2. (noun) diagonal - diagonals (originally in measuring the ground plan of a house, etc.).
E rua ngā hauroki o te tapawhā, ko te hauroki matua me te hauroki poto (TRP 2010:112). / There are two diagonals of a quadrilateral, the main diagonal and the short diagonal.
2. (noun) sash, wide diagonal shoulder belt.
Ko ngā kākahu ēnei o Te Motoreta ka ūhia e au ki runga i a koe. Ko te tāpeka tautau i tō kakī tēnei ka whakamauria e au ki tō kakī (HP 1991:302). / These are the garments of the Moderator that I'm placing over you. This is the sash hanging from your neck that I'm putting on you.
2. (noun) breadth, diagonal, brace, stay.
Ko te whānuitanga o te hōkai o tōna mōhiotanga, kua roa kē nei e mōhiotia ana e te ao Māori (TTR 1996:111). / His range and the breadth of his knowledge had long been known by the Māori world.
3. (noun) spasmodic movement (of the limbs).
4. (noun) quill feathers.
Synonyms: hōkaikai
2. (adjective) be twilled - in weaving mats, kete, etc. so that the strips in one direction are passed over two of the transverse strips in such a way as to produce a diagonal pattern.
3. (modifier) twofold, of double thickness, duet.
I tētehi kōnohete a Ana Hato i roto i te whare nui tawhito i Tūnohopū i Ōhinemutu, e waiata tōrua ana rāua ko tōna whanaunga, ko Deane Waretini (TTR 1998:62). / At a concert in the old Tūnohopū meeting house, Ōhinemutu, Ana Hato sang duets with her relation, Deane Waretini.
