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haeana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to iron.

Ka mōhio ia ki te horoi, ki te haeana kākahu. / He will learn how to wash and iron clothes.

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2. (loan) (verb) to shoe a horse.

He mea haeana ngā waewae (TW 9/10/1875:274). / Its hooves have been shod.

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3. (loan) (noun) iron, flat iron.

He mea whakarewa te haeana ki te hiko i ēnei rā, engari, i ngā wā o mua i whakarewangia i runga i te tō. / An iron is heated with electricity these days, but in the past it was heated on the stove.

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See also haiana


4. (loan) (noun) harpoon.

Ka whai haere aua Māori tokowaru i taua tohorā, anō ka mau, ka ū te haeana ki te ika (TW 31/8/1878:436). / Those eight Māori pursued that whale and, when they caught it, harpooned the animal.

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5. (loan) (noun) horse shoe.

He pone āhua whero te uha, 13 ringa te tiketike, kāore he parani e kitea, he tiwha te rae, he mā ngā waewae o muri, kāore he haeana i ngā waewae, he hōiho pea kīanō i whakararatatia, e rima hereni ngā utu mō te hē o tēnei kurī (TW 28/8/1875:179). / A somewhat reddish female pony, 13 hands high, with no visible brand, a mark on the forehead, white hind legs, no horseshoes, a horse which perhaps has not yet been broken in, the fee for the indiscretion of this animal is five shillings.

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papa haeana

1. (loan) (noun) ironing board.

haeana-rāti

1. (loan) (noun) iron spear, harpoon.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 14, 19;)

haiana

1. (loan) (noun) A variation of haeana.

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