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taiawa

1. (noun) channel, passage, narrow dry watercourse.

Synonyms: pāhihi, kūititanga


2. (noun) vagina.

tenoteno

1. (noun) vagina.

tenetene

1. (noun) vagina.

mokakati

1. (personal noun) vagina, female genitals - a personified form for some part of the vagina.

Ka uru atu a Hā ki roto i ngā kūhā kāore tonu i takitaro e kauhikahika ana rāua kua tae noa mai ngā mahi a Mokakati rāua ko Maunene (JPS 1928:372). / Hā entered between the thighs and it wasn't long after they were rubbing back and forth that Mokakati and Maunene began to work.

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maunene

1. (personal noun) vagina, female genitals - a personified form of some part of the vagina.

Ka uru atu a Hā ki roto i ngā kūhā kāore tonu i takitaro e kauhikahika ana rāua kua tae noa mai ngā mahi a Mokakati rāua ko Maunene (JPS 1928:372). / Hā entered between the thighs and it wasn't long after they were rubbing back and forth that Mokakati and Maunene began to work.

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puketona

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.

tewhatewha

1. (noun) long wooden or bone weapon with a flat section at one end like an axe.

Ko ā rātou rākau patu tangata, he koikoi, he huata, he taiaha, he tewhatewha, he hoeroa; he mea tārai ki te toki pounamu, ki te toki kōhatu (JPS 1899:179). / Their man-killing weapons were spears, lances, taiaha, tewhatewha and long whale-bone weapons fashioned with greenstone and stone adzes.

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2. (noun) vagina, female genitals, genitalia, vulva.

tōkini

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.

See also tara

tore

1. (verb) (-a) to cut, split.


2. (verb) to shine (e.g. through a narrow aperture).

Ka kitea te mārama tū-ā-iti nei e tore ana; i kitea ki te angotanga o te kēkē o Rangi (White 1 1887:144). / A glimmer of light was shining; seen in the gap in Rangi's armpit.

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3. (modifier) quick, keen, sharp (of eyesight).

Kīia ai te tangata karu tore, ‘he kanohi hōmiromiro’ (Te Ara 2016). / A person with sharp eyesight was said to have 'eyes of a tomtit'.

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4. (noun) vagina, vulva.

Koia nei te pūtake mai o te ure tāne. Koia nei te pūtake o te tore wahine i te ao nei (JPS 1903:150). / That is the origin of the male penis. That is the origin of the female vagina in this world.

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namu

1. (noun) sandfly of various species, black flies, Austrosimulium spp. - tiny, blackish, hump-backed, biting insects. The females need to suck blood for their eggs to mature.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 58-59;)

Ka kī te waeroa ki tōna taina, ki te namu, 'Me waiho kia ahiahi ka haere ai tāua hei wheowheo taringa, hei hohō taringa.' (W 1971:54) / The mosquito said to its junior relation, the sandfly, 'We should wait until it's evening and then go to hum and buzz the ears.'

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2. (noun) vagina, female genitals, vulva.

Ko te whakaputanga o te tamaiti i te namu o te whaea ki te aotūroa (W 1971:217). / The progressive movement of the child through the vagina of the mother into the enduring world.

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kauraho

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.

See also teke

karo

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.

tara

1. (noun) peak, point, thorn, tooth (of a comb), papillae (of the skin), sprocket, cog.

Ka orohia te pounamu hei matau, hei pākuru, hei tara tao (Te Ara 2013). / The greenstone was ground and made into fish hooks, hammer stones and points for spears.

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Synonyms: hīnawanawa, keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tihi, keokeonga, maunga, keho, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, mata, matū, matamata, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore


2. (noun) cloak pin, spike.

Kātahi ka wetekina te hei, te tara, te makao, ka horahia atu, ka hoatu ki te mano e noho mai rā (NM 1928:152). / Then the neck ornament, the cloak pin and the shark's tooth were untied, laid out and presented to the thousands sitting there.

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3. (noun) rays (of the sun).

He kupu anō te hihi mō ngā tara o Tama-nui-te-rā (Te Ara 2013). / Hihi is another word for the rays of the sun.

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4. (noun) vagina, female genitals, genitalia, vulva.

Ko te tara te puaretanga o te kōpū, te ara e kuhu ai te ure i te aitanga a te tāne me te wahine. Koia hoki te ara e puta ai te pēpi i te wā whakawhānau (RP 2009:383). / The vagina is the opening of the womb, the path that the penis enters when a man and woman copulate. It is also the passage whereby the baby emerges at childbirth.

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teke

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals.

kehokeho

1. (modifier) clearly - used as an intensive following mārama.

Kei te wāhi mārama kehokeho noa e takoto mārakerake ana (TWMNT 7/11/1876:287). / It is quite clear and lies open and exposed to view.

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2. (noun) hilltop.

Ka whiriwhiri ētahi toa maha tonu i tētahi parehua, i tētahi kehokeho rānei mō rātou (HM 4/1998:5). / A significant number of males choose a ridge or a hilltop for themselves.

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3. (noun) vagina, vulva.

Ki te tohe mai ia he aha te kai mā te niho kehokeho he keho anō! Tū ana te kehokeho! (K 1993:41). / Should he persist in asking what the food for the vulva's teeth is tell him it is the vulva! Long live the vulva! (K 1993:42).

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keho

1. (noun) peak, pointed summit.

Mā wai e whakahoro te keho i Rangitoto? (M 2007:100). / Who can destroy the peak at Rangitoto?

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Synonyms: keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tara, tihi, keokeonga, maunga, tāpuhipuhi, karamata


2. (noun) frost, ice.

Kia mātaratara i runga, kia mātaratara i raro, kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keho, he hauhunga (TMT 2/9/1861:23). / Let it be intensely cold above and below, let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost.

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3. (noun) vagina, vulva.

Ki te tohe mai ia he aha te kai mā te niho kehokeho he keho anō! Tū ana te kehokeho! (K 1993:41). / Should he persist in asking what the food for the vulva's teeth is tell him it is the vulva! Long live the vulva! (K 1993:42).

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kiritore

1. (noun) vagina, female genitals, vulva.

See also tara

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