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maiangi

1. (verb) to rise up.

Kīhai i roa kua maiangi noa ake ki runga o te moana, kei te hoe noa iho te iwi rā i runga i te takiwā ngaro atu ana ki roto i te ao kapua (TP 1/1911:5). / It wasn't long before they had risen above the sea and the crew just rowed up in space until they disappeared into a cloud.

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


2. (verb) to be weak, faint.

Kua maiangi noa i te matekai (PK 2008:376). / Weak from hunger.

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