paewhenua
1. (noun) dock (weed), strong growing weeds, New Zealand dock, Māori dock, Rumex flexuosus, Rumex obtusifolius - weeds with broad leaves.
Nō tōna kitenga mai ka ngaro koe kei roto i te tātarāmoa i te paewhenua, ka puta tōna aroha, kātahi anō ka tipia te tātarāmoa me te paewhenua (KO 15/12/1884:7). / When he observed that you were lost in the brambles and the dock, he felt compassion and then cut down the brambles and dock.
Synonyms: runa
2. (verb) (-a,-na) to avenge, take revenge, take vengeance.
Ka ngakia tērā mate, ka hinga a Ngāti Rangiwewehi (TTR 1990:9). / That death was avenged when Ngāti Rangiwewehi were defeated.
3. (verb) (-a,-tia) to apply oneself to, occupy oneself intently with, strive for, make every effort, endeavour, take advantage of enthusiastically.
I ngā tekau tau atu i 1870 i kaha ake te whakawhānui haere mai o te mahi tūruhi, ā, ngakia ake ana te manawareka o te hunga whakaeke e mīharo nei ki te taiao (TTR 1996:230). / During the 1870s, tourism expanded rapidly with local Māori enthusiastically taking advantage of the interest shown by visitors in their natural environment.
4. (modifier) weeding, cultivating, planting.
Kātahi ka whakawhiti taonga a Te Mātenga rāua ko Turikatuku: ka riro i a Turikatuku he hetiheti rino, ka hoatu ki a Te Mātenga te kō ngaki māra a Turikatuku (TTR 1990:378). / Then Marsden and Turikatuku exchanged tools: Turikatuku received an iron hoe and Marsden was given Turikatuku's garden cultivation tool.
5. (modifier) vengeful, retaliatory, revengeful.
Kua mate noa ake au i te aroha ki a Puhihuia. Engari, ki te mea ka riro ia i a au ka waiho hei take ngaki mate mō tātou. He puhi ia, he tapu hoki (TWK 2:26). / I am deeply in love with Puhihuia. But if I take her it will become a matter of revenge against us. She is a puhi and is tapu.
Synonyms: rautipu
6. (noun) weeding, cultivating, clearing.
Tīhema. Ko ngā mahi mō tēnei marama, rite tahi ana ki ō tērā kua pahemo atu rā, arā, te mahi kāri, te whakatō purapura, te ngaki otaota, te hanga taiepa, te kāta rākau, te waruwaru i ngā hipi, me te whakamaroke i ngā tarutaru hei kai mā te hōiho (TKM.MM 16/12/1861:20). / December. The work for this month is the same as that for the one just passed, that is, working the garden, planting out seeds, weeding, erecting fences, carting wood, shearing the sheep, and making hay as food for the horses.
7. (noun) revenge, vengeance, retaliation, reprisal, retribution.
Ka whānau rā tana tamaiti i huaina nei ko Tūwhakairiora, i tohia nei, mai rānō i tōna kopū, mō te ngaki i te mate o tana pāpā, o Poroumātā (RK 1994:160). / When her son was born he was named Tūwhakairiora, who was dedicated from the time he was in her womb to the vengeance of the death of her father, Poroumātā.
Synonyms: ngakinga, rautipu, utu, rautupu, whakakaitoa, uto, utunga, whakarite
3. (noun) mana transfer rod - a stick to which the mana of a dead person was attached in order to transfer the mana to his successor.
Ka mōhio mai a Ihenga e pērā ana te ngākau o tōna pāpā rāua ko tōna taina, a Tawake, kua kite tonu atu i te motu o te taringa. Kua waiho te otaota tapu ki runga ake o te urunga titi ai, kua tū atu ki runga karanga atu ai, “Haere mai, taihoa tātou e tangi. Tēnei te otaota o tō tuakana, o Tūhoro.” (JPS 1893:226). / Ihenga knew what was in the heart of his father and his younger brother, Tawake, for he had seen the torn ear. He then put the sacred wand on top of the pillow, and arose and said, “Come, we'll weep presently. This is the otaota of your older brother, Tūhoro.”
2. (noun) scuffle hoe, dutch hoe - a light garden implement for weeding.
pinātoro
1. (noun) Strathmore weed, New Zealand Daphne, Pimelea prostrata - a mat-forming shrub with obvious leaf scars on the older stems and very small, blue-green crowded leaves, white flowers in clusters. It is found from rocky sea cliffs to open mountain slopes.
