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kongakonga

1. (verb) to be crumbled into fragments, insignificant.

Whēnei ake koe āpōpō me te pungatai nei - kongakonga ana! (JPS 1910:5). / By tomorrow you will be like this piece of pumice stone - utterly crushed!

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2. (noun) crumb, fragment, chip, shrapnel, titbit.

Tēnei au te tuku atu nei i ētahi kongakonga hei kōtamutamu mā te ngutu o tā tātou manu (TP 1/7/1900:11). / I send some titbits for the lips of our bird to nibble on.

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Synonyms: matā korara

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