ura
1. (verb) to be red, brown, glowing.
Te taenga mai ki ngā takutai o Aoetaroa nei, ka kite mai i te pohutukawa e whero atu ana (e ura atu ana), ka mahara he kura pērā me tōna (TTT 31/8/1921:12). / When they reached the coast of the North Island and saw the pōhutukawa showing red (glowing red), he thought it was the same red treasure as his.
Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kākaramea, kura, pākurakura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū
2. (noun) glow.
E koea ana te ura o Puanga, te whetū o te tau (W 1971:122). / The glow of Rigel, the star of the new year, is brilliant.
pihareinga
1. (loan) (noun) black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus - flatish black insect active at night in summer when its loud high-pitched chirping is heard. Common from Kaikōura north in grassland. The Māori name probably derives from ‘bushranger’, an early New Zealand term for this species of introduced insect.
Engari, ko te pihareinga kei te noho mārire, mō te raumati ka tangi ai (TWM 22/8/1863:2). / But the black cricket hibernates and chirps in the summer.
