1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to approximate, resemble.
E kauāwhīwhiwhi ana te moutere i roto i te whakaahua ki Rangitoto - inā ōna pīnakitanga āhua hangarite (PK 2008:234). / The island in the photograph resembles Rangitoto - see here how its slopes are quite similar.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, rite, āwhiwhiwhi, āhuahua, ariariā, kāhukahuka
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