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1. (verb) to shout, call.

Ko te reo i rongo ia i reira he weka e ana mai i roto i te awa (JPS 1926:247). / The voice she heard there was a weka calling in the gully.

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Synonyms: karanga, umere, hāmama, haute, ōi, tīwaha, hauma, hāparangi


2. (verb) to pout, put out the lips - an expression of displeasure and sullenness when not getting one's own way.

Ka kī te matua me noho ia i te kāinga, ka ngā ngutu o te kōtiro. / When the father said that she must stay home the girl pouted.

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Synonyms: tupere, , tāperu, whakamito, weru


3. (verb) to droop, sag, hang down.

He tangata tū poto, he porotaka te māhunga, he mangu ngā kanohi, he māngai nui e ana i ngā pī (TTR 1994:26). / He was a short man with a round head, dark eyes, and a large mouth drooping at the corners.

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Synonyms: tapore, tāwharu


4. (noun) shout.

Heoi, ka tangi i konei te a te iti, a te rahi (NM 1928:135). / And so the shouting of the unimportant and the people of rank was heard here.

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