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Ruia taitea kia tū ko taikākā anake

1. Only the strong survive.

Strip off the sapwood so the heartwood remains. /

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1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to shake, quiver.

Ki te te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.

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Synonyms: haurui, pioi, tāwiri, rui, pīoioi, whīoioi, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, tīoi, whakaruerue, pīoraora, oraora, whakangāteriteri, ngatē, ngaeke, hīoioi, tīoioi, rūrū, whakapoi, whakangāueue, ārohirohi, oioi, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, kūreperepe, ngāoraora, ngaue


2. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to scatter, sow.

I runga i te retinga ki ngā Pākehā, me mātua whakapai e aua Pākehā te whenua, arā me turaki ngā rākau, ka tahu ki te ahi, ka ki te karaihe, ko tōna tikanga whakapai tēnā (TJ 23/2/1899:2). / With regard to leasing to the Pākehā, they should first improve the land, that is they should clear the trees, burn them and sow with grass; that's what improve means.

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Synonyms: whakapirara, whakatakataka, whakamarara, kaupāpari, heuheu, rui, rara, paratī, hora, whakakorakora, whakaehu, rauroha, rure, kaihora, toha, tohatoha, korara, maheu


3. (noun) earthquake.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74, 94-96; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)

I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te , ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.

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1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to shake.

Ka whitia e ia te rapa o tōna taiaha ki runga; ka ruia ngā awe, ka pūaha (JPS 1911:22). / He turned the blade of his taiaha upwards, and shook its tuft of dog's hair so that it opened out.

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Synonyms: ngatari, , rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi


2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to sow, scatter.

Ruia he pārekereke aniana hei pounga i a Tīhema, i a Hānuere hoki (TP 9/1908:5). / Sow a seed bed of onions for planting in December and January.

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Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, , rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara


3. (verb) (-a) to cast away, strip away, discard.

Ruia taitea, kia tū ko taikākā anake (TP 8/1908:9). / Strip away the sapwood so that the heartwood stands alone.

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