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uta

1. (location) the shore, ashore, land (from a sea or water perspective), inland (from a coastal perspective), interior (of a country or island) - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 15-16;)

Nā, ka hoe mai rātou, ā, ka tae mai ki uta. / They paddled and reached the shore.

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Synonyms: tuawhenua, motu, oneone, whenua, taiwhenua

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