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tare

1. (noun) transmitter.

tāre

1. (loan) (noun) doll.

Kei te hikihiki tāre tonu ia, ā kei te hikihikitia tonutia hoki e tōna whaea (TP 4/1908:1). / He still carries dolls in his arms and is still nurtured by his mother.

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tare

1. (verb) (-a) to hang, intent upon.

Ka tare i runga he haki, he kara, ko ngā āhua katoa o te kahukura e tāwhana nei i runga (TP 1/2/1901:13). / Hanging on it was a flag with all the colours of the rainbow forming an arch on it.

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2. (verb) (-a) to send, request.

Ka tare (tono) mai te tangata tāngenge, ka kīia atu, "Noho atu koe. Ko te mea mārōrō ka haere mai, ko te mea tāngenge ka waiho atu." (White 3 18889:98). / The feeble man asked but was told, "You stay. The strong one will come, but the feeble one will be left."

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Synonyms: tonotono, tono, tononga, inoi, ngare, ngarengare, tunga, tuku, unga

tare

1. (verb) (-a) to be able.

Hangaia ana e ia he whare haumanu ki te taha anō o te toa, kia tarea e ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi o te kaupapa whakaora a Tākuta G.M. Smith o Te Hokianga, ngā tūroro nei te tirotiro (TTR 2000:39). / She built a clinic alongside the store, where patients could be seen by doctors and nurses as part of Doctor G.M. Smith's Hokianga health service (DNZB 2000:113).

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Synonyms: kaha, taea, āhei

Tāre

1. (loan) (personal name) Charles.

E tino kōrerotia ana, tēnā tētahi Pākehā kaumātua rangatira, kei Hāki Pei ko Tāre Neana nō Pourerere, e mea ana kia whakaatu ki te Whare Karakia o Ingarangi kei taua Porowini tētahi mea hoatu noa, £10,000 (TW 12/2/1875:9). / It is currently reported that an old and respected settler in Hawke’s Bay, Mr Charles Nairn of Pourerere, intends endowing the Church of England institutions of the Province with a gift of £10,000.

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