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roke

1. (noun) faeces, excrement, shit, dung, poo.

Ko ngā purapura e rere atu ai taua mate urutā i tētahi tangata ki tētahi tangata, e piri ai rānei i te tangata ki te kiore, i te kiore rānei ki te tangata, e puta atu ana i roto i te mimi, i te roke, i te hūare rānei o te tūroro (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The germs of that epidemic disease spread from one person to another, or spread from a person to a rat, or a rat to a person, and appear in the urine, the faeces or the saliva of the patient.

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Synonyms: hamuti, tūtae, hamiti, tiko

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