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hākete

1. (loan) (noun) jacket.

E oti te tarautete, te hākete, te kāone, te aha, te aha i te huruhuru o te hipi (Ma 1844:2). / Trousers, jackets, gowns and other clothes can be made from sheep’s wool.

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Synonyms: tiakete, koti ua

tiakete

1. (loan) (noun) jacket.

Ko ō rātou tiakete he mea mahi anō ki te kiri houi, engari ki te titiro atu rite tonu ki te kiwi (TP 8/1901:5). / There jackets were made of bark of the lacebark tree, but they looked just like kiwi feathers.

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Synonyms: hākete, koti ua

houhi ongaonga

1. (noun) thousand jacket, lacebark, Hoheria populnea - small white-flowered, graceful trees with fibrous many-layered underbark and alternating serrated leaves which are 5-12 cm long with large sharp teeth.

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Synonyms: houi, houhere, houhi

hākete whakaora

1. (loan) (noun) life jacket.

He karanga mate te hari i te karaka maoa ki te hī i runga waka, kāore nei ōna hākete whakaora (HJ 2012:20). / Taking a non-swimmer fishing on a vessel without her life-jacket is asking for trouble.

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Synonyms: kahu kautere

kahu kautere

1. (noun) life jacket.

Ki te mea ka haere kōrua ki te moana mā runga poti pakupaku me mau kahu kautere. / If you two go to sea on a dinghy you must wear life jackets.

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Synonyms: hākete whakaora

koti ua

1. (noun) raincoat.

Kei hea taku koti ua? / Where is my raincoat?

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Synonyms: tāpōrena, tiakete, hākete

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