ngārara
1. (noun) insect, creepy-crawly, reptile.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 115; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 2; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 7;)
Koia nei te tīmatanga o ngā mea katoa i te ao nei, ahakoa tarutaru, rākau, kōhatu, ngā ika, ngā manu, ngā ngārara, ngā pāpā, ngā pūwerewere, ngā mū, ngā pūrerehua (W 1971:213). / That is the beginning of all things in this world, whether it be vegetation, trees, rocks, fish, birds, reptiles, geckos, spiders, insects or moths.
2. (noun) bug, bacterium, bacteria, germ, bacillus, bacilli.
Ko te pūtake o tēnei mate he ngārara anō. Tērā taua ngārara e tipu ki ngā wāhi katoa o te tinana, engari ko te pukapuka te wāhi e tino nohoia ana (TTT 1/7/1922:10). / The cause of this disease is actually a bacterium. That bacterium can grow anywhere in the body, but the lungs is the primary place that it resides.
Synonyms: huakita
3. (noun) monster.
Kai Te Aupōuri me Ngāti Kurī tētahi atu ngārara ngata he pūpū harakeke tōna ingoa (TWK 41:17). / In Te Aupōuri me Ngāti Kurī territory there is another monster snail called a pūpū harakeke (Placostylus ambagiosus).
