Aoake = ao ake, l.n. Day following, day before. Kotahi ra i patua ai e ia e rua pa; aoake, e toru pa; aoake, e rua pa (G.-8, 30). Sometimes translated day before yesterday, or day after tomorrow, according to context. Aoake nui, two days off. Aoake nui atu, three days off. ‖ ao (i).
aoakewake, n. Several days off.
Note.—Aoake and its compounds may have i or no prefixed (with n euphonic), indicating past time. ‖ inaoake, nonaoake, etc.
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