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whakawairua

1. (verb) (-tia) to appear dim and shadowy, represented by an unsubstantial image.

Ka riro ahau me te ātārangi e whakawairua kau ana: e peipeia ana ahau me he māwhitiwhiti (PT Nga Waiata 109:23). / I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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2. (modifier) spiritual, religious.

Me whakaaro te kāwanatanga kia whakaakona ōna tāngata ki ngā mea whakawhenua; me te Hāhi hoki e whakaako ana ki ngā mea whakawairua (TMT 15/8/1861:7). / The government must consider the secuIar instruction of its people, and the Church teaches the religious things.

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Synonyms: whakapono

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