mawera
1. (verb) to be reddish.
Mehemea ka tahuna i te rātā, i te korukoru, ka mawera te aruhe, arā ka pūwhero (JPS 1928:74). / If bracken is burned off when the rātā and scarlet-flowered beech mistletoe are in bloom, then the bracken roots become reddish.
Synonyms: pūwhero, kuratea, mākurakura, kehu, kaho, whewhero, pūwherowhero, wherowhero
