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whakangeingei

1. (verb) (-tia) to stretch forth.

Ka whakangeingei te kāwei o te hue (W 1971:233). / The tentacle of the gourd plant stretched forth.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to extend.

Ka nui tō mātou pai kia rongo, kua whakakorea te Komiti te mea atu ki a te Kāwana kia whakangeingei i te mea o te Karauna, ki a Arikihanara Makitonore (TW 12/2/1875:9). / We are pleased to learn that the Executive have refused to recommend to the Governor to extend the clemency of the Crown to Alexander McDonald.

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3. (verb) (-tia) to peep, peer, peek.

Kātahi nā te ātaahua ko te tirohanga atu o te karu ki a Taranaki maunga e noho rangatira mai ana i tana pae, me tana paku whakangeingei mai i tētahi o ngā rangi, inā hoki i kitea atu te rae, me tana paku whātaretare mai i ana pūeru manawarangi (HM 2/1995:1). / How beautiful it was on one of the days when I looked at Taranaki mountain sitting nobly on it perch and peeking out because the peak could be seen peering out a little from its tinted cloud coverings.

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Synonyms: hoa aropā, aropā, whātare, tirotiro, karapa, pīnono, whātaretare, whakatātare

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