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tonga-mā-uru

1. (noun) south-west, sou'west, south-west wind.

Ka tū ko Mananui hei ariki, ka nuku rātau ki Te Rapa, ki te tonga-mā-uru o te moana o Taupō (TTR 1990:186). / When Mananui became paramount chief, they moved to Te Rapa, on the south-west of lake Taupō.

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