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iwikore

1. (stative) be without strength, feeble, weak, listless.

I ngā tau ka waru kua taha ake nei, e takoto ana ia, kāhore he kaha; e ngaua ana e te mate whakarihariha nei, e te rūmātiki. Kāhore rawa nei ia e kaha ki te pupuri i te kai, ki te kawe rānei ki tōna waha. Kua iwikore noa iho hoki ōna ringaringa (KO 15/2/1883:5). / In the past eight years he has been lying with no strength; afflicted by this horrible disease, rheumatism. He isn't able to hold food or to put it into his mouth. And his hands are quite weak.

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Synonyms: maero, tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, maninohea, ngoringori, korou kore, ngoikore, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tārure, tūpaku, iwingohe

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