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ngahuru

1. (numeral) ten, tenth (following te) - used in a similar way to tekau but less frequently. Combines with other words to form the numbers from 11 to 19.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

Ā pēnei tonu tae rawa ki te ngahuru o ngā rāngi (NM 1928:177). / And it continued like this until he reached the tenth heaven.
I te wā ka tae ki te ngahuru mā whā o ngā rā ka tae katoa mai ngā tohunga nei ki te mahi i te waka nei (JPS 1957:223). / When it came to the fourteenth day all the experts came to work on the canoe.
Hei te tīmatanga o ngā ua o te marama ngahuru ka tipu haere ēnei kai ki runga i te ākau (Te Ara 2016). / It grows on the reef at the beginning of the rains of the tenth month.

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See also ngahuru mā tahi, ngahuru mā rua, ngahuru mā toru, ngahuru mā whā, ngahuru mā rima, ngahuru mā ono, ngahuru mā whitu, ngahuru mā waru, ngahuru mā iwa, tekau, tuangahuru


2. (noun) tenth month of the Māori year, autumn, harvest time - approximately equivalent to March.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

Haria mai ana e ia he paruparu nō te awa, ngā rau e horohoro nei i te tino ngahuru, he whenua tawhito anō hoki, mahia katoatia ana e ia hei whakamōmona i tana pāmu (TH 1/12/1859:3). / He carries soil from the river, leaves that fall in the autumn as it is old ground and he does it all to make his farm fertile.

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ngahuru pōtiki

1. (personal noun) late autumn.

Nā, hei te ngahuru pōtiki, hei te Mātahi, hei te Maruaroa hoki, ka whanatu ai au (TWK 34:24). / Now, in the late autumn, in the eleventh month of the Māori year, or midwinter is when I will arrive.

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ngahuru tikotikoiere

1. (noun) bountiful harvest-time.

Ko Rūhīterangi ka tau kei raro, te ngahuru tikotikoiere (M 2005:220). / Rūhīterangi (was conceived and) alighted here below, hence the bounteous harvest-time (M 2005:221).

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hākina ngahuru

1. (noun) decathlon.

kaipara ngahuru

1. (noun) decathlete.

pūnaha ngahuru

1. (noun) metric system.

Ko te pūnaha ngahuru: Koia nei ngā waeine e pūtakea mai ana i te tekau. E tino whakamahia ana te pūnaha ngahuru puta noa i te ao. Ko te mita (m) te waeine matua mō te roa, ko te karamu (g) mō te papatipu me te taumaha, ko te rita (l) mō te kītanga (TRP 2010:210). / Metric system: The units of measurement that are based on the number ten. It is in extensive use throughout the world. The metre (m) is the base unit for length, gram (g) for mass and weight, and the litre (l) for capacity (TRP 2010:210).

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tānga ngahuru

1. (noun) standard form (maths).

He tikanga te tānga ngahuru hei whakapoto i te tuhinga o ngā tau tino nui me ngā hautanga ā-ira tino iti. Ka whakamahia ngā taupū o te tekau (TRP 2010:250). / Standard form is a way of recording very large numbers and very small decimal fractions in a short form. Powers of ten are used (TRP 2010:250).

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tau ngahuru

1. (noun) tens number.

Ka kīia he tau ngahuru ngā tau o roto i te tatauranga mawhiti-10, arā: 10, 20, 30, 40 ... (TRP 2010:266). / Numbers in counting in tens is called a tens number, i.e.: 10, 20, 30, 40 ...

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waeine ngahuru

1. (noun) metric unit.

Ko te mita te waeine ngahuru matua mō te roa: 1m = 100cm = 1,000mm 1,000m = 1km (TRP 2010:311). / The main metric unit for length is the metre: 1m = 100cm = 1,000mm 1,000m = 1km.

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ira ngahuru

1. (noun) decimal point.

ngahuru mā iwa

1. (numeral) be nineteen, nineteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā iwa

Synonyms: tekau mā iwa

ngahuru mā tahi

1. (numeral) be eleven, eleventh (when following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā tahi


2. (noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to April.

ngahuru mā rua

1. (numeral) be twelve, dozen, twelfth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā rua


2. (noun) twelfth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to May.

ngahuru mā toru

1. (numeral) be thirteen, thirteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā toru

ngahuru mā whā

1. (numeral) be fourteen, fourteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā whā

ngahuru mā rima

1. (numeral) be fifteen, fifteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā rima

ngahuru mā ono

1. (numeral) be sixteen, sixteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā ono

ngahuru mā whitu

1. (numeral) be seventeen, seventeenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā whitu

ngahuru mā waru

1. (numeral) be eighteen, eighteenth (following te).

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)

See also tekau mā waru

Ngahuru o Poutūterangi, Te

1. (personal noun) tenth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to March.

Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua,Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutūterangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru ma rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelfth months.

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