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hui

1. (verb) (-a) to gather, congregate, assemble, meet.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 122-128;)

Kua karangatia tēnei komiti kia hui anō ki te tari i Nēpia (TTT 1/7/1927:626). / This committee has been called to meet again at the office in Napier.

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Synonyms: tūtataki, whakatūtaki, tūtaki, porotūtataki, porotūtaki, tūtakitaki, karahui, whakatūtataki, huihui, pūtahi


2. (noun) gathering, meeting, assembly, seminar, conference.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 122-128;)

Ki te haere ia ki ngā hui, me mau te tangata i tōna ake tauera (TTT 1/11/1927:686). / If he goes to gatherings a person should take his own towel.

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Synonyms: wānanga, tūtaki, tūtakitanga, whakamenenga, huihuinga, huinga

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