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rārangi

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to list, arrange, itemise.

Rārangitia ngā kupu kei raro iho nei i raro i te whakaupoko e tika ana (Te Māhuri Pukapuka Tātaki 2004:54). / List the words below under the appropriate heading.

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Synonyms: whakarārangi, tūtira, honga, tītaha, whakaraupapa, whakatūtira


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to line up.

E tāwhirowhiro ana ngā rau o ngā pūrere kapohau e rārangi mai ana i te pae maunga (PK 2008:910). / The blades of the wind turbines lined up along the mountain range are spinning.

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Synonyms: tūtira, raina


3. (noun) line, rank, row, queue, list, catalogue.

Me haina i runga i te rārangi iraira (Ng 1993:111). / You must sign on the dotted line.

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Synonyms: tūtira, kōhangohango, tūnga, nui, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, ripa, papanga, raina, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe


4. (noun) clause, section.

Ki tāku titiro he rārangi tika te rārangi toru o te Pire nei (RT 2013:63). / In my opinion the third clause of this Bill is correct.

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Synonyms: tūāporo, kaupeka, tekihana, wāhi, tekiona, wāhanga, wehenga, whiti, taha, pīhi, tūtanga


5. (noun) line (maths).

Ko te rārangi te ara kei waenganui i ētahi pūwāhi e rua. He torotika ētahi rārangi, he kōpikopiko ētahi. He ahu-tahi te rārangi, ka taea tōna roa te ine, engari karekau he whānuitanga o te rārangi (TRP 2010:221). / A line is the pathway between two points. Lines can be straight or curved. A line is one dimensional, its length can be measured but it has no width (TRP 2010:221).

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rārangi pōti

1. (loan) (noun) electoral roll.

E whitu ngā tūru Māori i te tau 2008. Kei runga te maha o ēnei tūru i te kaha o te iwi Māori kia kuhu ki te rārangi pōti Māori (Te Ara 2013). / In 2008 there were seven Māori seats. The number depends on how many Māori opt to be on the Māori electoral roll.

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rārangi poto

1. (noun) short line-out (rugby).

rārangi pukapuka

1. (noun) bibliography, references, series of books.

Noho ake ana ko Te Ataarangi hai take whakaatu mai i te pouaka whakaata, ā, kāti hai take mō tētahi rārangi pukapuka, ko Te Reo (1985) te ingoa (TTR 2000:148). / Te Ataarangi was the basis of a television programme and a series of books, called 'Te Reo' (1985).

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rārangi take

1. (noun) agenda, content.

Nō taua tau anō, ka hoki mai ia ki Aotearoa nei ki te patapatai atu ki ōna pakeke mō ngā rārangi take o tana mahi (TTR 1996:123). / In that same year she returned to New Zealand to consult her elders on the content of her work.

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rārangi taputapu

1. (noun) inventory.

rārangi tono

1. (noun) menu (computer).

rārangi uiui

1. (noun) questionnaire.

rārangi upoko

1. (noun) contents, list of chapters.

rārangi hua

1. (noun) contour line.

Mā te tuhi i ngā rārangi hua e kitea ai te hanga ahu-toru o te āporo (RTA 2014:184). / By drawing contour lines the three dimensional shape of the apple can be seen.

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rārangi motumotu

1. (noun) broken line.

Kua wehea ngā wāhanga e rua o te kōrero ki te rārangi motumotu. / The two sections of the story have been separated by a broken line.

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rārangi piko

1. (noun) curved line.

rārangi ingoa

1. (noun) list of names, roll.

Nō te māpere o te 25 o Hune 1918, ka whakamenetia anō a Tonga Mahuta. Riro ana nā te rārangi ingoa muna a te kaute nui a te kāwanatanga te ingoa o Tonga i whakatūturu (TTR 1996:81). / Tonga Mahuta was called up in the ballot of 25 June 1918. Tonga's name was obtained using the confidential roll of the government's census.

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Synonyms: whakarārangi, hurihuri, pukapuka, pīrori, rōra, rōru, whakatakahuri, takahuri, kōpiupiu

rārangi whakaata

1. (noun) mirror line.

Ko te whakaata tētahi o ngā panoni matua. Ka huripokina te mātāoroko i te rārangi whakaata. He ōrite te āhua me te rahi o te mātāoroko me te mātātuhi, engari he rerekē te wāhi noho me te ahunga (TRP 2010:320). / Reflection is one of the main transformations. The object is flipped in a mirror line. The object and the image have the same shape and size, but a different position and orientation (TRP 2010:320).

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rārangi īmēra

1. (loan) (noun) email mailing list.

rārangi kai

1. (noun) menu.

Synonyms: kōwhiringa, taotaka

rārangi pātai

1. (noun) questionnaire, list of questions.

Tuhia he rārangi pātai hei uiui i ngā mātanga reo. / Write a list of questions to ask the language experts.

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Synonyms: pukapuka uiui, rārangi uiui

rārangi piro

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

toi rārangi

1. (noun) line art.

Ko te toi rārangi he tikanga toi, inā ka whakamahia te rārangi torotika, rārangi kōpiko rānei, koia anake hei whakaputa i te mahinga toi (RTA 2014:183). / Line art is an art technique where only straight or curved lines are used to produce a piece of visual art (RTA 2014:183).

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pānga rārangi

1. (noun) linear function.

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