1. (stative) be quick, speedy, fast, swift.
Hohoro tonu te hurihanga i taku ingoa ki te ingoa o taku koroua, ki a Hēmi Te Koaka (HP 1991:18). / They quickly changed my name to that of my granduncle, Hēmi Te Koaka.
Synonyms: kakama, kama, pepeke, māngi, tere, naho, kamakama, teretere, whitawhita, hihiko, horo, pekepeke, horohoro, tūkawikawi, wawewawe, whiwhita
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