tara
1. (noun) peak, point, thorn, tooth (of a comb), papillae (of the skin), sprocket, cog.
Ka orohia te pounamu hei matau, hei pākuru, hei tara tao (Te Ara 2013). / The greenstone was ground and made into fish hooks, hammer stones and points for spears.
Synonyms: hīnawanawa, keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tihi, keokeonga, maunga, keho, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, mata, matū, matamata, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore
2. (noun) cloak pin, spike.
Kātahi ka wetekina te hei, te tara, te makao, ka horahia atu, ka hoatu ki te mano e noho mai rā (NM 1928:152). / Then the neck ornament, the cloak pin and the shark's tooth were untied, laid out and presented to the thousands sitting there.
3. (noun) rays (of the sun).
He kupu anō te hihi mō ngā tara o Tama-nui-te-rā (Te Ara 2013). / Hihi is another word for the rays of the sun.
4. (noun) vagina, female genitals, genitalia, vulva.
Ko te tara te puaretanga o te kōpū, te ara e kuhu ai te ure i te aitanga a te tāne me te wahine. Koia hoki te ara e puta ai te pēpi i te wā whakawhānau (RP 2009:383). / The vagina is the opening of the womb, the path that the penis enters when a man and woman copulate. It is also the passage whereby the baby emerges at childbirth.
tara
1. (noun) gossip, scandal, rumour.
E hika mā, whakarongo mai ki te tara ka iriwharetia, tē ai he makeretanga ki raro (W 1971:80). / Friends, listen to the gossip that is told in the house and not allowed to subside.
Synonyms: kōrero takuahi, waha kau, wawara, kōhimuhimu, kohimu, kōhumuhumu, tūtara, paki, pakitara, māteatea, tarawau, heitara, pakiwaitara
tāra
1. (loan) (noun) dollar.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 48;)
He maitai te kotahi tāra me te rua tāra o Aotearoa, he pepa ngā mea nui ake i tērā te wāriu (PK 2008:862). / The one and two dollars are coins in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the ones above that in value are notes.
See also taara
tara
1. (noun) white-fronted tern, Sterna striata - the most common tern on the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Often found in large flocks. Has a long black bill, is pale grey and white with a black cap, which is separated from the bill by a white forehead. Juvenile is brown and white on upper parts.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 4;)
Ka kite ana rātou i ngā manu pērā i te tākapu, te tara me te ōi, ka mōhio rātou kei te tata rātou ki te whenua (Te Ara 2013). / When they saw birds such as gannets, terns and petrels they knew they were close to land.
tara iti
1. (noun) fairy tern, Sterna nereis, little tern, Sterna albifrons - a very small tern uncommon in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The fairy tern is a rare native and the little tern an uncommon asian migrant.
See also tara teoteo
Synonyms: tara teo, tara teoteo
2. (noun) you idiot, what a fool, what a moron, what a blockhead - a term of criticism with numerous equivalents in English.
tara piroe
1. (noun) black-fronted tern, Sterna albostriata - an inland tern of the South Island. It has a blue-grey body, wings and short shallow-forked tail, orange bill and legs and black cap.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 25;)
See also tara pirohe
mangō tara
1. (noun) spiny dogfish, spotted spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias - a fish brownish-grey above with irregular white spots and white below. Body elongated with both dorsal fins preceded by a sharp spine. Reaches 1.2 m. Found in temperate waters around the world.
See also pioke
kōrero tara
1. (noun) legend, story, fable.
Ka tuhituhia e ia he kōrero tara, he kōrero pūrākau hei mahi moni māna. / He wrote a story so he could earn some money.
See also tara
Synonyms: pakiwaitara
tara teo
1. (noun) fairy tern, Sterna nereis, little tern, Sterna albifrons - very small terns uncommon in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The fairy tern is a rare native and the little tern an uncommon Asian migrant.
Synonyms: tara teoteo, tara iti
rua tāra
1. (noun) two dollar coin, $2.
Heoi, kei reira tonu ngā tohu ki te hono o tēnei whenua ki Peretānia, pērā i te pane Kuīni kei runga i ngā tāra me ngā rua tāra (Te Ara 2013). / But there are still signs of this county's link with Britain, such as the Queen’s head on New Zealand dollar and two dollar coins.
