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kōkara

1. (noun) mother - especially birth mother.

Ka mahara a Meri ki te kōrero a tana kōkara mō te tino reka o te pūhā tiotio (TWK 57:8). / Meri remembered what her mother had said about how really tasty the prickly sow-thistle was.

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Synonyms: kowhaea, hākuikui, whāwhārua, māmā, whaea, whaene, hākui, kōkā, ūkaipō

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