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hāruru

1. (stative) be fetid, foul-smelling, stinking.

Ka hāruru te rongoā nei (W 1971:38). / This medicine stinks.

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haruru

1. (verb) to roar, make a continuous noise, rumble, echo, resound - any dull, heavy sound.

Ka rangona atu e mātau e haruru haere mai ana i Te Manuwai rā anō (HP 1991:31). / We could hear it roaring along towards us right from Te Manuwai.

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Synonyms: oro, pakū, paoro, hau, , tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, pāorooro, māorooro, tōiriiri


2. (noun) roar, continuous noise, rumble, thud.

Nā, i tōna taenga atu ki raro i tētahi pari, e tūpou haere atu ana hoki ia, e kuhu haere ana hoki mā raro i te ururua, ka rongo ake ia i te haruru nui, kāore i taro, ehara, kua mau ngā matihao o tētahi kurī ki tōna kakī me te ngunguru mai hoki o taua kurī nei (TWMNT 22/6/1875:175). / Now, when he reached the bottom of a cliff, and he was stooped over as he entered the undergrowth by foot, he heard a loud noise, and before long, low and behold, an animal caught his neck with its claws and it was growling.

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Synonyms: wawā, horu, māorooro, wheoro, kokō, ngunguru, oro, hanguru, rarā

tuangi haruru

1. (noun) ringed venus shell, Dosinia anus - a bivalve mollusc common in sand near low tide level and deeper. Has a heavy, white, pinkish to brown shell with deep, sharp, circular ridges.

one-haruru

1. (noun) sandy loam soil.

Mehemea kāore he one-paraumu, ki te kitea he one-haruru, nā ka pai tēnā hai māra (MA 1925:157). / If there is no dark, friable soil but a sandy loam can be found, that will be suitable for a garden.

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hākari

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to adorn, dress the hair.

Kātahi ka tahuri te tangata rā, a Kahu, ki te hākari i tana tamāhine (W 1971:31). / Then that man, Kahu, set about dressing the hair of his daughter.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to have a feast.

Ka titohia e Paratene he waiata, ka hākari te iwi (TTR 1990:111). / Paratene composed a song and the tribe had a feast.

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3. (noun) sumptuous meal, feast, banquet, celebration, entertainment.

He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.

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4. (noun) gift, present.

Kāore i ārikarika te hākari i tāpuia e Ngāti Wheke o Rāpaki mā tō rātou minita (TTR 1994:156). / Ngāti Wheke of Rāpaki gifted a generous reserve for their minister.

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Synonyms: tuari, koha, onāianei, whakaari, whakawhiwhi, whakahiku, tāpae, perehana, tuku, whiu, kōparepare


5. (noun) food display for a feast - high wooden framework on which food was placed for a feast in traditional times.


6. (noun) roe (of fish), yolk of an egg.

He kawenga mai nā te Kāwanatanga o ēnei motu i ngā hākari o ngā ika o tāwāhi, hei whakatupu ika i ēnei motu (TW 19/10/1878:514). / The Government of these islands are bringing the roe of fish from overseas to farm fish in this country.

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Synonyms: toene,


7. (noun) fine dosinia, Dosinia subrosea - smaller than the tuangi haruru, the coarse dosonia, it is a medium-sized saltwater Venus clam, or medium bivalve mollusc.

See also harihari

Synonyms: matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, koio, kōrama, karariwha, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka

hahari

1. (noun) oblong venus shell, Ruditapes largillierti - bivalve mollusc living in sandy mud near low tide. Solid shell, yellowish-white inside and out.


2. (noun) fine dosinia, Dosinia subrosea - smaller than the tuangi haruru, the coarse dosonia, it is a medium-sized saltwater Venus clam, or medium bivalve mollusc.

harihari

1. (noun) fine dosinia, Dosinia subrosea - smaller than the tuangi haruru, the coarse dosonia, it is a medium-sized saltwater Venus clam, or medium bivalve mollusc.

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