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waiwaihā

1. (noun) alcohol.

He tauranu te wai me te waiwaihā (RP 2009:396). / Water and alcohol are miscible (RP 2009:396).

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wara waipiro

1. (modifier) alcohol addicted, alcoholic.

He nui tonu ngā karihika, ngā tāngata wara waipiro i reira. / There were quite a lot of prostitutes and alcoholics at that place.

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2. (noun) alcohol addiction, alcoholism.

Kāore e kore kua riro ētahi o rātou i te wara waipiro. / No doubt some of them have succumbed to alcohol addiction.

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Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa

1. (loan) (noun) Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

whakahaurangi

1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to be drunk, intoxicate, make someone drunk.

I mea tētahi nūpepa o Tūranga nei, nā tētahi pāparakāuta i whakahaurangi tētahi Pākehā mō te kotahi wiki, ā, pau katoa ana moni e £40 (TP 10/1908:10). / A Gisborne newspaper reported that an hotel allowed a Pākehā to be drunk for a week and he used up all his money, a total of £40.

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2. (modifier) intoxicating, alcoholic, inebriating.

Uekaha ana tā rātou kupu whakakino i te mahi inu i ngā wai whakahaurangi i ēnei rā (TWMNT 25/5/1875:110). / They were forceful in their words of condemnation of the contemporary practice of drinking intoxicating beverages.

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3. (noun) drunkard, drunk person.

E kī ana te kupu, nā te wairua poke ngā whakahaurangi katoa (KO 15/8/1883:7). / The word says that all drunks are because of an unclean spirit.

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waipiro

1. (modifier) liquor, alcohol.

Ko tāna i pai ai he aukati i te hoko waipiro i te motu katoa (HKW 1/2/1901:2). / What he would have liked was a ban on the sale of alcohol in the whole country.

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2. (noun) liquor, alcohol.

He aha te painga o ngā kai reka a te Pākehā - o te rare, o te keke, o te purini, o te winika, o te pepa, o te waipiro? (TKO 31/5/1921:9) / What benefit is there in the sweet food of the Pākehā - lollies, cakes, puddings, vinegar, pepper and alcohol?

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Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) (personal noun) Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, ALAC.

porohaurangi

1. (modifier) drunken, boozy.

He kī nā te Wīwī he iwi porohaurangi te Ingarihi (TP 2/1903:3). / The French say that the English are a drunken people.

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2. (noun) drunk, drunkard, wino, alcoholic.

Kātahi hoki ka utaina atu he taunu, ka kīia ko te porohaurangi kia tū rawa hei tohunga (TTR 1990:222). / And then they criticized him saying he was a drunkard appointed as a tohunga.

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See also poro-

kōhua māturuturu

1. (noun) still (alcohol).

raukoti

1. (verb) (-tia) to mishandle, misuse, meddle with, abuse (alcohol, etc.).

I raukotitia e ia te pū, nā reira i mate ai (Ng 1993:281). / He died because he mishandled the gun (Ng 1993:281).

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Synonyms: rahurahu, raweke, hūrau

napi

1. (loan) (noun) schnapps - a strong alcoholic drink resembling gin.

tīni

1. (loan) (noun) gin - an alcoholic spirit distilled from grain.

He wehike, he parani, he tīni, he pia (HKW 7/1898:3). / Whiskey, brandy, gin and beer.

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pāhare

1. (noun) ester - chemical compounds derived from carboxylic acids and (usually) an alcohol.

Ina whakaranua te waikawa me te pāpāhua, ko te pāhare me te wai ka hua ake (RP 2009:310). / When an acid is mixed with a base, ester and water results.

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