kātū
1. (noun) type, genre, class, sort, kind.
Kāore he kaumātua o tērā kātū tangata kei te ora tonu i roto o taua iwi i ēnei rangi (B 1979:2). / There are no elders of that type still alive in that tribe today.
See also momo
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