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kōmaru

1. (stative) be cloudy.

I te ohonga ake he rangi takō, ahiahi rawa kua kōmaru (PK 2008:295). / On awakening it was a clear sky, but by the afternoon it had clouded over.

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2. (noun) sun.

Ka tīmata i te ao e nohoia nei e tātou, ā, pā noa ki te kōmaru e whiti nei i te rangi, e ara mai nei i te ata, e torengi atu nei i te ahiahi (KO 13/11/1882:6). / It begins in the world where we live until the sun shines in the sky, rising in the morning and setting in the evening.

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3. (noun) sail.

Ka whakaarahia i konei tō rāua kōmaru, ā, ka tukua tō rāua urungi i konei (KO 15/7/1884:7). / They raised their sail here and put down their steering paddle.

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Synonyms: tere, hēra, , rere, rāwhara

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