ngoi

1. (noun) strength, energy.

Kei te pai, ko tāku kia kaua e whakapetohia te ngoi ki ērā engari ia te hunga e matekai mai ana (HM 4/1997:2). / It's OK, but in my opinion we shouldn't use up our energy on those but with the people who are hungry for it.

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ngoi

1. (verb) to creep, crawl.

Kātahi ka maranga ake i runga i tōna moenga, ka ngoi atu ki waho o te whare ki te tiriti he hukapapa katoa te whenua nō te mea he hōtoke hoki i a ia e ngoi haere ana (KO 16/3/1885:8). / Then he rose from his bed and crawled out of the house to the street and the land was covered in frost because it was winter when he was crawling along.

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ngoi

1. a method of dressing the hair, topknot.

2. (noun) strength, energy.

ngoi atua

1. (noun) nun.

kupumahi ngoi

1. (noun) active verb.

aroā ngoi

1. (noun) energy awareness.

Ko te aroā ngoi te mōhio o te kaikanikani ki te momo ngoi, ki te momo taineke rānei e tika ana hei whakaatu māna i roto i āna nekeneke (RMR 2017). / Energy awareness is the awareness a dancer has of the type of energy or dynamics that should be displayed in their movements (RMR 2017).

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