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haika

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to anchor.

Ka haikatia te kaipuke ki te taha rāwhiti o te whanga. / The ship was anchored on the eastern side of the bay.

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2. (loan) (noun) anchor, fullback.

Ka hokona mai e au ngā mea katoa ahakoa he aha, mai i te ngira tae atu ki te haika. / I'll buy anything from a needle to an anchor.

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