See mata in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"word": "tara"
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{
"word": "koi"
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{
"word": "koi"
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{
"word": "rae"
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{
"word": "kūrae"
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{
"word": "tūmū"
}
]
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"word": "raumata"
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"word": "mataaho"
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"word": "mataara"
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{
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{
"word": "Matariki"
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{
"word": "raumata"
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{
"word": "tukemata"
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"word": "whatu"
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"edge",
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],
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"point",
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"tip",
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"word": "tara"
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{
"word": "koi"
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{
"word": "koinga"
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{
"word": "nohi"
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{
"word": "kanohi"
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{
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"surface"
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"surface",
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]
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{
"word": "kahu"
},
{
"word": "papa"
}
]
},
{
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],
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[
"headland",
"headland"
]
],
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"word": "ihu"
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{
"word": "koi"
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{
"word": "rae"
},
{
"word": "kūrae"
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{
"word": "tūmū"
}
]
},
{
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"mesh (of a net)"
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"mesh",
"mesh"
]
],
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{
"word": "tākekenga"
},
{
"word": "papa"
},
{
"word": "raumata"
}
]
}
],
"word": "mata"
}
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"Maori terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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"yog:Organs"
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},
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},
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"1": "to",
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},
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"2": "mata"
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"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*moto"
},
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}
],
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],
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{
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"raw (uncooked)"
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]
}
],
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}
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