2. (noun) washing, soap.
3. (noun) wash.
Ko te tino taonga ia mō rātou ko te wai kia āhei ai ratou te horoi i ō rātou tinana, i ngā kākahu, me ngā aha noa, aha noa (KO 15/8/1885:2). / But for them the prized possession is water so that they are able to wash their bodies, clothes and other things.
pāiri
1. (noun) wash boards - attached to the sides of a canoe.
Kātahi ka mahia te waka, ki te pāiri, ka pania ki te ware pia rākau, ka pania ki te hinu ururoa, tātere (JPS 1913:179). / The canoe was then prepared by adding wash-boards, and coating it over with tree-gum and by painting with shark oil.
2. (noun) clay, white clay.
Ka oti, ka pania ki te uku a waho, kei puta atu te wai ki a ia (JPS 1904:92). / When it was completed it was plastered with clay, so the water might not get in.
3. (noun) pottery.
He kura ukiuki te mahi uku nō Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Nō te taenga ki Aotearoa ka ngaro i te Māori ēnei pūkenga. Nō te tekau tau 1950 kātahi anō ka tīmata anō te whakamiha atu ki ngā mahi uku i ngā mahi a ngā iwi taketake o Amerika (Te Ara 2017). / Pottery making was an ancient Pacific practice. By the time the Māori reached New Zealand they had lost these skills. From the 1950s Māori artists began making pottery again, drawing inspiration from the work of the native peoples of America.
Synonyms: taonga uku, pereti, matapaia
4. (noun) soap.
2. (noun) board for moving and working soil.
3. (noun) wash board (of a canoe).
4. (noun) river bank.
Ka puta te kupu oati a te kāwanatanga ki te whakaara taraipiunara hei whiriwhiri i te nui o te moni kāpeneheihana ki te hunga e noho kau ana i ngā paretai o ngā awa (TTR 1998:198). / The government promised to set up a tribunal to assess compensation for people living on the banks of the rivers.
tāuwhiuwhi
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to sprinkle.
Hei hiki i te tapu, i mua i tō rāua haerenga atu ki te pāparakāuta o Tāneatua, he mea tāuwhiuwhi e Wī ngā moni ki te wai awa, me tana mea anō ki tana hoa, kua tino mataku kē nei tērā, kia kopi tonu ōna ngutu (TTR 2000:247). / To neutralise any tapu, before they went to the Tāneatua Hotel Whitu sprinkled the money with river water and told his friend, who was very frightened, to keep his lips sealed.
See also tā-
2. (noun) shower (washing the body).
Ko ētahi o ngā kōrero i raro nei, mō te horoi i te hōpua (he 'tāpu' ki ētahi), ko ētahi mō te horoi i te tāuwhiuwhi (HJ 2012:216). / Some of the language below is for washing in the bath (a tub to some), others are for washing in the shower.
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
kehakeha
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt only found in lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
mīmiha
1. (noun) ambergris - a strong-smelling waxlike secretion of the intestine of the sperm whale sometimes found floating in the sea or washed up on the shore. Used in the perfume industry.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia kawea mai e ngā tāngata whai mīmiha tohorā, ka utua i runga i te utu nui rawa e Hēmi A. Hararete (KO 17/3/1887:11). / This is a notice that invites people who have ambergris to bring it in and they will be paid handsomely by James A. Haslett.
2. (noun) New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri - distinguished from the larger New Zealand sea lion by lacking obvious ears and being unable to stand on all fours when on land.
I haere atu te mīmiha ki uta ki te kimi kai hei oranga mōna, ka kī te puku, ka moe (TPH 28/10/1905:1). / A New Zealand fur seal went ashore to look for food to sustain itself, and when its stomach was full it slept.
See also kekeno
ngaiore
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
īnanga papa
1. (noun) common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
ngaure
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
ngore
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
