Kuputaka

Atutahi

Canopus

He kura pae nā Mahina

he whakataukī: ko tōna tikanga, nāu tētahi mea ka kitea noatia.

He maroro kokoti ihu waka

he whakataukī mō tētahi tangata i whakamate hei raupanga e te ope taua

hīnātore moana

phosphoresence

huahou

he momo manutai
(knot)

‘Ka tō te rā i a ia’

ko te tikanga o tēnei whakataukī – ‘Ahakoa āna whakapau kaha, auare ake.’

kaunoti

he pito rākau koi hei hika ki te kauahi, e puta ai he ahi

Mā iro e kite

he whakataukī ko te tikanga ka ngakia tētahi hara.

pītau whakareia

he tauihu kua whakairoa ki te pītau

puawānanga

he aka piki ki te kāuru o te rākau, he pua mā i whiria hei tauā

puhimoana ariki

he aho huruhuru ka tūhonoa ki te taurapa o te waka

Te māra a Tāne

ngā manu e tiori ana i te atatū

tōrea

he momo manutai
(oystercatcher)