1. (noun) yam, Dioscorea sp.
I Te Riha ā rāua mahinga kai, he kūmara, he taro, he uhi, he rīwai, he kānga, he paukena, he merengi me ngā hua rākau pītiti (TTR 1990:69). / It was at Te Riha that they had their gardens and plantations, where they had kūmara, taro, yams, potatoes, corn, pumpkin, melons, and peach trees.
See also uwhikāho
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