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manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards

Manaaki, v.t. Show respect or kindness to, entertain. E kore taua tangata e manaakitia e Ngapuhi. (One of the few words in the Maori dialect which preserves the Polynesian particle aki). ‖ mana (i).

Williams Dictionary

Ka manaaki te tangata whenua i ngā manuhiri.
The people of the land/marae will care for the visitors.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka manaaki rātou i a mātou.
They will look after us.

#101: We are arguing. No we're not!
#147: The boy in the library
#113: If it rains we will stay home
#37: I have danced
#4: Hello sir!
#141: In the time of the ancestors
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