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riu - valley

Riu (i), n. 1. Bilge of a canoe. Kei roto kei te riu o te waka e takoto ana (T. 20). Riu tainga wai, the place in a canoe where the water is bailed out.

2. Valley, basin. Te riu o Waiapu, e tuwhera kau nei (S.). No konei ano a Matatini no te riu o Hauraki nei ano (Pi. 131, 6).

3. Belly, chest. Pawharatia tonutia i te riu, takoto ke atu, takoto ke mai, ano ko te riu o Tane-Mahuta (T. 155). Mehemea ko Tawhaki i roto i to riu (M. 349). Riu o Tane, a proverbial expression for the totara and other large forest trees, so used for a canoe. Ka tu mai koe i te riu o Tane (M. 158). Utaina atu ra ki te riu o Tane (M. 334).

Williams Dictionary

Riu (ii), ririu, v.i. 1. Pass by. I kite atu au i a ia e ririu ana i ko.

2. Disappear. Kua ririu te waipuke ki roto ki te awa.

riunga, n. Passage, way. Haere ma tera riunga.

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