Synonyms: wharengārara, wharengāngara
tarutaru
1. (noun) grass, weeds, small vegetation, cannabis, marijuana.
Ka kite au i ngā hipi me ngā koati e whāngaia ana rātou ki ngā tarutaru papai (KO 15/3/1883:7). / I saw the sheep and the goats being fed with good grass.
Synonyms: tarukino, taru rauhea
wharengārara
1. (noun) lance fern, Anarthropteris lanceolata - native fern that creeps as a mat over tree trunks, forming small tufts of undivided, fleshy, pointed fronds. Large brown spore-patches on the undersides of fronds form visible bulges on top. Common on smooth-barked trees, but also occurs on rocks and banks.
2. (noun) Strathmore weed, New Zealand daphne, Pimelea prostrata - a mat-forming shrub with obvious leaf scars on the older stems and very small, blue-green crowded leaves, white flowers in clusters. It is found from rocky sea cliffs to open mountain slopes.
See also pinātoro
Synonyms: wharengāngara, pinātoro
wharengāngara
1. (noun) Strathmore weed, New Zealand daphne, Pimelea prostrata - a mat-forming shrub with obvious leaf scars on the older stems and very small, blue-green crowded leaves, white flowers in clusters. It is found from rocky sea cliffs to open mountain slopes.
See also pinātoro
Synonyms: wharengārara, pinātoro
māheuheu
1. (noun) weeds, vegetation.
Ko Te Heuheu Tūkino Tuarua tēnei, tama a Te Heuheu Herea rāua ko Rangiaho. Ko te take o taua ingoa nō ngā otaota a waho o te ana o Te Rangi-pūmamao i Waihora, i te taha hauāuru o Taupō; ko aua otaota he māheuheu (JPS 1956:190). / This Te Heuheu Tukino was the second of that name and was the son of Te Heuheu Herea and Rangiaho. The name, Te Heuheu, was derived from the vegetation outside the cave of Te Rangipumamao at Waihora, on the western shores of Lake Taupō; the vegetation was called 'māheuheu'.
taru kino
1. (noun) pest plants, noxious weeds.
Ko ngā taru kino e whakamāramatia ana, he tātarāmoa, he kōtimana, he taru haunga (TP 11/1908:10). / The noxious weeds are explained as being California thistles, Scotch thistles and fennel.
See also taru kikino
Synonyms: taru kikino
taru kikino
1. (noun) pest plants, noxious weeds.
Mehemea ka kore tētahi tangata e patu i ngā taru kikino o tēnei whenua, e āhei ana te Kaunihera ki te whakapau moni hei patu i aua taru, ā ki te tono ki taua tangata kia utua aua moni, ā ki te hāmene mehemea ka kore e utua (TPH 31/12/1903:2). / If a person will not kill the noxious weeds of this land, the Council is able to spend money to kill those weeds and to request that person pay that money, and to summons him if it is not paid.
Synonyms: taru kino
māheuheu orotā
1. (noun) noxious weed.
Synonyms: otaota orotā
otaota orotā
1. (noun) noxious weed.
Synonyms: māheuheu orotā
maheu
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to scatter, scattered.
Haere mai kia kite i a mātou i ngā maramara o te waka a Porourangi i maheu mai ki tēnei wāhi (TWM 30/8/1870:7). / Come and see us, the chips off Porourangi's canoe scattered about in this place.
Synonyms: korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
2. (modifier) overgrown (with weeds, etc.).
Me waere te ara maheu kia kite ai te tangata e haere pēhea ana ia (PK 2008:371). / The overgrown path should be cleared so that one can see where she is going.
3. (noun) trail, track - through fern or scrub.
Ko te rōpū tuarua (ā-matatau tāku e mea nei) i āhua pērā anō, arā, ko te nuinga kua neke atu pea i te tekau tau e takahi ana i ngā huanui, i ngā maheu, i ngā pokatata, i ngā ara katoa e ātaahua ake ai tō rātou reo (HM 4/1994:5). / The second group (I'm saying that they are fluent) are similar, that is, the majority have been walking the roads, the tracks, the short routes and all the paths whereby their language will be beautiful for probably more than ten years.
