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horohoro

1. (stative) be quick, speedy, rapid, fast, swift.

Ki te mea e horohoro ana tō tuku pitihana mō ēnei ture ki te Pāremata, tonoa mai kia tuhi atu mātou i ō mātou ingoa, māu e pine ki raro o ēnei ture e 53 (TW 25/5/1878:270). / If you are in a hurry to submit your petition about these laws to Parliament, ask us to write our names and you can attach them under these 53 laws.

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Synonyms: hukehuke, tāheke, au, māngi, tere, naho, kamakama, teretere, whitawhita, kakama, horo, pekepeke, hohoro, tūkawikawi, wawewawe, whiwhita, hihiko, kama, pepeke

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