1. (noun) bridge, ladder.
E kore rawa e puta te tangata mōmona i taua ara, ko te arohata me eke whakauaua te tangata (TWM 2/5/1871:7). / A fat person would never be able to travel that way, a person could only get on to the bridge with great difficulty.
See also arawhata
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