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ritenga - custom; habit; likeness

ritenga, n. 1. Likeness. Pai rawa atu koe i o te tuatahi ritenga kua mahue atu ra (T. 14).

2. Custom, habit, practice. Ko to te Maori ritenga tawhito tenei (T. 134). E kore e wareware i ona uri nga ritenga pai a to ratou nei tupuna (T. 165). Ka pena tonu tana ritenga ki nga tangata e tutaki ana i a ratou (T. 197).

3. Place or thing corresponding, price, etc. Ka whakaaroa te wa hei haerenga mona, te ritenga hoki o te wa i munaia atu ra ki ona tangata (T. 170). Na katahi ka ruku, ka tae ki te ritenga iho o te waka, ka ringitia te hinu (T. 60).

Williams Dictionary

te o ngā tūpuna ēnei ritenga.
These customs come from the time of the ancestors.
Belonging to the past - nō

No Āhia pea te ritenga Māori.
Māori culture may have originated in Asia.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

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