waekura
1. (noun) umbrella fern, Sticherus cunninghamii - creeping native ground fern with drooping, umbrella-like fronds, whitish below, rising up to three tiers, each forking three to four times in star-like patterns. Common in dry, open forest and roadside banks.
See also tapuwae kōtuku
amarara
1. (loan) (noun) umbrella, brolly, parasol, protection, patronage, unifying agency.
He whakamarumaru te amarara i te ua me te rā. / An umbrella is protection from the rain and sun.
Synonyms: hamarara, ahuahunga, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru
hamarara
1. (loan) (noun) umbrella, brolly, parasol, protection, patronage, unifying agency.
Rere ai ia ki runga noa atu, kātahi ka pupuri ki tētahi mea pēnei me te hamarara te āhua, ka tuku iho ai ki te whenua (TP 2/1900:4). / He was flying a long way above, then he held a thing shaped like an umbrella which let him down to the ground.
See also amarara
Synonyms: amarara, ahuahunga, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru
puketangata
1. (noun) umbrella sedge, Cyperus eragrostis - tufted leafy sedge, with triangular stems up to 90 cm tall, leaves arranged in threes, with a group of 5 to 7 green round flowerheads, each made up of broad flattened flower spikes, with 5 to 8 long grass-like leaves immediately under this, at the end of flower stalk. Scattered throughout both islands, locally abundant in wet areas such as the banks of rivers and streams, swamps and ditches.
upokotangata
1. (noun) giant umbrella sedge, Cyperus ustulatus - a native plant with grass-like, broad, folded, hard, glossy leaves spreading from the top of the tall, unjointed, triangular stem. Has shiny, dark brown seed heads and is found along wet, sandy edges of tidal streams and rivers.
See also toetoe upokotangata
ohoeka
1. (noun) lancewood, Pseudopanax crassifolius - tree with long, thick, stiff leaves with teeth and a central rib, turned down like ribs of an umbrella from a usually slender, erect stem in young trees. Adult tree is round-headed up to 15 m high with a straight, clean trunk and shorter, wider leaves.
petipeti
1. (noun) jellyfish - a general name.
Te tangata tuatahi he petipeti (W 1971:278). / The first being was a jellyfish.
Synonyms: kakaru moana, kūreperepe moana, maremare tai, kūreperepe ā-tai, tepetepe, pūkarukaru, pūkahukahu
2. (noun) common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita - translucent umbrella of 75-125 mm across and often washed ashore in spring and summer.
3. (noun) crown fern, Blechnum discolor - tufted native ground fern with an erect crown of fronds, paler on the undersides. Separate, rather shrivelled, more erect fronds bear the spores. Also spreads from runners to form colonies. Common in drier and open forest.
See also piupiu
horoeka
1. (noun) lancewood, Pseudopanax crassifolius - tree with long, thick, stiff leaves with teeth and a central rib, turned down like ribs of an umbrella from a usually slender, erect stem in young trees. Adult tree is round-headed up to 15 m high with a straight, clean trunk and shorter, wider leaves.
kokoeka
1. (noun) lancewood, Pseudopanax crassifolius - tree with long, thick, stiff leaves with teeth and a central rib, turned down like ribs of an umbrella from a usually slender, erect stem in young trees. Adult tree is round-headed up to 15 m high with a straight, clean trunk and shorter, wider leaves.
