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tamawahine

1. (noun) daughter, girl - tamawāhine in the plural.

Ko ngā kura tāone i haerea e te Māori he kura hāhi, tamatāne mai, tamawāhine mai (Te Ara 2013). / City schools attended by Māori were church schools for both boys and girls.

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2. (noun) in peace, placidness, non-agressiveness, passiveness.

Ka tae ki Te Uma-o-Te Aowehea (te kāinga o Hōri Mahue i ēnei rā), ka anga te aroaro o Te Rangipaia ki te pā, ka patu ki waenganui i ōna kūhā. He whakaatu tēnei ki te pā, ki te iwi hoki, he tamawahine te haere nei, arā, he maungārongo (TKO 31/8/1919:6). / When they reached Te Uma-o-Te Aowehea (Hōri Mahue's home these days) Te Rangipaia faced the pā and hit between his thighs. This was to show the people in the pā that this was a passive visit, that is it was peaceful.

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Synonyms: hūmārika


3. (noun) east.

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