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manomano

1. (stative) be innumerable.

He manomano iho ngā manu i mau i ngā tāngata (HTK 16/6/1894:2). / Innumerable birds were caught by the men.

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2. (noun) innumerable.

Ko te āhua tēnei o Haina i roto i ēnei manomano tau ka pahure nei (TP 6/1913:5). / This is the nature of China in the past thousands of years.

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3. (noun) masses, hordes, swarms, thousands, multitudes.

Mā ngā manomano paerongo mōkitokito o te arero e rongo ai te tangata i ngā tāwara matua e whā, arā, te reka, te kawa, te totetote me te pūkawa (RP 2009:372). / In humans, thousands of microscopic taste buds in the tongue allow a person to detect the four basic tastes of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness.

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Synonyms: mātinitini

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