1. (noun) forest.
Otirā, ehara i te rahi mahi kai nā rātou, nā tō rātou nei nohonga ki te ngahengahe, nā reira, i meinga ai, he pahī mahi kai ngā hoa o Te Hunga (JPS 1990:15). / But it was not their main cultivation belonging to their dwelling-place in the forest, and so it was said that Te Hunga's friends were a tribal section of cultivators.
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