kairangi

1. (adjective) high quality.

kairangi

1. (verb) to lop off the top branches (from a standing tree).

Me kairangi te rimu nei (W 197:89). / The top branches of this rimu tree should be lopped off.

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kairangi

1. (noun) anything held in high esteem, darling, exalted chief, finest variety of greenstone, patron.

He tikanga tonu nāna te whakamau i āna manuhiri taiea ki te kahu kairangi, ki te taonga pounamu rānei, he mea tango tonu mai i te whakaputunga taonga i kaingākaunuitia e rāua ko tōna hoa (TTR 1996:20). / It was a custom of hers to present her honoured guests with fine cloaks or greenstone artefacts from her and her husband's' treasured collection.

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kairangi

1. (verb) to be unsettled, restless.

Hei konei tonu au kairangi atu ai ki te ao e rere mai rā runga i Tōtara (M 2004: / I am still here with unsettled thoughts with the clouds flowing over Tōtara pā.

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Synonyms: ikimoke, karore, kaparangi, irirangi, kārangirangi, tāhurihuri, ānau, hikimoke, kārangi, tītengi, kōkeko

tohu kairangi

1. (noun) doctorate, Doctoral degree, PhD.

E whakaoti ana ia i tana tuhinga whakapae mō Tītokowaru e riro mai ai te tohu kairangi, ka pāngia a ia e te māuiui (TTR 2000:32). / He was completing his doctoral thesis on Tītokowaru when ill health overtook him.

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Tohu Kairangi, Te

1. Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, DNZM - The Order is awarded to those “who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and the nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions, or other merits”.

Awa-kairangi, Te

1. (location) Hutt River.

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