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Keywords: Chant, Song, Sing, Aroha, Whaiaipo
Songs, lyrics
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chant, song, poetry; to chant, to sing
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a Māori song; more specifically, laments for the dead (waiata tangi) or love songs (waiata aroha or waiata whaiaipo); modern action songs may be called waiata-a-ringa (literally "hand" songs) or waiata kori, and their tunes are not necessarily Māori in origin
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action songs, chants
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Maori song, chant or psalm, or to sing.
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