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ngohi

1. (noun) fish.

Ka noho nei i reira rātou ko tōna iwi, ā, i tētahi wā ka puta ake te hiahia o te ngohi, ika, i roto o te moana o Kaipara (JPS 1911:80). / He and his people lived there and one day the desire for fish from the sea of Kaipara came upon him.

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2. (noun) victim, slain warrior, person slain in battle.

He maha hoki rātau e noho whanaunga ana ki ngā ngohi o ngā tukinga a Te Kooti (TTR 1990:387). / Many of them were related to victims of the raids by Te Kooti.

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3. (noun) troop, company (of fighting men) division, column.

Ka tū mai anō hoki ko ngā ngohi o Ngāti Ruanui me ērā atu iwi o Taranaki hei tuarā mō Ngā Rauru (TTR 1990:148). / Ngāti Ruanui and other Taranaki tribes also raised troops to support Ngā Rauru.

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