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mimiti

1. (stative) be dried up, reduced, diminished.

Ko ngā awa i nohoia e rātou ngā tahataha, mahara noa e mau tonu te wai, i mimiti rawa, pakihi rawa, i te ngaronga o te ngāherehere i tuaia e rātou (TWMNT 11/8/1874:198). / They thought the water of rivers, along the banks of which they lived, would last forever, but it dried up completely because the forest was gone as they had cut it down.

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Synonyms: māhaki, kohakoha, raungaiti


2. (verb) disappeared, exterminated, dwindled, declined, decreased.

E toru tau i patua ai ka mimiti ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua (JPS 1959:271). / For three years we killed until the number of people of this land dwindled.

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3. (noun) tiara top shell, Trochus tiaratus - a univalve mollusc, the shell growing to a length of 18 mm and shaped like a spinning top.

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