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kumanu

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to tend carefully, foster, attend to, care for, cherish.

He poti nā Uekahia, mā Rongotakutama e kumanu (TWMNT 7/11/1876:289). / A corner belonging to Uekahia, and Rongotakutama will carefully cherish it. (A saying referring to a small quantity of kūmara in the corner of a kete.)

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2. (modifier) tended carefully, fostered, attended to, cared for, cherished, treasured.

Nō te hokinga atu o Mānihera Tūmātahi ki te kāinga hararei ai i te tau 1907, ka mau ia i te kaitiaki o te rōpū kumanu, he hī ika mai nōna i te tuaone o te whenua o ōna mātua (TTR 1996:5). / Returning home for vacation in 1907, Mānihera Tūmātahi was apprehended by an acclimatisation society ranger for fishing from the foreshore of his parents' land.

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