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Aotea, n. 1. A species of thistle, Kia awhitia koe ki te patiti ki te taru aotea e tu ki te ngahere (Wa. 1, 51). Note.—The expression taru aotea occurs in M. 291, apparently with another meaning.

2. Bird. = manu.

3. Food.

Williams Dictionary

Ehara ōna waka i a Aotea, i a Tākitimu, i a Mataaua.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataaua are not his canoes.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ko Aotea te waka o Waikato?
Is Aotea Waikato's canoe?

Ehara te waka o Waikato i a Aotea.
Aotea is not Waikato's canoe.

Ko Aotea, ko Tākitimu, ko Mataatua ōna waka.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataatua are his canoes.

Ko Aotea te waka.
The canoe is Aotea.

#135: I am able to look after your children (but I'm not going to)
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#13: That person is going
#50: Our car is yellow
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#54: Their mothers are angry
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