Welcome to PAEKUPU, words related to Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Curriculum areas presently available on PAEKUPU: Toi Ataata, Te Reo Matatini, Puoro, Te Reo Pāngarau, Te Reo Pūtaiao, Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia, Hangarau, Tikanga ā-Iwi
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Toi Ataata
tāwai ~tia
(to) dye
tūingoa
Paekupu
WHAKAMĀRAMA
Ko te mahi hei kuhu i te tae ki tētahi papanga, ki tētahi pūeru, ki tētahi momo weu rānei.
The process of colouring a fabric, a textile or fibre.
Tauira KŌrero
Nāna i whakamahi te tae paura hei tāwai i te kiekie.
Koia nei tētahi o ngā tukanga tāwai heke iho a ngā mātua tīpuna kia pango ai te kiekie:
Ka kohia mai te hiako o te rākau tutu, o te makomako, o te hīnau rānei. Ka paopaotia kia puta ai te wai o roto. Ka kōhuatia ngā maramara hiako nei me ngā whā kiekie, ā, ka waiho ai mō tētahi wā. Ka kīia tēnei wai ko te waitumu, ko te tūmau kano rānei, inā koia tāna mahi, he whakapūmau i te tae ki roto i ngā weu o te kiekie. Kātahi ka tanumia ki rō paru e whai rino ōkai ana (Fe2O3) mō te toru rā. Ka horoia te kiekie, ā, ka whakairia kia whitikina e te Rā, nāwai rā, ka pango.
Takenga Mai
tāwai - steep in vegetable dye
Tauira KŌrero
Nāna i whakamahi te tae paura hei tāwai i te kiekie.