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arumoni

1. (loan) (modifier) commercial.

Atu i te tau 1916 ki 1919 he mea kura anō ia ki te kura tuarua mō ngā taitama o Ōtākou; i reira rā ka whai ia i te akoranga arumoni me te reo Wīwī (TTR 2000:99). / From 1916 to 1919 he was educated at Otago Boys’ High School; there he took the commercial course and French.

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kamupene

1. (loan) (noun) company, firm (commercial).

I tāia ki te tari a te tā perehi niupepa a Perete me tana kamupene i Tāmaki-makau-rau. / Printed at Brett and Company's newspaper printing office in Auckland.

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pakihi

1. (modifier) business, trading, commercial.

Ko tōna hoa pakihi i ngā mahi ahu whenua i reira ko Kāpene Thomas Good (TTR 1994:158). / His business partner in land development there was Captain Thomas Good.

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2. (noun) business, enterprise, venture.

I te tau 1946 ka tīmataria e ia tana pakihi hī ika (TTR 2000:57). / In 1946 he started his fishing business.

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tauhokohoko

1. (verb) to barter, bargain, trade.

Tauhokohoko ai ngā iwi noho ki tai i te ika, te mātaitai, te karengo, te karaka, te aha atu, mō ngā kai a ngā iwi ki uta, pērā i te huahua manu, te huahua kiore, te whatutūrei a Rua (te hua o te hīnau) me ngā hua o te wao tapu nui (Te Ara 2013). / Coastal iwi exchanged goods with inland iwi, including fish, shellfish, karengo (seaweed), karaka berries, and other produce. Inland tribes in turn had birds and preserved rats in calabashes, hīnau cakes and the produce of the forest.

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Synonyms: hokonga, hokohoko, hoko


2. (modifier) trading, commercial.

Hei pou i ngā mahi tauhokohoko ka haere a Porake ki Tangiterōria i te tau 1832 (TTR 1994:164). / Joel Polack went to Tangiteroria in 1832 seeking to establish trading enterprises.

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3. (noun) commerce, trade.

I whiwhi ia i te tohu paetahi mō te tauhokohoko i te whare wānanga o Utā (TTR 2000:153). / She gained a Bachelor degree in commerce from the University of Utah.

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4. (noun) alternating speakers between tangata whenua and mahuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.

See also tauutuutu

āpure ika

1. (noun) local non-commercial fishing zone.

pānui hokohoko

1. (noun) advertisement, commercial.

kokowhāwhā

1. (noun) anchovy, Engraulis antipodum - a small shoaling fish of commercial importance as a food and as bait. Strongly flavoured and is usually preserved in salt and oil.

korowhāwhā

1. (noun) anchovy, Engraulis antipodum - a small shoaling fish of commercial importance as a food and as bait. Strongly flavoured and is usually preserved in salt and oil.

See also kokowhāwhā

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