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matakēkē

1. (noun) step-parent, step-mother, step-father.

He kore i tau nō te noho a Hōri i te taha o tōna pāpā me tana matakēkē, noho kē mai ana ia i te taha o tana kuia, arā, o te whaea o tana whaea (TTR 1998:118). / Because George could not settle with his father and stepmother, he went to live with his maternal grandmother.

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2. (noun) uncle, aunt.

I te matenga o tana māmā, ka riro mā tētahi o ana matakēkē a ia e whakapakeke (PK 2008:420). / When his mother died one of his aunts raised him.

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