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kame

1. (verb) (-a) to eat.

Kaua e titiro noa ki ngā kai - kamea! (PK 2008:202). / Don't just look at the food - eat it!

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2. (noun) food.

He tino kai a te kiore te hīnau, inarā te whakataukī, ‘Mā wai e kai te hīnau, te kame a te kiore.’ (Te Ara 2015). / Hīnau berries were the favourite food of the native rat, hence the proverb, ‘Who will eat the hīnau berries, the food of the native rat.'

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3. (noun) property, goods.

Pupuke mahara i roto i to hinengaro ki ō kame, ka waiho noa iho i te ao (M 2004:30). / Thoughts well up in your mind of the goods that have been left in the world.

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Synonyms: mea, rawa, taonga, utauta, āhuatanga, hautaonga, hanga

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