tāwhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch out, step out, pace, stride, move the limbs alternately.
Kaua hai titiro ki raro rā anō, engari ki ō waewae noa iho i a koe e tāwhai haere atu ana (HP 1991:58). / Don't look at the bottom, but just at your feet as you stride along.
Synonyms: whetoko, tāwhaiwhai
2. (verb) (-tia) to travel over, traverse.
Ka tāwhai atu i Tīoripātea ki roto o Murihiku (TTR 1990:368). / They traversed Haast Pass and into Southland.
3. (verb) (-tia) to imitate, impersonate, mimic.
Taea ai e te tūī te tāwhai ngā reo o ētahi atu manu, tae rawa ki te tangata (Te Ara 2014). / Tūī can imitate the sounds of other birds and people.
Synonyms: whakahuahua, whakatau
4. (verb) (-tia) to trace, copy.
Whakatakotoria he pepa angiangi ki runga ake o te pikitia e hiahia ana koe ki te tāwhai, kia kitea tonutia ai te whakaahua i raro iho, ka tuhi ai i te hua ki te pepa o runga ake (HJ 2012:195). / Lay thin paper on top of the picture that you are wanting to trace, so that the image can be seen, then draw the outline onto the paper on top.
5. (verb) to rival.
E kore e taea te tāwhai te whare o Ngāti Toa (W 1971:407). / It's not possible to rival Ngāti Toa's house.
Synonyms: tautētete, wheinga, kātata, hoa kakari, tauwhāinga
6. (noun) stepping, striding.
Ka haere atu māua ki te taiapa pōkaikai haere, tūtū, arā, kua meatia e ngā tāngata nei ki runga i taua pōkai waea takitaki, e rua ngā papa, pai noa iho tā rātau tāwhai atu ki runga i ngā papa, ka tāwhai atu ki waho (HP 1991:172). / We went to the roll of fencing where these men had placed two boards on the rolls of fence wire so that their stepping on the boards and walking out was a simple matter.
tawhai
1. (noun) silver beech, Nothofagus menziesii - a tall tree with roundish small alternating leaves which have rounded double teeth.
See also tawai
Synonyms: tawai, tirowhārangi
2. (noun) freestyle.
2. (noun) freestyle (swimming).
tāne tāwhai wahine
1. (noun) female impersonator.
Ko ngā kaimahi he kuīni whakarākei, he tāne tāwhai wahine, he tangata kahuwhiti, he taihemawhiti, he tāne moe tāne, he tāne moe wahine, he wahine moe wahine. (Townsend, 2018) / The staff were a mix of drag queens, female impersonators, transvestites and transsexuals, plus a few gay men, straight men and lesbian women.
tawhairauriki
1. (noun) black beech and mountain beech, Nothofagus solandri - trees with rounded, toothless, small leaves.
See also tawairauriki
Synonyms: tawairauriki
korukoru
1. (noun) flower of the scarlet-flowered beech mistletoe, Peraxilla colensoi - a hemiparasitic bushy shrub with thick leaves and obscured viens. Flowers red, long and narrow, fruit oval and yellow. Found on tawhai, pōhutukawa and Pittosporum species.
See also pirita
pirirangi
1. (noun) red mistletoe, Peraxilla tetrapetala - a hemiparasitic bushy shrub with thick leaves and obscured veins. Flowers red, long and narrow, fruit oval and yellow. Found on tawhai species.
Synonyms: pikirangi
pirita
1. (noun) supplejack, Ripogonum scandens - a high-climbing, woody native plant with tough pliant stems used in the construction of hīnaki, etc. Longish leaves are opposite, toothless, with obvious lengthwise parallel veins and the round fruit bright red. Stem is usually finger-thick, smooth and almost black.
Ki te mau mātau e takahi ana i tēnei ture a rātau, ka whiua mātau ki te kirikau, ki te pirita rānei, mamae rawa (HP 1991:32). / If we were caught disobeying this rule of theirs we were punished with the strap or a supplejack cane and it really hurt.
See also kareao
Synonyms: kekereao, karewao, taiore, kakareao, kakarewao, akapirita
2. (noun) green mistletoe, Ileostylus micranthus - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick leaves of various shapes. Flowers greenish yellow and fruit pale yellow. Found on a range of hosts throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also pirinoa
4. (noun) yellow mistletoe, Alepis flavida - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick bright green to yellow-green leaves. Flowers yellow and fruit oval and yellow. Found mainly on tāwhai species.
See also pirinoa
5. (noun) white mistletoe, Tupeia antarctica - a hemiparasitic shrub with broad to narrow leaves. Flowers yellow or yellow-green and fruit white to pink, often speckled darker pink. Found particularly on tarata, maire raunui and whauwhaupaku.
See also tāpia
6. (noun) leafless mistletoe, Korthalsella salicornioides - very small, tufted, succulent, leafless mistletoe. Dense mass of green to reddish-yellow beaded succulent stems to 10cm long growing on twigs of another plant (mainly mānuka and kānuka). Leaves (stems) 3-10mm long by 1-3mm wide, round. Flowers tiny, fruit small, yellowish.
pirinoa
1. (modifier) parasitic.
He kino te mahi a ētahi huakita pirinoa. Arā he mate ka hua mai i te whakaputanga tāoke a te huakita (RP 2009:204). / The effects of some parasitic bacteria are harmful. That is, illness results from bacteria that become toxic.
Synonyms: parakūkā
2. (noun) parasite.
Ko tētahi o ō rāua uri ko Pepetuna, arā, he pirinoa ka kai i te pūriri (Te Ara 2015). / One of their descendants was Pepetuna, the pūriri moth, a parasite that eats the pūriri tree.
Synonyms: parakūkā
3. (noun) yellow mistletoe, Alepis flavida - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick bright green to yellow-green leaves. Flowers yellow and fruit oval and yellow. Found mainly on tāwhai species.
See also pirita
4. (noun) green mistletoe, Ileostylus micranthus - a hemiparasitic shrub with thick leaves of various shapes. Flowers greenish yellow and fruit pale yellow. Found on a range of hosts throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also pirita
6. (noun) white mistletoe, Tupeia antarctica - a hemiparasitic shrub with broad to narrow leaves. Flowers yellow or yellow-green and fruit white to pink, often speckled darker pink. Found particularly on tarata, maire raunui and whauwhaupaku.
See also tāpia
