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āhuatanga

1. (noun) way, aspect, likeness, circumstance, characteristic, property, feature, function, attribute, trait, phenomenon.

Erangi, ahakoa e iti haere ana te rahi me te awe o te Kīngitanga, he nui ngā āhuatanga e whakaatu mai ana kua huri haere kē tōna āhua ki tērā o te rōpū ōkawa (TTR 1996:84). / But although the size and influence of the King Movement was shrinking, in many ways it was showing that it was changing to a more formal group.

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Synonyms: taurite, ritenga, oho, āhua, rite, whakaritenga, ariā, mea, kame, rawa, taonga, utauta, hautaonga, hanga

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