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parākiri

1. (verb) to establish.

Kua parākiritia hoki tā rātou taonga ki a rātou, kua ohangia (TWMNT 7/11/1876:287). / To them their treasure is established, it has become a bequest.

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2. (noun) innerpost fence of a .

E tū ana hoki te pā, mau ana te wehi o te tukuwaru whakairo o te pā, puta noa, me te wītā, me te pekerangi, i roto ko te parākiri (TP 3/1910:2). / And the pā stood there and the carved posts of the pā were awesome, from the inner fence and the outer palisade, into the innermost fence.

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3. (noun) cloak without ornamentation - but sometimes with tāniko borders on both sides.

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