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tātua

1. (noun) belt.

He pū hurihuri ā māua, e tautau ana i ō māua tātua (HP 1991:144). / We both had revolvers hanging from our belts.

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2. (noun) variety of harakeke from Te Karaka. Short, straight, strong, pointed medium green blades. Bright reddish-orange keel and margins. Plenty of very tall kōrari with short flower heads. Makes strong kete.

tātua pūpara

1. (noun) belt for carrying valuables, bumbag.

Kātahi te tangata rā ka mea atu ki te wahine, “Homai taku tātua.” Ka homai e te wahine te tātua pūpara o te tangata rā (JPS 1905:70). / Then that man said to the woman, “Give me my belt.” The woman gave him his belt for carrying valuables.

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tātua raho

1. (noun) jockstrap.

tātua kōtara

1. (noun) war belt - long band of woven flax wound round the body as armour in battle.

Ko ngā patu poto a te hokowhitu nei i hunā ki muri i ngā tuarā, i titia iho ki roto i ngā tātua kōtara (JPS 1910:200). / The one hundred and forty men concealed their short clubs behind their backs, stuck in their war-belts.

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Tātua o Kahukura

1. The red night sky at dusk.

Inā te ātaahua o te tātua o Kahukura / How beautiful the red night sky is.

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Tātua-a-Riukiuta, Te

1. (location) Three Kings (Auckland) - a group of volcanic cones, sometimes shortened to Te Tātua.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Tērā pea i kuraina a ia i te kura a te Rōpū Māori Wēteriana i te wāhi o Ākarana e kīia nei ko Te Tātua (TTR 1994:25). / She may have been educated at the Wesleyan Native Institution at Three Kings in Auckland.

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