What Is the Maori Word for Winter
takurua
1. (verb) to be winter.
E whawhai huakore noa iho ana ki te ope a Te Kooti, kātahi ka hoki whakamuri mai he kore nō Te Arawa i hiahia ki te whawhai i te wā e takurua ana (TTR 1990:283). / After inconclusive fighting with Te Kooti's forces the column withdrew, as Te Arawa troops did not wish to fight in winter.
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2. (noun) winter.
I hangā e te kiore tana kōhanga kia āhuru ai ia i te takurua (TTT 1/10/1924:118). / The rat built its nest so that it would be warm in the winter.
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hōtoke
2. (noun) winter.
Ahakoa te kino o ngā rā o te hōtoke o tērā tau, e 40 anake ngā hōkete i toromi i te waipuketanga o te awa (TRA 1/1/1929:914). / Despite the bad weather in winter last year, only 40 hoggets drowned when the river flooded.
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hūtoke
1. (verb) (-tia) to be cold.
2. (noun) winter.
Hei te hūtoke rā anō kimihia haeretia anō ai he huruhuru (HM 3/1976:3). / Eventually in the winter we'll again seek some financial support.
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mākeremumu
1. (personal noun) winter.
Ko mākeremumu hupe tautau (TP 2/1909:11). / In winter the mucus dangles. (A whakataukī referring to effects of winter.)
E whakatata nei e mākeremumu hūpē tautau, kāore anō kia kitea he kāinga (HM 1/1991:5). / Winter was approaching and a home had not yet been found.
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makariri
1. (stative) be cold.
I te taenga atu ki te 28 o Āperira, e makariri, e mate kai kē ana ia (TTR 2000:223). / When it reached 28 April he was cold and hungry.
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2. (modifier) cold.
I mahara rātou he whenua makariri a Poneke, ina hoki kua mate noa atu rātou i te makariri ki Ākarana (KO 16/11/1885:5). / They thought that Wellington was a cold place because they had felt the cold in Auckland.
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3. (noun) cold, coldness.
Ko wai e pai ki tēnā kāinga hōrakerake? He nui te makariri (W 1971:59). / Who would like that exposed home? It's very cold.
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4. (noun) winter.
He tau e pai ana te whai a te koanga i muri o te makariri, a te raumati i muri o te koanga, a te ngahuru i muri o te raumati (TP 6/1910:2). / Normally in a year spring follows winter, summer follows spring, and autumn follows summer.
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tau kotipū
1. (noun) year with an early winter.
Arā i te mea hoki e kai tonu ana i tana kai nei i te tangata i ngā tau katoa, kāore hoki ana tau e kūī, kāore ana tau kotipū, kāore he takurua (MM.TKM 2/1/1851:4). / And that was because it was always eating its diet of people every year, it had no years of food shortages, no early winters and no winter.
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takanga o te rā
1. (noun) summer solstice, winter solstice.
he rangi mokopuna
kōhī o Autahi
1. (noun) heavy early winter rains.
Mehemea kua rere te kōhī o Autahi, arā ka tau iho te mātao ki te whenua (W 1971:125). / If the heavy early winter rains fall, it means that the cold has settled on the land.
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rā mōmōhanga
1. (noun) fine day in winter.
Rangi: Kātahi te rangi paihuarere! Pare: Āe rā - he rā mōmōhanga (HKK 1999:19). / Rangi: What a fine day! Pare: Yes - it's a fine winter's day.
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Ihu o Hinetakurua
1. (noun) winter solstice.
Ko te Ihu o Hinetakurua hei ingoa mō te tuakaihautanga ka tau ki Aotearoa i te marama o Pipiri (te 22 o Pipiri). / The winter solstice is the name for the solstice that occurs in New Zealand in June (22 June).
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Upokopāpā
1. (personal noun) cold winter weather - a name.
Kei tētehi pito o te tau ko Takurua, ko Hupenui, ko Tahutahuahi, ko Upokopāpā (W 1971:468). / At one end of the year there are Takurua, Hupenui, Tahutahuahi and Upokopāpā.
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kōtukutuku
1. (verb) to be the size of a fushia berry.
Kua toro haere te kāwai o te hue; kua kōtukutuku; kīhai i roa kua ringatahi te hue (W 1971:150). / The tendrils of the gourd plant have extended out and the gourds are the size of fuchsia berries, but before long they are the size of a fist.
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2. (noun) tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) - a tree with light brown, flaky bark and leaves which drop off in winter. Dark purplish red flowers occur over spring and are followed by dark purple berries popular with birds. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves drop off in winter.
Ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / Only exotic trees are deciduous, however the only native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
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kōnini
1. (noun) fruit of the tree fuchsia, tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) - a tree with light brown, flaky bark and leaves which drop off in winter. Dark purplish red flowers occur over spring and are followed by dark purple berries popular with birds. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves drop off in winter.
Otirā ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / But only exotic trees are deciduous, however the native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
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See also kōtukutuku
amaru
1. (noun) scarlet rātā vine, Metrosideros fulgens - a native vine with orange-red flowers, mainly during winter.
kāhikahika
1. (noun) scarlet rātā vine,Metrosideros fulgens - a native vine with yellow to bright red flowers, mainly during winter.
kaweau
1. (noun) Delcourt's sticky-toed gecko, Delcourt's giant gecko,Hoplodactylus delcourti - a species of lizard which was the largest of all geckos at over 600 mm long. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand but now thought to be extinct.
2. (noun) long-tailed cuckoo,Eudynamys taitensis - large brown cuckoo, boldly streaked brown with black. It inhabits mainly forested areas migrating to the Pacific Islands in winter.
kawekaweau
1. (noun) Delcourt's sticky-toed gecko, Delcourt's giant gecko,Hoplodactylus delcourti - a species of lizard which was the largest of all geckos at over 60 cm long. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand but now thought to be extinct.
He kawekaweau te mōkai a te tipuna rā, a Kahungunu, ka noho ki roto i tētahi ipu. Ka whakaaturia e ia te kawekaweau hei whakamataku i ōna hoariri (Te Ara 2015). / The ancestor Kahungunu kept a kawekaweau (large gecko, now extinct) in a jar. He displayed it to scare his enemies.
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2. (noun) long-tailed cuckoo,Eudynamys taitensis - large brown cuckoo, boldly streaked brown with black. It inhabits mainly forested areas migrating to the Pacific Islands in winter.
koehoperoa
1. (noun) long-tailed cuckoo,Eudynamys taitensis - large brown cuckoo, boldly streaked brown with black. It inhabits mainly forested areas migrating to the Pacific Islands in winter.
What Is the Maori Word for Winter
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