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kini

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to nip, pinch, pinch off.

Ka kinia taku kōnui e te pāpaka. / The crab nipped my big toe.

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Synonyms: taukini, whakakikini, nonoti, noti, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuti, kuku, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni, kati, kikini, kinikini, timotimo


2. (noun) pinch.

Kei wareware te kini tote mō ngā tomato. / Don't forget a pinch of salt for the tomtoes.

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kini

1. (loan) (noun) guinea.

Kini

1. (loan) (location) Guinea - a West African country.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 139;)

kini pepa

1. (loan) (noun) paper-clip.

Niu Kini

1. (loan) (location) New Guinea.

I tae mai ngā rongo kua kōhurutia ētahi minita Pākehā, he mihinare, me ā rāua māori, ki Niu Kini, he moutere nui kei te raki o Ahitereiria (TP 6/1901:7). / News has come in that some Pākehā ministers, missionaries, and their natives, were murdered in New Guinea, a large island to the north of Australia.

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Kini Pihō

1. (loan) (location) Guinea Bissau - a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 139;)

Kini Ekuatoria

1. (loan) (location) Equatorial Guinea - a small country on the central west coast of Africa.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 139;)

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