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eti

1. (verb) to shrink, recoil.

I kite anō hoki ia i tētahi waka mariko. I te kitenga tuatahitanga he iti te waka me tōna kaihoe kotahi, kātahi ka rahi haere te waka, ā, kua eke te tatau o ngā kaihoe ki te 13, engari he māhunga kurī katoa. Kātahi ka eti haere nā, ā ngaro noa (TTR 1994:25). / She also saw a phantom canoe. When she first saw it the canoe appeared small, with one paddler, then it became bigger and the number of paddlers had increased to 13, but they all had dogs' heads. Then it shrank and disappeared.

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Synonyms: komi, tupana, turapa, kōriorio, iti haere, pīngongo, whakakauriki, tingongo

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