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hīnawanawa

1. (verb) to have goose pimples, have goose bumps.

Pango tonu a runga i te manomano pekapeka e hoka ana ki te rangi. Hīnawanawa ana ngā kiri i te kitenga atu (HJ 2015:55). / It was very black above with thousands of bats flying to the sky. The skin had goose pimples on seeing that.

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2. (noun) papillae (of the skin) - often in the phrase tūtū te hīnawanawa (goose-flesh, goose-pimples).

Ka makariri tana tinana, ka tūtū te hīnawanawa o tana kiri. / His body became cold and his skin had goose-pimples.

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Synonyms: tara


3. (noun) anger.

I tīngia katoatia au e te hīnawanawa. Engari ahakoa ongaonga ana ērā kōrero ki aku taringa, kīhai i hameme taku waha, kīhai i tametame, kīhai i paku aha, he mataku nōku kei makere iho he kangakanga noa iho (HM 2/1993:4). / I was overcome with anger. But despite those statements being repulsive to my ears, I did not say anything, mouth anything, I did nothing because I was afraid that I would just swear.

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