kōnae
1. (noun) small basket woven from flax.
Ko Kahu-koka te tangata o ēnei i mahara ki te mau mai i te kōnae purapura kūmara, he koka ngā takai o tōna kōnae kūmara, koia ka tapaia e ngā hoa, ko Kahu-koka. / Kahu-koka was the person who had the forethought to bring with him a basket of kūmara tubers, which was wrapped up in koka, hence his companions gave him that name Kahu-koka.
2. (noun) belly of a fishing net.
Kāore anō te kōnae o te kupenga i ū mai ki uta, kua rere a Kahu-hunu ki te whawhao ika māna, arā, ki te muru (JPS 1905:67). / The belly of the net had not yet been hauled in, when Kahu-hunu (Kahungunu) rushed in and seized a fish for himself, that is, he grabbed it (without waiting for the proper distribution).
3. (noun) file.
Me whakahoki mai tētahi tauira o te kōnae rorohiko ki a au (HM 2/1994). / A copy of the electronic file should be returned to me.
