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mātātuhi

1. (noun) written literature.

I te tau 1930 ka tuhi te Kaiwhakahaere Mātauranga a T. B. Strong, ‘Kāore he mātātuhi tō te reo Māori.' (Te Ara 2016). / in 1930 the Director of Education T. B. Strong wrote, ‘The Maori language has no literature.'

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2. (noun) print, print image, imprint.

Ko te mātātuhi he whakaahua ka whakaputaina mā te whakairo me te uhi i tētahi papa ki te waituhi, me te pēhi atu ki te pepa, ki te papanga rānei (RTA 2014:115). / A print is an image that is produced by pressing a plate that has been carved and covered with ink onto paper or cloth (RTA 2014:115).

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Synonyms: kāone, perehi, , hāraunga, whakakawenata

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