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[ō] hamuti

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

[ō] raho!

1. go away! get lost! be gone! - a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others implying that they would be advised not to comment. Only said to, or about, a man.

Rangi: Kei te mea mai a Wara rāua ko tana tama e hē ana tā tātou mahi. Pare: Ō rāua raho (HKK 1999:94). / Rangi: Wara and his son are saying that we're doing our job incorrectly. Pare: They can get lost.

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[tō/ō] hamuti!

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

Pare: E kī ana te iwi o Pāora kāore ō koutou take ki te whaikōrero. Rangi: Ō rātou hamuti e tā (HKK 1999:94) / Pare: Pāora's tribe says that you are all useless at making speeches. Rangi: They can get stuffed, my friend.

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[tō/ō] roke

1. get stuffed! - a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

Rangi: I rongo au i te tokorua rā e kōhimuhimu ana mōu. Pare: Ō rāua roke. / Rangi: I heard that pair denigrating you. Pare: They can get stuffed.
Mēnā koinā mai tāna, anei atu tāku, ōna roke! / If that’s what she’s got to say, then all I have to say is get stuffed!

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[tō] tara!

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment. Only said to, or about, a woman.

[tō] tero!

1. up yours! stuff you! get stuffed! - a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

Pare: E hoa, tino hē nei tō reo Pākehā! Rangi: Tō tero e tā (HKK 1999:94). / Pare: Friend, your English is abysmal! Rangi: Get stuffed my friend.

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