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kāihe

1. (loan) (noun) donkey, ass.

Aua koe e hiahia ki te whare o tōu hoa, aua anō hoki koe e hiahia ki te wahine a tōu hoa, ki tāna pononga tāne rānei, ki tāna pononga wahine rānei, ki tāna ōkiha rānei, ki tāna kāihe rānei, ki tētahi rānei o ngā mea o tōu hoa (Ma 1843:14). / Do not desire your friend’s house, also do not desire the wife of your friend, his male servant, his female servant, his ox or his ass, or any of the possessions of your friend.

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hāwhe-kāihe

1. (loan) (noun) half-caste - person whose parents are of different ethnic groups.

He mea hoki ko te Tāke hāwhe-kāihe te iwi i kīia nei ko rātou te Kāwanatanga o te iwi Tāke (TW 17/8/1878:413). / And it is the half-caste Turks who are said to be the people who make up the Government of the Turkish people.

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whaikīngi

1. (loan) (noun) chess - a game played between two people on a chequered board. Each player has sixteen 'men', a king (kīngi), queen (kuīni), two bishops (pīhopa), two knights (toa), two castles or rooks (pā tūwatawata) and eight pawns (kaihāpai-ō).

Me purei whaikīngi tāua (Ng 1993:54). / You and I should play chess.

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