taiawa
1. (noun) channel, passage, narrow dry watercourse.
Synonyms: pāhihi, kūititanga
2. (noun) vagina.
2. an insect.
maunene
1. (personal noun) vagina, female genitals - a personified form of some part of the vagina.
Ka uru atu a Hā ki roto i ngā kūhā kāore tonu i takitaro e kauhikahika ana rāua kua tae noa mai ngā mahi a Mokakati rāua ko Maunene (JPS 1928:372). / Hā entered between the thighs and it wasn't long after they were rubbing back and forth that Mokakati and Maunene began to work.
See also tara
mokakati
1. (personal noun) vagina, female genitals - a personified form for some part of the vagina.
Ka uru atu a Hā ki roto i ngā kūhā kāore tonu i takitaro e kauhikahika ana rāua kua tae noa mai ngā mahi a Mokakati rāua ko Maunene (JPS 1928:372). / Hā entered between the thighs and it wasn't long after they were rubbing back and forth that Mokakati and Maunene began to work.
See also tara
2. (noun) frost, ice.
Kia mātaratara i runga, kia mātaratara i raro, kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keho, he hauhunga (TMT 2/9/1861:23). / Let it be intensely cold above and below, let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost.
See also keo
3. (noun) vagina, vulva.
Ki te tohe mai ia he aha te kai mā te niho kehokeho he keho anō! Tū ana te kehokeho! (K 1993:41). / Should he persist in asking what the food for the vulva's teeth is tell him it is the vulva! Long live the vulva! (K 1993:42).
kiritore
1. (noun) vagina, female genitals, vulva.
See also tara
tewhatewha
1. (noun) long wooden or bone weapon with a flat section at one end like an axe.
Ko ā rātou rākau patu tangata, he koikoi, he huata, he taiaha, he tewhatewha, he hoeroa; he mea tārai ki te toki pounamu, ki te toki kōhatu (JPS 1899:179). / Their man-killing weapons were spears, lances, taiaha, tewhatewha and long whale-bone weapons fashioned with greenstone and stone adzes.
2. (noun) vagina, female genitals, genitalia, vulva.
tōkini
1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.
See also tara
2. (verb) to shine (e.g. through a narrow aperture).
Ka kitea te mārama tū-ā-iti nei e tore ana; i kitea ki te angotanga o te kēkē o Rangi (White 1 1887:144). / A glimmer of light was shining; seen in the gap in Rangi's armpit.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
3. (modifier) quick, keen, sharp (of eyesight).
Kīia ai te tangata karu tore, ‘he kanohi hōmiromiro’ (Te Ara 2016). / A person with sharp eyesight was said to have 'eyes of a tomtit'.
4. (noun) vagina, vulva.
Koia nei te pūtake mai o te ure tāne. Koia nei te pūtake o te tore wahine i te ao nei (JPS 1903:150). / That is the origin of the male penis. That is the origin of the female vagina in this world.
namu
1. (noun) sandfly of various species, black flies, Austrosimulium spp. - tiny, blackish, hump-backed, biting insects. The females need to suck blood for their eggs to mature.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 58-59;)
Ka kī te waeroa ki tōna taina, ki te namu, 'Me waiho kia ahiahi ka haere ai tāua hei wheowheo taringa, hei hohō taringa.' (W 1971:54) / The mosquito said to its junior relation, the sandfly, 'We should wait until it's evening and then go to hum and buzz the ears.'
2. (noun) vagina, female genitals, vulva.
Ko te whakaputanga o te tamaiti i te namu o te whaea ki te aotūroa (W 1971:217). / The progressive movement of the child through the vagina of the mother into the enduring world.
kauraho
1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.
See also teke
tara
1. (noun) peak, point, thorn, tooth (of a comb), papillae (of the skin), sprocket, cog.
Ka orohia te pounamu hei matau, hei pākuru, hei tara tao (Te Ara 2013). / The greenstone was ground and made into fish hooks, hammer stones and points for spears.
Synonyms: hīnawanawa, keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tihi, keokeonga, maunga, keho, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, mata, matū, matamata, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore
2. (noun) cloak pin, spike.
Kātahi ka wetekina te hei, te tara, te makao, ka horahia atu, ka hoatu ki te mano e noho mai rā (NM 1928:152). / Then the neck ornament, the cloak pin and the shark's tooth were untied, laid out and presented to the thousands sitting there.
3. (noun) rays (of the sun).
He kupu anō te hihi mō ngā tara o Tama-nui-te-rā (Te Ara 2013). / Hihi is another word for the rays of the sun.
4. (noun) vagina, female genitals, genitalia, vulva.
Ko te tara te puaretanga o te kōpū, te ara e kuhu ai te ure i te aitanga a te tāne me te wahine. Koia hoki te ara e puta ai te pēpi i te wā whakawhānau (RP 2009:383). / The vagina is the opening of the womb, the path that the penis enters when a man and woman copulate. It is also the passage whereby the baby emerges at childbirth.
2. (noun) hilltop.
Ka whiriwhiri ētahi toa maha tonu i tētahi parehua, i tētahi kehokeho rānei mō rātou (HM 4/1998:5). / A significant number of males choose a ridge or a hilltop for themselves.
3. (noun) vagina, vulva.
Ki te tohe mai ia he aha te kai mā te niho kehokeho he keho anō! Tū ana te kehokeho! (K 1993:41). / Should he persist in asking what the food for the vulva's teeth is tell him it is the vulva! Long live the vulva! (K 1993:42).
