2. (verb) (-a) to seek solace.
Haere, haere atu e ngā kaumātua, ki te mano, ki te tini kua rūpeke atu rā ki te pō, waiho te iwi, māna e mae noa (TP 3/1904:2). / Farewell, my elders, go to the multitudes who have gathered in the world of the dead and leaving the tribe to vainly seek solace.
3. (noun) phobia.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
