roa

1. (noun) great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii - flightless, nocturnal endemic bird with hair-like feathers and a long bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip. Now found only on the northern West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu, the South Island.

roa

1. (verb) to be long, tall, slow.

Kaua anō rātou e heu i ō rātou māhunga, kaua ngā makawe e whakatupuria kia roa (PT Ehekiera 44:20). / They should not shave their heads, nor allow their hair to grow long.

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Synonyms: taumano, tāroaroa, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, tāroa, hītawe, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa, kaweka, tautini

2. (verb) to be a long time, delayed.

Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I had been planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you.

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Synonyms: tautini, wheau

3. (noun) long time, length, length of time, delay.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 64;)

Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.

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whāinga roa

1. (noun) long-term objective.

whana roa

1. (noun) (soccer) long ball.

aratuku roa

1. (adjective) (radio) long wave.

2. (noun) (radio) long wave.

ākau roa

1. (noun) detour.

pūhui roa

1. (noun) (botany) raceme.

ngutu roa

1. (noun) kiwi.

paepae roa

1. beam across the front of the verandah of a meeting house.

2. cloak with a broad tāniko ornamental border at the bottom and narrow borders at the sides.

parāoa roa

1. (noun) a long weapon made of a whale's rib.

moenga roa

1. (noun) long sleep - a euphemism for death.

Nō te 4 o ngā hāora o te 17 o ngā rā o Oketopa nei ka moe tētahi koroua nō Niu Tīreni i te moenga roa, he rangatira nui a ia nō tētahi o ngā hapū nui o Te Tai Rāwhiti o Aotearoa (TPH 16/12/1905:2). / At 4 o'clock on 17 October an elderly man from New Zealand slept the long sleep. He was an important chief of a large tribe of the East Coast of the North Island.

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Tapawhā roa

1. rectangle.

E whā ngā tapa, e whā hoki ngā kokonga hāngai o te tapawhā roa; heoi, kāore e rite ana te roa o ngā tapa katoa, pēnei i te tapawhā rite. A rectangle has four edges and four right angles; however, the lengths of the edges aren't all the same, like those of the square. /

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ākau roa

1. (noun) circuitous route, long way.

He ākau roa anō tērā, he tukutata tēnei (W 1971:6). / That is the circuitous route, this is the short cut.

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kōpūpūtai roa

1. (noun) long finger sponge, Callyspongia ramosa - skeletal masses 600 mm long and 300 mm wide are common. Light yellowish brown in colour. Living colonies occur on rocks below low tide.

roa kau

1. before very long, after a time, not long after, it wasn't long before.

Ā, muri iho i te whawhaitanga a Rua mā rā, ka noho nei a Tama rātou ko ōna hoa i Maketū, me ngā tamariki. Roa kau, ka marara haere (JPS 1985:134). / After the battle of Rua and his party, Tama and his companions stayed at Maketū with the children. Before very long they scattered.

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roa o te ngaru

1. (noun) (radio) wavelength.

māwake pā roa

1. (noun) continuous rainstorm.

mate whakapīoi roa

1. (noun) slow lingering illness.

He mate whakapīoi roa te mate whakamutunga o Te Puea i mua i tana hinganga mai i tōna kāinga i te 12 o Oketopa 1952 (TTR 1996:52). / Te Puea's final illness was a long lingering one before she died at her home on 12 October 1952.

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kīhai i roa

1. it wasn't long before.

Ka rere te mahi a te nōti, a te tiaki, a te hiriwa, a te kapa, kīhai i roa, kua eke ki £218 (TJ 8/2/1898:5). / Lots of notes, cheques, silver and pennies flowed in and it wasn’t long before it had climbed to £218.

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kāore i roa

1. it wasn't long.

Kāore i roa i muri mai ka tae mai ngā hōia, ka whakaaratia anō e rātau taua pou haki, ka kaha atu hoki te mahinga i tō mua hanganga, arā, ka hangaia ki te maitai (TPH 30/6/1903:4). / Not long after that the soldiers arrived, that flag pole was re-erected and it was built stronger that that of before, that is it was built of steel.

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roa

whāinga roa

whana roa

aratuku roa

ākau roa

pūhui roa

ngutu roa

paepae roa

parāoa roa

moenga roa

Tapawhā roa

ākau roa

kōpūpūtai roa

roa kau

roa o te ngaru

māwake pā roa

mate whakapīoi roa

kīhai i roa

kāore i roa

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