pākurakura
1. (modifier) red, crimson.
Uenuku: he atua Māori, tōna kāinga kei ngā kapua pākurakura o te rangi i te marangai i te uru; he mea anō kei roto kei te āniwaniwa (TKM.MM 3-4/1855:32). / Uenuku: a Māori ancestor of significance, whose residence is in the red clouds of the eastern and western sky; and is also in the rainbow.
Synonyms: ura, whero, nganangana, pūwhero, tōwhero, waipū, ngangana, hīwera, kākaramea, kura
2. (noun) red, red glow, redness.
Ko te āhua pai mai o ēnei tini tāngata rerekē nei ngā kahu, ko te rangatira o ngā hōiho, ko te pākurakura o ngā pōtae, te āhua rangatira o ngā whītiki o ngā tāngata, me ngā kāhahu hoki, me ngā hou ngāueue o ngā pōtae, nui atu te rawe me te āhua rangatira mai o aua tini kaiwhiu hāriata me ngā hōia (TKM.MM1/1/1855:17). / The appearance of the numerous men with unusual garments, the beauty of the horses, the red of the caps, the grand sashes and clothing and the quivering plumes of the hats of the coachmen and soldiers was a very striking and impressive sight.
3. (noun) red pigfish, Bodianus unimaculatus - has a deep body and pointed head. Adults are orange-red to scarlet, white ventrally, lower flanks with faint, red longtudinal lines. Large, black spot on dorsal fin. A species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from southeastern Australia to northern Aotearoa/New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. It inhabits reefs and offshore waters, where it occurs at 6-60 m deep.
