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patero

1. (verb) (-tia) to break wind noisily, fart loudly.

Ki te patero te tangata, mā te karakia whāioio tuauriuri rawa e muru (TTR 1998:206). / If a person broke wind, it required ancient karakia to make up for it.

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2. (noun) fart, flatulence, flatus.

Te haunga hoki o tana patero! / How smelly his fart is!

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See also kimi patero

kimi patero

1. to make it up, make up, seek forgiveness, reconcile - an idiom used when the speaker has transgressed in some way and wishes to make it up with the person, or people, affected by the transgression.

Pare: I kite koe i ngā tiakarete i hokona e Eruera mā Manu? Rangi: Āna, kei te kimi tērā i tana patero, i te mea nāna i tātā a Manu mō te kore noa iho (HKK 1999:74). / Pare: Did you see the chocolates that Eruera bought for Manu? Rangi: Yes indeed, he is seeking forgiveness because he thrashed Manu for no reason.

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See also kimi hamuti

Synonyms: kimi hamuti, noho tahi

kimi hamuti

1. to make it up, make up, seek forgiveness, reconcile - an idiom used when the speaker has made a serious transgressed and wishes to make it up with the person, or people, affected by the transgression. Stronger than kimi patero.

Rangi: Arā te tāhae i mau rā i a tāua e whānako ana i taku motukā. Pare: Āe rā. Me kōrero atu tāua ki a ia? Rangi: Waiho atu i konā kimi ai i tana hamuti (HKK 1999:74). / Rangi: There is the thief that we caught stealing my car. Pare: Yes indeed. Should we talk to him? Rangi: Leave him alone to make it up to us.

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Synonyms: kimi patero, noho tahi

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