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whakatapuhi

1. (verb) (-tia) to carry in the arms, nurse.

I pāngia a Mākarini e te mate kōea i taua hui. Nā Arihia i whakatapuhi tana tama (TTR 1996:114). / Mākarini contracted dysentery at that hui. Arihia nursed her son.

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Synonyms: nāhi, tapuhi, morimori, tiaki, nēhi, mohimohi, nānā, hiki

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