1. (noun) short weapon - of stone, often greenstone.
Kāti ko taku patunga atu i taku meremere, ki runga i ngā tāwhao, hoki tonu ake taku meremere, pono tonu ki taku pōkanekane, koia au e tangi nei (TW 12/3/1875:45). / Well when I was hitting the scrub with my mere, my mere rebounded, and hit me on the tip of the nose, that is why I am crying.
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