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aho

1. (noun) fishing line, cord, string, line, medium for an atua in divination.

Pupuri tonu tētahi ringa ki te aho kia mau tonu ai te pōro i te taha o te kānara, ko te matikara o tētahi ringa hei āta koropana i te pōro kia āta takahurihuri mārire ai (TWMNT 5/6/1877). / Hold the string with one hand so that the ball is beside the candle and with a finger of the other hand carefully flick the ball so that it slowly revolves.

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Synonyms: raina, io, rārangi, kapa, tawhā, ripa, papanga


2. (noun) weft, woof - cross-threads of weaving or a mat.

Whatua mai te aho kia kāwitiwiti, kia kātoatoa mō te oti wawe, e hine! (TTT 1/4/1929:s178) / For an earlier completion, weave the cross threads so that they taper and contract, girl!

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3. (noun) line of descent, genealogy.

I heke iho a Tini i te aho ariki o tōna tupuna, o Tūhuru o Te Tai Poutini, me tana pānga anō hoki ki a Ngāti Toa o Porirua (TTR 1998:216). / Tini was descended by the senior line from her ancestor Tūhuru of Westland, and was also related to Ngāti Toa of Porirua.

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Synonyms: takiaho, kāwei, kaha, hikahika, kāwai


4. (noun) chord (maths).

He rārangi tōtika te aho e hono ana i ētahi pūwāhi e rua i te paenga o tētahi porowhita (TRP 2010:94). / The chord is a straight line joining two points on the circumference of a circle (TRP 2010:94).

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5. (noun) sine (maths) - for an angle, the ratio of the length of the side that is opposite that angle to the length of the longest side of the triangle.

Ko te aho he ōwehenga e hono ana i tētahi koki o te tapatoru hāngai ki te tāroa me te tapa tauaro (TRP 2010:94). / The sine is a ratio which connects an angle of a right-angled triangle with the opposite side and the hypotenuse (TRP 2010:94).

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