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tokakawa

1. (noun) perspiration, sweat, steam, damp.

Heke ana te tokakawa i a mātou i te mahinga i te moni, hei utu i ngā kākahu e mau nei i ō mātou kiri (TK 1/8/1842:33). / The perspiration flowed from us in working for money to pay for the clothes that we wear on our skin.

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Synonyms: kakawa, tōhau, tōtā, werawera, mōtuhi

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