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wewehe

1. (verb) to fall in love, be enamoured, lovesick.

I reira ka wewehe a ia. Ko te tau o tana ate ko te wāhine pūwhero rā, ko Materoa Ngārimu (TTR 1996:12). / There he fell in love. The object of his desires was that high-born woman, Materoa Ngārimu.

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