purei

pūrei

1. (verb) to be patchy, in small isolated groups or clusters, detached.

2. (noun) cluster, isolated group, patch, isolated rock.

Kei eke tātou ki te pūrei rā (W 1971:313). / Let's not go onto that isolated rock.

Synonyms: korotiwha, tapi, tapitapi, kōpure, pūreireitanga, āpure, pāpaki, tiwha

3. (noun) Carex secta - a sedge which grows in raised tufts. Common in swampy areas throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Grows up to 1 m tall, with weeping, yellowish-green leaves.

pūrei

1. (noun) (softball etc) base.

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to play (games, sport, cards, etc.), compete.

He mea atu tēnei, he whakatūpato ki te iwi Māori, kia kaua rātou e purei kāri (TW 22/6/1878:320). / Let it be known as a caution to the Māori people that they are not to play cards.

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2. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to bet, gamble.

E ngaua ana a te Karaiti e te mamae, e tangi ana tōna whaea i te take o te rīpeka e pureitia ana ia ōna kākahu e ngā hōia, he pēnei anō te ngākau o te tangata e purei moni ana (TP 8/1902:1). / Christ was suffering from pain and his mother was crying at the foot of the cross where his clothes were being gambled for by soldiers; the heart of the person who gambles is just like that.

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3. (loan) (noun) game, competition, play.

Ko tā rātou purei tuatahi he uka (TP 5/1908:8). / Their first game was euchre.

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Synonyms: perei, tākaro, hīanga, whakaari, tākarokaro, kori

4. (loan) (noun) races, racing.

Taihoa ka pānuitia ngā tikanga o taua purei (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Details of that racing event will be published in the future.

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Synonyms: purei hōiho, whakaomaoma, tauomaoma, whakaoma

5. (loan) (noun) play (dramatic performance), performance, entertainment, concert.

I a Te Kuīni anō i roto i tōna whare i Winiha Kāhere; whakamana ai tētahi mīhini, hei whakarongonga mā te Kuīni ki ngā purei i roto i ngā whare tiata, arā purei (TJ 6/6/1899:7). / While the Queen was in her lodgings in Windsor Castle, a machine was set up so the Queen could listen to the plays in the theatres.

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Synonyms: whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, whakakite, haka

purei tāhae

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to cheat (at games).

Kei te purei tāhaetia kōrua e Paki rāua ko Pētera (HW 1969:86). / Paki and Pētera are cheating you two.

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purei moni

1. (loan) (verb) to gamble, bet, have a flutter, punt, wager.

Synonyms: waka kōporo, peti, petipeti

2. (loan) (modifier) gambling, betting.

Hei whakamutu i ngā mahi purei moni me ngā whare purei, ā, hei whakahaere, hei whakakore rānei, i ngā whare tutū, me ngā rūma piriote (TJ 19/7/1900:7) / It was to stop betting activities and gambling establishments and to manage, or abolish, places of unrest and billiard rooms.

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kaiwawao pūrei

1. (noun) base umpire.

pūrei toru

1. (noun) (softball etc) third base.

purei hōiho

1. (loan) (noun) horse race, horse racing, races.

Ka tū te purei hōiho i Te Pakipaki i te 24 o Tīhema 1878 (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Horse races will take place at Pakipaki on 24th December, 1878.

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Synonyms: purei

purei kāri

1. (loan) (noun) playing cards.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 66-69;)

Ko ngā mea kino o roto o te Pākehā me whakarihariha – ko te inu rama, ko te purei kāri, ko te aha, ko te aha (TKP 17/5/1858:2). / Despise the bad things amongst the Pākehā – drinking rum, playing cards and such like.

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purei piriota

1. (loan) (verb) to play billiards.

2. (loan) (noun) billiards.

He kaimeke matangareka a Eruera, me te rawe kē nei hoki ki a ia o te mahi purei piriota (TTR 2000:223). / Eruera was a keen boxer who also enjoyed playing billiards.

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purei poka

1. (loan) (verb) to play poker.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 68-69;)

papa purei

1. (loan) (noun) race track, racecourse, sports field.

E hoa mā, e rite ana te haere ki te papa purei ki te haere ki roto ki ngā hōtēra (TP 12/1904:10). / Friends, going to the racecourse is like going inside hotels.

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Synonyms: papa reihi hōiho, papa purei hōiho