waero
1. (noun) tail (of an animal).
Kei te pēhea te tangata hara ki ēnei kupu aroha? Kāore i te whakarongo, engari kei te whawharo haere te ihu pēnei i te hōiho matakana kei te tū te waero ki runga (TP 7/1909:7). / What does the sinful person think about these words of concern? He does not listen, but snorts like a distrustful horse with its tail raised.
2. (noun) hair of a dog's tail.
Ka whakakurītia a Irawaru e Māui, ka kūmea e ia ngā taringa, te waha, te waero, te hiawero, ngā ringaringa me ngā waewae (JPS 1923:29). / Irawaru was transformed into a dog by Māui, who extended his ears, mouth, hair of the tail, tail, arms and legs.
3. (noun) cape of dog tail skins.
Ka mau te taupaki wahine ki te wahine, te waero ki te tāne (JPS 1927:352). / The female donned a woman's apron and the man a dog-tail cloak.
kahu waero
1. (noun) cape of dog tail skins.
Ko ngā kākahu ēnei o roto o te puku: he kaitaka, he pukupuku-pātea, he pukupuku, he kahu waero, he kahu toroa, he pūahi, he kākahu kura, he kahu kiwi, he kahu kekeno, he maiaorere, he kahakaha, he korirangi, he tātata, he mangaeka tātara, he pūreke, me ērā atu (NM 1928:129). / These were the garments that were in the stomach: a flax fibre cloak with tāniko border, a cloak with an ornamental border, a cape of dog tail skins, a cape covered with albatross down, a cloak of strips of dogskin, a cape of red feathers, a kiwi feather cloak, a sealskin cape, a maiaorere fine cloak, an undergarment, a cloak ornamented with black and white thrums of unscraped flax, a flax garment worn from the waist, a cape of undressed and undyed flax, a garment of undressed flax leaves, and other garments.
See also waero
