pūnu
1. (loan) (noun) spoon (cutlery).
I whakangotengotea i te tuatahi, i muri ka whāngaia ki te pūnu, i muri mai ka paruparua he kai, i muri mai ka tīmata te whāwhā i tētahi kai māna (TTT 1/6/1926:426). / At first a child was suckled, and later it was fed with a spoon, and after that its food was mashed up, and later still it began to feed itself.
koko
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to scoop up, shovel.
Ka koko parengo ia ki roto i tōna waha, me te kōtamutamu anō o ōna ngutu. "Hmm...āhua totetote tēnei kai." (TWK 36:4). / He scooped parengo seaweed into his mouth and smacked his lips. "Hmm...This food is quite salty."
Synonyms: kārehu, hakohako, hāwara, hako, hāpara, kāheru, kōutuutu, tīkoko, kaku, kapu, awhe
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to pull up.
Ka tahuri rātau ki te koko rimu hei takotoranga mō ngā pāua me ngā ika maroke kia mākūkū ai, koi kino i te rehu waitai (JPS 1913:111). / They proceeded to pull up seaweed as receptacles for the pāua and the dried fish so that they would be moist, and so that they should not be spoiled by the sea spray.
korokio
1. (noun) korokio, Corokia cotoneaster - a native shrub with alternating spoon-shaped long leaves, silvery white below and bright yellow, star-like flowers. Fruit is bright red to yellow. Has black bark and tangled zigzag branches; Corokia buddleoides - a native shrub with long, narrow, alternating leaves, silvery white below. Bright yellow flowers are star-like and the fruit dark red to black.
See also korokio tāranga
Synonyms: korokio tāranga
2. (noun) dwarf cabbage tree, pigmy cabbage tree, Cordyline pumilio - found in the northern half of the North Island in scrubby areas. Has a short stem and long narrow leaves and does not grow higher than 1 m.
See also mauku, tī rauriki
Synonyms: kōpuapua, mauku, tī koraha, tī rauriki
korokio tāranga
1. (noun) korokio, Corokia cotoneaster - a native shrub with alternating spoon-shaped long leaves, silvery white below and bright yellow, star-like flowers. Fruit is bright red to yellow. Has black bark and tangled zigzag branches; Corokia buddleoides - a native shrub with long, narrow, alternating leaves, silvery white below. Bright yellow flowers are star-like and the fruit dark red to black.
Synonyms: korokio
kōtuku ngutupapa
1. (noun) royal spoonbill, Platalea regia - a large white bird with a long, black, spoon-shaped bill and black legs which feeds on tidal mudflats by sweeping its bill from side to side.
Synonyms: kōtuku-ngutupapa
kōtuku-ngutupapa
1. (noun) royal spoonbill, Platalea regia - a large white bird with a long, black, spoon-shaped bill and black legs which feeds on tidal mudflats by sweeping its bill from side to side.
Synonyms: kōtuku ngutupapa
