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1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-tia) to rise up, awake, arise.

Nā tētahi nūpepa te kōrero inatata nei kei te ara mai anō te reo Māori (TAH 2:2). / Just recently a newspaper reported that the Māori language is reviving.

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Synonyms: totō, maiangi, maranga, matike, whana, maiengi, hihiri, puea, whakatika, whātika

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