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rīhi

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to lease, rent, let.

Ko ngā whenua katoa e hiahiatia ana kia rīhitia i raro i ngā tikanga o te ture o te Kīngitanga o te iwi Māori o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu, me tuku atu ngā pukapuka whakaatu i tō koutou whenua me tō koutou hiahia kia rīhitia (KTP 20/11/1894:4). / All land that is wanted to be leased under the jurisdiction of the law of the Māori King Movement of the Māori tribes of the North and South Islands, the documents must be sent showing your land and your wish for it to be leased.

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Synonyms: reti, rēti, rīhitanga, pakaru


2. (loan) (noun) lease, rent, leasehold.

He waea mai nō Rotorua i nanahi i haere mai ai ēnei kōrero pai, kua riro mai i te Kāwanatanga tētahi rīhi i ngā Māori, 15,000 eka whenua, arā, o te takiwā o Kaingaroa (TW 12/2/1875:10). / A telegram received yesterday from Rotorua brings the news that the Government has obtained a lease from the Māori of 15,000 acres of land in the Kaingaroa country.

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Rīhi

1. (loan) (personal name) Rees, Reece.

Nāku nā, Te Rīhi, rōia i Nēpia (TW 22/6/1878:309/1). / From Mr Rees, a lawyer in Napier.

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rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) dish, platter, charger.

Nā ngā tamariki ngā rīhi i horoi. / The children washed the dishes.

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Synonyms: paepae, pereti

taitai rīhi

1. (noun) dish brush.

Mā te taitai rīhi anake e mā ai ēnā pereti. Only a dish brush will get those plates clean. /

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whare rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) rented accommodation, flat, boarding house.

Nā te mea noho tonu ai rāua i tētahi whare rīhi rūma nei, ka tūtaki a Īhāia ki tana wahine tuarua e mahi ana ki reira (TTR. / It was because they habitually lodged in a boarding house that Īhāia met his second wife who worked there.

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kaihanga rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) potter.

Nō ka rūnanga rātou, ā hokona ana ki aua mea te māra a te kaihanga rīhi, hei tanumanga mō ngā manene (PT Matiu 27:7). / And they took council, and bought with those things the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

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maramara rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) potsherd - a broken piece of pottery, especially one found on an archaeological site.

Nā ka mau ia ki tētahi maramara rīhi hei waru i a ia, ā noho ana i roto i te pungarehu (PT Hopa 2:8). / And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.

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kaituku rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) landlord, lessor.

Ka āhei anō ngā kaituku rīhi ki te hiki i ngā whare, me ngā taiepa me ērā atu mea i nāianei tonu (RT 2013:21). / The landlords are allowed to remove the houses, fences and other property immediately.

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Synonyms: kairēti, ariki, rangatira

kaitango rīhi

1. (loan) (noun) lessee.

Mā te kaitango rīhi e utu ngā reiti me ngā tāke whenua katoa me ērā atu tāke (TP 7/1906:2). / The lessee will pay the rates and land taxes along with any other taxes.

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Synonyms: kairēti, kairīhi

pūrere horoi rīhi

1. (noun) dishwasher.

Purua tēnei kapu rahi me tēnei pātara wai ki roto i te pūrere horoi rīhi. Put this mug and this drink bottle into the dishwasher. /

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mīhini horoi rīhi

1. (loan) dishwasher.

Puhiwahine Te Rangihirawea, Rihi

1. (personal name) (?-1906) Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto; famous composer, including 'Ka eke ki Wairaka'.

Kati

1. (loan) (personal name) Gotty - John Gotty (Johann Maximilian Goethe), who married Rihi Te Rangihirawea Puhiwahine.

Ka tūtaki a Puhiwahine ki tētehi Tiamana, ki a Te Kati (TTR 1994:94). / Puhiwahine met a German, Mr Gotty.

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