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āraitanga

1. (noun) blockade, obstruction.

Nō te āraitanga i te pā o Te Koutu, ka tahuri te Hauhau ki te hanga maioro mō te pā o Puraku e tata ana ki Te Tarukenga (TTR 1990:158). / When they were blocked at Te Koutu pā, the Hauhau built fortifications for Puraku pā near Tarukenga.

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Synonyms: tairo, taunahua, taupā, tauārai


2. (noun) eclipse.

Mēnā e noho ana te rā, a Papatūānuku me te marama ki tētahi rārangi torotika, kātahi ka hua mai he āraitanga (RP 2009:171). / If the sun, the Earth and the moon lie in a straight line, then an eclipse is the result.

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āraitanga kōmaru

1. (noun) solar eclipse.

E rua ngā āraitanga matua, ko te āraitanga o te rā (ka kīia ko te āraitanga kōmaru, te rā kūtia rānei) me te āraitanga marama (ka kīia ko te pounga) (RP 2009:171). / There are two main types of eclipses, the eclipse of the sun (called the solar eclipse) and the lunar eclipse.

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pounga

1. (noun) lunar eclipse.

Ka tae mai a Te Teira ki te whakaoho i ahau. Ka kī mai, "Me haere tāua kia kite i te pounga o te marama." (TWK 16:23). / The Rev. Richard Taylor arrived to wake me up. He said, You and I should go to see the eclipse of the moon."

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Synonyms: āraitanga marama

āraitanga marama

1. (noun) lunar eclipse.

E rua ngā āraitanga matua, ko te āraitanga o te rā (ka kīia ko te āraitanga kōmaru, te rā kūtia rānei) me te āraitanga marama (ka kīia ko te pounga) (RP 2009:171). / There are two main types of eclipses, the eclipse of the sun (called the solar eclipse) and the lunar eclipse.

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Synonyms: pounga

āraitanga o te katoa o Tama-nui-te-rā

1. total solar eclipse.

āraitanga o tētahi wāhi o Tama-nui-te-rā

1. partial solar eclipse.

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