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konohi

1. (noun) eye - eastern dialect variation of kanohi.

Ko ngā āhua o taku mate, he ngongoro, he heke te kea, he mate ngā konohi, kua āhua kāpō haere (HP 1991:18). / The symptoms of my illness were snoring, discharge from the ears, and problems with the deteriorating eyesight.

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2. (noun) face - eastern dialect variation of kanohi.

Ko ngā tohutohu hoki ki a mātau mō ngā wā whēnei, kia tere tonu te tāpapa ki raro, kaua te konohi e anga whakarunga, engari me mau tonu ki te whenua (HP 1991:184). / And the instruction we had been given for situations like this was to lie flat down quickly on the ground, face down and not for the face to turn upwards.

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