1. (loan) (noun) table (furniture), bench.
He hāwhe hāora pea i muri iho i te harirūtanga, ka matika ki te kai, i takoto ngā kai i runga i te tēpu, pērā anō me tā te Pākehā te āhua (TW 20/7/1878:11/367). / Maybe half an hour after the hand shaking, we got up to eat, the food being set on a table in the Pākehā manner.
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
