one
1. (noun) beach, sand, mud, earth, soil.
E kī ana ā tātau nei kōrero, ko Tiki te tangata tuatahi, ko Hine-ahu-one te wahine tuatahi i pokepoketia ki te one i Kurawaka (TTT 1/8/1925:275). / Our narratives say that Tiki was the first man and that Hine-ahu-one, the first woman, was shaped with earth at Kurawaka.
Synonyms: kirikiri, onepū, wharu, paruparu, kene, hū, paru, poharu
one-punga
1. (noun) light soil, light soil lacking substance.
Ka ui mai a Tamatea, “Pēwhea ake te tuawhenua?” Ka mea atu a Ngātoro', "He one-tai ētahi wāhi, he one-matua ētahi wāhi, he one-tuatara, he paraumu, he one-rere, he one-punga, he one-haruru, he one-puia, he one-kirikiri, he one-pōwhatu, he one-takataka, ētahi wāhi." (JPS 1915:1). / Tamatea asked, “What kind of land is this?” Ngātoro' replied, “It is good, some parts are alluvial soils, some parts are loamy soils, others stiff brown soils, others dark friable soils, free draining soils, light spongy soils, light sandy soils, red volcanic soils, gravelly soils, stony soils, and some parts are friable soils.”
Pito-one
1. (location) Petone - part of the city of Lower Hutt situated at the mouth of the Hutt river. The current name is a misspelling and mispronunciation of the original Māori name.
I ngā rā o te mutunga wiki haere kē ana ia ki te whakangau poaka, ki te tākaro whutupaoro rānei mō te karapu whutupaoro o Pito-one (TTR 2000:107). / In the weekends he went pig-hunting or played rugby for the Petone Rugby Football Club.
one-pākirikiri
1. (noun) gravelly soil.
He pai te oneone, he one kai, he one-paraumu, he one-matua, he one-pākirikiri ētahi wāhi; he pai ngā mānia, he tuwhera (JPS 1919:82). / The soil is good, it's soil for food production, soil rich in humus, loams, black soils, and sometimes gravelly soil; the plains are fine and have a good exposure.
one-tuatara
1. (noun) stiff brown soil.
Ko te one-tuatara kore rawa nei e pīrangitia, he nui nō te mahi ki te patupatu; tētahi mahi he pīkau i te kirikiri mō te one-tuatara (MA 1925:157). / Stiff brown soil is never liked because there is so much work required in pulverising it; another task is carrying gravel for this stiff brown soil.
one-paraumu
1. (noun) dark friable soil.
Ki te taea te kite te wāhi one-paraumu, ka pai, kua iti te mahi, kua mauria mai te kirikiri mō raro anake i ngā rau, koi kino ngā rau i te paruparu, i te mākū (MA 1925:157). / If a place with dark, friable soil can be found, that's best because there's little work to be done and bringing gravel will be only for under the leaves so they aren't spoiled by the mud and wet.
