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ahu

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to tend, foster, nurture, fashion.

Nā Tūparimāewaewa, nāna i ahu, ka kīia he tangata (NM 1928:12). / It was Tūpari-māewaewa, it was he who brought you up to be a man.

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Synonyms: taute, whāngai, poipoi


2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to treat.

'A kite iho au tō kiri i ahua ki te wai ngārahu, tō mata i haea ki te uhi matarau (M 2004:256). / I see your skin which was treated with charcoal pigment, and your face incised with the multi-pointed chisel.

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