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nōhanga

1. (noun) seat, seating, dwelling place - derived from the word noho.

I Koukourarata ana pakeke e noho ana, arā, he nōhanga kāinga nei kei Horomaka, Hakaroa rānei nō tētahi hunga hī ika, hunga mahi pāmu itiiti noa nei, ā, otirā he hī ika nei te mahi a tōna pāpā (TTR 2000:201). / Her parents were living at Port Levy, that is at a community of fishermen and small farmers on Banks Peninsula, but fishing was what her father did.

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2. (noun) habitat.

Ko te ākau tokatoka: Ka uhia tēnei nōhanga ki te wai tai i te tai pari, ka huraina i te tai timu (RP 2009:294). / The rocky shore: This habitat is covered with sea water at high tide and exposed at low tide.

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