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koro

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to desire, intend.

Ka kī atu a Māui ki a rātou, “Ka haere tātou kia kite koutou i tōku haerenga ki raro ki te kāinga e koroa nei e au, e tae rānei ki reira, kāhore rānei.” (JPS 1929:20). / Māui said to them, “Let's go off together so that you may see me descending to the home I desire, to see if I may, or may not reach that place.”

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