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1. (verb) to be equipped with, have, possessing, acquire - precedes nouns to form compound words. Sometimes attached to the noun as a prefix.

I whai wāhi atu te Taura Whiri ki tēnei hui (HM 4/1992:2) / The Māori Language Commission had a part to play in this meeting.

2. (noun) having, possessing.

Kāhore he tangata hei rite mōu; te mōhio, te whaiwhakaaro. / There is nobody that has the knowledge and the understanding that you do.

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