1. (noun) stepfather.
Hoi anō, taihoa nei moe ai a Paretekōrae i a Rāwiri Jones o Ngā Puhi, mau ake ana i ngā tamariki te ingoa o tō rātou matua whakaangi (TTR 1998:66). / However, Paretekōrae later married David Jones, of Ngā Puhi, and the children took their stepfather's surname.
See also whakaangi, pāpā whakaangi
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