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kuīni

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to reign as queen.

I te tau 1887 te tiupirī tuatahi o te kuīni, i tae ai ki te rima tekau ngā tau i kuīni ai ia (TP 5/1900:4). / The first jubilee of the queen was in 1887, when it reached 50 years that she had reigned as queen.

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2. (loan) (noun) queen.

Kua tae mai ngā kōrero o te Kīngi me ngā rangatira o Whītī, mō tō rātou whenua, kia mahia ngā tikanga o taua whenua e te Kuīni o Ingarangi (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Word has arrived from the King and chiefs of Fiji concerning their land, that the control of that land be exercised by the Queen of England.

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kuīnitanga

1. (loan) (noun) queenly position, reign, queen’s government.

Ka kī atu nei mātou, e ū pū ana tā mātou mihi whakamana atu ki a koe, ā ki tō kuīnitanga hoki (TW 14/9/1878:457). / We say that we are loyal to you and your royal position.

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Synonyms: whakahaere tikanga

marariwha

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

pure

1. (noun) scallop, queen scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae - a fan-shaped bivalve mollusc found on sand and mud-banks from low tide level to depths of 45 m. The top shell is flat and the bottom half curved.

See also tipa

Synonyms: tipa, tupa, pūpū kōrama, kawari, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, ataata, pūpū atamarama, tihi, tio para, tio repe, totoro, totorere, toretore, ngaingai, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, kahitua, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pūpū rore, pāua, tātara, whētiko, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, koeo, koeti, koio, pūpū, ngārahu taua, peke, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, totoro, tuatua, ngākihi, kākahi, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi hahae, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, karariwha, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, kōrama, kororiwha, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, miware


2. (noun) delicate scallop, Zygochlamys delicatula - found in deep water at depths of 75-550 m. Up to 6 cm wide with white, yellow, orange red or pink shell. Found around coasts of South and Stewart Islands.

Kuīni Tiriti

1. (loan) (location) Queen Street.

Kuīni Wikitōria

1. (loan) (personal name) Queen Victoria.

tipa

1. (noun) scallop, queen scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae - a fan-shaped bivalve mollusc found on sand and mud-banks from low tide level to depths of 45 m. The top shell is flat and the bottom half curved.

Mahia ai te anga o te pāua me te tipa hei whakapaipai i ngā kāinga me ngā māra o ēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / Pāua and scallop shells are often used as decoration in homes and gardens these days.

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Synonyms: pure, tupa

tupa

1. (noun) scallop, queen scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae.

Ko te kaupapa o te haere ko te kohi tote, me te kohi anga mātaitai pērā i te tupa (HM 2/2009:10). / The purpose of the trip was to gather salt and sea shells such as the scallop.

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Synonyms: pure, tipa

Wikitōria

1. (loan) (location) Victoria.

Nō te whenua i Wikitōria te rākau e tino pai ana tōna tapeha hei mea i te kiri kurī hei mahi mea hū (TW 14/9/1878:6/458). / The tree whose bark is very good for tanning shoe leather comes from state of Victoria.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Victoria, Queen Victoria School.

Ko te rā whānautanga tēnei o Wikitōria, te Kuīni o Ingarani (Ma 1841:6). / This is the birthday of Victoria, the Queen of England.

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Tōtara-nui

1. (location) Queen Charlotte Sound.

Mētara Whakanui Ratonga a te Kuīni

1. (loan) (noun) Queen's Service Medal, QSM - the fourth-level Order for Community Services of the New Zealand Royal Honours System.

Takahoa Matua o te Tohu Whakanui Ratonga a te Kuini, Te

1. Principal Companion of The Queen's Service Order.

Tohu Hapori (mahi i te motu), Te

1. Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, QSO – a fourth-level Order for Public Services.

Tohu Hapori (mahi i te rohe), Te

1. Queen’s Service Medal, QSM - the fourth-level Order for Community Services.

Rūnanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni

1. Queen's Council, Privy Council.

Kua mōhiotia nuitia te kino, kino, kino rawa o te tupeka, koia i whakaarahia ai e te Runanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni ngā ture hei patu i tērā taru kai a te kuri (KO 15/7/1884:7). / It is generally known how extremely bad tobacco is and that's why the laws have been raised by the Privy Council to destroy that damn weed.

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Synonyms: Piriwi Kaunihera

Kuīni

1. (loan) (personal name) Queenie, Queen.

Ko Kuīni Matenga Patapu i mate ki te hōhipera i Whanganui i te 21 o ngā rā o Hūrae, 1900… (TJ 19/7/1900:11). / Queenie Matenga Patapu died at the Whanganui Hospital on 21st July, 1900…

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hauwai

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.


2. (modifier) damp, moist.

He one maroke, mā te tau hauwai e tipu ai te kai (W 1971:42). / Dry ground and in moist years food will grow.

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Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, monoku, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi


3. (noun) hydrogen (H).

hihiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

karahiwa

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karariwha, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

karariwha

1. (noun) queen pāua, austral abalone, silver pāua, yellow-footed pāua, Haliotis australis - an endemic mollusc to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the shell varying in size between 40 mm and 100 mm, silvery inside with a smooth criss-cross ridge pattern. The foot is a bright yellow-orange.

See also hauwai

Synonyms: karahiwa, koeo, korohiwa, kororiwha, marariwha, hauwai, hihiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, koriakai, korona, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, poua, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko

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