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moka

1. (noun) end, extremity.

Nuku atu i te 2000 maero, mai i tētahi pito ki tētahi moka te roa o te pīhopatanga o Merenīhia (TTT 1/10/1929:1087). / The diocese of Melanesia is more than 2000 miles from one end to the other.

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2. (noun) bit, piece, share, scrap, portion, fragment, part, place.

Kāore i tino kitea te patupaiarehe. Noho ai rātou ki ngā takiwā o Waikato, o Rotorua, o Te Urewera, tae atu ki ētahi moka ki Te Wai Pounamu (Te Ara 2016). / Patupaiarehe were seldom seen. They lived in places in Waikato, Rotorua and in the Urewera mountains and in some places in the South Island.

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Synonyms: kuha, tūtanga, hea, tiri, kōihi, wae, wāhanga, taha, wawae, kōwai, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, kōwaewae, pīhi, piriri, kopou, whiuwhiu, maka, makamaka, panga, whakatū, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, whakatakoto, whiu, taiwhanga, maramara, mara, porohanga, ngota


3. (noun) leafroller caterpillars of various species.

See also tīkopa

Synonyms: tīkopa

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