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hae

1. (verb) (-a) to scratch, draw, cut up, lacerate, tear, slit, slash, split.

Tō mata i haea ki te uhi matarau (NM 2004:256). / Your face was incised with the multi-pointed chisel.

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Synonyms: haehae, whakahaehae, hahae, harakuku, hōripi, rarapi, hōripiripi, whakangaeke, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, rakaraka, raraku, rapi, hārau, raku, rapirapi, rakuraku


2. (verb) (-a) cause pain, bear ill feeling, cherish envy.

Ko te tangata i ahu mai nei tētahi wāhi o tōna mātauranga i te Pākehā he tangata e whakatōngātia, e haea, e whakatātaretia, e ngau tuarātia e ngā tāngata kūware (TKO 31/8/1920:5). / The person whose knowledge comes partly from the Pākehā is a person who is criticized, envied, scrutinized and subjected to backbiting by ignorant people.

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3. (modifier) jealous.

He wahine hae a Hiro, kāore rawa ia i pai kia ngaro tana tāne i ōna kanohi (TP 1/1/1902:8). / Hiro was a jealous woman, she didn't like her husband being out of her sight.

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Synonyms: taruhae, tūāhae, tarahae, wene, harawene, pūhaehae, pukā


4. (noun) envy, dislike, jealousy.

Kāore pea he tangata i hapa rawa i tēnei mea, i te hae (TP 1/2/1902:8) / There probably isn't a person not affected by this emotion of jealousy.

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Synonyms: harawene, pūhaehae, tūāhae, taruhae, tarahae, pūāhaehae, wene


5. (noun) pollen (of flowers).

He kongakonga mōkitokito te hae ka tukuna e te taihema toa o te pua (RP 2009:182). / Pollen is microscopic grains discharged from the male organ of the flower.

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Synonyms: nehu, renga, puehu


6. (noun) cut, slit.

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