kiri

1. (noun) dermis.

kiri

1. (noun) skin, bark, rind.

Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.

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Synonyms: tapeha, hiako, peha

2. (noun) person, self - a figurative use.

E muri ahiahi takoto ki te moenga, ko taku kiri māngi te tirohia mai nā (M 2004:196). / With the fall of eventide I lay me down to sleep, it is my distressful state you do now gaze upon (M 2004:197).

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Synonyms: anō, tinana, tuakiri, tangata, tuatangata, tawhiti, whaiaro, kōiwi, kōhī

whakamōhou kiri

1. (noun) plastic surgery.

mātai kiri

1. (noun) dermatology.

I haere au ki te whare wānanga ki te ako i te Mātai Kiri. / I went to university to study Dermatology.

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kiri kātete

1. (noun) (clothing) tights.

kiri whakatara

1. (noun) (golf) hazard.

kiri kawa

1. (modifier) short-tempered, quick-tempered, irritable, irascible, cranky, crotchety.

He wā he kiri kawa tōna wairua; he wā anō he tangata marae, he tangata nohopuku (TTR 1990:237). / Sometimes he was very short-tempered, and at other times he was generous or reclusive.

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Synonyms: āritarita, ārita, whanewhane, kiriwetiweti

putaputa kiri

1. (noun) pore (of the skin).

Synonyms: putaputa ririki, kōputaputa

kiri matamata

1. (noun) foreskin, prepuce.

He iwi kokoti katoa rātou i te kiri matamata o ngā tamariki tāne (TWMNT 21/4/1874:97). / They are all tribes that practise circumcision of the boys.

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kiri waitutu

1. (modifier) dark-skinned, dark-red skin.

Ko ngā kiri waitutu katoa he whanaunga ki a tātau, e kaha ana tō mātau whakaaro whakapiri ki ngā iwi kiri waitutu o Te Moana-nui-a- Kiwa (TPH 30/1/1900:8). / All dark-skinned people are related to us and our thoughts are akin to the dark-skinned people of the Pacific Ocean.

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2. (noun) dark-skinned person, dark-red skin.

He kiri waitutu tērā tangata a Murupaenga, he tangata tūkaha te tipu, atamai te āhua (TTR 1990:62). / That man Murupaenga was a dark-skinned person, strongly built, with an intelligent expression.

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kiri angaanga

1. (noun) scalp.

kiri hipi

1. (loan) (noun) sheepskin.

kiri kōtea

1. (noun) albino, fair skinned.

He huhua ngā hapū me ngā reo, me ngā kiri hoki. Ko ētahi he kiri kōtea, ko ētahi e karatiwha ana (TP 1/3/1901:9). / There are many tribes and languages. Some are fair skinned, others are very dark.

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kiri tai

1. (noun) outer skin, epidermis.

kiri wai

1. (noun) inner skin.

kiri tuhi

1. tattoo - a term used for tattooing that is not regarded as having the cultural aspects related to moko.

kiri kau

1. (modifier) naked, nude.

Ka kī ngā puku, ka hoki anō ki te kaukau, engari ka tauwhāinga ko wai rā e rere wawe ki te kōpua. I te kaha o te oma, o te tauwhāinga, kāhore anō kia tata ki te wai, ka tīmata te ruke i ngā kākahu, ka whārona te kākahu, tae rawa atu ki te wai kua tū kiri kau (TTT 1/7/1928:815). / When their stomachs were full they returned to have another swim, but they competed as to who would run to the the pool the first. Because they ran and competed so energetically, before they had reached the water they had begun throwing off their clothes, leaving them in heaps, and by the time they reached the water they were naked.

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Synonyms: kau, kirikau, tahanga, hahake, pakiwhara

2. (noun) nakedness, nudity, undress.

Ka haere me te tokotoko, ko te kiri kau anake, kāore he kahu (JPS 1914:137). / He went off with the spear, quite naked, with no clothing.

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kiri hangareka

1. (noun) jester, comedian, clown.

Synonyms: tangata whakahangareka

kiri whakauka

1. (verb) to devote, dedicate.

E mea ana te kōrero nei ka kiri whakauka tētehi ki te kaupapa e kaingākau nuitia ana e ia, e aro nuitia ana e ia (Kāretu 2016). / What is intended is that one will devote one's all to matters of interest and significance (Kāretu 2016).

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kiri taratara

1. (noun) echinoderm - a phylum consisting of star fish, sea-urchins, sea slugs and sea-lillies. Often spiny-skinned.

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kiri

whakamōhou kiri

mātai kiri

kiri kātete

kiri whakatara

kiri kawa

putaputa kiri

kiri matamata

kiri waitutu

kiri angaanga

kiri hipi

kiri kōtea

kiri tai

kiri wai

kiri tuhi

kiri kau

kiri hangareka

kiri whakauka

kiri taratara

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