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hipi

1. (noun) sheep.

Ko ngā utu ēnei o te hoko o te kau, o te hipi, o te hōiho, i Ākarana (TW 5/8/1874:3). / These are the sale prices for cows, sheep and horses in Auckland.

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Synonyms: pirikahu

kiri hipi

1. (loan) (noun) sheepskin.

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Synonyms: kirihipi

huruhuru hipi

1. (loan) (noun) wool.

Kei kākahuria e koe te mea kākano whakauru, arā te huruhuru hipi i whakaurua nei ki te rīnena (PT Tiuteronomi 22:11). / Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

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hipi toa

1. (loan) (noun) ram.

Nā ka mea ia ki a ia, Tīkina tētahi kau māku, hei te tau toru, me tētahi koati uha, hei te tau toru, me tētahi hipi toa, hei te tau toru, me tētahi kūkupa, me tētahi pī kūkupa (PT Kenehi 15:9) / So he said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, a three year old female goat, a three year old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

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Synonyms: tāriana, tukituki

mahinga hipi

1. (loan) (noun) sheep station.

Kua rīhingia kē hoki ngā whenua ki ngā Pākehā o Te Wairarapa mō ā rātou mahinga hipi (TTR 1990:21). / Much of Te Wairarapa lands had been leased already by Pākehā for sheep stations.

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teihana kuti hipi

1. (loan) (noun) sheep shearing station.

Kua tae mai te whakaatu mai o tētahi teihana kuti hipi, ko Inamu te ingoa (HTK 23/12/1893:3). / The notification has arrived from a shearing station called Inamu.

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hipi tame raho-poka

1. (loan) wether, castrated ram.

Ko ngā hipi tame raho-poka ēnei o te kāhui, kāore he maha ngā kōrero mō tēnei wehenga o te kāhui (TP 7/1911:5). / These are the castrated rams of the flock and there isn't much to say about this section of the flock.

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