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kāri

1. (loan) (noun) card, playing card.

Ko ngā mea kino o roto o te Pākehā me whakarihariha - ko te inu rama, ko te purei kāri, ko te aha, ko te aha (TKP 17/5/1858:2). / Despise the bad things amongst the Pākehā - drinking rum, playing cards and such like.

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kari

1. (verb) (-a) to dig, dig up, dig for, thrash.

He tāone nō Ihipa a Huehi. I karia he awa i reira hei hui i Te Metitarēniana ki Te Moana Whero (TWMNT 15/3/1879:342). / Suez is a city of Egypt. A canal was dug there to connect the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

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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.

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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.

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kāri

1. (loan) (noun) garden, cultivation, vineyard.

Tāua ka haere ki te ngaki i te kāri. / Let's go and weed the garden.

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kāri huritau

1. (loan) (noun) birthday card.

kāri pakihi

1. (loan) (noun) business card.

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."

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See also kaingaki māra

kāri tahua

1. (noun) bankcard.

kāri nama

1. (loan) (noun) credit card.

purei kāri

1. (loan) (noun) playing cards.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 66-69;)

Ko ngā mea kino o roto o te Pākehā me whakarihariha – ko te inu rama, ko te purei kāri, ko te aha, ko te aha (TKP 17/5/1858:2). / Despise the bad things amongst the Pākehā – drinking rum, playing cards and such like.

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putu kāri

1. (loan) (noun) deck of cards.

kāri Kirihimete

1. (loan) (noun) Christmas card.

whakanuka kāri

1. (loan) (noun) poker (card game).

Ko ia tana hoa tākaro korowha, purei whakanuka kāri i ētehi rā mutunga wiki nei (TTR 2000:20). / He was his golfing companion and they played poker on occasional weekends.

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kāri pere

1. (loan) (noun) arrow card (maths).

kāri taurewa

1. (loan) (noun) credit card.

kāri tohutau

1. (loan) (noun) numeral card (maths).

pūkei kāri

1. (loan) (noun) pack of cards.

Nā Hare te pūkei kāri i hari mai. / Harry brought the pack of cards.

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Synonyms: pūranga

kāri mahara

1. (noun) memory card.

He hanga iti te kāri mahara hei pupuri raraunga matihiko, pērā i te whakaahua, i te puoro me te kōrero (RTA 2014:99). / The memory card is a small device for storing digital information such as images, music and speech (RTA 2014:99).

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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.

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kāri whakaheke utu

1. (loan) (noun) discount card.

Kia kuhuna atu te kāri whakaheke utu i te tuatahi (HJ 2012:255). / Firstly, insert the discount card.

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