2. (loan) (noun) measure, measuring basket.
E Ihowā, meinga ahau kia mātau ki tōku mutunga, me te mehua o ōku rā, tōna āhuatanga; kia mātau ai ahau ki tōku hanganoatanga (Ma 1841:13). / Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
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