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tētere

1. (noun) bugle, flax trumpet - made from harakeke (New Zealand flax) leaves rolled into a funnel.

Nā tana kōrero, ka kore rātau e aro atu ki te tangi a te tētere kia taui rātau; i noho huna tonu rātau (TTR 1990:157). / On his advice they ignored a bugle call ordering retreat and remained hidden.

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2. (noun) thunder.

Mēnā ka pāorooro te tētere, he paoro tērā (Te Ara 2012). / If the thunder resounded that was a a thunderclap.

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