tuamaka
1. (noun) round cord plaited with five or six stands.
Kātahi rātou ka whiri taura; ka kitea i reira te whiri tuamaka, te tarikarakia, te whiri pāraharaha, te rino (NM 1928:13). / Then they plaited ropes and there were seen plaiting of five and six stranded ropes, ropes of eight strands, plaiting of flat ropes of three strands and ropes of two strands.
See also whiri iwituna
Synonyms: tari-karakia, tuapuku, tari-kākāriki, rauru, whiri papa, whiri kawe, kārure, tōpuku, whiri pāraharaha, whiri pekapeka, whiri taurakeke, whiri iwituna, tātoru
