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kama

1. (verb) to be quick, eager, keen, willing.

Kia kama tā kōrua haere ki te moe, kia kama ai tā kōrua maranga i te awatea (TWK 28:23). / Go to bed quickly so that you'll rise quickly in the morning.

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Synonyms: whiwhita, kakama, pepeke, māngi, tere, naho, teretere, whitawhita, hihiko, horo, pekepeke, horohoro, hohoro, tūkawikawi, wawewawe, tūkari, ngākau whakapuke, kaikaha, mōhukihuki, rikarika, kamakama, ihupuku, matangareka, kōkeko, hīkaka, ngākau whiwhita, takawhita, ngākaunui, kōtaratara

kama

1. (noun) niniwa, Gaultheria oppositifolia - shrub to 2 m tall with numerous branches erect to spreading. Juvenile leaves are alternate, adult leaves approximately opposite and bluntly serrate. Flowers white and bell-shaped. Seed capsules dry and not fleshy. Found only in the North Island.

See also niniwa

Synonyms: niniwa

matūriki kama

1. (noun) gamma particle.

hihi kama

1. (loan) (noun) gamma ray.

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