para
1. (noun) refuse, rubbish, waste, trash.
Makaia atu ai ngā para me ngā aha noa iho o ngā kāinga ki reira. / Rubbish and any old thing from the homes is discarded there.
See also parakore
Synonyms: parahanga, rāpihi, kohe, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, kapurangi, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, huru, kape, tohe, whakahoe, whakakāhore
2. (noun) sediment.
E rite ana ngā uaua toto o te tinana ki te kōrere wai. Ka mahea ana te kōrere, pai ana te rere o te wai. Ka putu ana he para ki roto i te kōrere, kua iti haere te rere o te wai. Mehemea ka purutiti i te para, kati tonu atu. Pērā tonu te āhua o te rere o te toto i ngā uaua ki te manawa (Wh3 2003:121). / The arteries of the body are like water pipes. When the pipe is clear, the water flows well. When sediment collects in the pipe, the flow of water diminishes. If it is clogged up with sediment, it is blocked. The flow of blood in the arteries to the heart are exactly the same.
3. (noun) left over pieces stripped off in preparing harakeke (New Zealand flax).
See also kaku
