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hīoioi

1. (verb) to shake.

Ka ngau te toki ki te tumu o te rākau, ka hīoioi te kāuru (PK 2008:114). / When the axe bit into the base of the tree the head of the tree shook.

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Synonyms: ngatari, , rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi

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