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hākui

1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.

Ka pangā te paipa ki te ahi, hei te uinga a te hākui rā ki tana paipa, kua wera kē (TP 2/1904:1). / The pipe was thrown into the fire and when the elderly lady asked for her pipe it had already been burnt.

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Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene

māmā

1. (loan) (noun) mother, mum.

I kī taku māmā ko te noke pai hai mōunu ko te tarawa (HP 1991:15). / My mother said that the best earthworm for bait is the tarawa earthworm.

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Synonyms: kōkara, kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, whaea, whaene, hākui, kōkā, ūkaipō

hākuikui

1. (noun) mother, mum, old woman, elderly woman.

Ka tuhia ki roto ki taua pukapuka ngā ingoa o ngā hākorokoro, ngā hākuikui, ngā tamariki kai ū, me ngā tāngata kē atu (TWMNT 2/12/1871:12). / Written in that document are the names of the elderly men and women, the breastfeeding children and strangers.

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Synonyms: ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu, kōkā, kōkara, ūkaipō, kowhaea, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene, hākui

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