1. (loan) (noun) bucket, pail.
He pēre kī tonu i te waiū i runga i te māhunga o tētahi kōtiro e kawea atu ana ki te whare o tētahi rangatira (Popi 1887:68). / There was on the head of a girl a pail full of milk being carried to the house of a nobleman.
See also pākete
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