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matewai

1. (verb) to be thirsty - sometimes as two words, i.e. mate wai.

I kawea e rātou he wai mō te tangata e matewai ana (PT Ihaia 21:14). / They brought water to him that was thirsty.

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2. (modifier) thirsty.

He rongo pai nō te whenua tawhiti, tōna rite kei ngā wai mātao ki te wairua matewai (PT Nga Whakatauki 25:25). / As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

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3. (noun) thirst.

Kei tā te kaikauwhau Katorika, kei tā Louis Catherin Servant, he whenua tērā e kore e pākia e te mātao, e te hemokai, e te matewai rānei (TTR 1990:98-99). / According to the Catholic missionary Louis Catherin Servant that would be a land in which there was neither cold, hunger nor thirst.

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