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tēnaka

1. (determiner) that (near or connected with the listener) - variation of tēnā.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)

Ko te haerenga atu tēnaka o tōna whānau ki a ia i reira (TTR 1994:20). / That was the journey of his family to rejoined him there.

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2. (determiner) each, every - when repeated, or repeated with its phrase.

Heoti, kua tīmata i nāianei te whakaeke mai a te Pākehā ki te noho, ā, kua tīmata anō hoki ngā Māori whiwhi taitara herekore ki te tono kia roherohea aua taitara kia mau anake ai ko te ingoa kotahi ki tēnaka, ki tēnaka rohenga, kia taea ai te hoko (TTR 1994:22). / However, now the Pākehā were beginning to arrive to settle, and Māori with freehold titles had also begun seeking partition of their communal tenure into individual titles for each boundary so that they were able to sell.

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