2. (noun) pet, favourite.
Ahakoa tā rāua whakapuhi i tā rāua mokopuna i a ia e tamariki ana, ka pakeke ia, he wahine pukumahi ia. / Although they indulged their grandchild when she was young, when she grew up she was a hard-working woman.
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