2. (noun) weapon, arms.
Heoti anō, maranga katoa ana, tahuri tonu ki te kōhuru kino i ngā wāhine, i ngā tamariki kāhore nei i whai ringa hei karo (MM.TKM 15/7/1858:2). / However, they rose up and set about murdering the women and children who had no weapons for protection.
kapu ringa
1. (noun) biscuit star, Pentagonaster pulchellus - a starfish shaped and coloured like a fancy biscuit. The pairs of rounded knobs at each extremity have a slightly browned appearance. Attains a diameter of about 75 mm. Fairly common cast ashore on South Island and southern North Island sandy beaches.
ringa kamakama
1. (noun) light-fingered person, pickpocket, shoplifter, thief.
Kia tūpato ki taua wahine, he ringa kamakama. I panaia ia i tana mahi i tērā tau. / Be careful with that woman, she's a light-fingered person. She was fired from her job last year.
Synonyms: kaiā
ringa whāngai
1. (noun) left hand - when using the taiaha.
Kātahi ka whitia e ia te reke o tōna taiaha ki runga, ka hō ngā awe ki runga ki te tākakī, puritanga o te ringa whāngai (JPS 1911:22). / Then he turned the butt of his taiaha upwards, the tufts of hair drooped over its neck where the left hand grasps it.
Synonyms: ringa mauī, hema, mauī
