2. (noun) weapon, arms.
Heoti anō, maranga katoa ana, tahuri tonu ki te kōhuru kino i ngā wāhine, i ngā tamariki kāhore nei i whai ringa hei karo (MM.TKM 15/7/1858:2). / However, they rose up and set about murdering the women and children who had no weapons for protection.
kapu ringa
1. (noun) biscuit star, Pentagonaster pulchellus - a starfish shaped and coloured like a fancy biscuit. The pairs of rounded knobs at each extremity have a slightly browned appearance. Attains a diameter of about 75 mm. Fairly common cast ashore on South Island and southern North Island sandy beaches.
2. (noun) miser, miserly person, skinflint.
Ki te kīia te tangata he ringa poto, kua mōhio koe he matapiko taua tangata (HKK 1999:187). / If a person is called a 'ringa poto' you know that that person is a skinflint.
Synonyms: pitokite, kaikoropeke, kaiponu, matapiko, kaihākere, makitaunu, porokaihākere, atuapo
3. (noun) shorthand.
Ko ngā tamariki e uru ana ki tō runga kura o Hukarere e ākona ana ki te taka kai, ki te nēhi tūroro, ki te tuhituhi ringa poto (TKO 1/12/1917:12). / The children entering the upper school of Hukarere are being taught to prepare food, to nurse the sick and to write shorthand.
ringa rehe
1. (modifier) skilled, skilful, accomplished, practiced, competent, proficient - especially in crafts. Sometimes written as one word, ringarehe.
Kātahi ka whakaritea anō he wahine māna, arā, ka whakamoea ia ki a Te Urikore (ko Te Taupoki tētahi o ōna īngoa), he wahine whānui nei tōna mōhio ki ngā tikanga me ngā kōrero tuku iho a Ngāi Tūhoe – me te aha – he wahine ringa rehe ki ngā mahi toi o te raranga me te whatu (TTR 1998:196). / Then another wife was arranged for him and he married Te Urikore (otherwise known as Te Taupoki), a woman with extensive knowledge of Tūhoe customs and history and a woman who was skilled in the arts of platting and weaving.
See also rehe
Synonyms: matatau, kaiaka, tohunga, Kei a ... mō te ..., toa, kei a [koe] mō te ..., tareka, waewae kai pakiaka, riwha, taea
2. (noun) expert, deft hand, craftsperson, dab hand, professional.
Kātuarehe: He wā anō whakamahia ai tēnei kupu hei whakaahua i te tangata, ā, e tohu ana he nui ōna pūmanawa, he ringarehe rānei, he tangata rānei kua puta tōna rongo (HKK 1999:30). / Kātuarehe: At other times this word is used to show what a person is like, and to indicate that she has many talents, or skills, or is a person who has become famous.
Synonyms: ringa ngaio, mātanga, ngaio, ringa whaiutu
