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mematanga

1. (loan) (noun) membership.

...i whakamutua e ia tāna mematanga, he mea tuku ki te tamaiti a Witika kaumātua... (TW 17/8/1878:11/415). / ...he relinquished his membership which he passed on to the child of Whitaker senior...

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Synonyms: whakauru

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