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ākau - shore, coast

Ākau, n. 1. Shore, coast, especially rocky coast. Noho ana i te akau o te moana (T. 96). Akau roa, and akaunga roa, circuitous route. He akau roa ano tera, he tukutata tenei.

2. Bank, of a stream. Ka tango ia ki tana tira … ki te akau o te wai (M. lxxxiii).

3. Reef. Ko te akau tera i tahuri ai taua waka, ko Te Huripureiata.

Williams Dictionary

Akau, a. —— Hoe akau, steering paddle. Ka whakaturia nga kai mau o nga hoe; ko Taipupuni ki te hoe akau.

Williams Dictionary

Ko tōna kāinga i haere mai ai kei Te Ākau.
The village where he left from was Te Ākau.

I haere mai ia i te kāinga kei Te Ākau.
He left from the village at Te Ākau.

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