kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress
kākā - parrot
Kākā. ‖ kā (ii).
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Kakā. ‖ kā (i).
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Kāka (i), a. Intoxicated with the juice of the tutu.
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Kāka (ii), n. Botaurus poeciloptilus, bittern. Ka rere i te po, ka whakaraoa, he kāka.— Me he huroto au kei ro repo, me he kaka e whakaraoa ana (S.). = matuku.
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Kaka (i), n. 1. Fibre, single hair. He aruhe pai rawa tena, kahore ona kaka maro.— Patua iho, he kaka, ki tahaki tera (P. 80).
2. Stalk. Haea mai ra to hei kaka piripiri (M. 229). Ka meatia a waho ki te kaka rauaruhe.
3. Stock, line, lineage. Kaore i huna te kaka tino tangata (M. 21). Tenei to uru kaka nui (M. 181).
4. Main lines in tattooing.
5. Ridge, of a hill, etc. Waiho i raro i tau wharua, kei eke koe ki te kaka e maro mai ra (M.M. 156). Te kaka o te ihu, the bridge of the nose.
6. Hard wood next the actual heart of totara (P. 82).
whakakaka, n. A pattern in carving, consisting of a row of regular notches.
kākaka, n. 1. Stem of the fern Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum.
2. A lattice fence made of same.
whakakakakaka, n. Covered with short irregular stripes or streaks.
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Kaka (ii), v.i. Flutter. E kaka tonu ana te (manawa), e ai te ao rere (M. 82). = kapakapa.
kakakaka, v.i. Stutter, stammer.
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Kaka (iii), n. 1. Small seine or drag net, worked by hand, without a canoe.
2. Trap for taking whitebait (Whang.).
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Kaka (iv), n. Garment. Te whakatauria koe ki te kaka o te waero (M. 329).
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kakā. 1. a. Red-hot. Apopo, kia pena nga kiri o ou tungane; hihi ana i nga kowhatu kaka o Waikorora (T. 83).
2. v.i. Glow. E kakā tonu ana, e ai te ao rere (M. 82).
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kākā, n. Nestor meridionalis, native parrot. He kuku ki te kainga, he kaka ki te haere (P. 19). Several varieties are distinguished by adding the epithets kereru, korako, kura, pipiwharauroa, and reko; kakakura is also used for the leader of a flight of kaka.
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