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kōrako

1. (adjective) be albino.

He aha te uru o tō tamaiti? Kāpātaua he uru kōrito, he kōrako, he uru ariki nō Pipi (JPS 1918:18). / What is the hair of your child like? If only it was the flaxen, fair, aristocratic hair of Pipi.

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2. (noun) a bird with white feathers.

Te ritenga o te tapukōrako, he kāhu. E rua hoki ngā kāhu, kotahi mea whero, kotahi kāhu mā. Anā, ko te kāhu mā te kōrako. Koia i whakataukītia ai te kiri mā, 'me tapukōrako te kiri o mea' (Biggs 1997:119). / A tapukōrako is a hawk. There are two hawks, one is reddish and the other is white. The white hawk is the kōrako. Thus it is said of a white skin, 'So-and-so's skin is like that of the sacred white hawk.'

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