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kereū

1. (verb) to shake, quiver.

Ka taka te tangata nei ki roto i tētahi poka hōhonu, takoto mai ana i roto o te paru tāoruoru ngunguru ake ai, kāore e kereū (TTT 1/12/1931:67). / This man fell into a deep hole where he lay in the boggy mud groaning, not moving.

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Synonyms: kūreperepe, oioi, , kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngaue, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi

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