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ōhipera

1. (loan) (noun) hospital.

...tēna e mahia hei utu kai mā te pani, mā te pouaru, mā te rawakore, ā hei utu ōhipera mō ngā tūroro o te iwi... (TW 31/3/1877:3/119). / ...it will be spent on food for orphans, widows and the poor, and for a hospital for the community’s sick people...

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