katea

1. (verb) to be whitened.

Waiho koutou kia pū ana, kia katea ana i runga o Titirangi, hei whāriki mō te aitu, ē (M 2006:290). / You are left in a heap to whiten on top of Titirangi, like a mat for the dead.

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2. (verb) to be scattered, separated.

Ka whiua e ia ngā huruhuru o te manu ki raro, ki te take o te rākau, koi hautea te huruhuru, koi katea haere i te ngāherehere, koi putu haere (W 1971:42). / He threw down the feathers of the bird to the base of the tree, lest they be scattered and spread around the forest in heaps.

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Synonyms: tīrangaranga, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa

3. (noun) kahikatea, white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - a tall coniferous tree of mainly swampy ground, the leaves are scale-like and soft to touch.

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