"mā" meaning in Maori

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          "word": "kikorangi"
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          "word": "kahurangi"
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          "word": "tūāuri"
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          "word": "waiporoporo"
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          "word": "māwhero"
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          "english": "This book is for Mū.",
          "text": "Mā Mū tēnei pukapuka.",
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        "for (representing future possession)"
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          "english": "My father will take you back.",
          "text": "Mā tōku matua koe e whakahoki.",
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          "english": "Aroha is Jane's niece.",
          "text": "Hei irāmutu a Aroha mā Hēni.",
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          "english": "They'll go via Taupō.",
          "text": "Ka haere rātou mā Taupō.",
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        "by way of; via; through"
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        "(used with hei to show a relationship)",
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          "english": "Our father went to his work by horseback.",
          "text": "Haere ai tō mātau pāpā ki tana mahi mā runga hōiho.",
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        "by means of; on (followed by runga)"
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          "text": "Hei irāmutu a Aroha mā Hēni.",
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          "english": "They'll go via Taupō.",
          "text": "Ka haere rātou mā Taupō.",
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