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pārera - grey duck

Pārera, n. 1. Anas superciliosa, grey duck (parera in the north). Tena kei te wai he parera teretere (M. 182). Parera matapouri. Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaup (black teal). Parera maunu, person unable to swim.

2. A fish.

pārerarera, n. 1. Plantago sp., a plant.

2. Limosa lapponica baueri, godwit, when not adult. = kuaka.

Williams Dictionary

Parera, n. 1. North-west wind. E tihi ana hoki te hau mihi kainga, te parera Hikurangi (J. xx, 23). Parera-kotipu, west-north-west wind. Parera-whaki, clearing up after bad weather. Parera nekeneke, a method of attack.

2. = pārera, 1.

pārerarera, n. Violent wind. Kokoia te whetu, kokoia te marama, riro ki te uru, riro ki te tonga, tititi parerarera te hau (S.).

Williams Dictionary

#123: Spill the beans!

#199: Belonging to the buying of food was my going to the supermarket

#183: All the particles in the postposed periphery so far

#156: I am no longer going to the meeting

#162: The children broke the window

#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).

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