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piro

1. (verb) to be putrid, stinking, rotten, stagnant.

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Synonyms: kōhangohango, haunga, ero, tipoko, pirau, pōpopo, popopopo, kurupopo, pūmaoa, kurupōpopo, popo


2. (verb) to be defeated in a game, beaten, score against.

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3. (verb) to be extinguished (of fire or light), put out, turn off, quench, douse.

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Synonyms: tipoko, pirau, poko, whakaweto, whakapoko, meto, tinei, tinetinei


4. (verb) to be offensive, disgusting.

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Synonyms: whakaweriweri, weriweri, kino, tukituki, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera, mōrihariha, anuanu, harehare, hākiki, kōkiri


5. (modifier) smelly, stinking, putrid.

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6. (noun) victory (in a game), try (rugby), score, win, triumph, goal (sport).

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Synonyms: tatau, tarai


7. (noun) foul smell, scent, stench, stink.

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Synonyms: whakakakara, wai kakara, tīare, tīere, kakara


8. (noun) intestines.

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tata piro

1. (noun) match point.

wharangi piro

1. (noun) akepiro, Olearia furfuracea - a well-branched shrub found in scrub and forest margins of the North Island. The oval leaves are dark green and leathery with woolly, down-like hairs underneath. Clusters of starry-petalled white daisies appear in summer.

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Synonyms: kūmara kai torouka, tanguru

piro tautoko

1. (noun) conversion of a try (rugby).

piro whiu

1. (noun) penalty try (rugby).

pou piro

1. (noun) goalpost.

rārangi piro

1. (noun) goal line, try line (rugby).

rohe piro

1. (noun) in-goal area (sport).

tara piroe

1. (noun) black-fronted tern, Sterna albostriata - an inland tern of the South Island. It has a blue-grey body, wings and short shallow-forked tail, orange bill and legs and black cap.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 25;)

See also tara pirohe

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