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epa

1. (verb) (-ina,-ngia) to throw, pelt, pitch (softball), bowl (cricket).

Nā ka mau rātou ki ētahi kōhatu hei epa ki a ia (PT Hoani 8:59). / Then they took up stones to cast at him.

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Synonyms: tūpoupou, tūkarikari, karaepa, kuru, opa, whākuru, kurukuru


2. (noun) throw, toss, cast, pelt, throwing, tossing, casting, pelting.

Kāore i mutu tā rātou epa i te kurī ki te kōhatu, nā tō rātou mataku i taua kurī. / They did not stop their pelting the dog with stones because of their fear of that dog.

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epa ātea

1. (noun) off-break (cricket).

Synonyms: epa piki

epa piki

1. (noun) off-break (cricket).

Synonyms: epa ātea

epa tāwhiro ātea

1. (noun) off-spinner (cricket).

epa tāwhiro wae

1. (noun) leg-spinner (cricket).

epa tūpana

1. (noun) bouncer (cricket).

kirikiti

1. (loan) (noun) cricket (sport).

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 53;)

I roto i ā koutou tākaro, i te whutupaoro, i te hōkī, i te kirikiti, kāore he painga o te tamaiti e whakaaro ana ki a ia anake (TTT 1/8/1923:10). / In your sports, rugby, hockey and cricket, there is no benefit in a child thinking only as an individual.

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pihareinga

1. (loan) (noun) black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus - flatish black insect active at night in summer when its loud high-pitched chirping is heard. Common from Kaikōura north in grassland. The Māori name probably derives from ‘bushranger’, an early New Zealand term for this species of introduced insect.

Engari, ko te pihareinga kei te noho mārire, mō te raumati ka tangi ai (TWM 22/8/1863:2). / But the black cricket hibernates and chirps in the summer.

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paina

1. (loan) (noun) point, run (cricket).

Ka titiro mehemea e hia ngā paina o te pūrei, ā kāore he paina a tētahi, a tētahi (TJ 16/8/1898:6). / They looked to see what the score was, and neither side had any points.

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Synonyms: koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, tara, tihi, mata, matū, matamata, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, ngahu, tāmore

areinga

1. (noun) black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus - flatish black insect active at night in summer when its loud high-pitched chirping is heard. Common from Kaikōura north in grassland. The Māori name probably derives from ‘bushranger’, an early New Zealand term for this species of introduced insect.

See also pihareinga

rirerire

1. (noun) grey warbler, Gerygone igata - a small, slender, insect-eating songbird of greenish-grey colouring with a darker tail tipped white. Has an undulating, floating, feather-like flight. Lives in scrub, forest, parks and gardens.

See also riroriro


2. (noun) black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus - flatish black insect active at night in summer when its loud high-pitched chirping is heard. Common from Kaikōura north in grassland.

See also pihareinga

ātea

1. (adjective) (cricket) off-side.

hemi

1. (noun) (cricket, score) extra.

hinga

1. (noun) (cricket) bowled.

whiro

1. (noun) (cricket) bat.

1. (noun) (cricket) crease.

wī epa

1. (noun) (cricket) bowling crease.

kaiepa

1. (noun) (cricket) bowler.


2. (noun) (softball) pitcher.

kōripi

1. (noun) (cricket) slip.

kōripi wae

1. (noun) (cricket) leg slip.

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