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hikutoto

1. (noun) expedition to avenge murder.

Hei ngaki i tana mate ka hiki atu tana hikutoto ki te rautipu, kātahi ka pōkia te pā o Whakaepa, ka whārona awateatia te tini o te tangata (TTR 1990:146). / To avenge the death he raised his war party to retaliate, and then over-ran the pā of Whakaepa, slaughtering masses of people.

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