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pirikahu

1. (stative) be close, curly, frizzy.


2. (noun) sheep.

Ko te huruhuru pirikahu hei whatu i te mea mahana mā koutou, ko te muka, hei whatu i te kareko - ka oti te whatu mā ngā wāhine e tuitui (TK 1/6/1844:26). / Sheep's wool will be woven into something warm for you and flax fibre will be woven into calico - when they're woven the women will sew them.

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Synonyms: hipi


3. (noun) biddy-bid, Acaena anserinifolia - a creeping plant with prickly brown burrs.

Ko tōna rongoā mō te hahaetanga he whakapiripiri he mea mahi mai i te pūtake harakeke, he wai rongoā rānei nō te pirikahu mai (TTR 1998:170). / Her ointment for lacerations was a flax root poultice or a potion made from the Biddybid plant.

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See also hutiwai

Synonyms: piriwhetau, kaikaiārure, piripiri, kaiārurerure, hutiwai, kaiā

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