2. (noun) breath of life.
Nā ka whakaahuatia te tangata e Ihowa, e te Atua, he puehu nō te oneone, ā whakahāngia ana e ia ki roto ki ōna pongaihu te manawa ora; ā ka wairua ora te tangata (PT Kenehi 7/2). / And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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