karu

1. (noun) eye.

E ai ki ngā kōrero i whakapurua e Te Whānau-a-Apanui ngā karu o te papa angaanga o tana matua, o Te Pori-o-te-rangi, ki te harare pūwhero (TTR 1990:276). / It is said that Te Whānau-a-Apanui plugged up the eye sockets of the skull of her father, Te Pori-o-te-rangi, with red sealing wax.

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2. (noun) eyeball.

karu

1. (noun) spongy matter around the seeds of a gourd.

ua karu

1. (noun) orbicularis oculi muscle.

karu whārahi

1. (noun) microscope.

He rauropi tino ririki te moroiti, kāore e kitea e te karu tangata, mā te karu whārahi kē e kitea ai (RP 2009:292). / A micro-organism is an extremely small organism that cannot be seen by the naked eye, but is visible under a microscope (RP 2009:292).

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Synonyms: karaihe, karu whakarahi

karu hāpuku

1. (noun) a weaving pattern (for baskets and mats).

karu ika

1. (noun) fish eye lens.

Ko te karu ika tētahi atu momo arotahi, he tino whārahi. Arā, he tino tawhiti mai i tētahi pito o te whakaahua ki tētahi, ā, ka hakoko te whakaahua (RTA 2014:81). / The fish eye is another type of lens that is very wide. That is, it is a great distance from one end of the image to the other and the image is curved.

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karu whakarahi

1. (noun) microscope.

He mōkitokito te huakita, mā te karu whakarahi anake e kitea ai (RP 2009:204). / Bacteria are minute and can only be seen through a microscope.

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Synonyms: karaihe, karu whārahi

karu whātata

1. (noun) telescope.

karu tororunga

1. (noun) periscope.

karu kakapo

1. (noun) stroboscope.

karu hōmiromiro

1. (noun) someone with sharp eyesight, 'eagle-eye'.

He karu hōmiromiro taua wahine, kāore ōna mōwhiti. / That woman is someone with sharp eyesight, and she doesn't have glasses.

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karu mōwhiti

1. eyes with rings ie spectacles.

karu rewha

1. (adjective) be cross-eyed.

He karu rewha tētahi o ā rāua tamariki. / One of their children is cross-eyed.

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karu whakatata

1. (noun) binoculars, telescope.

karu māhanga

1. (noun) snare, trap, noose.

Synonyms: kono, kōpeti, koromāhanga, tari, māhanga, naha, reti, kaha, tāwhiti, koro

pae karu

1. eyelid.

I te kaha kimokimo ngā pae karu o te tamaiti i te kaha o te rā. The child's eyelids were blinking vigorously because of the sun. /

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Karu Whā, Te

1. (personal name) Henry Williams.

I te tau 1840, i te marama o Hānuere, ka haere rāua ko Te Korohiko ki Pēwhairangi i te taha o Te Karu Whā, o te Rōpū Hāhi Mihinare, ki ngā hui whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1990:187). / In January 1840, he and Te Korohiko travelled to the Bay of Islands with Henry Williams of the Church Missionary Society to the gathering discussing the Treaty of Waitangi.

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