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Ōmā

1. (loan) (noun) All Whites - the national soccer team.

1. (verb) (-kia) to run, race, flee, escape, move quickly, run away. In the passive form omakia to be run for, be run over.

Ka tīmata au ki te oma (HP 1991:20). / I started to run away.

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Synonyms: whārona, toitoi, karapetapeta, tuoma, teretere, horo, rere, takanga, rei, omaoma

2. (noun) running, fleeing, escape.

Ka tere tonu tā mātau oma ki te kāinga i te auhekenga atu (HP 1991:19). / We ran quickly down the slope to our home.

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Synonyms: whakatūtū, whakarērere, omaoma

oma taitua

1. (noun) middle-distance run.

oma hauroa

1. (noun) marathon.

oma tauārai

1. (noun) steeplechase.

oma taumano

1. (noun) long-distance run.

oma whānako

1. (softball) steal a base.

oma taumano

1. (noun) marathon.

E toru marama ia e whakangungu ana mō te oma taumano. / She was training for three months for the marathon.

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Synonyms: omaoma-a-Tōhē

me mātua oma

1. (softball) force play.

paiepa omakore

1. (noun) maiden over.

taioma

1. (intransitive verb) gallop.

Ōmā

oma

oma taitua

oma hauroa

oma tauārai

oma taumano

oma whānako

oma taumano

me mātua oma

paiepa omakore

taioma

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