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waikore

1. (modifier) waterless, arid, parched.

Ka rite hoki ia ki te manoao i te koraha, e kore hoki e kite i te putanga mai o te pai; engari ko ngā wāhi waikore o te koraha hei kāinga mōna, he whenua tote, e kore nei e nohoia (PT Heremaia 17:6). / For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.

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Synonyms: pakupaku, raki, tūpākākā

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