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pahaki

1. (location) near, handy to, nearby, close to, a short distance from, a little way from - a location word that denotes a small relative distance.

Kua tīmata te whiri taura a Hēmi Kararu i te huarahi o Hopihana, i pahaki o te whare karakia Pikopō. / James Caradus has commenced rope-making on Hobson Street, near the Catholic church.

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Synonyms: tuke, tata, kō tata tonu atu, tūtata, pātata, taitata, maruatata, āwhiwhi, tātata, marutata, kātata, whātata

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