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tī kawakawa - kawakawa tea

kawakawa - pepper tree

Kawakawa. ‖ kawa.

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kawakawa. 1. n. Macropiper excelsum, a shrub. = kawa, 4.

2. A variety of kumara; also kawakawa tawhiti.

3. Blechnum fluviatile, a fern. = kiwakiwa, kiwikiwi.

4. A dark variety of greenstone. He aha te tohu o te taringa, he kawakawa ? (P. 12).

5. a. Wearied with, tired of anything.

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kawakawa, n. Channel, depression.

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E noho ana mātou i Kawakawa.
We were living in Kawakawa.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka