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auru

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to break off, pluch up, pull out, destroy.

Aurutia mai ngā tarutaru (W 1971:22). / Pull out the weeds, please.

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Synonyms: tākiri, unu, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi, maunu, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu, paunu, kōhiti

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