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whakamimiti

1. (verb) (-tia) to dry up, diminish, reduce, lessen.

Hei tāna, ko te rīhi me te whakangao tonu atu i ngā moni rīhi a ngā kaiwhaipānga, kia mahia ai ngā whenua, whakamimiti hoki i te whakapau hua kore noa iho i ngā moni (TTR 1994:11). / He considered that leasing, together with the investment of the rent of the shareholders, would produce development and diminish the squandering of the money.

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Synonyms: rūnā, whakaheke, whakaiti, heke haere, tāharahara


2. (modifier) draining, reducing.

Kātahi ia ka hoatu moni ki taua roia, ki a Te Hīhana, ā ka kī mai a Te Hīhana me mahi tonu ia i tana mahi whakamimiti i te wai, he mahi tika rawa hoki ia māna, mā te tangata tango reti whenua Māori (TWMNT 8/2/1876:26). / Then he gave money to the lawyer, Mr Sheehan, and Mr Sheehan said that he should go on with his work of draining the water, for it was a perfectly right thing for him to do as a lessee of Māori land.

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