2. (loan) (modifier) concrete.
He taraka hoki e haere mai ana, e ahu ana ki Nuhaka he pouihi raima, roroa hoki e haria ana (HP 1991:8). / And a truck carrying long concrete posts was coming, heading for Nūhaka.
3. (loan) (noun) lime, concrete, cement, mortar (mixture of sand, water, and cement or lime used to hold bricks together).
Koia tēnei - he raima (whakapiripiri tumera nei) kua oti te tātari (TJ 30/8/1898:5). / It is this - lime (as in chimney mortar) which has been sifted.
