kitā
1. (loan) (noun) guitar.
He taonga puoro autangi te kitā e tino whakamahia ana i ngā momo puoro maha o ēnei rā. E ono ngā aho o te nuinga, ā, ka puta tōna reo i te raraku, i te katokato, i te pākuru rānei i ngā aho (RTP 2015:60). / The guitar is a type of stringed instrument which is widely used in contemporary music. Most have six strings and the sound is produced by strumming, plucking or hitting the strings.(RTP 2015:60).
…e whakatangi kē mai ana rānei ia i te piana, i te pūkumekume, i te ukurere me te kitā atu hoki (TTR 2000:96). / …or he played the piano, the trombone, the ukulele and the guitar.
rakuraku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scratch, scrape, rake, harrow.
Ka rakurakuhia, ka puta te tarawai, ka toto, ka pirau (TTT 1/8/1927:641). / When they're scratched the pus appears and they bleed and become infected.
Synonyms: rakaraka, purau, rapirapi, haehae, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, hae, rapi, rarapi, hārau, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, waku, kaku, kowani, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro, raraku, tīwani
2. (noun) scraper.
I a ia e keri ana ka pā tana rakuraku ki tētahi mea mārō i te one (TWMNT 9/2/1875:36). / While he was digging his scraper struck something hard in the sand.
3. (noun) guitar.
2. (noun) head (of a guitar, etc.).
2. (noun) screw.
Synonyms: wairori, whakawiri, takawiri, takawiriwiri
3. (noun) tuning key (of a guitar, etc.).
Mā te huri i ngā kōwiri e whakatikahia ai te tangi o ngā aho (RTP 2015:61). / By turning the tuning keys the pitch of the strings is corrected.
2. (verb) (-hia,-ina) to wrap, fold up, enfold.
Me te tauera i takaia ai tōna mātenga, kīhai i takoto tahi me ngā takai rīnena, he mea whakakopa ia ki tētahi wāhi i tahaki (PT Hoani 20:7). / And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
3. (noun) clamp.
4. (noun) capo - a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc. to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously.
Kua whakamaua he whakakopa ki te kitā, koia hei whakahī i te tangi o ia aho (RTP 2015:62). / A capo is attached to the guitar, and that's what raises the pitch of each string.
