2. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
Synonyms: tairaki, pipi tairaki, kaitua, kahitua, taiwhatiwhati
tuatua
1. (verb) (-ina) to chop repeatedly.
Ko tētahi mate o ngā manu ko te tuatuanga i ngā ngahere, e tae ana ki te rau mano ngā eka e tuatuaina ana i te tau kotahi (Ngā Kōrero Pāremete 20/8/1889). / A particular problem for the birds is the cutting down of the forests, including a hundred thousand acres felled in one year.
tairaki
1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
See also tuatua
Synonyms: taiwhatiwhati, pipi tairaki, kaitua, tuatua, kahitua, rereho, kararuri, karekawa, koeo, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, karahū, tohemanga, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totorere, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, mimiti, tītiko, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, pōrohe, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko, karariwha, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tanetane, torewai, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, pure, ngūpara, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, karahiwa, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, tupa, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, whāngai karoro
pipi tairaki
1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
See also tuatua
Synonyms: kahitua, taiwhatiwhati, tairaki, kaitua, tuatua, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, ngūpara, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, kararuri, karekawa, koeo, koriakai, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, whētiko, karariwha, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totorere, karahiwa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, awatai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, pūpū tarataratea
2. (noun) tuatua shell.
I kowania ki te pipi tairaki, kia rahirahi ai he pānga mai mō tō rākau. Auē! (W 1971:152). / It was scraped with a tuatua shell so that your weapon would be thin when striking. Oh dear!
taiwhatiwhati
1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
See also tuatua
Synonyms: tairaki, pipi tairaki, kaitua, tuatua, kahitua, korohiwa, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, kūpā, matamatangongo, kōramu, hānea, tākupu, rereho, tanetane, torewai, uere, whētikotiko, pure, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, toheroa, miware, pūpū, peke, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, tipa, totoro, tupa, ngākihi, taiawa, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, kuku-mau-toka, matangongore, maurea, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū tuatea, pūtātara, purewha, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, pōrohe, awatai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, totoro, totorere, toretore, kākahi, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangārahu, karehu, ngāruru, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū waharoa, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, piritoka, angarite, harihari, hoehoe, kāeo, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, tungangi, uere, wētiwha, karahū, ngūpara, kūkuku, kukupati, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, tuangi, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, ataata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio repe, totoro, tupa, ngaingai, rūharu, ngaere, kukupara, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngāruru, papatua, karekawa, koeo, koio, kōrama, korona, kūpā, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, tāwiri, waharoa, ngāeo, papatai, hohehohe, pātitotito, karariwha, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waitai, pūrimu, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, hauwai, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeo, koio, kōrama, kororiwha, marapeka, matatangata, matapura, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi haruru, mitimiti, ngārahu taua, kaitangata
kaitua
1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of this bivalve is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
Synonyms: taiwhatiwhati, tairaki, pipi tairaki, tuatua, kahitua
kahitua
1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a this bivalve is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.
Kāore e pai te mahi kahitua i te tai ninihi, i te mea kāore te tai i tino heke atu i tēnei wā o te marama (PK 2008:499). / It is no good collecting tuatua at the neap tide, because the tide doesn't get really low at this time of the month.
Synonyms: taiwhatiwhati, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kaitua, tuatua
