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tamaiti tāne

1. (noun) boy.

He tokomaha ngā tamariki a Te Ata-i-rehia rāua ko Tapa-ue. Ko tētehi he tamaiti tāne ko Pāpaka te ingoa (NIT 1995:287). / Te Ata-i-rehia and Tapa-ue had a number of children. One was a boy named Pāpaka.

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