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rau

1. (verb) (-a) to put into, gather into, place into.

Ka marū ngā manu ka raua ki roto i te tahā hue, ki roto rānei i te pātua tōtara (TWK 32:10). / When the birds were cooked they were put into gourd calabashes, or into tōtara bark food receptacles.

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2. (verb) (-a) to catch (with a net).

Kua riro a Koro ki te rau inanga (W 1971:328). / Koro has gone to catch whitebait.

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rau

1. (numeral) hundred.

Kotahi rau e toru tekau mātau i te kura (HP 1991:32). / There were one hundred and thirty of us in the school.

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rau

1. (noun) leaf, frond, plume, spray, feather.

Ko te mate anake o te tohetaka ka horoia te mamae he uaua ka mākerekere mai ngā rau tohetaka nō te mea he tino piri kē ki te mamae (HP 1991:24). / The only problem with the dandelion, which reduces the pain, is that it's difficult to remove the dandelion leaves because they really stick to the wound.

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Synonyms: tawhera, whā


2. (noun) blade of a weapon.

Ko te rangatira kaitaotao i te taha mauī o te matua e whakakapakapa ana i te rau o tana mere (TWMNT 27/6/1876:149). / A chief on the left of the column was flourishing the blade of his greenstone mere.

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3. (noun) beat, rhythm (of a poi).

I te rekanga pea o te poi ki ngā kanohi o te Tiuka, ka haere tonu tana waewae i runga i te rau o te poi (TP 1/8/1901:6). / Perhaps because of how melodious the the poi dance was in the eyes of the Duke, his foot went on the beat of the poi.

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Rau Hiriwā

1. (loan) (personal noun) Silver Ferns - the national women's netball team.

rau kikini

1. (noun) spice.

pekapeka rau

1. (noun) medusa-head starfish, Gorgonocephalus novaezelandiae - an endemic deep water species found living on the black tree-coral.

rau wheke

1. (noun) sea lily, Comanthus novaezelandiae - usually fixed to a solid object by small tentacles.

anga rau

1. (noun) hundreds frame (maths).

taumata rau

1. (modifier) remarkable, extraordinary, notable, outstanding - of people.

Ko ia tētahi o ngā tamariki o te whānau taumata rau i puta i ngā wāhine Māori tokoono a Tāme Poto (TTR 1994:83). / He was one of the children of a remarkable family resulting from the six Māori wives of Thomas Halbert.

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huri rau tau

1. (noun) centennial.

Waipapa Taumata Rau

1. (noun) University of Auckland.

kotahi rau tāra

1. (loan) one hundred dollar note, $100.

makau-rau

1. (verb) (-tia) to have many lovers.

Rau, Kereopa Te

1. (personal name) (?-1872) Ngāti Rangiwewehi; warrior and Pai Mārire leader who was hanged for his part in killing Volkner as revenge for the massacre at Rangiaowhia by government forces.

Motu-rau

1. (location) Lake Manapouri.

kūmara rau nui

1. gumdiggers' soap, golden Tainui, kūmarahou, Pomaderris kumeraho - a native shrub with alternating, blue-green leaves on top and undersides pale with protruding veins. Flowers are creamy yellow in large, fluffy clusters. The whole plant is covered in a soft mat of hair. Found north of Bay of Plenty and Kāwhia.

See also kūmarahou

Synonyms: pāpapa

poro-rau

1. (noun) hundreds place value block.

rau o te patu

1. war, violence, fighting, hostilities, warfare, conquest.

Ko te kupu a te rangatira te ture o tōna iwi. Ko ia hei whakaara i te rau o te patu, ko ia hei hohou i te rongo (TTT 1/5/1922:7). / The word of the chief was the law of his kinship group. He could instigate war and he could make peace.

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mataono rite-rau

1. (noun) polycube.

tapawhā rite-rau

1. (noun) polyomino.

He āhua ahu-2 te tapawhā rite-rau ka hangaia ki ētahi tapawhā rite. He ōrite te rahi o ngā tapawhā rite, ā, e hono ana ngā tapa. Mēnā e rua ngā tapawhā rite hei hanga i te āhua, ka tapaina ko te tapawhā rite-rua. Arā anō ngā momo tapawhā rite-rau, ko te tapawhā rite-toru, ko te tapawhā rite-whā, haere ake nei, haere ake nei (TRP 2010:260). / A polyomino is a 2-dimensional shape made from squares. The squares are all the same size, and are joined at the edges. If there are two squares in the shape it is called a domino (tapawhā rite-rua), if there are three it is called a tromino (tapawhā rite-toru), if there are four squares it is called a tetromino (tapawhā rite-whā), and so on.

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