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inarapa

1. (loan) (modifier) rubber.

Nō te paunga o te hinu ka tau ki te moana, ā, nā tō rātou poti inarapa i kawe ki uta (TTT 1/2/1928). / When the fuel ran out they landed on the sea and their rubber boat conveyed them to the shore.

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Synonyms: muku, rapa


2. (loan) (noun) rubber.

Ka oti te uiuitanga e ia, ka tīkina atu te inarapa moko, ā, ka tāia taku uruuruwhenua. / When she had finished the interrogation, she took her rubber stamp and stamped my passport.

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rapa

1. (loan) (noun) rubber, rubber hose.

Synonyms: inarapa, muku

tawau rapa

1. (noun) (rubber) latex.

muku

1. (verb) (-a) to wipe, rub, smear, scrub, delete.

Ko ngā pākete, ko ngā huri kirīmi me ērā atu mea me horoi ki te wai mātao, ka muku ai ki te paraihe i roto i te wai mahana, hei muri iho i te huringa i te kirīmi me horoi ki te wai koropupū (TTT 1/10/1927:696). / The buckets, the cream churns and other such things should be washed with cold water, then scrubbed with a brush in warm water, and after the cream is churned, should be washed in boiling water.

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Synonyms: taekai, tāwhao, mōheuheu, tahuere, ururua, kōmuku, taitai, heu, heuheu, hururua, hūkui, kāuto, miri, hikahika, aumiri, waku, wakuwaku, mirimiri, mukumuku, muru, kōmuri, kōmeke, kōmekemeke, kōmiri, ūkui, ūkuikui


2. (noun) wipes, wet wipes, baby wipes.

See also ūkui


3. (noun) blackboard duster, dishcloth, duster, eraser, rubber.

Synonyms: inarapa, rapa

ngongo rapa

1. (loan) (noun) rubber tube.

akuaku

1. (noun) (cooking) rubber scraper.

pourapa

1. (noun) rubber stamp.

taherapa

1. (noun) (substance) rubber.

hererapa

1. (loan) (noun) rubber band.

pōkeke

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

raipo

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

tītīpōrangi

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

rakiraki rapa

1. (noun) rubber ducky.

E tangi ana ia i te korenga ōu i maumahara ki te hari mai i tana rakiraki rapa. He is crying because you forgot to bring his rubber ducky. /

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kaiharopia

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

matamatapōuri

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

matapo

1. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

matapōuri

1. (verb) to be sad, gloomy, depressed, dejected.

E matapōuri ana ahau ki ā koutou tini whakamoemiti mō Tā Hōri Kerei rāua ko Tā Tānara Mākarini, me ngā kōrero whakahē mō aua kaumātua tokorua (TW 22/6/1876:237). / I am saddened that along with your many praises of Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean are the criticisms of those two elders.

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Synonyms: whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē


2. (modifier) gloomy, sad, melancholy.

E kore au e mōhio ki ngā whakaaro o ētahi atu tāngata i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, i roto i ngā mea kua kōrerotia nei; ko au ia, taimaha rukiruki au, tē taea te kaupēhi aku whakaaro matapōuri (TKM.MM 13/3/1862:30). / I do not know what other people think of these daily experiences which have been discussed, but I found them extremely depressing and I was not able to suppress my gloomy thoughts.

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Synonyms: kaimōhū, ruku popoi, whakaingoingo, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri


3. (noun) sadness, despondency, dejection, melancholy, sorrow.

Ka mate nei au i te matapōuri, i te matapōrehu o roto i ahau (MM.TKM 30/11/1860:39). / Within me I am overcome by gloom and sadness.

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Synonyms: mōteatea, pōuri, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri


4. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

I tapaina te ingoa o te pāpango mō ōna huruhuru pango; whai anō tērā o ōna ingoa, ko matapōuri (Te Ara 2012). / The scaup was named for its dark plumage – as was another of its names, matapōuri (dark face).

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See also pāpango

Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, tītīpōrangi, pōkeke, pāpango, kaiharopia

pāpango

1. (stative) be somewhat black, dark in colour.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 30;)

Ko ngā wūru o taua pea he pāpango inā te roroa me te mātotoru (TAH 5/1953:51). / The fur of that bear is dark and quite long and thick.

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2. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 167;)

I tapaina te ingoa o te pāpango mō ōna huruhuru pango; whai anō tērā o ōna ingoa, ko matapōuri (Te Ara 2012). / The scaup was named for its dark plumage – as was another of its names, matapōuri (dark face).

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Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, tītīpōrangi, pōkeke, kaiharopia, matapōuri

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