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iniana

1. (loan) (noun) engine.

initia

1. (loan) (noun) engine.

mataaro pūkaha

1. (noun) mechanical engineer.

hanga materahi

1. (noun) civil engineer.

mihīni

1. (loan) (noun) machine, engine - Northern dialect variation of mīhini.

See also mīhini

Synonyms: mīhini, pūrere

pūtororē

1. (noun) jet of gas (from burning wood).


2. (noun) exhaust (from an engine, etc.).

pūkenga oro

1. (noun) audio technician, audio engineer.

Ko te mahi a te pūkenga oro, he hopu, he rāwekeweke, he whakanikoniko, he whakaputa i te puoro. He wā anō, ko tāna mahi he whakarite, he whakahaere i ngā oro mō tētahi whakaaturanga mataora ki te atamira o te whare whakaari. Ko te āhua o ngā oro hei whakaū i te wairua o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / The role of a sound engineer is to record, manipulate, embellish and reproduce music. Another role is in arranging and controlling the sound for a live stage production. The nature of the sound helps establish the mood of the production (RMR 2017).

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mīhini

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to mechanize.

He maha ō ngā teihana hipi kua mīhinitia te kutinga i ngā hipi (TP 4/1908:10). / Many of the sheep stations have mechanized the shearing of the sheep.

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2. (loan) (modifier) machined, made by machine.

…he māti, he paipa mīhini… (TW 1/9/1877:348). / …matches, machine-made pipes…

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3. (loan) (noun) machine, engine.

Ki ngā tāngata e hiahia mīhini ana mō tērā tau, kia tere tonu te haere mai ināianei, ki te kōrero ki a mātou i te āhua o tāna mīhini e hiahia ana, he mīhini karaihe, he mīhini witi rānei, kia tere ai hoki tā mātou tono atu kia utaina mai i tāwāhi, arā, i Ingarangi (TW 12/2/1875:12). / Persons desiring machines for next season should come and order them now, and inform us of the nature of the machine he desires, either for grass, or for wheat, to enable an early shipment from overseas, from England.

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See also mihīni

Synonyms: mihīni, pūrere

tarakihana

1. (loan) (noun) tractor, traction engine.

Ka haere a Heramia ki te whare o te tarakihana (TWK 28:12). / Heramia went to the tractor shed.

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waka tinei ahi

1. (noun) fire engine.

kairaweke taputapu matua

1. (noun) senior engineer.

rino

1. (loan) (modifier) iron, steel, metal.

Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.

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Synonyms: konganuku, maitai, mētara


2. (loan) (noun) iron (Fe), steel, metal.

Kua kite rātou, he pēnei me te rino, me te kapa ngā mea o te rā e kanapa mai ana ki a tātou, ā e kīia ana e toru tekau āhua kē o aua rino i te rā (TW 2/11/1878:545) / They have found that the elements of the sun shining down on us are like iron and copper, and it is said that there are thirty different metals in the sun.

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3. (loan) (noun) irons, shackle, leg-irons, manacle.

I ngā wā e ora ana ia, hereheretia ai ōna waewae ki te rino, nāwai rā ka hou te rino ki roto i te kikokiko (TP 10/1899:5). / While he was healthy, his legs were shackled in irons, and presently the shackle worked its way into his flesh.

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Synonyms: herehere


4. (loan) (noun) cog, mechanical part, machinery, engine, tool.

Patua kia maunu te rino o te huri (Ma 1853:23). / Hit the cog on the shaft until it loosens.

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5. (loan) (noun) railway track.

Kua tahuna e ia te piriti kia wera i te ahi, me te unuunu hoki i ngā rino o te tereina (TJ 12/7/1898:6). / He has burnt the bridge down and has pulled up the railway lines.

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Synonyms: ara tereina

tima

1. (loan) (noun) ship, steamer, ferry.

E rere tonu ana tēnei tima, atu anō i Nēpia ki Te Wairoa, ka paki te rangi te rere ai (TW 3/6/1876:224). / This steamer travels from Napier to Te Wairoa, when the weather is fine.

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Synonyms: motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere


2. (loan) (noun) steam engine, train, sawmill.

Ko te take i pēnei ai he rerekē tōna tima, he tāpaina (TP 10/1904:10). / The reason it is like that is that its steam engine is different, being a turbine.

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Synonyms: mira kani rākau

pūkaha

1. (noun) engineering.

Nō te takiwā o 1910, i haere ai a Harry Dansey ki Peretānia ki te whakawhānui atu i ana mahi kura mō te pūkaha, ki te mahi hoki i runga i ngā rerewē haere mā raro i te whenua, tae atu ki te Rerewē Rarowhenua o Rānana (TTR 1996:25). / Around 1910 Harry Dansey went to Britain to continue his engineering studies and to work on underground railway projects, including the London Underground.

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2. (noun) battery.

Synonyms: pāteri, pūhiko, pēteri


3. (noun) engine, motor.

Ka tata ki uta, ka hikina te pūkaha, ka tītokohia te waka ki te hoe, ā ū rawa ki uta (PK 2008:945). / As they approached the shore, the engine was stopped and the vessel was propelled with the paddle until it reached the shore.

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kaipūkaha

1. (noun) engineer.

Tērā pea, ko ia tonu te Māori tuatahi ki te whiwhi i te tohu mātauranga kaipūkaha (TTR 1996:25). / He was probably the first qualified Māori engineer.

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mātai pūhanga

1. (noun) engineering (field of study).

pūhanga hiko

1. (noun) electrical engineering.

pūhanga metarahi

1. (noun) civil engineering.

pūhanga pūrere

1. (noun) mechanical engineering.

pūhanga tāhiko

1. (noun) electronic engineering.

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