raiti
1. (loan) (noun) light (artificial), lamp.
I ui a Rātana mehemea kua kite taua rūruhi i te raiti (TKO 30/6/1921:7). / Rātana asked if that elderly woman could see the light.
Synonyms: rama
raiti wēra
1. (loan) (noun) right whale, southern right whale, Eubalaena australis.
Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.
whare raiti
1. (loan) (noun) lighthouse.
Tokotoru o taua hunga tokowhā i tae whakauaua ki te kāinga o te kaitiaki o te whare raiti (HKW 6/1899 suppl:2). / Three of that group of four struggled to the home of the lighthouse keeper.
Synonyms: whare rama, whare tūrama
