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kōhiwi

1. (noun) skeleton, corpse, body (of a canoe), hull (of a canoe).

Te whakatikanga ake o Ngāti Toa patua iho aua mano, waiho iho ngā kōhiwi kia paea ana e te tai ki uta (TP 3/1913:6). / When Ngāti Toa rose up thousands were killed and the corpses were left to be washed ashore by the tide.

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2. (noun) trunk (of a tree), heart-wood.

Ahakoa whati te manga e takoto ana anō te kōhiwi (NP 2001:14). / Although the branch has snapped off, the trunk remains. (A whakataukī meaning that a tree doesn't die if a branch is destroyed, just as a misfortune won't destroy an individual or group if the foundations are strong.)

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