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hirikapo

1. (noun) mind, intellect.

Ka mau roa tonu ngā kōrero a Te Rangihau ki te hirikapo, me uaua hoki ka wareware. / What Te Rangihau said will be fixed in the mind for a long time, and would be difficult to forget.

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Synonyms: ngākau, whatumanawa, hinengaro, pīnati, ihomatua

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