1. (noun) river mouth.
Ka moe i a Kohuwai, mokopuna a Raki-ihia rangatira o Ngāti Māmoe; ko Murikauhaka te kāinga i te koniu o te awa o te Matāu (TTR 1990:328). / He married Kohuwai, the grand-daughter of Raki-ihia chief of Ngāti Māmoe, whose home was at Murikauhaka at mouth of the Clutha River.
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