taiaha
1. (noun) long wooden weapon - of hard wood with one end carved and often decorated with dogs' hair.
Kua kore he painga o te taiaha hei hoariri mō te pū mīhini (TKO 30/6/1919:3). / The taiaha is no match for the machine gun.
Synonyms: māipi
1. (noun) long wooden weapon - of hard wood with one end carved and often decorated with dogs' hair.
Kua kore he painga o te taiaha hei hoariri mō te pū mīhini (TKO 30/6/1919:3). / The taiaha is no match for the machine gun.
Synonyms: māipi
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