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kāraho

1. (modifier) deck.

Toromi ana te kaipūkaha me ngā kaimahi kāraho tokorua nei (TTR 2000:5). / The engineer and the two deck hands drowned.

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2. (noun) floor, deck, platform in a canoe.

Ko te ingoa o te rango ko Manutawhiorangi, me ngā punga e rua a Te Tahuri, a Te Take, anei anō te ingoa o te kāraho me ngā karakia o te tōanga, me ngā karakia o te haramaitanga i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (TPH 15/10/1902:2). / The name of the roller was Manutawhiorangi and the two anchors were Te Tahuri and Te Take. Here is the name of the canoe deck and the ritual chants for the dragging and for the trip across the Pacific Ocean.
Nā, ka mahia te waka, koirā ngā toki i tāraia ai te waka, ā ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The canoe was then adzed out, hewn with those adzes. The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; finished were the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering oars of the prow and stern.

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Synonyms: kaupapa, whatārangi, kahupapa, ahurewa, atamira, raho, rahoraho, tūāpapa

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