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tairo

1. (noun) brambles, thicket, obstruction.

E hia tekau tau kē te tekoteko nei e takoto ana i roto i te tairo, i muri i tētahi whare karakia o reira (TTR 1998:188). / The tekoteko had been lying in the brambles behind a local church there for decades.

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Synonyms: taunahua, taupā, tauārai, āraitanga

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