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rohi

1. (verb) to weep, mourn, grieve.

E rua, e rua ēnā koroua ki konā rohi ai, wairutu ai i te rironga ōu (HM 4/2009:4). / There both those elderly men were grieving and weeping copious tears because you had been taken.

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Synonyms: takuate, tangitangi, tauā, tangi, muri, rāhiri, taurere, huamo

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