papakura
1. (noun) a type of insect.
Ko āna kupu ēnei, "Kei mahara iho koe ki te umu i taona ai e koe aku tamariki, ahakoa muia tō rātou umu e te papakura, ko te tae atu anō ahau ki Kaiapoi." (TP 3/1913:7). / These were his words, "You should remember the oven where you cooked my children, although their oven is swarmed over by insects, I will arrive again at Kaiapoi."
2. (noun) red glow.
Kī ana te rangi i te papakura o Te Tahu Nui ā Rangi (Ng 1993:383). / The sky was filled with the red glow of the Aurora Australis.
Synonyms: tūtutupō, pākurakura
3. (noun) shortfin eel, Anguilla australis - a quite large type of eel, dark olive to olive-green in colour, and whitish-grey to silvery ventrally. Widespread in lowland fresh waterways. Usually nocturnal and lives under cover of overhanging rocks and debris. Caught in a hīnaki.
See also matamoe
Synonyms: hikumutu, takotowhenua, tuna hinahina, putu, tuna, tuna heke, matamoe, aopori, hao
