1. (loan) (noun) rented accommodation, flat, boarding house.
Nā te mea noho tonu ai rāua i tētahi whare rīhi rūma nei, ka tūtaki a Īhāia ki tana wahine tuarua e mahi ana ki reira (TTR. / It was because they habitually lodged in a boarding house that Īhāia met his second wife who worked there.
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