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rongoā - medicine

Rongoa, 1. v.t. Preserve, take care of. Rongoatia a tatou kai mo apopo.

2. Apply medicines to.

3. n. Anything preserved; hence applied to drugs.

4. Remedy, preservative against sickness or death; so medicine (mod.). He mata tawhito te karakia a Tamure hei rongoa mona (T. 172).

Williams Dictionary

I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei

Unumia rongoa!
Take your medicine!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua ora a Aroha i tērā rongoa.
Aroha has got well through that medicine.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Anei rongoā. Inumia.
Here's your medicine. Drink it up.

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