See wahine on Wiktionary
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"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"mi:Female",
"mi:People"
],
"glosses": [
"woman"
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "wahine"
}
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