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huru kurī

1. (noun) dogskin cloak - made of whole skins sown together.

Ka horoi nei a Kapu i a ia, ā, ka oti, ka whakapaipai i a ia, heru rawa, tikitiki rawa, ūhia iho te huru kurī (White 5 1888:54). / Kapu washed himself and, when he had finished, he made himself handsome with a comb and topknot and covered himself with a dogskin cloak.

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2. (noun) dogskin.

Ko ngā huruhuru tātai o te maro, he huru kurī, he toroa rānei; he mā (M 2006:48). / The decorative trimmings of a maro are of dogskin or albatross feathers; and white.

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3. (noun) animal skin.

Ko ētahi o ngā hapū o Piritene i noho hauwarea noa iho; ko ō rātou pūweru he huru kurī, kāore hoki i tahuri ki te ngaki whenua (KO 1/3/1882:3). / Some of the tribes of Britain lived quite simply; their clothes were of animal skins, and they didn't cultivate the land.

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