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hēnga

1. (noun) error, mistake, fault, blunder, boo-boo, slip-up.

Ka kitea e ia ngā hēnga, ka whakatikaia, ka whakahokia anō ki ngā kaitā perehi, kātahi ka mahia tikatia e rātou (TWM 13/6/1863:2). / When the mistakes are found they are corrected, returned to the printers and then they make the corrections.

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Synonyms: pōkaku, pōhauhau, , hapa, horihori, hori, pōhēhē, hēanga

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