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rourou - small basket, food basket

rourou, n.

1. Small basket for cooked food. He toa paheke, ko te rourou iti a Haere (P. 108). ‖ rau (iii).

2. A kete made with loops at the ends.

Williams Dictionary

tāu rourou, tāku rourou ka ora te iwi.
Through your food basket and my food basket the people will be fed.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

He rarangatanga nāna i ngā rourou, ka tino mamae ana matikara.
She wove the food baskets, and her fingers were very sore.

He kotahi te kūmera i roto i te rourou ngā tāngata tokorua.
There was one small round basket containing one kūmera belonging to two men.

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