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kāriki

1. (loan) (noun) garlic.

Kariki

1. (loan) (modifier) Greek.

E rua ngā kupu i te reo Kariki mō te aroha… (HKW 6/1998:5). / There are two words in the Greek language for love.

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2. (loan) (location) Greece - a country in SE Europe.

I roto i taua tau ka whawhai a Kariki ko tētahi o ngā iwi toa o te ao e rongo nei tātau, ki a Tāke he whenua te take o tā rāua pakanga... (TJ 11/1/1898:5). / In that year, Greece, one of the militant ethnic groups of the world that we know about, fought Turkey, land being the reason for the war...

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3. (loan) (noun) Greek (person).

Ko te iwi tāngata o taua moutere, he Kariki, he Hū, he Amerikana, he Ārepa, he Tāke, he Itāriana (TW 10/8/1878:401). / The people of that island are Greeks, Jews, Americans, Arabs, Turks and Italians.

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kāriki

1. (stative) be green (colour).

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