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pakipaki

1. (modifier) decorated with with an extra tāniko border woven on.

E kore i au e karanga ki te waka tuku mai nō raro, i te kore tātata hei hoko parawai pakipaki (M 2007:64). / I will not summon the canoes sent from the north, as there are no flax waist garments to trade for the superior capes made of flax fibre and decorated at the bottom and top.

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2. (noun) cloak with an extra tāniko border woven on.

Kia kākahu i te kahu whakairo, he neketaha, ki te pakipaki he korohunga (G 1853:297). / To be clothed in a decorated cloak, a neketaha (an ornamented cloak), with a pakipaki (a cloak of muka fibre with an extra tāniko piece woven on to the tāniko borders) and a korohunga (cloak with three ornamental borders of the same width).

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