He mahi uaua te waihanga taiaha, me te oro patu pounamu (TTT 1/11/1925:331). / Making taiaha and sharpening greenstone hand weapons were difficult tasks.

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Ko te rōreka ia o ngā reo kei roto tonu i aku taringa e oro ana (M 2006:42). / But the sweet sound of the voices is still echoing in my ears.

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He papa kāinga anō tō ia whānau i roto i ngā māra witi, māra kānga, māra rīwai, māra kūmara, oro pītiti me ētahi atu oro rākau (TTR 1990:321). / Each extended family had its own group of houses, surrounded by fields of wheat, maize, potatoes and kumara, and groves of peach trees and other orchards.

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Ko te oro auraki hei aroturuki mā te kaiwaiata i tōna ake reo, kia kore ai e orotaha (RMR 2017). / Foldback is so that the singer can monitor her own voice, so that she will not be out of tune.

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Ko te oro matihiko ngā momo mahi hangarau ka hopu, ka pupuri i te oro hei raraunga matihiko (RTP 2015:68). / Digital audio is technology which records and stores sound as digital data (RTP 2015:68).

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Ko te oro tāhiko he reo ka whakaputaina e te pūrere tāhiko, pērā i te hangaoro, te rorohiko me te kitā hihiko (RTP 2015:69). / Electronic sound is the sounds that are produced by an electronic device such as a synthesiser, a computer or an electric guitar (RTP 2015:69).

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Ka tuhia he tongi ki te taha matau o tētahi oro hei whakaroa i taua oro mā te haurua atu anō. Ka kīia ēnei, he oro tongi (RTP 2015:114). / A dot is written to the right-hand side of a note to lengthen that note by half a length more. This is called a dotted note.

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Ko te mahi a te pūkenga oro, he hopu, he rāwekeweke, he whakanikoniko, he whakaputa i te puoro. He wā anō, ko tāna mahi he whakarite, he whakahaere i ngā oro mō tētahi whakaaturanga mataora ki te atamira o te whare whakaari. Ko te āhua o ngā oro hei whakaū i te wairua o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / The role of a sound engineer is to record, manipulate, embellish and reproduce music. Another role is in arranging and controlling the sound for a live stage production. The nature of the sound helps establish the mood of the production (RMR 2017).

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Ka taea te whakatangitangi i ngā kōnae oro o ia kupu matua o tā tātou papakupu. / The sound files of each headword of our dictionary can be played.

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Nāna i whakamana te whakamau atu o te tohutō hei whakaatu i ngā tohu oro roa, he pai kē atu ki a ia tēnei tikanga i te mahi whakahuarua kē i ngā tohu oro (TTR 2000:168). / He authorised the use of macrons to indicate long vowels. He preferred this method over doubling the vowel.

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Kāore ia i pīrangi ki te tohutō, engari e ai ki tāna, he mea pai atu te whakamahi i te tohu oro tāpara, takitoru rānei (TTR 2000:11). / He did not like the macron, preferring to use the double or triple vowel.

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