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koroingo

1. (verb) (-tia) to yearn, fret, desire, hanker for.

Ko Tāmaku tētahi kuia nō Rangitāiki nei i kawea ki Waikato. I reira ka koroingo mai ki te wā kāinga (EM 2002:381). / Tāmaku was an elderly woman from Rangitāiki who was taken to Waikato. There she yearned for home.

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2. (noun) yearning, longing, desire, hankering for.

Ahakoa tana koroingo ki te hoki mai ki Aotearoa, kua tūturu kē te wāhi mōna i te whare wānanga o Honoruru (TTR 1996:17). / Although he still yearned return to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the place for him at Honolulu's university was assured.

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Synonyms: kāwatawata, korotū, maingo, minamina, tōmina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, mina, mōhukihuki, manako, matenui, hihiri

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