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whakahinga

downfall, nemesis

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko te tangata, ko te āhuatanga rānei e taka ai, e mīere ai, e mate ai rānei tētahi tangata, tētahi atu mea rānei ā tōna wā. Ko tōna tino hoariri.

The person or agent that causes the downfall, the exhaustion or death of someone or something in the course of time. An arch-enemy.

Tauira KŌrero

Kore rawa ia e tuohu ki tana whakahinga, ka whawhai tonu, ka whawhai tonu.

I mua, ko ngā ture a te Karauna te whakahinga o te reo Māori.

Ka tutū te puehu i te tutakinga a tuahangata me tana whakahinga.

Tauira KŌrero

Kore rawa ia e tuohu ki tana whakahinga, ka whawhai tonu, ka whawhai tonu.

I mua, ko ngā ture a te Karauna te whakahinga o te reo Māori.

Ka tutū te puehu i te tutakinga a tuahangata me tana whakahinga.