1. (loan) (verb) to reef (sails), roll up (sails), furl - to reduce the area of a sail.
Nō te tukunga o ngā hēra, nō te rīwhitanga, ka titiro atu ki ngā rewa, arā ki ngā maihe, me ngā kurupae, me ngā rikini (TJ 18/1/1900:12). / When the sails were furled, they looked at the masts, that is the masts, the cross beams and the rigging.
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
