sowthistle - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

kautara

1. (noun) sharp-fringed sowthistle, prickly sowthistle, spiny sowthistle, or spiny-leaved sowthistle, Sonchus asper - a type of pūhā with rough leaves. Boiled and eaten as a green vegetable.

Synonyms: taweke, wekeweke, pūhā tiotio, pūwhā, raurōroa, pūhā

taweke

1. (noun) sharp-fringed sowthistle, prickly sowthistle, spiny sowthistle, or spiny-leaved sowthistle, Sonchus asper - a type of pūhā with rough leaves. Boiled and eaten as a green vegetable.

pūwhā

1. (noun) perennial sowthistle, Sonchus arvensis, sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus , prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper and Sonchus kirkii - small leafy plants with thistle-like leaves and milky juice. They are boiled and eaten as a green vegetable. Sonchus kirkii is the only one native to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Ka kai rātou i ngā toenga o tērā pō; he mīti, he pūwhā; he takakau hei kīnaki (TWK 6:2). / They ate the leftovers of the previous night; meat, sowthistle and unleavened bread to complement these.

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pūhā

1. (noun) perennial sowthistle, Sonchus arvensis, sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus, prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper and Sonchus kirkii - small leafy plants with thistle-like leaves and milky juice. They are boiled and eaten as a green vegetable. Sonchus kirkii is the only one native to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Kātahi ka kitea atu e tipu ana, e matomato ana i te taha o te taiapa tētahi āpure pūhā (TWK 57:8). / Then she found a lush patch of pūhā growing beside the fence.

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Synonyms: pūwhā, taweke, wekeweke, kautara, pūhā tiotio, raurōroa

raurōroa

1. (noun) prickly sowthistle, Sonchus kirkii and Sonchus asper - small leafy plants with thistle-like leaves and milky juice. They are boiled and eaten as a green vegetable.

pororua

1. (verb) (-hia) to tamper with, interfere with, commit adultery.

Otirā i mātua tūpato tōna ngākau ki tana wahine, kei pororuatia e Tamatekapua (NM 1971:61). / But he was cautious about his wife lest she was interfered with by Tamatekapua.

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2. (noun) smooth-leaved sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus.

Ko te pūhā pea te kai tino reka a te Māori, arā ki a Ngāti Porou he pororua, ki ētahi iwi atu he rauriki (TKO 30/6/1919:6). / Pūhā is probably the tastiest food of the Māori, that is it's called pororua in Ngāti Porou and to some other tribes it is rauriki.

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wekeweke

1. (noun) prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper - a small leafy plant with thistle-like leaves and milky juice. Boiled and eaten as a green vegetable.

2. (noun) tentacle (of an octopus, etc.).

3. (noun) rootlets.

pūhā pororua

1. (noun) smooth-leaved sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus.

I kite iho au he pūhā pororua kai roto i te iāri e tipu ana (TWK 6:26). / I saw some smooth-leaved sowthistle growing in the yard.

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pūhā tiotio

1. (noun) prickly sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus.

See also pūhā

Synonyms: taweke, wekeweke, kautara, pūwhā, raurōroa, pūhā

rauriki

1. (noun) sowthistle, pūhā, Sonchus oleraceus - small leafy plant with thistle-like leaves and milky juice. Boiled and eaten as a green vegetable.

Ko te pūhā pea te kai tino reka a te Māori, arā ki a Ngāti Porou he pororua, ki ētahi iwi atu he rauriki (TKO 30/6/1919:6). / Pūhā is probably the tastiest food of the Māori, that is it's called pororua in Ngāti Porou and to some other tribes it is rauriki.

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kautara

taweke

pūwhā

pūhā

raurōroa

pororua

wekeweke

pūhā pororua

pūhā tiotio

rauriki

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