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peita

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to paint.

He mea peita anō hoki e ia, ā he utu tika tāna utu i tono ai mō āna mahi (TW 28/8/1875:170). / They were also painted by him and the price he asked was right for his work.

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Synonyms: waituhi, muru, pani, panipani,


2. (loan) (noun) paint.

Ko te waka rā i murua ki te peita mangu (TW 19/10/1878:521). / That canoe is painted with black paint.

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peita kōpura

1. (loan) (noun) impressionism painting - a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterised by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and colour.

Ko te peita kōpura, i tīmata mai i a Claude Monet i Parī i te rautau 19, e tino aro ana ki te whakaatanga o te aho i te kaupapa o te peita, me te kapo a te ringapeita i te wairua e kitea ana e ia (RTA 2014:133). / Impressionism painting began with Claude Monet in Paris in the Nineteenth Century and focuses on the effect of light as the subject of the painting and the painter's capturing of the mood perceived by him.

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peita hinu

1. (loan) (noun) oil paint.

He matatini te whakamahinga o te peita hinu (RTA 2014:131). / The production of oil paint is complex.

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peita kiriaku

1. (loan) (noun) acrylic paint.

Ko te peita kiriaku: I tēnei peita, kua whakaranua te kano ki te momo wē e kīia nei ko te waerau, ka takea mai i te hinu. E taea ana te whakawaimeha mā te whakaranu ki te wai (RTA 2014:131). / Acylic paint: With this paint the colour is mixed with a type of liquid called a polymer that originates from oil. It is able to be diluted by mixing it with water.

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peita papatake

1. (loan) (noun) primer, underpainting, base paint.

peita rehu

1. (loan) (noun) spray paint.

peita tūrehurehu

1. (loan) (noun) abstract painting.

Ko te peita tūrehurehu, arā, kāore te mahinga toi e ōrite ana ki te āhua o tētahi mea tūturu, ki tā te karu e kite ana (RTA 2014:133). / Abstract painting is when the art work is not like the appearance of something real that that eye sees.

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peita wai

1. (loan) (noun) water paint.

Ko te peita wai: Ko te ranunga o te kano me te wai, ā, i te nuinga o te wā, he pūataata te āhua o tēnei momo peita. Ka kīia ko te peita waikino te mahinga toi ka hua ake i te whakamahinga o tēnei momo peita (RTA 2014:131). / Water paint: The mixture of colour with water and usually this type of paint is transparent. The art work resulting from the use of this type of paint is called a watercolour.

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peita waikano

1. (loan) (noun) watercolour.

Ko te peita wai: Ko te ranunga o te kano me te wai, ā, i te nuinga o te wā, he pūataata te āhua o tēnei momo peita. Ka kīia ko te peita waikino te mahinga toi ka hua ake i te whakamahinga o tēnei momo peita (RTA 2014:131). / Water paint: The mixture of colour with water and usually this type of paint is transparent. The art work resulting from the use of this type of paint is called a watercolour.

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peita waikukū

1. (loan) (noun) gouache paint, gouache painting.

He momo peita wai te peita waikukū, engari he puata-kore. He rahi ake te wāhanga kano o te peita waikukū, ā, ka whakaranua hoki he momo paura pērā i te korakora tioka (RTA 2014:134). / Gouache paint is a type of water paint which is opaque. Gouache has a higher ratio of pigment, and a powder such as chalk particles is also mixed in.

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peita waimeha

1. (loan) (noun) wash (painting).

He āhua pūataata te peita waimeha, ā, ka kitea tonuhia ngā paparanga peita o raro iho (RTA 2014:134). / A wash is semi-transparent, and the layers of paint beneath can still be seen.

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peita parahuhu

1. (loan) (noun) paint stripper.

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