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hākinakina

1. (verb) to play sport, enjoy oneself.

E Hoka, tukua iho tāua nei ki raro nei hākinakina ai (W 1971:32). / Hoka, let us down to play sport.

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2. (noun) sport, game.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 50-73;)

He wahine i ngākautia e ia te hākinakina, tū ana ia mō te tīma hōkī o Rotorua (TTR 1998:62). / A woman who loved sport, she represented Rotorua at hockey.

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