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Rāpare

1. (noun) Thursday.

I te ata o te Rāpare ka tāhaetia taku motokā. / My car was stolen on Thursday morning.

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Rāwhā

1. (noun) Thursday.

Ka mate taku pāpā i te Rāwhā. Ka tae te waea ki te puni o Papakura, kua mate taku pāpā. Nō taku hokinga mai ki te puni i te Rātahi, ao ake ko te Rārua, kātahi anō ka kōrerohia mai ki a au, me ngā whakamārama i te taenga mai o te waea i te Rāwhā (HP 1991:107). / My father died on the Thursday. The telegram arrived at Papakura camp that my father had died. When I returned to the camp on the Monday, next day on the Tuesday I was finally informed with the explanation that the telegram had arrived on the Thursday.

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Tairei

1. (loan) (noun) Thursday.

Nō te Tairei, te 16 o ngā rā o Pēpuere, i hui mai ngā mano tini ki Takapuna (KO 16/3/1888:3). / On Thursday, the 16th February thousands gathered at Takapuna.

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Tāite

1. (loan) (noun) Thursday.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 30;)

I te wā i tū ai te Rūnanga i te Tāite nei, ka kī te ariki o te Pāremata o Ingarangi, e āhua hopohopo ana tāna titiro ki te ope hōia a te Rūhia e noho tata ana i te pā nui a Tāke i Kotātinopera (TW 22/6/1878:312). / This Thursday when the Congress met, the leader of the English Parliament said he was concerned to see Russian troops stationed close to Constantinople, Turkey’s major city.

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Taitei

1. (loan) (noun) Thursday.

I te Taitei i muri mai o taua rā ka arahina te katua ki te kāinga (TWMNT 6/10/1874:255). / The following Thursday the adult bird was led home.

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Tārei

1. (loan) (noun) Thursday (obsolete).

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