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hetiheti

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to hoe.

Kei te hetiheti ia i ngā otaota - kei nui rawa ka raru ngā pōioio (PK 2008:104). / She is hoeing the weeds - not when they're too big or the young shoots of the kūmara will be damaged.

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2. (noun) hoe.

Kātahi ka whakawhiti taonga a Te Mātenga rāua ko Turikatuku: ka riro i a Turikatuku he hetiheti rino, ka hoatu ki a Te Mātenga te kō ngaki māra a Turikatuku (TTR 1990:378). / Then Marsden and Turikatuku exchanged tools: Turikatuku received an iron hoe and Marsden was given Turikatuku's garden cultivation tool.

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