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ngau whiore

1. (noun) incest.

E pai ana te moe i tō tuahine, engari kaua tō tuahine ake - he ngau whiore kē tērā (PK 2008:521). / It's alright to marry your cousin, but not your sister - that's incest.

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kai whiore

1. (noun) incest.

E whakaae ana ngā ngaio tikanga Māori ehara te kai whiore (ngau whiore rānei) me te pāwhera i te āhuatanga nō te ao Māori tūturu (Te Ara 2014). / Experts on Māori customs agree that incest and rape were not condoned in the traditional Māori world.

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