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pipi tairaki

1. (noun) tuatua, Paphies subtriangulata - an edible bivalve mollusc found buried in fine sand near low tide level on open sandy ocean beaches throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The hinge of a tuatua is more sharply angled than that of a pipi.

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Synonyms: kahitua, taiwhatiwhati, tairaki, kaitua, tuatua, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, hānea, tākupu, rehoreho, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, ngūpara, kūkuku, kukupati, papahurihuri, poua, toitoi, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, mitimiti, ngārahu tatawa, peke, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, kararuri, karekawa, koeo, koriakai, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, niania, matangārahu, mimiti, tītiko, ngaeti, karoro, ururoa, ngāeo, tūteure, ngākihi kopia, hahari, hūai, pātitotito, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tākai, piritoka, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hoehoe, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, whētiko, karariwha, kawari, koeti, koio, kōrama, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, mātangata, kōramu, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, pipi taiari, rereho, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, hākari, rerekākara, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totorere, karahiwa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, ngākihi tea, matangongore, maurea, karehu, ngāruru, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū harakeke, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waitai, purewha, ruheruhe, takai, tūroro, pōrohe, awatai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, pūpū tarataratea


2. (noun) tuatua shell.

I kowania ki te pipi tairaki, kia rahirahi ai he pānga mai mō tō rākau. Auē! (W 1971:152). / It was scraped with a tuatua shell so that your weapon would be thin when striking. Oh dear!

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