2. (verb) to rise (of stars, etc.).
3. (verb) to be brought to land, pulled in (e.g. a fish).
Ka ea tō ika, he haku nō te moana uri (W 1971:26). / Your fish was brought to land, a kingfish from the deep-green ocean.
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