2. (loan) (modifier) surveyed, measuring.
Heoi me whakamārama mai anō e koutou ngā tikanga o ngā whenua rūri, arā, ngā eka, te whānui, te roa, te koē māero, te hāwhe māero (TP 6/1910:5). / Therefore you should explain the land surveying method, that is, the acres, the breadth, the length, the square miles, the half miles.
3. (loan) (noun) rule, ruler (measure), measurement, survey.
Nā wai i whakarite ōna rūri? (PT Hopa 38:5). / Who determined its measurements?
Synonyms: meiha, inenga, tikanga, tino rangatiratanga, ture, kāwanatanga
rūri takai
1. (loan) (noun) tape measure.
Nā tētahi tangata Māori, i te koraha i pahaki atu o te Te Tō, tētahi rūri takai, kua riro mai ki te whare tā o 'Te Karere Maori' i taua tangata, ā, ka riro atu ki te tangata nāna taua mea, ua utua te kaikawe mai (TKM 12/4/1849:1). / Found by a Māori man in the vacant area beyond Freeman’s Bay, a tape measure, which he has given to the printing house of 'Te Karere Maori', where the owner may have it by paying expenses to the person who brought it in.
