plastic - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

parahitiki

1. (loan) (noun) plastic.

He maha anō hoki ngā taonga kei te mahia e ia mō te ao hou; ngā tuhi kōwhaiwhai ki ngā kākahu, ngā tauira tukutuku ki ngā poraka, ngā piupiu ki te parahitiki (TWK 26:9). / And he is making many treasures for the modern world; rafter paintings on clothes, lattice work patterns on sweaters, and piupiu of plastic.

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Synonyms: kirihou, paratiki

paratiki

1. (loan) (noun) plastic.

Synonyms: kirihou, parahitiki

kirihou

1. (noun) plastic.

Me hangarua ngā utauta kirihou o ō tātou whare ka tika (PK 2008:74). / It is appropriate that the plastic goods of our houses be recycled.

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Synonyms: parahitiki, paratiki

whakamōhou kiri

1. (noun) plastic surgery.

kirihou

1. (adjective) plastic.

pēke kirihou

1. (loan) (noun) plastic bag.

Ka whakakāhore anō ngā mea e whakahē ana, i runga i tā rātau whakapae he pēke kirihou noa iho (TWK 57:28). / The deniers disputed it with their suggestion that it was just a plastic bag.

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kopa kirihou

1. (noun) plastic bag.

ngongo kirihou

1. (noun) plastic tube.

kirihou rerehū

1. (noun) thermoplastic.

karuwhai

1. (noun) climbing shield fern, Rumohra adiantiformis - climbing native fern having light fronds with dark veins, leathery, plastic-like on very long, grooved stalks. Round, jet-black spore patches underneath mature fronds. Common on forest trees, especially tree ferns.

ipu kirihou

1. (noun) plastic containers.

Purua ngā kai ki roto i ētahi ipu kirihou ka tukua ai ki te pouaka mātao. Put the food into plastic containers then put them in the fridge. /

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parahitiki

paratiki

kirihou

whakamōhou kiri

kirihou

pēke kirihou

kopa kirihou

ngongo kirihou

kirihou rerehū

karuwhai

ipu kirihou

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