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poho - chest

Poho, n. 1. Chest. Ka mamae taku poho i te maremare.

2. Stomach. Ka whakatetere i tona poho hei horomi i a Maui (T. 18). Kaua e whakanuia rawatia, kia angiangi ai te poho o te tangata mo te turanga i te aro-a-kapa o te haka (T. 166). Poho kore, starved, emaciated. I riro katoa nga kai, nga aruhe, nga taewa; no konei ka poho kore noa iho nga tangata.

3. Bosom, seat of affections. Tenei taku poho, e, te tuwhera kau nei (M. 50). Whiti ana taku poho i te karanga. Often used as an element of the name of a whare puni, as Te Poho o Mahaki.

pohonga, n. Face of a cliff, etc. Ka hoatu nga toko hou mo ta te tangata whenua tuaahu; katahi ka kawea ki te pohonga o te pari i Kawaha.

Williams Dictionary

Kua mamae taku poho.
My chest is sore.

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