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pae reta mai

1. (noun) (office equipment) in-tray.

taputapu tākaro

1. (noun) sports equipment, sports gear.

utauta

1. (verb) (-ina) to load a number of things, bear.

Ko te mahi nei, he utauta kōhatu ki runga i tētahi kāta nui (HP 1991:26). / This job was to load rocks onto a large cart.

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2. (noun) equipment, property, tool, goods, prop.

Me hangarua ngā utauta kirihou o ō tātou whare ka tika (PK 2008:74). / It is appropriate that the plastic goods of our houses be recycled.

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Synonyms: tauteka, taputapu, uehā, mea, kame, rawa, taonga, āhuatanga, hautaonga, hanga

whakaparirau

1. (verb) to equip with wings.

Haere! Whakaparirau i a koe! Kāore he whare mōu! (JPS 1918:212). / Go! Equip yourself with wings! There is no house for you here!

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2. (modifier) equipped with wings.

Ehara tēnei kura i te ōhanga, ehara hoki i te kura whakaparirau noa, engari ia he pae huarewa hei whakahauora, hei whakangungu i te manu kua mārō kē ngā parirau, e matawara ana ki ngā rongohua tīkokekoke o te ao kōrero Māori (HM 2/1994:4). / This school is not a nest for beginners, and it's not a school for fledglings to enable them to fly, but it's an upper level to refresh, to strengthen the bird that already has strong wings wanting the lofty perches of the Māori speaking world.

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whai

1. (verb) to be equipped with, have, possessing, acquire - precedes nouns to form compound words. Sometimes attached to the noun as a prefix.

I whai wāhi atu te Taura Whiri ki tēnei hui (HM 4/1992:2) / The Māori Language Commission had a part to play in this meeting.

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Synonyms: kaitaonga, tango, whiwhi


2. (noun) having, possessing.

Kāhore he tangata hei rite mōu; te mōhio, te whaiwhakaaro. / There is nobody that has the knowledge and the understanding that you do.

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taputapu hākinakina

1. (noun) sports equipment.

Whakahokia ngā taputapu hākinakina ki te kāpata. / Return the sports equipment to the cupboard, please.

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pae reta atu

1. (noun) (office equipment) out-tray.

taputapu

1. (noun) gear, equipment, goods, moveable property, apparatus, utensil, hardware, gadget, tool, appliance, device, instrument, prop.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 210;)

Ko ngā ripi me ngā kota ngā taputapu pounamu tahito rawa a te Māori (Te Ara 2013). / Knives and scrapers are among the oldest pounamu tools of the Māori.

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Synonyms: tauteka, uehā, utauta

whakarawe

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to provide, provide in profusion, make abundant, raise.

Nō te 30 o ngā rā o Mei ka tū ngā mahi ngahau a Ngāti Oneone ki te hōro nui o Tūranga, hei whakarawe moni mō te matekai ki Īnia, mō te āwhina hoki i ngā pouaru, i ngā tamariki pani i mate nei ngā mātua ki te whawhai ki Taranawāra (HKW 1/6/1900:5). / On 30th of May Ngati Oneone held entertainment in Gisborne's grand hall to raise money for the famine in India and to help the widows and orphans whose parents died in the war in Transvaal.

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Synonyms: whakamakuru, whakarato, rato, homai, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakatū, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, , huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki


2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to furnish.

He whakairo, he kākahu, he pounamu nō Te Whakarewarewa katoa, he mea whakarite nāna hei whakarawe i tētehi o ōna rūma i tōna kāinga i Oxford (TTR 1996:122). / She arranged carvings, cloaks and greenstone ornaments, all from Whakarewarewa, to furnish one of the rooms at her Oxford home,

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3. (verb) (-a,-tia) to close, fasten up.

Whakarawea ngā kete kūmara (W 1971:332). / Fasten up the baskets of kūmara, please.

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4. (modifier) furnished, equipped, well-appointed.

I taua wā kua noho kē mai ia me ana tauira ki roto i tētahi whare tino whakarawe kē nei i Te Whakarewarewa mahi ai (TTR 1998:185). / At that time he and his apprentices had moved into a well-equipped building at Whakarewarewa to work.

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5. (noun) furnishing, fitting, equipment, gear.

Koia nei tōku ingoa: J. Pauihi, kaihanga tera, kara, me ngā whakarawe hōiho (TW 24/12/1875:443). / This is my name: J. Pauihi, maker of saddles, collars and other saddlery.

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whakarawe hōiho

1. (noun) saddlery, horse equipment.

Koia nei tōku ingoa: J. Pauihi, kaihanga tera, kara, me ngā whakarawe hōiho (TW 24/12/1875:443). / This is my name: J. Pauihi, maker of saddles, collars and other saddlery.

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pūrere pāorooro

1. (noun) sonar equipment.

He mea whakaputa tuatahi te pūrere pāorooro i te tau 1920 (RP 2009:309). / Sonar equipment were first produced in 1920.

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ine

1. (verb) (-a) to measure, compare.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113-114;)

Inea te roa o te ārai nei. / Measure the length of this curtain, please.

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Synonyms: mehua, tātai, mēhua, meiha, rūri, whakatātūtū, whātau


2. (noun) Prefix used for names of measuring equipment, e.g. ine-tere speedometer, ine-mahana thermometer, ine-rū seismograph. Sometimes written as separate words, e.g. ine tere.


3. (noun) meter.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113-114;)

hāta

1. (loan) (noun) halter - horse equipment.

Hei te hiako kau tonu te hāta, ehara i te ropi, kei nonoti hoki i tōna ihu ina kukume ia (MM.TKM 31/1/1959:3). / Always use a leather halter, not one of rope, and take care to have it made so that it will not draw tight round its nose if it pulls on it.

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kati

1. (noun) girth strap, cinch - a piece of equipment used to keep the saddle in place.

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