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rāhiri

1. (verb) (-tia) to welcome, receive cordially.

Ehara hoki koe i te mea haramai noa, he mea rāhiri mārire nā ngā tāngata o Heretaunga nei (TWM 19/9/1863:2). / It's not as if you just turned up, but you were especially invited by these people of Heretaunga.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to admire, esteem, respect, venerate, appreciate.

Synonyms: kauanuanu, maruwehi, whakamiha, whakarangatira, whakaute, ngākau whakaute, kōtua

3. (verb) (-tia) to grieve over, mourn, sorrow for.

Synonyms: takuate, tangitangi, tauā, rohi, tangi, muri, taurere, huamo

4. (verb) to be in even file (of a group of travellers).

Kia rāhiri tō tātou haere (W 1971:320). / We should travel in even file.

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5. (modifier) welcoming, of welcome.

Ko te iwi nāna te reo rāhiri ko te iwi Hāmi ki te Whenua i Nōwei (HM 4/1996:4). / The people who welcomed us were the Sami people of Norway.

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6. (noun) welcome.

Nō muri koe i tae mai ai, me te rāhiri a tō tāua kaumātua, a Porokoru (TWM 19/9/1863:2). / After that you arrived and there was the welcome by our elder, Porokoru.

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7. (noun) rope.

Nō tōna ngaromanga ki roto ki ngā wai o te moana, ngaro atu i te tirohanga o te kanohi o te tuakana, ka rere mai te tuakana, tapahia ana te rāhiri, ka motu (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:25). / When he had disappeared into the waters of the sea, and was no longer visible to the eye of his elder brother, the rope was cut by the elder brother.

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Synonyms: taura, tāwai, pūrengi, kaha, taukaea, whakaheke, kārure, rino

taukaea

1. (noun) rope.

Kia renarena anō hoki te taukaea i waenga i ngā iwi e rua. / Let the rope between the two peoples be tight.

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Synonyms: taura, kārure, whakaheke, kaha, rāhiri, pūrengi, tāwai, rino

2. (noun) link.

I te rironga o aku tīpuna ki te pō ka mahue mai ko te reo hei taukaea ki tō rātou ao, ki ō rātou huatau, ki ō rātou wheako me ērā o ō rātou tīpuna o tua whakarere (Kāretu 2016). / Upon the demise of my forebears what remained was the language as a link to their world, their thoughts and their experiences along with the experiences of their antecedents (Karetu 2016).

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Synonyms: tauhere, tūhonotanga, whaitake, piringa, hono, hononga

whiri papa

kārure

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to twist, spin - to twist two three strands into a cord or tassel.

Ka tīkina atu tōna kahu horihori. He kārure ngā hukahuka o te horihori. Ka hoatu te ahi ki te kākahu, ka tahutahuna kia pūareare. (TTR 1990:237). / He took his cloak, a horihori with twisted black strings, and burned holes in it.

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rino

1. (noun) two strand cord or rope.

Kātahi rātou ka whiri taura; ka kitea i reira te whiri tuamaka, te tarikarakia, te whiri pāraharaha, te rino (NM 1928:13). / Then they plaited ropes and there were seen plaiting of five and six stranded ropes, ropes of eight strands, plaiting of flat ropes of three strands and ropes of two strands.

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Synonyms: kārure, whakaheke, taukaea, kaha, rāhiri, pūrengi, tāwai, taura

whiri kawe

1. (noun) three strand cord or rope - a type of plait used for kete handles.

Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tuamaka, tari-kākāriki, rauru, whiri papa, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru

tarikarakia

1. (noun) rope of eight strands.

Kātahi rātou ka whiri taura; ka kitea i reira te whiri tuamaka, te tarikarakia, te whiri pāraharaha, te rino (NM 1928:13). / Then they plaited ropes and there were seen plaiting of five and six stranded ropes, ropes of eight strands, plaiting of flat ropes of three strands and ropes of two strands.

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pārete

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to tow, drag (with a rope, etc.).

Ka haere au ki te hopu i te hōiho, he rata, ka pārete mai ki te piringi kāta (HP 1991:25). / I went to catch the horse, a placid one, and dragged it to the spring cart.

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2. (modifier) towing.

E rua motunga o te taura pārete (HKW 1/10/1899:11). / The tow rope broke twice.

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mekameka

1. (noun) rope ladder.

tāwai

1. (noun) two strand cord or rope.

See also kārure

Synonyms: rino, kārure, whakaheke, taukaea, kaha, rāhiri, pūrengi, taura

tātoru

1. (verb) to perform a process three times, thrice, threefold.

2. (noun) three strand plaiting, three strand rope, three strand cord.

Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tuamaka, tari-kākāriki, rauru, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna

tari-karakia

1. (noun) square rope of eight strands - also as tarikarakia.

Synonyms: tuapuku, tuamaka, tari-kākāriki, rauru, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru

tari-kākāriki

1. (noun) rope of four strands - also as tarikākāriki.

Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tuamaka, rauru, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru

whiri pekapeka

whiri taurakeke

torokaha

1. (verb) to be strong, strengthened (of a rope).

Mā te rangitāmiro i ngā weu e torokaha ake ai (RTA 2014:146). / By twisting the fibres together they are strengthened.

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2. (noun) strong rope.

takarore

1. (verb) (-a) to loop around, wrap around (a rope around a post, etc.).

Takarorea te taura ki te tumu (W 1971:369). / Wrap the rope around the post.

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rauru

1. (noun) plaiting of three or more strands producing a flat cord.

Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tuamaka, tari-kākāriki, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru

2. (noun) umbilical cord (end attached to the mother).

Ko te tūhonotanga ki te whaea, ko te rauru tēnā; ko te pito e mau nei ki te tamaiti, ka kīia tēnā ko te pito; ko waenganui ko te iho tēnā (W 1971:75). / The attachment to the mother is the 'rauru'; the end fixed to the child is called the 'pito'; and in the middle is the 'iho'.

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3. (noun) spiral form of carving ornamentation.

Ko te rauru. He rite tēnei ki te rauponga engari he tōrino kē te āhua. / The rauru carving pattern. This is similar to the rauponga pattern but has a spiral form instead.

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whiri pāraharaha

1. (noun) flat cord (plaited with three strands).

Kātahi rātou ka whiri taura; ka kitea i reira te whiri tuamaka, te tarikarakia, te whiri pāraharaha, te rino (NM 1928:13). / Then they plaited ropes and there were seen plaiting of five and six stranded ropes, ropes of eight strands, plaiting of flat ropes of three strands and ropes of two strands.

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Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tuamaka, tari-kākāriki, rauru, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru

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