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kaimahi

1. (noun) worker, employee, clerk, staff.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 102;)

Kīhai i roa ka tatū ia ki raro, ka tū ki waenganui o ana kaimahi kua ngau nei ō rātou ngākau i te mataku kei pau katoa rātou te kai e te ahi (TWMNT 2/7/1873:77). / Before long he reached the bottom and stood amongst his employees who were overcome by fear that they might all be consumed by the fire.

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kaitūao

1. (noun) casual worker, transient worker, volunteer worker, short-term employee.

Ka puta atu ko Rūtene Te Piiki me ana kaitūao Pākehā e 20 ki te pā o Mōkena i te 3 o Hūrae (TTR 1990:39). / Lieutenant Biggs and 20 Pākehā volunteers reached Mōkena's pā on 3 July.

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