Results for 'pōhutukawa'
Pōhutukawa, n. 1. Metrosideros excelsa, a tree. Kite rawa mai ki te pohutukawa o te tahatika e ura atu ana (T. 74).
2. A variety of kumara.
Williams Dictionary
Ka puāwai ana te pōhutukawa, ka mōmona ngā kina.
When the pōhutukawa blooms, the kina are fat.
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He whero ngā pua o te pōhutukawa
The flowers of the pōhutukawa are red.
Haere ai a Pōhutukawa ki te awa kia kite i tōna hoa ..
Pōhutukawa would go down to the river to see her mate ..
I noho au i raro i te marumaru o te pōhutukawa.
I sat under the shade of the pōhutukawa.
He whero ngā pua o te pohutukawa.
The flowers of the pohutukawa are red.
E akona ana ngā tamariki kia kaua e kau rawa atu ki te wāhi tapu, kia kaua rānei e inu i ngā pua o ngā hutukawa e tū ana i te runga i te rua o ngā taniwha, kei horomia, kei rumakina rānei ki te wai.
The children were taught not to swim in the sacred place, nor to drink (the nectar) of the flowers of the pōhutukawa trees standing above the monster’s pit, lest they be swallowed up, or drowned in the water.
