Results for 'iriiri'
iriiri - baptise
iriiri, v.t. Fix an additional strip on the gunwale of a canoe. Hoatu iriiria he mea mo to tatou waka.
Williams Dictionary
iriiri, v.t. 1. Perform some ceremony over a newly born child. = tohi.
2. Baptise. (mod.)
Williams Dictionary
Ka poto katoa te iwi te iriiri.
The people had all been baptised.
I piki ake mātou ki ngā hua rākau e iriiri iho ana.
We climbed up to the fruit (that were) hanging down.
