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ngāruru

1. (verb) to be affected with a headache, have a headache.

Ka uru ana te purapura o te mate nei ki roto i te tangata, e toru ki te rima rā i muri mai ka hinga te tūroro. Ngā tohu: he kirikā, he ngāruru, he mamae ki te tuarā, he ruaki (TTT 1/5/1922:9). / Three to five days after a person becomes infected the victim becomes ill. The symptoms are: a fever, headaches, back pain and vomiting.

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2. (verb) to be surfeited, replete, full up.

Kia mākona i te kai, ka ngāruru, ka haere ki te taha o tētahi rākau whiro ki te wāhi marumaru takoto ai, hei reira puhipuhi ai i tana paipa, moe iho, wareware iho ki ngā pōuritanga me ngā rarurarunga o te ao e pā tonu ana ki tēnei hanga, ki te tangata (TWMNT 10/12/1873:170). / When filled to repletion, he would go beside a willow tree, to a shady place to lie down and there he would smoke his pipe, go to sleep and forget the sadness and problems of the world that afflict people.

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Synonyms: ora

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