2. (loan) (noun) shepherd, herdsman.
Nā ka tautohe ki a rātou ngā hēpara a Aperama me ngā hēpara a Rota (PT Kenehi 13:7). / And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abraham's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock.
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1. (loan) (noun) zebra, Equus burchelli.
…i kite ai rātou i ngā tinana o ngā kararehe i kōrerotia nei i roto i ngā pukapuka kura, i te raiona, i te taika, i te arewhana, i te kāmera, i te hepara me ērā tini huhua o ngā kīrehe o te pārae… (TP 1/1907:5). / …they saw the bodies of animals that I had read of in school books, the lion, the tiger, the elephant, the camel, the zebra and the many varieties of animals of the plains…
