See whau on Wiktionary
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Download raw JSONL data for whau meaning in All languages combined (2.8kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (corkwood): houama desc=corkwood rest=houama cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
"path": [
"whau"
],
"section": "Maori",
"subsection": "noun",
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