2. (noun) shoal (of eels, etc.).
2. (verb) to tremble, shiver, shudder, shake, quiver.
Kātahi te wahine rā ka here i a ia ki te timuri o te whare, me te awhi tonu i tana tamaiti moroiti ki tōna uma, ki reira wiri ai rāua i te makariri (TWMNT 21/6/1899:16). / Then that woman tied herself to the chimney of the house, while holding her infant to her breast, and there they remained shivering from the cold.
E wiri ana ngā pona, e wiri ana te kauae i te wehi (HJ 2012:272). / The kees and chin were shaking with fear.
Synonyms: hāwiniwini, oi, wanawana, harawiniwini, tūhauwiri, tūngāwiri, hūnonoi, harawiwini, tuawiri, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi, tīoioi, ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue
3. (noun) gimlet, auger, drill, screwdriver, anything for boring holes.
Ko tā te wiri he wero kōhao ki te rākau, ki te kōhatu rānei (Te Ara 2013). / Drills were used to make holes in wood or stone.
Synonyms: huriwiri
Matukutūruru
1. (location) Wiri Mountain (Auckland) - one of two volcanic cones making up Ngā Matuku-rua.
See also Matuku-rua
2. (modifier) brawny, muscular, nuggety, sinewy, wiry, stringy.
E ai ki ngā kōrero, he tangata pakaua ia. / According to accounts he was a muscular man.
3. (noun) gristle.
4. (noun) stringy fibre.
He pai ake kia tunua te mamaku kia wehe ai te pakaua i te kiko (Te Ara 2016). / It was better to roast the mamaku fern to separate the stringy fibres from the flesh.
pūwatawata
1. (noun) lanternberry, snowberry, Luzuriaga parviflora - wiry, low-growing, semi-herbaceous native perennial. Flowers solitary, more or less nodding, 1.5cm or more across, summer to autumn. Berries 1cm across, white. Found on mossy forest floors in mountains of North Island to sea level in southern South and Stewart Islands.
pāpapa-kōura
1. (noun) willowherb, Epilobium microphyllum - an endemic tufted, creeping herb with woody bases, and numerous ascending, wiry, purple-black or black stems. White petals and flowers from December - February. Found from about Kāwhia and East Cape south, locally abundant around the Cook Strait region, thence mainly easterly in the South Island in gravelly or shingly riverbeds, flats and outwash plains from sea level to 1,200 m.
papa-kōura
1. (noun) willowherb, Epilobium microphyllum - an endemic tufted, creeping herb with woody bases, and numerous ascending, wiry, purple-black or black stems. White petals and flowers from December - February. Found from about Kāwhia and East Cape south, locally abundant around the Cook Strait region, thence mainly easterly in the South Island in gravelly or shingly riverbeds, flats and outwash plains from sea level to 1,200 m.
See also pāpapa-kōura
pikopiko
1. (adjective) be meandering, wandering, rambling, winding.
Haere ai anō te kaipuke i te taha ki uta o taua toka, engari he pikopiko te ara (TWMNT 23/3/1875:67). / Ships travel on the inland side of the reef, but the route meanders about.
See also kōpikopiko
Synonyms: kōpikopiko, ikimoke, karore, kāwekaweka, parure, kaipāwe, autaki
2. (modifier) winding, crooked, meandering.
E kī ana a Riwingitone, "He mea āhuareka te titiro whakamuri ki te roa o tō mātou tira e whakawiri haere ana i te huanui pikopiko." (TWMNT 10/5/1874:110). / Livingstone says, "It was pleasant to look back at the length of our travelling party as it twisted along the winding path."
3. (noun) young curved fern shoots.
I reira anō hoki te poaka puihi, te tia, te pikopiko me te kōmata (TTR 2000:206). / There there were also wild pig, deer, fern fronds and the tender shoots of the cabbage tree.
4. (noun) common shield fern, Polystichum neozelandicum subsp. zerophyllum - tufted native ground fern with few fronds, dark, shiny and leathery, on black, wiry stalks with short, hair-like scales.
Synonyms: tutoke
piripiri
1. (verb) (-ngia) to keep close, close together, stick, cling, adhere.
I pōuri tonu te rangi me te whenua i mua: ko Rangi rāua ko Papa e piripiri tonu ana, kāore anō i wehea noatia (KO 16/9/1886:4). / Formerly the sky and the land were still in darkness: Rangi and Papa still clung together and were not yet separated.
2. (noun) burr, biddy-bid, Acaena anserinifolia - a common creeping native plant with toothed leaves, white flowers like a spiky ball and fruit of green burrs, turning reddish brown.
See also hutiwai
Synonyms: piriwhetau, kaikaiārure, pirikahu, kaiā, kaiārurerure, hutiwai
3. (noun) drooping filmy fern, Hymenophyllum demissum - the commonest of all filmy ferns, especially on the ground in wetter parts of the country. Has large smooth fronds.
4. (noun) filmy fern, Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum - a terrestrial or epiphytic native fern forming dense patches. Rhizomes long-creeping, slender, fronds dark green, strongly aromatic and was used as a scent. Stipes 20-90 mm long and slender. A very common and widespread species of closed or open forest and shrub-land from coastal to subalpine areas. Also a common species of shaded canyon walls, cliff faces, rock tors, boulder-field and talus slopes.
5. (noun) pygmy tree orchid, Ichthyostomum pygmaeum - a tiny orchid that forms tangled mats of rhizomes and pseudobulbs.One leaf grows from each pseudobulb. Leaves are pointed, green to dark green, 4-10 mm long and 2-4 mm wide with a slightly rough upper surface. Often epiphytic on bumpy bark and outer limbs of trees in coastal and montane forest.
6. (noun) Gonocarpus incanus - wiry, erect or diffusely branched endemic herb up to 40 cm. tall.
7. (noun) Gonocarpus micranthus subsp. micranthus - a slender native herb up to 10 cm. tall, rooting from lowest nodes and having many stems.
8. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, toirua, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, titipounamu, mōutuutu, tītitipounamu, kikimutu, tokepiripiri, muhumuhu, kōhurehure, hōutuutu, kotikotipa, pihipihi
runa
1. (noun) New Zealand dock, Māori dock, Rumex flexuosus - a weed with broad leaves.
Te tupunga ake o te māra nei he runa anake, he wekahu, he huainanga, he horera ngā kai (TP 2/1909:4). / What grows in this garden are dock, fat hen, and sorrel.
Synonyms: paewhenua
2. (noun) saltmarsh ribbonwood, Plagianthus divaricatus - a native shrub with few, small, narrow leaves in tufts or alternating. petals white tinged pink, fruits fawn in colour splitting to release the single seed. A dense bush with tough, wiry, dark and intertwining stems. Found at the heads of estuaries throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
moki
1. (noun) fragrant fern, Microsorum scandens - scrambling or climbing fern with a wiry, rambling stem. The dull, thin fronds are strap-like when young, becoming deeply lobed into up to 20 pairs of leaflets. Common in forest or on trees, rocks or damp ground. Traditionally used for scenting oil.
mokimoki
1. (noun) fragrant fern, Microsorum scandens - scrambling or climbing fern with a wiry, rambling stem. The dull, thin fronds are strap-like when young, becoming deeply lobed into up to 20 pairs of leaflets. Common in forest or on trees, rocks or damp ground. Traditionally used for scenting oil.
2. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.
See also mukimuki
