kīra
1. (loan) (noun) keel.
Me te mea nei kei te haea tōna kīra, mai anō i te ihu tae noa ki te kei (TP 2/1910:7). / It looks as if its keel had been torn from its bow to its stern.
Synonyms: tangere
1. (loan) (noun) keel.
Me te mea nei kei te haea tōna kīra, mai anō i te ihu tae noa ki te kei (TP 2/1910:7). / It looks as if its keel had been torn from its bow to its stern.
Synonyms: tangere
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