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tereina

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to train.

Nā he whakaatu tēnei kia mōhio ai ngā toa mahi whakahaere tereina hōiho, kia takatū mō te rā o taua pakanga (TJ 12/4/1898:8). / Now, this is to point out so that the champions at training horses know to prepare for that competition.

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2. (loan) (noun) training.


3. (loan) (noun) train (railway).

Ka kitea te kaha o aua autaia hōiho nei, me te tereina te pai o te haere i ngā pikitanga, i ngā heketanga, me te pai o te kaitaraiwa, Hēnare Te Atua, ki te whakahaere i ana hōiho (TW 10/8/1878:403). / The strength of those amazing horses was evident, as good as a train going up and down slopes and the driver, Hēnare Te Atua, managed his horses well.

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Tereina

1. (loan) (personal name) Trainor.

He mea atu tēnei nā māua, nā Tereina rāua ko Kahitana, kua tū tā māua toa hoko kākahu i Nēpia, i tāwāhi ake o te pāparakāuta hou i Hehitinga Tiriti (TW 26/10/1878:539). / Trainor and Carston would like to announce that their clothing store stands in Napier, on the other side of the new public house in Hastings Street.

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ara tereina

1. (loan) (noun) railway track.

Synonyms: rino

pou tereina

1. (loan) (noun) strainer post.

Ko ētahi o ngā pou i tiketike ake i ētahi, i rerekē te whakatū i ngā pou tereina (TMK 1/8/1912:9). / Some of the posts were taller than others, and the strainer posts were erected strangely.

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