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kere

1. (modifier) quite - an intensifier used with word involving breaking, e.g. poro kere, whati kere, motu kere.

I mangungu kere tō wheua (W 1971:114). / Your bone is quite crushed.
Ka ahu rātou ko te tira i a Hone Hiana mā ki te hui ki Tamihere, heoi, e whakatata ana ki Whatawhata, ka poro kere te tīni o te urunga o te tima, ā, ka rewarewa noa iho te kaipuke (TW 15/6/1878:305). / They and the travelling party with John Sheehan and company headed for the meeting at Tamihere. However, when they were approaching Whatawhata the chain of the steamer's rudder broke and the ship floated free.

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Synonyms: koia, rawa, āhua, anō, tino, noa, tonu, āta, hangehange, hengahenga, kāhua, (ko) tōna ... (nei), tou, noa iho


2. (modifier) intensely, exceedingly, extremely, very - an intensive used with words related to darkness.

Ko ētahi iwi o reira he pokere-kahu, arā, he mangu kere te kiri, he iwi haunga ki te noho tata mai. Ā, ko ētahi iwi anō o aua motu rā, he kiritea, ā, he iwi āta noho, he mahora te uru, he iwi ahuwhenua (JPS 1896:4x). / Some of the people of that place were black, that is, with very black skins, a people who had an unpleasant odour when sitting close by. And there were some other people also of those islands with fair skins, who were a peaceful people, an agricultural people.

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