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kauhoe

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to swim.

Kāore tonu hoki au e mōhio ki te kauhoe (HP 1991:20). / And I still didn't know how to swim.

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2. (noun) crew (of a canoe or ship), seaman.

I taku haerenga mai ki konei (Ākarana) i noho au i ētahi rā ki tērā kāinga iti, ki Ōkaro,— te kāinga i puta nui mai tōna rongo mō te atawhaitanga o ngā āpiha me ngā kauhoe o te kaipuke Wīwī, a 'Aramene', i tahuri rā ki te tahataha tuauru i ngā tau e rua ka pahure (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:20). / On my way here (Auckland) I spent several days at Ōkaro, the little settlement famous for its hospitable treatment of the officers and crew of the French ship 'Alcmene', which was wrecked on the west coast two years ago.

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