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patupaiarehe - fairy, elf, pixie

Patupaiarehe, paiarehe, patuparehe, parehe, n. Sprite, fairy, malign or beneficent. Waiho iho ona tapui i reira, he patuparehe; kua kite ano enei whakatupuranga i taua atua nei, he atua kino (M. xv). Na reira i ngata ai te ngakau o taua iwi o te patupaiarehe, i kite hoki he whakaaro pai tana (T. 181). E pepe ana a Paiarehe i te piopio.

Williams Dictionary

Ko te tangata i kite i te patupaiarehe ko Te Kanawa.
The man who saw the fairies was Te Kanawa.

I kite te tangata i te patupaiarehe.
The man saw the fairies.

Ka mīharo rātou ki te ātaahua o te wahine patupaiarehe.
They were astonished at the beauty of the fairy woman.

#101: We are arguing. No we're not!
#150: I will talk to the man who will know
#123: Spill the beans!
#145: Belonging to a reason
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#191: It will be next week that I will go to the supermarket
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