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wēnei tonu

1. think mistakenly, had the wrong end of the stick - an idiomatic use.

Rangi: I mīere te tīma o Hāmi i tēnei rangi. Pare: Wēnei tonu rātou e kore rātou e hinga (HKK 1999:197). / Rangi: Sam's team was thrashed today. Rangi: And they thought they couldn't be beaten.

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