10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWHATO»
Discover the use of
awhato in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
awhato and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ko nga whakapepeha me nga whakaahuareka a nga tipuna o ...
Awhato kai paenga. The grub eats round the edges of leaves : (applied to a
greedy fellow, who goes round tasting every dish.) Awhato ngongencja roa. The
Awhato grub eats slowly, but it never stops eating : (applied to a greedy fellow.) E
ai o ...
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The New Imperial Order: Indigenous Responses to Globalization
... awhato kai paenga, in contrast to the all-devouring caterpillar, which is known
as awhato ngongenga roa. Similar examples abound in all indigenous
vocabularies. This view of knowledge can be compared with Western scientific
paradigms ...
Makere Stewart-Harawira, 2005
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Journal of the Polynesian Society
be an early introduction from Australia, but not necessarily so), or the small black
native species Lissotrachelus maoricus. cf., pihareinga, piharenga, pirenga,
tarakihi, iukarakau. AWATO (89) = awhato. AWHATO. A fungus parasitic on a
kind of ...
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Samoa afi afato fiti fe'e fafaga fetu fatu Hawaii liiki hee hanai hoku haku Tahiti hiti
fee faaai fetu fatu Maori awha awhato whiti wheke whangai whetu whatu We are
next to note a mutation which is anomalous, from the weaker to the stronger ...
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Māori sayings and proverbs
Awhato hohoni paenga! "Edge-cutting caterpillar!" A poor eater, one who picks at
his food. Alludes to the awhato caterpillar that eats around the edges of the
kumara leaf. Awhato kai paenga! "Edge-eating caterpillar!" A greedy eater. In
past ...
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
r This larva was named anuhe, awhato, hawato, and hotete, and as it rapidly
devoured the leaves of the young kumara, it was quite sbhorred by the Maoris,
who ' A striking incident illustrating the above, which once happened to me, may
not ...
Royal Society of New Zealand, 1881
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Awhato kai paenga ; and, Ka mahi te awhato hohoni paenga ! Bravo I great
caterpillar eating around the edge of the leaf ! Those two proverbs are nearly
alike. The awhato is the large larva of the moth Sphinx convolvuli (or some allied
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New Zealand Institute, 1880
T aringa muhu kai! Ears on the gut' rive for food I 51. Awhato kai paenga; and, Ka
mahi te awhato hohoni paenga ! Bravo! great caterpillar eating around the edge
of the leaf I Those two proverbs are nearly alike. The awhato is the large larva of
...
Royal Society of New Zealand, 1880
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Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
It had, however, one potent enemy of the insect tribe, in the form of a large larva
of one of our largest moths} This larva was named anuhe, awhato, hawato, and
hotete, and as it rapidly devoured the leaves of the young kumara, it was quite ...
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