1. (noun) relation, relative, kinsfolk.
Ka tono a Ngāti Rongo ki ō rātau karawa o Tamakaimoana i Maungapōhatu, kia haere mai ki te āwhina i a rātau ki te kawe a riri ki a Ngāti Raka (TTR 1990:237). / Ngāti Rongo asked their kinsfolk of Tamakaimoana, in Maungapōhatu, to come to assist them in the battle with Ngāti Raka.
Synonyms: ngare, pākanga, pānga, waiū, whanaunga, huānga, uri
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