2. (noun) person, self - a figurative use.
kiri wai
1. (noun) inner skin.
See also kiriwai
kiri angaanga
1. (noun) scalp.
See also kiri o te angaanga
kiri hipi
1. (loan) (noun) sheepskin.
See also kirihipi
kiri kau
1. (modifier) naked, nude.
Ka kī ngā puku, ka hoki anō ki te kaukau, engari ka tauwhāinga ko wai rā e rere wawe ki te kōpua. I te kaha o te oma, o te tauwhāinga, kāhore anō kia tata ki te wai, ka tīmata te ruke i ngā kākahu, ka whārona te kākahu, tae rawa atu ki te wai kua tū kiri kau (TTT 1/7/1928:815). / When their stomachs were full they returned to have another swim, but they competed as to who would run to the the pool the first. Because they ran and competed so energetically, before they had reached the water they had begun throwing off their clothes, leaving them in heaps, and by the time they reached the water they were naked.
2. (noun) nakedness, nudity, undress.
Ka haere me te tokotoko, ko te kiri kau anake, kāore he kahu (JPS 1914:137). / He went off with the spear, quite naked, with no clothing.
kiri hangareka
1. (noun) jester, comedian, clown.
Synonyms: tangata whakahangareka
kiri waitutu
1. (modifier) dark-skinned, dark-red skin.
Ko ngā kiri waitutu katoa he whanaunga ki a tātau, e kaha ana tō mātau whakaaro whakapiri ki ngā iwi kiri waitutu o Te Moana-nui-a- Kiwa (TPH 30/1/1900:8). / All dark-skinned people are related to us and our thoughts are akin to the dark-skinned people of the Pacific Ocean.
2. (noun) dark-skinned person, dark-red skin.
He kiri waitutu tērā tangata a Murupaenga, he tangata tūkaha te tipu, atamai te āhua (TTR 1990:62). / That man Murupaenga was a dark-skinned person, strongly built, with an intelligent expression.
putaputa kiri
1. (noun) pore (of the skin).
Synonyms: putaputa ririki, kōputaputa
kahu kiri kurī
1. (noun) dogskin cloak - highly prized cloaks at the time of early contact with Europeans and were worn by high ranking chiefs.
He kahu kiri kurī te kahu, kei te ore tērā ngā kōtuku o tōna pūtiki, he rangatira (JPS 1926:98). / His garment is a dogskin cloak, the white heron plumes of his topknot are quivering, and he's a chief.
tōtara kiri kōtukutuku
1. (noun) New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus plumosa - a tall native tree with a cone-shaped head of heavy, almost horizontally spreading branches. The trunk is without branches for some distance above the ground and has thin, parchment-like bark which falls in long strips. The leaves are rich green, compressed and flattened, giving a feathery effect.