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hēte

1. (loan) (noun) shed.

…he wā anō kua huihui te hunga e manako ana ki te whaikōrero ki te kāinga o tētahi, ki te hēte miraka kau, ki reira parakatihi ai i te whaikōrero (PR 2004:42). / …and sometimes the group wanting to make speeches gather at the home of one of them or in the milking shed to practice oratory.

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Synonyms: pāhoka, pāhokahoka, māhauhau, whare, wharau, hēti

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