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keri - dig

Keri = kari. 1. v.t. Dig. Ka keria te rua haeroa (T. 86).

2. Dig up, scratch out of the ground. Ka kitea e ia te totara, ka keria (T. 90). Ki te keri mataitai mau (M. 78).

3. v.i. Rush along violently, as the wind. Hau titiparerarera, keria te tupairangi (Sh.T. 134).

keria, n. The cry of the torea, a sign of peace: “Keria, keria !” (“Dig, dig !”—i.e., Cultivate your lands).

kekeri, v.i. Fight, quarrel.

kerikeri. 1. v.t. Dig up repeatedly. Hei ora mona ki tona whenua, kerikeri pipi atu ai (As a slave for him at his home to dig up cockles) (M. 84).

2. a. Rushing violently. I nga wa e pupuhi kerikeri ai nga hau o te tonga (W. ii, 82).

Williams Dictionary

I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kāore e pai a Pāora ki te keri i te hāngī.
Pāora isn't good at digging the hāngī pit.

He koretake a Honi ki te keri i te hāngi.
Honi is useless at digging the hāngī.

Ka hao i te ika, ka keri i te roi.
[They] caught fish in nets, they dug up fern roots.

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