1. (noun) back, rear.
Ka pakaru atu a Te Kooti mā te kōkai kiri rākau o tana hopuni (TTR 1990:385). / Te Kooti broke through the bark wall at the back of his sleeping hut (DNZB 1990:569).
Synonyms: tua, tuarā, angaangamate, angamate, takamuri, whakatuarā, whakatipu, whāngai, hikumaro, hikutira, whakatiputipu, whakatupu
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