takurua
1. (verb) to be winter.
E whawhai huakore noa iho ana ki te ope a Te Kooti, kātahi ka hoki whakamuri mai he kore nō Te Arawa i hiahia ki te whawhai i te wā e takurua ana (TTR 1990:283). / After inconclusive fighting with Te Kooti's forces the column withdrew, as Te Arawa troops did not wish to fight in winter.
2. (noun) winter.
I hangā e te kiore tana kōhanga kia āhuru ai ia i te takurua (TTT 1/10/1924:118). / The rat built its nest so that it would be warm in the winter.
hūtoke
1. (verb) (-tia) to be cold.
Kua hūtoketia ngā waewae (W 1971:73). / The feet are affected by the cold.
See also hōtoke
2. (noun) winter.
Hei te hūtoke rā anō kimihia haeretia anō ai he huruhuru (HM 3/1976:3). / Eventually in the winter we'll again seek some financial support.
2. (noun) winter.
Ahakoa te kino o ngā rā o te hōtoke o tērā tau, e 40 anake ngā hōkete i toromi i te waipuketanga o te awa (TRA 1/1/1929:914). / Despite the bad weather in winter last year, only 40 hoggets drowned when the river flooded.
mākeremumu
1. (personal noun) winter.
Ko mākeremumu hupe tautau (TP 2/1909:11). / In winter the mucus dangles. (A whakataukī referring to effects of winter.)
E whakatata nei e mākeremumu hūpē tautau, kāore anō kia kitea he kāinga (HM 1/1991:5). / Winter was approaching and a home had not yet been found.
2. (modifier) cold.
I mahara rātou he whenua makariri a Poneke, ina hoki kua mate noa atu rātou i te makariri ki Ākarana (KO 16/11/1885:5). / They thought that Wellington was a cold place because they had felt the cold in Auckland.
3. (noun) cold, coldness.
Ko wai e pai ki tēnā kāinga hōrakerake? He nui te makariri (W 1971:59). / Who would like that exposed home? It's very cold.
4. (noun) winter.
He tau e pai ana te whai a te koanga i muri o te makariri, a te raumati i muri o te koanga, a te ngahuru i muri o te raumati (TP 6/1910:2). / Normally in a year spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer.
tau kotipū
1. (noun) year with an early winter.
Arā i te mea hoki e kai tonu ana i tana kai nei i te tangata i ngā tau katoa, kāore hoki ana tau e kūī, kāore ana tau kotipū, kāore he takurua (MM.TKM 2/1/1851:4). / And that was because it was always eating its diet of people every year, it had no years of food shortages, no early winters and no winter.
kōnini
1. (noun) fruit of the tree fuchsia, tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) - a tree with light brown, flaky bark and leaves which drop off in winter. Dark purplish red flowers occur over spring and are followed by dark purple berries popular with birds. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves drop off in winter.
Otirā ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / But only exotic trees are deciduous, however the native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
See also kōtukutuku
2. (noun) tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) - a tree with light brown, flaky bark and leaves which drop off in winter. Dark purplish red flowers occur over spring and are followed by dark purple berries popular with birds. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves drop off in winter.
Ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / Only exotic trees are deciduous, however the only native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
kāhikahika
1. (noun) scarlet rātā vine, Metrosideros fulgens - a native vine with yellow to bright red flowers, mainly during winter.
See also rātā
Synonyms: whakatangitangi, akatawhiwhi, amaru, rātā
kaweau
1. (noun) Delcourt's sticky-toed gecko, Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti - a species of lizard which was the largest of all geckos at over 600 mm long. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand but now thought to be extinct.
See also kawekaweau
2. (noun) long-tailed cuckoo, Eudynamys taitensis - large brown cuckoo, boldly streaked brown with black. It inhabits mainly forested areas migrating to the Pacific Islands in winter.
See also koekoeā
Synonyms: kawekaweau, koehoperoa, koekoeau, kōhoperoa, kokoea, kawekaweā, koekoeā
kawekaweau
1. (noun) Delcourt's sticky-toed gecko, Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti - a species of lizard which was the largest of all geckos at over 60 cm long. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand but now thought to be extinct.
He kawekaweau te mōkai a te tipuna rā, a Kahungunu, ka noho ki roto i tētahi ipu. Ka whakaaturia e ia te kawekaweau hei whakamataku i ōna hoariri (Te Ara 2015). / The ancestor Kahungunu kept a kawekaweau (large gecko, now extinct) in a jar. He displayed it to scare his enemies.
