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karihi

1. (verb) (-tia) to attach sinkers (to a net).

Ka tukua mai te karere ki taua tangata ki te karihi i tana kupenga (W 1971:101). / The message was sent to the man to attach sinkers to his net.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to crunch.

E tama mā ē, karihitia mai e koe ki te wai o te niho (M 2006:462). / O sons all, crunch all and with your teeth moistened (M2006:463).

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3. (modifier) nuclear.

I te tau 1984 ka motu te herenga ki ANZUS, i te kore whakaae o Aotearoa kia tau ngā kaipuke pūngao karihi (Te Ara 2015). / In 1984 the ties to ANZUS were severed because New Zealand refused to allow nuclear-armed ships to come.

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4. (noun) sinkers attached to the lower edge of a drag net.

I mōhio tonu ia ki te takahanga o te kaharunga o te kupenga ki raro ki ngā waewae, ka puritia ko te kahararo o te kupenga i mau ai ngā karihi, arā, ngā kōhatu pēhi mō te kupenga (JPS 1893:220). / He understood how to step upon the upper rope of the fishing net, and hold the lower rope to which the sinkers were fastened. that is the stones weighing down the net.

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5. (noun) kernel, stone (of a fruit).

He karihi anō tō te teiti. / Dates have a stone.

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6. (noun) nucleus (of a cell or atom).

Ko te karihi te wāhanga whakahaere i te mahi a te pūtau (RP 2009:243). / The nucleus is the part of the cell which controls its function (RP 2009:243).

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