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wāina

1. (loan) (noun) wine.

He kaihoko mātou i te parani, i te rama, i te wāina, me ngā huka, tī, parāoa, me ērā atu mea (TW 22/6/1878:12/320). / We are sellers of brandy, rum, wine, as well as sugar, tea, flour and other things.

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See also kerepi


2. (loan) (noun) grape.

E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā hua rākau katoa, arā, paramu tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini hua rākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are prepared to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plum trees, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.

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3. (loan) (noun) kūmara variety - introduced in the 19th Century.

wāina

1. (loan) (noun) vine.

He ngahere anō ōna, ā ko ngā wāhi raorao e ngakia ana ki te witi, ki te ōriwa, ki te wāina (TW 10/8/1878:9/401). / It even has forests and its undulating land is cultivated with wheat, olives and vines.

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Wāina

1. (loan) (personal name) Vine.

He mea perehi e Wāina me Wāina, ā he mea pānui e Wāta Wiremu Hīpango, i raro i te mana o te Komiti Nui o Whanganui (TJ 6/10/1898:15) / Printed by Vine and Vine and published by Walter William Hīpango under the authority of the General Māori Committee of Whanganui.

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aka wāina

1. (loan) (noun) grapevine.

rārangi wāina

1. (loan) (noun) wine list.

Ka tae mai ana rāua ki ō rāua tūru, ka tonoa te rārangi wāina. / When they reached their seats they asked for the wine list.

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kaihari waina

1. (loan) (noun) wine waiter.

māra wāina

1. (loan) (noun) vineyard.

I te atatū ka haere atu ia ki te mahi i te māra wāina. / He went to work in the vineyard just after dawn.

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whakinga wāina

1. (loan) (noun) vintage, grape picking.

Ā ka tūtuki atu tā koutou patunga witi ki te whakinga wāina, me te whakinga wāina ki te wā ruinga (PT Riwitikuha 26:5). / And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time.

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whare wāina

1. (loan) (noun) winery.

Pakupaku noa iho te nuinga o ngā whare wāina o Aotearoa, kāore i pērā i ngā whare wāina ki tai (Te Ara 2014). / The majority of New Zealand’s vineyards are quite small, unlike international wineries.

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