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mīere

1. (verb) to become powerless, be beaten, wasted.

E, ko koe kē te mea ka mīere! (HKK 1999:64). / No, instead it'll be you who gets beaten!

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2. (stative) be exhausted.

Ka mīere te moni nei i konei (TTT 1/9/1929:1068). / This money was used up here.

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mīere

1. (loan) (noun) honey, golden syrup, syrup.

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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whare mīere

1. (loan) (noun) beehive, Parliament House.

I te 6 o Hakihea i haere atu ngā māngai o Te Rōpū Matapaki Kaupapa Reo Mō Aotearoa ki Te Whare Mīere (HM 1/1990:3). / On the 6th December the spokespeople for the New Zealand Languages Association went to the Beehive (Parliament House).

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