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nō whea

1. where from? from where? belonging to where? - interrogative asking where something or someone is from or belongs. Variation of nō hea.

Kei raro iho i te nama o te waiata ngā tohu whakaatu a te etita kāore ia i te mōhio nā wai te waiata, ā, nō whea rānei (TTT 1/4.1929:973). / Below the number of the song are the symbols of the editor that he does not know who the song is by or where it is from.

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