2. (noun) stem, stalk.
Ko ngā hōiho i kai i te kākaka witi, me te ōti, i tino kaha ki te mahi, ā, i kakama te āhua o aua hōiho (TW 23/6/1877:246). / Horses that eat straw and oats work very energetically and those horses look lively.
2. (noun) stem, stalk.
Ko ngā hōiho i kai i te kākaka witi, me te ōti, i tino kaha ki te mahi, ā, i kakama te āhua o aua hōiho (TW 23/6/1877:246). / Horses that eat straw and oats work very energetically and those horses look lively.
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