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miha

1. (noun) calf of a whale, whale calf.

Nā, ka tae mai a Kae kāore he kīnaki kai mā te tohunga nei, ka tonoa a Tutunui he pakake, ka tangohia mai te miha pakake, te kuao a Tutunui, ka patua hei kai mā Kae (JPS 1928:269). / Now, when Kae arrived there happened to be no choice food for him, and so Tutunui was summoned, and the whale calf, the young of Tutunui, was killed as food for Kae.

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2. (noun) young fronds of rarauhe (bracken fern).

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