kani
1. (verb) (-a) to saw, rub backwards and forwards.
Ka mea atu mehemea ka pai anō kia noho au ki a rātau, ki te Mīhana, hai atawhai mā rātau, hai tama āwhina hoki i a rātau ki te tope wahie, ki te kani wahie me ērā atu mahi mā te tamaiti tāne (HP 1991:34). / They asked if it was alright for me to live with them at the Mission, for them to look after me and for me to be a boy to help them cut and saw firewood and other tasks for a boy.
2. (noun) saw (tool).
I te tau 1947 ka petihanatia e ia te Whare Pāremata, ka tono atu kia whakamutua te waiata mai a te toki me te kani i te ngahere o Waipoua (TTR 1998:137). / In 1947 he petitioned Parliament, requesting that the song of the axe and saw in Waipoua Forest be stopped.
