aute
1. (noun) paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera - formerly cultivated to make cloth, but now no longer found in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
He rākau iti te aute, hōrapa te tipu ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, heoi kāore i kaha te tipu ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2015). / The paper mulberry is a shrub that grows throughout the Pacific, but did not thrive in New Zealand.
2. (noun) cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree.
Te manu aute nō te iwi Māori: Mehemea ka whatua taua mea, kia rite tonu ki te āhua o te manu e rere nei. Ka mahia e te Maori hei manu, ko ngā paihau me te tinana o te manu. Ka takaia te tinana o te manu, me ngā paihau, ki te aute. Koia tōna ingoa he manu aute (JPS 1901:191). / The kite made of paper mulberry cloth of the Māori people. That thing was woven into the exact resemblance of a flying bird. It was made by the Māori as a bird having wings and a body, and these wings and body were wound around with paper mulberry cloth. That is why it was called a manu aute.
