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uretū

1. (noun) father, progenitor, male relative.

Ahakoa i whai tamariki katoa āna wāhine tokotoru, mihi kau kore rawa ia i ērā o āna tamariki he whaea kē ō rātou. Engari ki ngā hapū anō o ēnei tamariki ko ia tonu te uretū (TTR 1994:134). / Although he had children by three wives, a number of his other offspring were not acknowledged but to the hapū of these children he was the father.

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Synonyms: pūtake

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