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peita

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to paint.

He mea peita anō hoki e ia, ā he utu tika tāna utu i tono ai mō āna mahi (TW 28/8/1875:170). / They were also painted by him and the price he asked was right for his work.

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Synonyms: waituhi, muru, pani, panipani,


2. (loan) (noun) paint.

Ko te waka rā i murua ki te peita mangu (TW 19/10/1878:521). / That canoe is painted with black paint.

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