wāina
1. (loan) (noun) wine.
He kaihoko mātou i te parani, i te rama, i te wāina, me ngā huka, tī, parāoa, me ērā atu mea (TW 22/6/1878:12/320). / We are sellers of brandy, rum, wine, as well as sugar, tea, flour and other things.
See also kerepi
2. (loan) (noun) grape.
E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā hua rākau katoa, arā, paramu tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini hua rākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are prepared to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plum trees, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.
3. (loan) (noun) kūmara variety - introduced in the 19th Century.
ruerueke
1. (noun) New Zealand ice plant, Disphyma australe - a native plant with green to wine red, succulent, three-angled leaves and white to deep pink flowers. Its sprawling nature forms a mat and is found on coastal cliffs, salt meadows and sometimes behind sandy beaches.
See also horokaka
Synonyms: ngarangara
hākarameta
1. (loan) (noun) sacrament, Holy Communion, Eucharist - the Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.
I te tū-ā-ahiahi, he mea karakia e Pīhopa Aperahama rāua ko Pīhopa Hopihanihi, ā kai ana a Pīhopa Herewini i te hākarameta (TW 17/8/1878:412). / In the afternoon, Bishops Abrahams and Hobhouse administered the Holy Communion to Bishop Selwyn.
ngarangara
1. (noun) small thing.
E mau atu nei tētahi rārangi pātai e pā ana ki te 'Muka' hei whakakī mai mā koutou, mā te hunga whai mai i ēnei ngarangara kōrero a Te Taura Whiri (HM 2/1994:11). / Attached here is a list of questions concerning the 'Muka' newsletter for you, the people who follow these small news items of the Māori Language Commission, to fill out.
2. (noun) New Zealand ice plant, Disphyma australe - a native plant with green to wine red, succulent, three-angled leaves and white to deep pink flowers. Its sprawling nature forms a mat and is found on coastal cliffs, salt meadows and sometimes behind sandy beaches.
