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rahi - large, numerous, great, big

Rahi (pl. rarahi). 1. a Great (physically or morally). Ko te tangata rahi tena o tera motu o Aotea (T. 143). Ore i kopi mai ki nga mea rarahi o nga whenua (M. 206).

2. Plentiful, abundant. Kia rahi mai he kai. Used also with a pass. termination, made abundant. Ko te aha, e Taku, i rahia mai ai te kai kua whiua? (M. 261).

3. Numerous. Kia rahi te haere, kei mahue tetehi (T. 189).

4. Loud. Kihai i rahi te waha o taua puhi ra (T. 177).

5. n. Size. Te rahi o te whare nei.

6. Multitude. Ma te rahi Ati Awa e kautere mai ra (M. 17). Hoehoe ake ra nga rahi a Te Whao i raro te hikuwai (M. 401).

7. Other; in a curious construction. No rahi o whenua ona raruraru (The troubles of other lands are their own).

8. n. Slave. (N'Maru).

rahinga, n. 1. Largeness, abundance.

2. Company, party. Ko tetehi rahinga i te motu i Mokoia e noho ana (T. 80).

rarahi, n. 1. Size. Me te kahikatea nei te rarahi (T. 80).

2. Auchenoceros punctatus, a fish. = ahuruhuru.

rahirahi, a. 1. Thin, not thick. He papa rahirahi.

2. Quick in hearing, attentive. Rahirahi tonu, kaua e matotoru (T. 191). He rahirahi te taringa.

rahirahinga, n. Temple of the head.

Williams Dictionary

He rahi rawa tēnei wiri, hōmai he mea iti iho.
This drill is too big, pass me a smaller one.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e rahi te kīnaki.
Don't give me lots of sauce.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

He aha te rahi o tēnei pane koti?
What size is this skirt?
What? - He aha?

He mea tino rahi te whakatūtūranga a te o Waitangi.
The demonstration on Waitangi Day will be a big one.

He tika te rahi mōku.
The size is correct for me.

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