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kūī

1. (verb) to call (like a shining cuckoo).

Ka rangona te tangi a te pīpīwharauroa e kūī ana i taku kāinga ia kōanga, ia kōanga. / At my home the sound of the shining cuckoo calling kūī is heard each spring.

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2. (noun) call of the shining cuckoo.

Me tioro haere anō e koe tēnei reta e whai ake nei ki ngā marae o tama mā, o hine mā, arā, me, 'kūī, kūī, whiti, whiti, whitiwhitiora' (HKW 1/11/1900:8). / The following letter should be broadcast to the marae of our young men and women, it should call 'kūī kūī, whiti, whiti, whitiwhitiora'.

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