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puāwai

1. (verb) (-tia) to bloom, come to fruition, open out (of a flower).

Nā te nui o ngā mahi he whakarihariha ki te Māori onamata te tangata moe roa, ka whakaritea ki te tohetaka, hei te poupoutanga o te rā anō puāwai ai, inā: ‘E moe tonu ana te tohetaka’ (Te Ara 2012). / With so much work to be done, late sleepers were reviled. They were compared to the native dandelion that opens at midday: ‘The dandelion still sleeps'.

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2. (noun) flower, blossom, bloom.

Ko te take i mate ai ēnei tāngata he paihana ētahi o ngā puāwai i hangaia ai e te pī ngā mīere (TP 6/1902:8). / The reason these men died was that some of the flowers which the bees used to make the honey are poisonous.

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