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whakawhiwhi - give; to award

whakawhiwhi, v.t. 1. Wind round, fasten. Kua mau ke nga taura te whakawhiwhi ki nga rakau (T. 159).

2. Give, present. Ka whakawhiwhia mai ki a ia te patu pounamu … me ia aho hoki, ka whakawhiwhi i tana ki te rangatira o te pa ra (T. 120). He whakawhiwhinga na to matua, koia i rawe ai (M. 243).

Williams Dictionary

#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#54: Their mothers are angry
#201: The reason why something will happen
#184: here, there by you with ko...
#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
#163: The doctor made me well
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