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maika - banana (also panana)

Māika (i), ad. Quietly. Me noho maika ki te kainga.

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Māika (ii), n. Basket for cooked food used in the pure ceremony for a new house.

māikaika, n. The cord tying the poria to the perch of a tame kaka.

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Māika (iii), māikaika, māmāika, n. Orthoceras strictum, an orchid the tuber of which was eaten. For the use of the name by Tuhoe, ‖ J. vii, 132. Said to be applied also to Thelymitra pulchella, a similar plant.

māika ka, n. Arthropodium cirrhatum, a liliaceous plant. = rengarenga.

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whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?
Belonging to a place - nō

te toa ēnei maika.
These bananas from from the shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nāku tēnei maika, nāu tēnei ārani, nāna tērā tōtiti.
This banana is mine, this orange is yours, that sausage is his.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

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#33: I am going, I was going, I went.
#27: I am reading the book to the children in the house
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#38: Those birds near you are beautiful
#150: I will talk to the man who will know
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