa, wharauroa, nakonako, pīpīwharauroa
piripiriwharauroa
1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
See also pīpīwharauroa
Synonyms: whēnakonako, wharauroa, nakonako, pīpīwharauroa
