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minamina

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-tia) to desire, feel an inclination for, wish.

I te tekau tau mai i 1860 ka minamina ngā Pākehā ki ngā whenua kirikiri i waipuketia i te taha o ngā roto (TTR 1990:226). / By the 1860s Pākehā wanted the silt land which was flooded on the border of the lakes.

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2. (noun) desire, want, wish, aspiration, longing, appetite.

Ahakoa te minamina o ngā iwi nunui ki tōna whenua, kāore a Haina e rarua, kei te toitū tonu tōna whenua (TP 5/1908:1). / Although the great nations desire his country, China is not troubled, its land is still undisturbed.

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Synonyms: kāwatawata, korotū, maingo, tōmina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, mina, mōhukihuki, manako, matenui, hihiri, koroingo

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