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taukaka

1. (noun) ridge, spur (of a hill).

Nō Hākari-mata ka kitea atu tētehi taukaka o te maunga o Pirongia, ka tapā ko Puke-houa (NIT 1995:47). / From Hākari-mata a ridge of Mount Pirongia was seen and it was named Puke-houa.

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Synonyms: tārawa, tūtūātanga, io, tuatua, tau, parehua, ripa

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