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motuha

1 motuha

distributor, the host who has the honour of distributing food or other gifts at a feast.

the person who directs and allocates the various tasks in a communal enterprise (like a foreman): motuha kupega, the man who manages the handling of the nets in a fishing expedition.

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2 hopu

to wash oneself, to bathe.

aid, helper, in the following expressions: hopu kupega, those who help the motuha o te hopu kupega in handling the fishing nets; hopu manu, those who served the tagata manu and, upon finding the first manutara egg, took it to Orongo.

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3 tuha

to distribute the food or the gift given out during a party or an umu papaku. (This is the official role of the motuha).

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