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rua kanapu

1. (noun) lightning flashing over mountains - places where lightning is often seen.

He tihi maunga te rua kōhā, te rua kanapu rānei ka kitea te uira e kānapanapa ana (Te Ara 2013). / A rua kōhā, or rua kanapu, was a mountain peak where lightning was seen flashing.

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