tangiwai
1. (noun) translucent variety of greenstone, olive-green with streaks of white - found at Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) and Te Wai Pounamu (Greenstone Valley).
Heoi, whakamanawanui tonu, ka kitea ngā kōwhatu pounamu i konei e Hine-ahu; nō te tangihanga o Hine-ahu, koia te tangiwai (JPS 1914:8). / Nevertheless, they went on with stout hearts, and then Hine-ahu discovered some greenstone. Because of her lamentations it was called 'tangiwai'.
