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puare

1. (stative) be open, exposed, hollow.

Nā te aha ianei i puare tonu ai te matapihi o te whare, i pakaru tonu ai te taiapa, i parori tonu ai te kēti, i tautau ai ngā waea o te taiapa, i tāreparepa tonu ai te hikurere? (TP 2/1909:3). / Just what was the reason that the window of the house remained open, the fence was still broken, the gate still crooked, the wires of the fence were slack and the shawl hung loosely?

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Synonyms: tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, marake, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera, hīrikore, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, tīwara


2. (noun) hole, opening, vowel.

Ko te tangata e puhipuhi paipa ana e poka puare ana ki tana pākete, ki te whakamutua ia e ia tana puhipuhi paipa, he puare tērā kua pāpunitia (TP 9/1907:5). / The person who smokes is making holes in his pocket, but if he stops smoking that is a hole that has been blocked up.

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Synonyms: pūahaaha, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera


3. (noun) aperture.

Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te arotahi, ko tōna puare, te wāhi e uru atu ai te aho (RTA 2014:80). / An important part of the lens is its aperture, the place where the light enters.

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