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koikara

1. (noun) finger, toe.

E ngangahau ana āna kōrero mō tēnei take i ētehi wā, me te tautuhi anō ki ana koikara hei whakaatu i te ara whakarara o ngā waka e rua, arā, te waka Māori me te waka Pākehā (TTR 1996:49). / She sometimes talked intensely about this matter, indicating with two fingers to show the parallel paths of the two canoes – Māori and Pākehā.

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