1. (verb) (-a) to glow, show brightly.
Ko te tangata nāna aua kura ko Tamatekapua; he mea whiu ki te moana he kitenga mai i te rātā e nini ana (TP 1/2/1902:9). / The person that those red feather headresses belonged to was Tamatekapua; they were thrown into the sea when he saw the rātā flowers showing brightly.
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
