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maunu

1. (verb) (-hia) to draw out, pull out, withdraw, loosened.

Ka maunu te toki a Kahukura, ka whiua nā te mauī, nā te katau, ko te tukunga atu i reira, kua rewa a Kahukura i roto i te toto (JPS 1895:94). / Kahukura drew his axe, and struck left and right, so that when he left that place he was covered with blood.

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Synonyms: kōtara, mawete, mawheto, whakatahi, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, tākiri, unu, kōwhiti, kume


2. (verb) (-hia) to withdraw, retreat.

I te atapō tonu ka maunu te pā nei, ka haere, ka ahu whaka-Waikato (JPS 1899:180). / Just before dawn they retreated from this pā, departed and headed towards Waikato.

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Synonyms: taui, kuhunga, whakatahi, paunu


3. (verb) to come out, emerge, emigrate, leave.

E kore te taniwha e maunu noa i tōna rua, engari mā te take nui rawa rā anō kātahi ka maunu ai (TKO 15/5/1916:4). / The taniwha will not come out of its lair, but only if there is a very important reason will it then emerge.

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Synonyms: wehe, whakangā, waiho iho, tuku, awaiho, toe, wehewehe, maiki


4. (verb) to be taken off (of clothes, etc.).

Ko tā rātou whakatangi whakamutunga ko te waiata mō te Kuīni, ka maunu anō ō rātou pōtae (TP 1/11/1899:11). / Their final tune was the anthem for the Queen for which they took off their hats again.

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5. (verb) to loosen, come out, dislodge, come free.

Maunu mai ana ngā kōhatu nunui, hurihia haeretia ana ki raro ki te raorao, tāwhāruatia ana ngā rori i ngā tāone i te karinga a te wai (TWMNT 6/10/1874:256). / Great boulders dislodged and were carried down to the lowland, and the roads in the towns were gouged out by the strength of the water.

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Synonyms: whakangoru, tākōkō, tangatanga, whakamatara, tākiri, whakakaewa, whakatangatanga, hangoro, whakakorokoro


6. (verb) to be drawn from a belt, etc.

I taua wā ka maunu i a Tamehana tōna oka ka okaina tōna taina, a Te Hamana (TP 6/1912:11). / At that moment Tamehana took out his knife and stabbed his younger brother, Te Hāmana.

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