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waoku

1. (noun) dense forest.

Ka hia marama a ia e ārahi ana i tana ope i ngā wāhi tuarangaranga katoa o te waoku i te raki o Mareia (TTR 2000:154). / He led his company for many months in some of the roughest jungle country in North Malaya.

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