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koki

1. (verb) to turn.


2. (noun) corner.

I a au e huri ana i tētahi koki o te rori, ka kite ahau i tētahi koroua e tū ana i te taha o te rori (HKW 1/8/1900:1). / When I was turning a corner of the road I saw an elderly man standing at the side of the road.

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3. (noun) angle (maths).

Ina pātahi ētahi rārangi torotika e rua ki tētahi pūwāhi, he koki ka hua mai. Ko te koki te rahi o te huringa o tētahi rārangi torotika i tētahi pūwāhi. Ko te putu (°) te waeine hei whakaatu i te rahi o tētahi koki. E 360° te rahi o te huringa kotahi (TRP 2010:153). / When two straight lines meet at a point, an angle is formed. An angle is the amount that a straight line is rotated around a point. The degree (°) is the unit for measuring the size of an angle. There are 360° in a full turn (RTP 2010:153).

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