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poroporo - bracelet; purple

poroporo. 1. a. Darkened. He ngutu poroporo. (Of tattooed lips.)

2. v.t. Lop off, cut. Kia tikina he toki hei poroporo i nga peke o a ratou matua (W.W. 22). Ka riro mai ka poroporoa nga peke o Ranginui, o Papatuanuku (W.W. 22).

3. n. Bracelet.

Williams Dictionary

Ko te whakaaro i oti nei i a rāua me haere rāua ki te pā o Uenuku rāua ko Toi ka muru mai i ngā hua o te poroporo o Uenuku (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:41)
The plan they devised was that they should go to Uenuku and Toi’s pā and steal the fruit of Uenuku’s poro

Ka tae ki te wāhi i tupu ai te poroporo o Uenuku.
They reached the place where Uenuku's breadfruit grew.

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