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rino

1. (loan) (modifier) iron, steel, metal.

Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.

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Synonyms: konganuku, maitai, mētara


2. (loan) (noun) iron (Fe), steel, metal.

Kua kite rātou, he pēnei me te rino, me te kapa ngā mea o te rā e kanapa mai ana ki a tātou, ā e kīia ana e toru tekau āhua kē o aua rino i te rā (TW 2/11/1878:545) / They have found that the elements of the sun shining down on us are like iron and copper, and it is said that there are thirty different metals in the sun.

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3. (loan) (noun) irons, shackle, leg-irons, manacle.

I ngā wā e ora ana ia, hereheretia ai ōna waewae ki te rino, nāwai rā ka hou te rino ki roto i te kikokiko (TP 10/1899:5). / While he was healthy, his legs were shackled in irons, and presently the shackle worked its way into his flesh.

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Synonyms: herehere


4. (loan) (noun) cog, mechanical part, machinery, engine, tool.

Patua kia maunu te rino o te huri (Ma 1853:23). / Hit the cog on the shaft until it loosens.

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5. (loan) (noun) railway track.

Kua tahuna e ia te piriti kia wera i te ahi, me te unuunu hoki i ngā rino o te tereina (TJ 12/7/1898:6). / He has burnt the bridge down and has pulled up the railway lines.

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Synonyms: ara tereina

rino

1. (noun) two strand cord or rope.

Kātahi rātou ka whiri taura; ka kitea i reira te whiri tuamaka, te tarikarakia, te whiri pāraharaha, te rino (NM 1928:13). / Then they plaited ropes and there were seen plaiting of five and six stranded ropes, ropes of eight strands, plaiting of flat ropes of three strands and ropes of two strands.

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Synonyms: kārure, whakaheke, taukaea, kaha, rāhiri, pūrengi, tāwai, taura

rino haupōro

1. (noun) (golf) iron.

mate rino

1. (noun) anaemia.

Ki te iti rawa te rino o ngā toto, e kīia ana he mate rino. / If there's a deficiency of iron in the blood, that is called anaemia.

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onepū rino

1. (noun) ironsand.

I mātakitakihia i te toa o Te Morena mā i Kuīni Tiriti, ngā rino he mea hanga mai i te onepū mangu e pae nei i te taha moana, i Manukau, puta atu ki Taranaki. Ka nui te whakapai o te Pākehā ki tēnei mahi hou kua tīmata nei whakarewa onepū rino (KO 15/6/1883:3). / Viewed in the shop of Morrin and Co in Queen Street is iron made from black sand that is deposited on the coast from Manukau to Taranaki. The Pākehā have great expertise in this new occupation and have begun smelting ironsand.

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rino kōwakawaka

1. (noun) corrugated iron.

Koia nei te tukanga matua e whakamahia ana ki te tiaki i te rino kōwakawaka e hangaia ai ngā tuanui o ō tātou whare (RP 2009:172). / This is the main process used to protect the corrugated iron used in building the roofs of our houses.

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rino ōkai

1. (noun) iron oxide.

pakakau rino

1. (noun) glockenspiel.

maramara rino

1. (noun) iron filings.

rino pūhaumāota

1. (noun) iron chloride.

rino waihā

1. (noun) iron hydroxide.

pahū rino

1. (noun) timpani, kettle drum.

rino pākawa pungatara

1. (noun) iron sulphate.

rino pākawa ota

1. (noun) iron nitrate.

rinokita

1. (noun) chrome steel.

1. (verb) (-hia) to blow gently.

Nā te hau koe e mai nei ki taku kiri? (NM 1928:12). / Are you from the wind that blows on my skin?

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2. (noun) pipe, tube, flute - used as a prefix for some wind instruments, e.g. pūkaea, pūtātara, pūtōrino.

Wiria he puare ki te hei wenewene (RTP 2015:76). / Bore holes in the flute as finger holes.

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Synonyms: kōrere wai, paipa, kōrere, momi


3. (noun) gun, musket, firearm.

I te pakanga o Te Kakara, i kō tata mai i te roto o Taharoa, ko Te Pēhi tētahi o ngā rangatira tokowhā o Ngāti Toa, he tāna (TTR 1990:246). / At the battle of Te Kakara, near Lake Taharoa, Te Pehi was one of four Ngāti Toa chiefs armed with a musket.
He manuao ririki rawa iho ēnei, he torutoru ōna , he tere, ko tana tino rākau patu he tōpiro (TP 11/1899:3). / These are much smaller warships, with few guns, are faster and their main weapons are torpedoes.

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Synonyms: ngutu pārera, purukumu, pū okaoka, pū hoata, pū ngutu pārera


4. (noun) duct.

He kei roto i te tinana hei kawe i ngā momo wē, pērā i te roimata, te waiate me te toto (RP 2009:329). / In the body, ducts carry different types of liquid, such as tears, bile and blood (RP 2009:329).

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