Tāke
1. (loan) (location) Turkey - a country composed of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and an enclave in south-east Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
Kāhore he rūnanga o ngā tau o mua i pēnei te tikanga o tōna mana me te rūnanga kīngi, kua rūnanga i ēnei rā, hei whakawā mō te mea a Tāke rāua ko Rūhia (TW 22/6/1878:310). / Never before has such a prestigious assembly met as this assembly of kings meeting in these days to judge the matter between Turkey and Russia.
2. (loan) (noun) Turk.
Kua mea a Ingarangi, māna mā Ingarangi e mahi ngā mahi Kāwana-tanga mō Tāke, i te takiwā ki Ēhia Maina, ā kia waiho ko ngā takiwā ki Ēhia nui, hei mahi mā te Kīngi o ngā Tāke (TW 20/7/1878:360). / England says that she, England, will administer the district at Asia Minor for Turkey and will leave the districts in Asia proper for the King of the Turks to administer.
See also Tākei
Whenua Korukoru
1. (location) Turkey - a country in western Asia with a small enclave in SE Europe.
Hei te rā o ANZAC (25 o Āperira) ka whakamaumaharatia ngā hoia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa i hinga ki ngā paenga ki Karipori, Whenua Korukoru i te tau 1915 (Te Ara 2016). / On Anzac Day (25 April) the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand who fell in the landing at Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1915 are remembered.
2. (loan) (modifier) Turkish.
Kua whawhai te iwi Tākei ki ngā tāngata o Pukāria (TW 9/12/1876:455). / The Turkish people have made war on the people of Bulgaria.
3. (loan) (noun) Turkish person, Turk.
Kua whawhai te iwi Tākei ki ngā tāngata o Pukāria, ā he nui ngā tāngata me ngā wāhine, me ngā tamariki i patua noatia e te Tākei (TW 9/12/1876:455). / The Turkish people are fighting the people of Bulgaria and many men, women and children have been killed by the Turks.
korukoru
1. (noun) wild turkey, turkey, Meleagris gallopavo - a large introduced farm bird with a blue-and-red head.
Ka kai ngā hōia, he nui te kai mā te ope hōia, te korukoru me ērā atu manu, me te ika me ngā āhua kai katoa a te Pākehā (HKW 1/9/1901:2). / There was plenty of food for the troops, turkeys and other birds, fish and all sorts of Pākehā food.
Synonyms: pīpipi
pīpipi
1. (noun) turkey, Meleagris gallopavo - a large mainly domesticated bird originally from North America having dark plumage with a green or bronze sheen.
Ko ngā kai o Ngāruawāhia i tukua mai mā Te Kāwana, he poaka, he rīwai, he rohi, he pīpipi, he pārera, he heihei (TPM 10/2/1863:8). / The food of Ngāruawāhia presented to the Governor was pork, loaves of bread, turkey, duck and chicken.
Synonyms: korukoru
Karipori
1. (loan) (location) Gallipoli Peninsula - site in Turkey of a major campaign of the First World War.
Kua tae ngā tianara e rua a te Kuīni o Ingarangi ki tētahi o ngā pā o Tākei, ko Karipori te ingoa o te pā, kei te taha o te moana e tū ana (TW 25/8/1877:331). / Two generals of the Queen of England have gone to one of the Turkish positions, named Gallipoli, which is situated on the coast.
Tātinēra
1. (loan) (location) Dardanelles - a narrow strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey.
E kīia ana, kua mea te kupu a Rūhia rāua ko Ingarangi, kia kaua ā rāua iwi e noho ana i ngā pā a Tāke i te takiwā o te awa o te Tātinēra (TW 2/3/1878:100). / It is said that Russia and England have agreed that their citizens will not reside in the Turkish towns in the area of the Dardanelles Straits.
Uparāti
1. (loan) (location) Euphrates - a river which rises in the mountains of eastern Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris.
Mō te kāri tino rākau a te Atua i te tīmatanga e whā ngā awa hei whakamākūkū ko Kihona, ko Pihona, ko awa Hirekere, ko awa Uparāti (TP 2/1903:6). / For the wooded garden of God, in the beginning there were four rivers to moisten it, Gihon, Pishon, the river Hidekel, and the river Euphrates.
