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wahine matua

1. (noun) head wife, senior wife.

Tokowhitu ngā tamariki a Taiwhanga rāua ko tana wahine matua ko Māta Rawa o Te Arawa (TTR 1990:139). / Taiwhanga and his first wife, Martha Rawa of Te Arawa, had seven children.

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