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ahuahunga

1. (noun) patronage.

I ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1830, ka noho tētahi kaihokohoko Marikena, a Wēpiha, hei ahuahunga mā Te Horetā (TTR 1990:194). / In the late 1830s an American trader, Webster, established himself under Te Horetā's patronage.

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Synonyms: amarara, hamarara

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