2. (verb) to appear (of stars and the moon), rise.
I te takurua, ka kōhiti a Matariki ki te rangi i te ata hāpara (Te Ara 2015). / In winter, Matariki (the Pleiades) rises in the sky at dawn.
3. (noun) new moon.
Whiro: He rā kino, ka ea te kōhiti, arā, te marama hōu (Te Ara 2015). / Whiro: An unpleasant day, when the new moon appears.
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