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Kāwhe

1. (loan) (personal name) Goff.

I muri ka puta tonu mai te whakahau ki a Kāwhe, tōna komihana kia haere ki te iwi titiro ai i taua raruraru... (TJ 8/12/1898:2). / Afterwards, he ordered Goff, his commissioner, to go to the tribe and look into that dispute.

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kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee.

He maha ngā kai reka o reira, he kawhe, he huka, me ētahi atu hoki (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:6). / Coffee, sugar and many other tasty foods are grown there.

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kāwhe

1. (loan) (noun) calf.

I a au e tamariki ana ko tētahi o aku mahi hei āwhina i taku matua ko te whāngai i ngā kāwhe ki te miraka. / When I was young one of my jobs to help my father was to feed the calves with milk.

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toutou kawhe

1. (noun) coffee bag.

kawhe kutē

1. (noun) espresso.

pehu kawhe

1. (noun) coffee-grinder.

papara kawhe

1. (noun) coffee table.

pūrere kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee-maker.

pūrere kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee machine.

mīhini kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee machine.

tuari mahi kawhe

1. (loan) (noun) barista.

Synonyms: tuari

kanokawhe

1. (loan) (noun) coffee bean.

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