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wati

1. (loan) (noun) watch (timepiece).

I homai e te Tiuka he wati ki a Timi Kara (TP 1/10/1901:4). / The Duke gave a watch to James Carroll.

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mata wati

1. (noun) timekeeper.

wati tumu

1. (noun) stop watch.

tau wati

1. (loan) (noun) watch chain.

E ai ki tētahi kōrero, he kupu poto a Tauati mō Tau-Wati (TTR 1990:60). / It was said that Tauati was a shortened version of the word Tau-Wati meaning ‘watch chain’.

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