2. (noun) sponge - a general name for sea sponges.
Ka tīhorea te kiri, ka kitea he mea angiangi noa a roto, he mea putaputa me te pūngorungoru; he wai kau, me te wai kōrau te reka (TWMNT 24/3/1874:72). / When the rind is removed, a thin layer is found inside which is cellular like a sponge, filled with fluid tasting much like that of a turnip.
3. (noun) organ pipe sponge, Siphonochalina sp. - grows as delicate thin-walled tubes up to 300 mm tal and 25 mm in diameter. Found in deep water.
2. (noun) rough garment for wet weather.
3. (noun) rags, tattered garment.
Ko te hautai he kākahu tawhito, pākarukaru (RK 1994:190). / A 'hautai' is an old tattered garment.
kaimātai
1. to sponge off others, bludge, scrounge, cadge.
He kite nō rātou i te mate me te rawakore o te tāngata e puta mai ana i runga i te mahi whiuwhiu moni a te iwi Māori ki te whāngai i ngā ope haere noa ki te kaimātai kai mā rātou (TWM 29/12/1874:319). / Because they have seen the disease and poverty of the people appearing as a result of the Māori people providing money to feed the groups coming to beg for food for themselves.
Synonyms: whakapatipati, whakapati, pati, patipati, pīnono, pīnene, kaipaoke, pītoto
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of others.
Synonyms: kōtare, parakūkā, kōtaretare, kaipaoke
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of one's friends.
Ka patipatihia te wahine e te kaipaoke he moni māna. / The scrounger wheedled some money from the woman.
Synonyms: kōtaretare, parakūkā, kaimātai, kōtare
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to float.
Ka opeope anō te rere mai a te ao (M 2004:184). / The clouds are floating by.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to clear, remove.
4. (verb) (-a) to wipe, rinse, sponge, mop up.
Opeopea ngā kākahu ki te wai mā (Ng 1993:400). / Rinse the clothes with clean water.
papahurihuri
1. (noun) corkscrew shell, Tenagodus weldii - a sea snail with a corkscrew-shaped tube shell with and open slit running along one side. Grows to 5 cm long and the tube is 5 mm wide. The animal inside feeds by filtering food from the water. Found on the eastern coast of the northern North Island. Lives in dense yellow sponge at 45-180 m.
Synonyms: karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, koio, kōrama, karariwha
