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toe

1. (verb) (-a) to be left over, remaining, leave, reserve.

Tērā tētahi manu kei te awa nui o Amerika ki te tonga, kei te Amahona, e kīia ana e whā waewae o taua manu i te mea e kūao ana. He matimati anō kei ngā parirau, hai ngōki haere māna. Ā, ka kātuatia ka makere ngā matimati, toe iho ko ngā parirau anake (KO 10/9/1890:3). / There is a bird in the large river of South America, the Amazon, which is said to have four legs when it's young. It has claws on the wings so that it can crawl about, and when it matures the fingers drop off leaving just the wings.

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Synonyms: whakaputunga, whenua rāhui, whakakawhena, whakatapu, haumi, porowhita, rāhui, tāpui, tūrāhui, whakatoe, mōmōhanga, maunu, wehewehe, wehe, whakangā, waiho iho, tuku, awaiho, maiki

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