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rota

1. (verb) (-ia) to sign (with the hands), use sign language, signal.

Kātahi ka rotaia atu, e mea ana koe me whakarere tō kaipuke, kātahi ka utua atu, "Kāore; engari me pārete." (TJ 2/2/1899:6). / Then you signalled that you must abandon your ship, then they replied, "No, tow it instead."

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Rota

1. (loan) (personal name) Lot.

I mea a Rota ki te hoatu i āna tamāhine ki te hunga i haere mai ki waho i tōna whare (TP 4/1906:1). / Lot thought he would give his daughters to the people who came outside his house.

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Poari Rota o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) New Zealand Lottery Grants Board.

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