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kauwhau - recite; preach; lecture; speech

Kauwhau, kauhau. 1. v.i. and v.t. Recite, proclaim, declare aloud, old legends, genealogies, etc. Kauwhautia mai te kauwhau o te kino i pu ai te riri (M. 42). A raua korero e kauhau nei mo Rangi raua ko Papa (W. i, 157).

2. n. Anything so recited.

3. Line of ancestry.

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