2. (noun) thatch of rushes, roof shingles.
Ko ngā toetoe o te tuanui he pereki papa (TP 6/1903:2). / The shingles of the roof are of brick tiles.
3. (noun) toetoe, Cortaderia spp. - native plants with long, grassy leaves with a fine edge and saw-like teeth. Flowers are white, feathery, arching plumes. Grow on sand dunes, on rocks and cliff faces, along streams and swamp edges. The stems were used for tukutuku panels.
He toetoe anō te toetoe, he raupō ano te raupō, he kākaho ano te kākaho, otiia mā te ringa tangata e raweke aua mea ka kīia ai he whare (TW 13/1/1877:13). / Toetoe is just toetoe, raupō is just raupō, and toetoe stems are just toetoe stems, but by human hands manipulating those things a house is created.
4. (noun) fernbird, Bowdleria punctata - a warm brown bird heavily streaked and spotted dark brown with a long frayed tail. Secretive and lives in freshwater and tidal wetlands.
See also mātātā
toetoe ngaungau
1. (noun) cutty grass, Gahnia lacera - a sedge found from North Cape to Whanganui. Grows 60 cm-1.5 m tall with wide yellowish green leaves that have a sharp cutting edge. Short flowering stems are stiff, and the panicles are followed by shiny black fruit.
Synonyms: tatangi, toetoe kiwi, tarangārara
toetoe tarangārara
1. (noun) cutty grass, Gahnia lacera - a sedge found from North Cape to Whanganui. Grows 60 cm-1.5 m tall with wide yellowish green leaves that have a sharp cutting edge. Short flowering stems are stiff, and the panicles are followed by shiny black fruit.
See also toetoe ngaungau
toetoe kiwi
1. (noun) cutty grass, Gahnia lacera - a sedge found from North Cape to Whanganui. Grows 60 cm-1.5 m tall with wide yellowish green leaves that have a sharp cutting edge. Short flowering stems are stiff, and the panicles are followed by shiny black fruit.
See also toetoe ngaungau
Synonyms: tatangi, toetoe ngaungau, tarangārara
kākaho
1. (noun) culm, stem of toetoe - used for lining the walls of buildings and for making kites.
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati. (Nā Kīngi Tāwhiao tēnei tongi). / If there is but one toetoe stem it will break, but if they are together in a bundle they will never break. (This saying is by King Tāwhiao).
2. (noun) line of weaving, layer of toetoe thatch on a roof, etc.
2. (modifier) folded once, having one aspect, united, single.
Pū ngātahi ai te ngākau tapatahi me te pukumahi i te wahine nei, i riwhariwha nei te whatumanawa i te matenga o te maha o tōna whānau (TTR 2000:30). / This woman combined integrity with hard work, despite a heart scarred by the deaths of many of her family.
Synonyms: tōtahi, takakau, tahi, kotahi, kōtahitahi, takitahi
3. (noun) uprightness, honesty, righteousness, vitue.
He pai ki te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi, i te tangata he parori kē ōna ara, ahakoa he whai taonga ia (PT Nga Whakatauki 28:6). / Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
4. (noun) small fish basket - made of toetoe leaves for holding fish.
E rua tapatahi inanga, ka hoatu ēnā ki te aroaro o Kahu rātou ko ōna hoa tohunga (W 1971:383). / There were two baskets of whitebait, and those were placed in front of Kahu and his fiends.
