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onanahi

1. (location) of yesterday, from yesterday.

Ki tāu titiro hoki, he rite ngā tau kotahi mano ki te rā onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te pō (PT Nga Waiata 90:4). / For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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