rākau
1. (noun) tree, stick, timber, wood, spar, mast, plant - not normally used before the names of trees or plants.
Kua hōhonu ki te whenua ngā pakiaka o te rākau e kore e taea te huhuti (TWM 17/7/1869:1). / The roots of the tree are deep into the ground and cannot be pulled out.
Kua hokona he karaka, rākau nei, mō taku kāinga (HJ 2012:98). / A karaka, the tree, has been bought for my home.
Synonyms: rewa, tira, maihi, maihe, māhi, tipu, rumaki, tiri, tiritiri, kōkō, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri, tanu, pou, tou
2. (noun) weapon, arms, bat.
He manuao ririki rawa iho ēnei, he torutoru ōna pū, he tere, ko tana tino rākau patu he tōpiro (TP 11/1899:3). / These are much smaller warships, with few guns, are faster and their main weapons are torpedoes.
Synonyms: hauhau
3. (noun) challenge stick - the stick or baton that the kaiwero lays down at the pōhiri to a distinguished visitor.
Ka takoto tana rākau, ka hoki whakamuri, ka tīmata ki te ngangahu, me te whiu tika i tana taiaha, me te hūpekepeke a ōna waewae (HP 1991:84). / His challenge stick lay there and he moved backwards and began to make high pitched yelps, to wield his taiaha and to jump up and down with bent legs.
rākau whai hua
1. (noun) fruiting tree, fruit bearing tree, fruit tree.
I muri mai o te whawhai a Hone Heke rāua ko Kawiti ki Kororāreka, ka whakatōkia ngā rākau whai hua o ngā whenua mahana o tāwāhi ki ngā takiwā o Ngā Puhi rāua ko Te Rarawa, arā te panana, te paināporo, me te ārani, ā he hanga matomato rawa te tupu o aua tū kai ki konei (TWMNT 25/7/1876:173). / After Hōne Heke and Kawiti's battle at Russell, fruit bearing trees of warm countries of overseas were planted in the regions of Ngā Puhi and Te Rarawa, namely bananas, pineapples, oranges, and those types of food thrived here.
tūrepo
1. (noun) large-leaved milk tree, Streblus banksii, small-leaved milk tree, Streblus heterophyllus - spreading canopy trees growing up to 12 m high with a short, stout trunk. The large-leaved variety is found in lowland forests as far south as the Marlborough Sounds, while the small-leaved variety is found in moist areas in both the North and South Islands.
kōnini
1. (noun) fruit of the tree fuchsia, tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) - a tree with light brown, flaky bark and leaves which drop off in winter. Dark purplish red flowers occur over spring and are followed by dark purple berries popular with birds. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves drop off in winter.
Otirā ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / But only exotic trees are deciduous, however the native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
See also kōtukutuku
pua
1. (noun) birding tree - a tree (or group of trees) frequented by birds where snares are set when the birds are in prime condition.
Nā, me titiro anō te tangata kua nui te manu ki tōna pua, nā kua tetere te manu, kātahi anō ka haere ki te tāhere i tōna pua, he mea herehere ngā kaha ki te peka o te rākau, kapi tonu i te kaha te pua (Pēhi 1942:472). / Now, one should watch for when there are plenty of birds in his bird tree, and when the birds are fat, then he goes to set snares in his birding tree, the nooses are set in the branches of the tree and the birding tree is full of snares.
tī rauriki
1. (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.
Me kī, he reka atu ngā rākau iti, pērā i te tī rauriki (Te Ara 2013). / Generally speaking, the smaller trees taste sweeter, such as dwarf cabbage trees.
See also tī
tōī
1. (noun) broad-leaved cabbage tree, mountain cabbage tree, Cordyline indivisa - found from 450 to 1350 m altitude in higher rainfall areas from the Coromandel Range to Fiordland on the West Coast and Banks Peninsula. Has a stout, unbranched trunk topped with a large head of sword-shaped leaves with a reddish midrib 1-2 m long.
See also tī
tī koraha
1. (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 korokio, mauku, tī, tī rauriki
Synonyms: kōpuapua, korokio, mauku, tī rauriki
2. (noun) trunk of a tree, heart of a tree.
Ka puta ake te ngengeti i te atatū ki te kahiwi o te rākau, kātahi ka whakamāunu, ka rere (PK 2008:526). / The cicada pupa appeared on the trunk of the tree just after sunrise, then it shed its skin and flew off.
mauku
1. (noun) filmy ferns, Hymenophyllum spp. - mostly creeping, perching native ferns with thin, translucent fronds. Common in damp forest, mostly on tree trunks but also sometimes on rocks or on the ground.
Ka whārikitia ki te kiokio ki te mauku ka whakatakotoria ki runga (TP 8/1903:6). / Kiokio fern and mauku fern were laid out and it was placed on top.
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 tī rauriki
Synonyms: kōpuapua, korokio, tī koraha, tī rauriki
hutukawa
1. (noun) pōhutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, Metrosideros excelsa, Metrosideros kermadecensis, Metrosideros bartlettii - trees found in coastal areas which bear large, red flowers about Christmas time and have leaves which are velvety-white underneath. Metrosideros bartlettii has white flowers and occurs in the northern North Island.
Ka tino purotu te puāwai o te rākau, arā, o te kōwhai, o te hutukawa, o te rātā, o te heketara, o te rangiora (TTT 1/4/1929:972). / The flowers of the trees were quite beautiful, that is of the kōwhai, the pōhutukawa, the rātā, the tree daisy and the rangiora.
See also pōhutukawa
Synonyms: pōhutukawa, kaihika
2. (noun) head-dress - traditionally of red feathers.
Nā, ka tino tata tonu mai ka kite tonu mai i uta nei, ka whiua te hutukawa, i hua ki te rātā, e mumura atu ana i uta nei he hutukawa (NM 1928:95). / Now, when they were quite close they could see the shore clearly and they threw away their head-dresses because the rātā trees blooming and the pōhutukawa trees were in brilliant colour on the shore.
uho
1. (noun) heart (of a tree), pith of a tree, umbilical cord, core.
He rahi ngā kai ka kohia i te ngahere, ngā hua o te hīnau, te tawa me te miro; te pūhā, te uho o te nīkau; te aka perei me te tāwhara (Te Ara 2011). / Numerous foods were gathered from the forest, including fruits and berries from hīnau, tawa and miro; sowthistle; the hearts of nīkau palms; the roots of perei (potato orchids), and the bracts of kiekie.
Synonyms: iho
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
2. (noun) canoe without attached sides, hull, dugout.
Nō ēnei ngā rā, ka whano ka wareware ki ngā tētē, ki ngā tīwai, ki ngā tāraro i hoea ai Te Moana ki Tīkapa, ki Te Kupenga o Taramainuku, ki ngā tahataha o Tāmaki, o hea, o hea (KO 15/8/1883:6). / These days we are on the verge of forgetting the canoes with a figurehead without arms and legs, the dugout canoes and the canoes adorned with plumes and carving that paddled the Hauraki Gulf, the Manukau Harbour bar, the shores of Tāmaki and other places.
