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1. (noun) breast (of a female), udder, teat.

Matawaia rawa ōku kanohi i te roimata, e ohooho ana ōku whēkau, kua maringi tōku ate ki runga ki te whenua, he meatanga ki te wāwahanga o te tamāhine a tōku iwi; nō te mea hemo ana ngā kōhungahunga me ngā mea ngote ū i ngā huarahi o te pā (PT Nga Tangi a Heremaia 2:11). / Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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