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Hangarau

miro ~a

thread, twisted cord, to spin, twist

tūingoa, tūmahi whiti

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko te aho ka hua ake i te miringa o ngā weu o tētahi tipu, pērā i te muka o te harakeke.

The yarn that results from twisting the fibres of a plant, such as muka from flax.

Tauira KŌrero

Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.*

Miria te muka o te harakeke, kia rua mita pea te roa o te miro.

Me pēhea te tāwai i te miro kia rauwhero te tae?

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Ko te miro tēnei o te muka harakeke, ka hua ake i te miri i ngā weu.

*He whakataukī. Tirohia Ngā Pepeha a ngā Tīpuna, nā Hirini Mead rāua ko Neil Grove. Victoria University Press, wh.246. 

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Tauira KŌrero

Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.*

Miria te muka o te harakeke, kia rua mita pea te roa o te miro.

Me pēhea te tāwai i te miro kia rauwhero te tae?

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga