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waihanga

1. (verb) (-tia) to make, build, construct, erect, create, develop, generate.

I pēnei te waihanga o taua pā (HP 1991:15). / That weir was made like this.

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Synonyms: mea, hangahanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, mahi, hanga, āhua


2. (noun) construction.

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