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hiko

1. (verb) (-ia) to flash (of lightning, etc.).

Tērā te uira e hiko i te rangi (M 2004:14). / There the lightening will flash in the sky.

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2. (verb) to stimulate.

Kei te hiko atu ōku whakaaro kia whānui, kia hōhonu, kia tino kaha rawa ngā mimire o te taura e paihere nei i a tātau (TKO 30/4/1920:7). / My thoughts are stimulated into ways to broaden, deepen and strengthen the strands of the rope that unites us all.

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3. (verb) (-ia) to snatch, grab, grasp.

Ka hiko ia ki te toki (Tr 1874:48). / He grabbed the adze.

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4. (modifier) electrical, power, electronic, electric.

The government still owns some commercial enterprises, such as the power companies and the post offices. / E pupuri tonu ana te kāwanatanga i ētahi hinonga arumoni, pērā i ngā kamupene hiko me ngā poutāpeta (Te Ara 2015).

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5. (noun) lightning.

Mō te hiko i kōwhā mai i te wāhi kotahi, ka tuaruatia mai i taua wāhi anō he tohu mate (M2004:234). / For the lightning which flashes over the same place twice, that is an omen of death.

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Synonyms: rauuira, kanapu, kapo, uira


6. (noun) electricity, power.

He mea whakarewa te haeana ki te hiko i ēnei rā, engari, i ngā wā o mua i whakarewangia i runga i te tō. / An iron is heated with electricity these days, but in the past it was heated on the stove.

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Synonyms: kōmārohi, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, ihi, awenga, , mana whakahaere

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