kuīni

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to reign as queen.

I te tau 1887 te tiupirī tuatahi o te kuīni, i tae ai ki te rima tekau ngā tau i kuīni ai ia (TP 5/1900:4). / The first jubilee of the queen was in 1887, when it reached 50 years that she had reigned as queen.

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2. (loan) (noun) queen.

Kua tae mai ngā kōrero o te Kīngi me ngā rangatira o Whītī, mō tō rātou whenua, kia mahia ngā tikanga o taua whenua e te Kuīni o Ingarangi (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Word has arrived from the King and chiefs of Fiji concerning their land, that the control of that land be exercised by the Queen of England.

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Kuīni

1. (loan) (personal name) Queenie, Queen.

Ko Kuīni Matenga Patapu i mate ki te hōhipera i Whanganui i te 21 o ngā rā o Hūrae, 1900… (TJ 19/7/1900:11). / Queenie Matenga Patapu died at the Whanganui Hospital on 21st July, 1900…

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kuini

1. (loan) (noun) quince - a hard acid pear-shaped fruit.

E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā huarākau katoa, arā, paramu, tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini huarākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are preparing to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plums, cherries, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.

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pane kuīni

1. (loan) (noun) postage stamp, postage.

Māku e utu te pane kuīni hei tuku atu i ngā pukapuka ki a koe. / I will pay the postage to send the books to you.

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Synonyms: utu karere, pōhi, pane kīngi

kuīni whakarākei

1. (noun) drag queen.

He maha ngā momo whakaaritanga pērā i te wewete kākahu a te wahine, a te tāne me te irawhiti, te whakangahau a te kuīni whakarākei me te tangata kahuwhiti, te kaikani-ahi, te kanikani Pāniora, te tū a te pukuhohe, me te kani-puku. (Townsend, 2018) / ...and offered a variety of shows, including female, male and transgender striptease acts, performances by drag queens and cross-dressers, fire dancers, Spanish flamenco, comic acts, and belly dancing.

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Kuīni Tiriti

1. (loan) (location) Queen Street.

Kuīni Wikitōria

1. (loan) (personal name) Queen Victoria.

utu pane kuīni

1. (loan) (noun) stamp duty.

Me titiro tātou ki ngā whenua Pākehā, e utu ana koia rātou kia pērā rawa te nui o te utu pane kuīni? (RT 2013:99). / We should look at Pākehā lands. Are they paying as much as the amount of stamp duty?

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Topeora, Rangi Kuīni Wikitōria

1. (personal name) (?-1865-73?) Ngāti Toa; leader and waiata composer who moved south from Kāwhia to the Kapiti coast with Te Rauparaha. Te Rangihaeata was her brother and her son was Mātene Te Whiwhi.

Rūnanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni

1. Queen's Council, Privy Council.

Kua mōhiotia nuitia te kino, kino, kino rawa o te tupeka, koia i whakaarahia ai e te Runanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni ngā ture hei patu i tērā taru kai a te kuri (KO 15/7/1884:7). / It is generally known how extremely bad tobacco is and that's why the laws have been raised by the Privy Council to destroy that damn weed.

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Synonyms: Piriwi Kaunihera

Te Huritau o te Kuīni

1. (noun) Queen's Birthday.

Ahakoa te pēheatanga o ngā whakaaro o te tangata, he rā whakatā ā-ture tonu te Huritau o te Kuīni. Despite what people think, the Queen's Birthday is still a public holiday. /

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