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kori

1. (verb) to move, wriggle, play.

Kīhai i takitaro kua rongo ia e kori ana te poti, ā kua tāweka te taura ki te hiku (TP 1/10/1902:11). / It wasn't long before he felt the boat moving and the rope had become wrapped around the tail.

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Synonyms: tākarokaro, whakaari, hīanga, perei, tākaro, purei, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, , konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, kaneke, ki hori, hiki, nuku, ngatete, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke


2. (verb) to move into action.

Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.

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3. (noun) movement.

Ko te kanikani te neke me te kori a te tinana, me te ū anō ki te manawataki o te puoro (i te nuinga o te wā) (RMR 2017). / Dance is the movement of the body usually in time with music (RMR 2017).

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Synonyms: whakaoreore, hikohiko, whakanekeneke, korikori, nekehanga, whakatakataka, nukunuku


4. (stative) active person, vibrant person, energetic person, live wire.

E 300, e 400 rānei te nui o te iwi o tēnei takiwā, ā, katoa rātau he kori, he pukumahi (TTR 1994:3). / The size of this community was 300 or 400 people and they were all energetic industrious people.

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