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wēta

1. (loan) (noun) wether.

Hipi - wēta e mou tonu ana ngā wūru, te 12/h ki te 13/h 3k; Hipi katikati, e 8/h me te 6k; Io, me ngā huruhuru anō, e 9/h me te 6k ki te 10/-h.... (TJ 8/12/1898:11). / Sheep - wethers still with their wool, 12 shillings to 13 shillings and threepence; Shorn sheep, 8s 6d; Ewes, unshorn, 9s 6d to 10s...

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