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Pore

1. (personal noun) Poll - name given to Tohu Kākahi's followers because they would not wear the raukura of albatross feathers that Te Whiti o Rongomai's followers wear so were likened to cattle that had been polled, or dehorned.

Ko te ingoa o ngā pononga a Tohu ko ngā Pore (he kau kua tangohia ngā pīhi) nā te mea kāore rātou e mau i te raukura toroa (TTR 1994:183). / Tohu's followers became known as Pore (polled, or dehorned cattle), because they would not wear the raukura (white albatross feather emblem).

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pore

1. (loan) (verb) to fall.

Nō te ahiahi o te 16 o Ākuhata o te tau 1958, i pore atu a Ānaru ki te wai i a ia e heke atu ana i te huarahi ki te whakawātea ake i tana pā tuna (TTR 2000:5). / On the evening of 16 August 1958, Andrew fell into the water while he was going down the path to clear his eel weir.

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pore

1. (stative) be short, shortened, truncated.

tī pore

1. (noun) Pacific Island cabbage tree, Cordyline fruticosa, Cordyline terminalis - an introduced species of cabbage tree.

Ka whakatipuria te tī pore mō tana more, inarā, whai muri i te paopao me te tao ki te hāngī, ka reka rawa atu hei kai (Te Ara 2011). / Pacific cabbage tree was grown for its tap root, which, after pounding and steaming in an earth oven, was sweet and edible.

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huranga pore

1. (noun) under-exposure.

Mēnā he poto te huranga, he iti te aho ka uru atu ki te pū whakaahua, ā, ka pōuriuri ake te whakaahua ka puta. Ki te poto rawa, ka kīia tērā ko te huranga pore (RTA 2014:143). / If the exposure is short only a little amount of light will enter the camera and the photograph will be darker. If it's too short, it is said to be under-exposed.

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putaputa ririki

1. (noun) pore (of the skin).

Mā tēnei e kitea te tika o te horoi tonu i te kiri kia tuwhera tonu ai ngā putaputa ririki kia puta ai mā reira ngā mea kino katoa e whakangoikore ana i te tinana (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / This will reveal how continual washing of the skin will open the pores so that all the detrimental things that weaken the body can emerge.

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Synonyms: kōputaputa, putaputa kiri

pōnaho o te kiri

1. pores of the skin.

putaputa kiri

1. (noun) pore (of the skin).

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