rango
1. (noun) roller (for moving a heavy object such as a canoe), skid.
Ka tīkina atu e rātau ngā rango o 'Tākitimu', ka whakatakotoria e rātau ki raro i a 'Tākitimu', māmā ana te tō ki uta rawa (HP 1991:29). / They fetched the rollers of the 'Tākitimu' canoe, positioned them under 'Tākitimu' and it was easily dragged right up on the beach.
2. (noun) cylinder, roller (for painting).
He āhua ahu-toru te rango, he porowhita te āhua kei ia pito, ā, he mata kōpiko e hono ana i ēnei porowhita e rua. Ka whakamaua he kakau, kia taea ai te rango te pīrori (RTA 2014:146). / The cylinder is a three-dimensional shape, circular at each end and a curved surface joins these two circular ends. A handle is attached so that the cylinder can be rolled.
rango
1. (noun) fly, blowfly.
Ina pania te parāoa ki te tiamu kia tere tonu te whawhao i te parāoa ki roto o te waha; ki te kore ka kapi katoa te parāoa i te rango (TTT 1/9/1931:39). / When the bread is spread with jam quickly put it into your mouth; if you don't the bread will be covered with blowflies.
See also ngaro, rangorango
papaki rango
1. (noun) fly swat, fly swatter, a tukutuku pattern representing a fly swat.
He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).
See also patu ngaro, patu rango
patu rango
1. (noun) fly swat, fly swatter, fan to keep flies away.
He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).
papakirango
1. (noun) the pattern used on tukutuku panels, cloak hems and finely woven baskets based on the traditional fly swat used by mourners to keep flies away from the deceased during a tangihanga. This pattern represents the warding off of harmful influences.
See also papaki ngaro, papaki rango
tīrango
1. (noun) sound-pitching instrument - swung around the head like a pūrerehua. Made by bending a thin piece of kareao (supplejack stem) in the form of a bow and fastening to its two ends as a bowstring a strip of the base of a raupō leaf. A short cord is attached to one end of the bow and when the tīrango is swung through the air it produces the sound from the vibration of the thin edge of the raupō leaf. The sound is similar to that of the rango (blowfly), hence the name.
