mihini - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

mihīni

1. (loan) (noun) machine, engine - Northern dialect variation of mīhini.

mīhini

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to mechanize.

He maha ō ngā teihana hipi kua mīhinitia te kutinga i ngā hipi (TP 4/1908:10). / Many of the sheep stations have mechanized the shearing of the sheep.

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2. (loan) (modifier) machined, made by machine.

…he māti, he paipa mīhini… (TW 1/9/1877:348). / …matches, machine-made pipes…

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3. (loan) (noun) machine, engine.

Ki ngā tāngata e hiahia mīhini ana mō tērā tau, kia tere tonu te haere mai ināianei, ki te kōrero ki a mātou i te āhua o tāna mīhini e hiahia ana, he mīhini karaihe, he mīhini witi rānei, kia tere ai hoki tā mātou tono atu kia utaina mai i tāwāhi, arā, i Ingarangi (TW 12/2/1875:12). / Persons desiring machines for next season should come and order them now, and inform us of the nature of the machine he desires, either for grass, or for wheat, to enable an early shipment from overseas, from England.

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mīhini whakaata

1. (loan) (noun) video player.

kani mīhini

1. (loan) (noun) power saw, chainsaw.

mīhini moni

1. (loan) (noun) money machine, ATM (automated teller machine).

mīhini uta

1. (loan) (noun) loader.

mīhini whakaahua

1. (loan) (noun) photocopier.

Synonyms: pūrere whakaahua

mīhini kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee machine.

kaiaka mīhini

1. (loan) (noun) mechanic.

He kaiaka mīhini ia, ā, nō muri mai he taraiwa tekihī, taraiwa pahi nei tāna mahi (TTR 2000:80). / He was a motor mechanic and later was a taxi and bus driver.

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pū mīhini

1. (loan) (noun) machine gun.

Kua kore he painga o te taiaha hei hoariri mō te pū mīhini (TKO 30/6/1919:3). / The taiaha is no match for the machine gun.

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mīhini petipeti

1. (loan) (noun) betting machine, totalisator.

He uaua ki a au te whakawā, me te whiu i a rātou i te mea ko te kāwanatanga anō nāna i whakaae ngā mīhini petipeti (TP 10/1906:2). / It is difficult for me to give judgement and to punish them beacuse the government itself allows totalisators.

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mīhini tuhituhi

1. (loan) (noun) typewriter.

I te tuatahi, ka whakamātautauria mātau ki runga o te mīhini tuhituhi (HP 1991:214). / Firstly, we were tested on the typewriter.

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mīhini nakunaku

1. (loan) (noun) mincer, mincing machine.

Raua katoatia atu ngā kai ki te mīhini nakunaku, ka pēhi ai i te pātene (HJ 2012:232). / Place all the food into the mincer, then press the button.

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mīhini natunatu

1. (loan) (noun) crusher.

mīhini kutētē kau

1. (loan) (noun) milking machine.

Kāore hoki he mīhini kutētē kau i taua wā (HP 1991:22). / And there were no milking machines in those times.

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Synonyms: mīhini miraka kau

rūma mīhini whakaahua

1. (loan) (noun) photocopying room.

mīhini hopu kōrero

1. (loan) (noun) tape recorder.

mīhini whakataki manawa

1. (loan) (noun) pacemaker (for the heart).

mīhini horoi rīhi

1. (loan) dishwasher.

mīhini kokoti witi

1. (loan) (noun) reaper.

Nāna anō hoki i whakahaere ngā kaiwhiwhi pāmu o te wā kāinga ki te hoko i tētahi mīhini kokoti witi, mīhini korohū patu witi rānei mā rātou (TTR 1994:77). / He also organised the local farming community into buying a reaper and a steam threshing machine.

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mihīni

mīhini

mīhini whakaata

kani mīhini

mīhini moni

mīhini uta

mīhini whakaahua

mīhini kawhe

kaiaka mīhini

pū mīhini

mīhini petipeti

mīhini tuhituhi

mīhini nakunaku

mīhini natunatu

mīhini kutētē kau

rūma mīhini whakaahua

mīhini hopu kōrero

mīhini whakataki manawa

mīhini horoi rīhi

mīhini kokoti witi

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