2. (noun) digging.
E kaha ana te kaiwaihanga ki te kī e rite ana ki te kaha o ngā tāngata tokowaru, ka oti nei i te tangata kotahi me ngā hōiho e rua mō te kari huarahi me te kari awa, arā, waikari (TPH 26/11/1905:5). / The developer loudly proclaims that what eight men can do one man and two horses can achieve in digging roads and drains.
kāri
1. (loan) (noun) guard (railway).
E kore te kāri e titiro ki tō āhua, he Māori he Pākehā rānei, kei tō tikiti kē tō tika, ki te tika tērā, ka tika tō haere (TP 5/1904:3). / The guard won’t look at your appearance, whether you are a Māori or a Pākehā; your right (to travel) is in your ticket, if it is in order, then your journey will be in order.
kaingaki kāri
1. (loan) (noun) gardener.
Hua noa ia ko te kaingaki kāri, nā ko tana meatanga ki a ia, E mara, ki te mea kua mauria atu ia e koe, kōrerotia ki ahau te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai ia, ā māku ia e tango atu (PT Hoani 20:15). / She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have taken him, tell me where he was laid out, and I will take him away."
See also kaingaki māra
pūkei kāri
1. (loan) (noun) pack of cards.
Synonyms: pūranga
Kāri o Kehemane
1. (loan) (location) Garden of Gethsemane - garden between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives where Jesus went with his disciples after the Last Supper.
See also Kehemane