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ringatahi

1. (verb) to be the size of a fist.

He ringatahi te nui o te weriweri mea rā e tipu ana i tana puku (PK 2008:774). / The size of that horrible thing growing in her stomach was the size of a fist.

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2. (noun) pint-sized, very small, tiny, pocket-sized.

Tērā tētahi Pākehā ko Tiringi he ringatahi kua tae ki Poihākene, e kīia ana ko taua tangata te tino tiamupiena o te ao mō te haere i ngā haere tino roa (TJ 6/10/1898:11). / There is a pint sized Pākehā, Tiringi, who has arrived in Sydney who is said to be the world long distance champion.

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