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ngaeki

1. (verb) to yield to the touch, give way, collapse.

Ka takahia te pūkorukoru, ka ngaeki noa (W 1971:226). / When the rotten wood was trodden on it just gave way.

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2. (modifier) swampy, marshy, boggy.

E tika ana kia whakaritea te ture ki tētahi mapi he mea whakakite i te āhua o tētahi whenua me ngā rama rori kua tohutohungia hei haerenga mō te tangata e taea ai te whakarere ki tahaki i ōna repo, ōna wāhi ngaeki, ōna awa, ōna pari poupou, me ōna wāhi kino noa atu e mate ai te tangata (TWMNT 15/10/1873:118). / The law may be compared to a map, which shows the general features of a country together with certain lines of road marked off, by following which the traveller may be able to direct his course clear of its swamps, boggy places, rivers, precipices, and other dangerous places.

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Synonyms: reporepo, oru, kōreporepo, pōwharuwharu

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