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nāianei

1. (location) immediately, today, now - usually prefixed with i-, nō-, or o-.

Nō konei mātau i whakaaro ai, kīhei rawa i āwhiwhiwhi ngā mahi ahuwhenua o nāianei ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua o mua (PKH 18/5/1906:2). / Consequently, we think that agricultural tasks of today are nothing like those of the past.

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See also onāianei, o nāianei

Synonyms: ināianei, i nāia nei, nā, i nāianei, āianei, e, iāianā

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