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momo

1. (noun) type, variety, type of, kind, race, breed, species, genus, offspring, descendant, sort of, manner, genre.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)

He momo tangata kē anō a Kaute, kāore ia i rite ki te nuinga atu o ana hoa tōrangapū nā te mea kore rawa ia i akona ki te kōrero parau, ki te kōhetehete, papare kē rānei i te take (TTR 2000:47). / Couch was a different sort of person, unlike many of his political colleagues, because he never learned to lie, to quibble, or to evade an issue.

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See also tūmomo

Synonyms: āti, tātea, paratau, uri, keakea, , tikanga, kano, ohaoha, tūpore, ngāwari, kātū, tūmomo, whakataetae, matawaka, iwi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, mātāwaka, tuoma, rēhi, rere, rērehi, peo, karapetapeta

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