kani
1. (verb) (-a) to saw, rub backwards and forwards.
Ka mea atu mehemea ka pai anō kia noho au ki a rātau, ki te Mīhana, hai atawhai mā rātau, hai tama āwhina hoki i a rātau ki te tope wahie, ki te kani wahie me ērā atu mahi mā te tamaiti tāne (HP 1991:34). / They asked if it was alright for me to live with them at the Mission, for them to look after me and for me to be a boy to help them cut and saw firewood and other tasks for a boy.
2. (noun) saw (tool).
I te tau 1947 ka petihanatia e ia te Whare Pāremata, ka tono atu kia whakamutua te waiata mai a te toki me te kani i te ngahere o Waipoua (TTR 1998:137). / In 1947 he petitioned Parliament, requesting that the song of the axe and saw in Waipoua Forest be stopped.
kani kōmitimiti
1. (noun) fusion (dance).
I ētahi kani kōmitimiti, ka tīkina ake he momo nekeneke o tētahi iwi, ā, ka whakamahia e iwi kē atu i ā rātou ake kanikani (RMR 2017). / With some fusion dances one type of movement from one ethnic group is taken and used by another people in their own dances.
mira kani rākau
1. (loan) (noun) sawmill, timber mill.
Monemone noa ngā haupū papa o te mira kani rākau i Te Kōpuru, i Te Wairoa, Kaipara (KO 15/9/1883:2). / The stacks of timber of the sawmill at Te Kōpuru, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, were completely destroyed.
Synonyms: tima
