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matire

1. (noun) rod, wand, baton.

Nō mua rā anō te haerenga o ngā tīpuna ki reira kari noke ai mō ngā hīnaki me ngā matire (TWK 54:19). / From long ago the ancestors have been going there to dig for worms for the eel traps and rods.

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Synonyms: hauhau, toko

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