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whakatoe

1. (verb) (-a) to leave over, cause to remain over.

Ka tae mai anō a Whatihua, ka kōrero atu ki te teina kia mahia ana māra kia nui noa atu. Ka tahuri a Tūrongo ki te mahi i ana māra, ā, korekore nei āna kūmara i whakatoe ai ki ana rua kūmara (NIT 1995:67). / Whatihua arrived again, telling his younger brother to make his gardens much larger. Tūrongo set about doing his gardens, and as a result there were no kūmara remaining in his kūmara pits.

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2. (modifier) remaining.

Synonyms: toe, mōmōhanga

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