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wiriwiri

1. (verb) to tremble, shiver, shake, quiver.

Me te mea tērā ko te haka a Tānerore, e wiriwiri nei i te raumati (TPH 31/8/1900:4). / It was if Tānerore's haka was the shimmering of heat haze in the summer.
Wiriwiri ana ngā papa o ngā hōia i te mataku. / The soldiers were shaking with fear.

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


2. (noun) quivering, shaking, trembling.

I āhua mataku tonu ētahi o mātou ki te kaha o te wiriwiri o tō mātou tima (TTT 1/9/1930:2135). / Some of us were somewhat afraid at how much our ship was shaking.

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Synonyms: wheoi, aroarowhaki, wanawana, ārohirohi, hawa, korū, oinga, ngateri, ngāueue, kōrūrū, ngatari, whakangāueue

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